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When you come from academia, healthcare, or any field where credentials are everything, it makes sense to lean on your resume when you start marketing yourself. It feels safe. It feels factual. And according to Sophie Ash, it almost never works.
In this episode, Sophie shares what she sees happen when new business owners hide behind their accomplishments instead of showing up as themselves, why imposter syndrome is at the root of it, and what the real work of building a personal brand actually looks like.
You'll learn:
- Why credentials on a page rarely build the trust that actually converts clients
- The pattern Sophie calls academic in disguise and how to spot it in your own marketing
- What imposter syndrome has to do with how business owners present themselves online
- Why value in a service business is far more than what you know or what you have done
- How one business owner discovered that almost none of her marketing tactics were what actually brought clients in
- What it looks like when marketing stops feeling like effort and starts feeling like just living your life
If your marketing feels dry, disconnected, or like you are just listing your qualifications, this episode is going to help you see why and what to do instead.
Connect with Sophie Ash:
- Instagram: sophieashofficial
- LinkedIn: Sophie Ash
- Book: Be the Person: A Year of Business, Bravery and Bullshit
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Learn more about Kristi and get in touch with her to learn how to Unf*dge YOUR marketing: kristimitchell.com
Kristi Mitchell is a strategic marketing consultant and the founder of Marketing Uncomplicated®. She specializes in helping mission-driven, client-centered service providers build organic marketing foundations through her proprietary Marketing Uncomplicated® method, a systematic process that integrates a Marketing Funnel Framework with strategic content creation to position businesses for future growth.
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