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Working through writers block when your tired and you have a busy schedule.

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Content Marketing writer’s block.

Hi I’m Brian Pombo, welcome back to Brian J. Pombo Live.

I’m a Business Investor and we have these kinds of talks where we discuss not just how to invest in businesses, but how to think about these things what to do if you’re looking to sell your business, or if you’re looking to buy a business.

What if you’re looking to change your business, transform it into something better.

So we talked about that, and really how to handle the mental game that you go through, and your customers go through how to communicate better all around.

In that process, I’ve developed quite a few videos and audio podcasts regarding content marketing.

So what’s content marketing?

It’s the is the type of marketing that has content involved it has value unto itself, something that someone is already interested in, though it is marketing in and of itself.

This video podcast, if you’re watching, I’ve got my book here in the background, 9 Ways to Amazon-Proof Your Business, I use these videos.

This also goes out in audio podcast, if you’re listening, I use these as a way to promote one my book, the other one, my website and my business investment firm. So you can read this book, 9 Ways to Amazon-Proof Your Business by just buying a copy off amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com.

But you can also buy it or get a free version, I should say, at AmazonProofBook.com.

This is a digital version, but it gives me a chance to get to know you, and gives you a chance to see my website and to be able to keep in contact with me.

So that’s that’s kind of why I do that.

Content marketing beyond that, you’re you’ll have something that you want to promote something you’ll want to do with content marketing.

In that process, I highly recommend you keep it consistent, keep it ongoing all the time, as often as humanly possible.

If you’re doing that you’re going to run out of topics, if you want to stay new, if you want to do something new on a regular basis, you’re going to run out of things.

In fact, the topic of of of having a having writer’s block for these type of things it comes up often. I’ll bring it back up over and over again because it’s I think it’s a fear that holds people back from ever stepping forward.

Now, there’s ways to get around this by having organizing ideas way ahead of time. There’s ways to have shortcuts and we’ve discussed those before, about, you know, maybe going to the news or going to your Facebook feed or whatever else for ideas of things that you can grab and use and talk about.

I’m not even going to talk about that because those are all absolutely possible.

Sometimes you need to find a way to pull something out of absolute thin air. And it could be something that happened to you today.

It could be the fact that Yeah, I mean, even if you can take something like writer’s block and discuss it, go for it.

For me writer’s block tends to happen when I’m least motivated to do my video.

So I had a very long weekend. I got fell behind and I was not able to produce a video yesterday. It was one of these things where it’s just been a it’s been an ongoing, go, go go go go.

Today, there was an election here locally. And so I was involved with getting getting my ballot in I was involved with one of at least one of the races that was happening.

I had to connect with all those people. And so I got home, and I’m tired. I’m not very motivated to do a video but I still want to provide value.

I still want to more than anything, keep the habit up so that we can continue having this relationship as not that I don’t love you, I do. But you got to realize you’re going to hit it’s not a matter of if it’s a matter of when you’re going to hit those days.

When you’re just not motivated to do anything it’s good to have some in your back pocket. It’s good to be honest. Sometimes, if you have anything that’s similar to mine. It gives me the opportunity to be completely honest with you and let you know that I’m ready for bed. I’m tired.

So I hope this is helpful to let you know that there’s nothing wrong with having writer’s block. There’s ways around having writer’s block.

Just realize that most of the time it comes down to motivation. It comes down to physical well being if you’re tired, you’re going to have a tough time coming up with anything and that’s okay.

Be forgiving of yourself and move on.

Keep up the habit, say something, put it out there, move on. And this is what I’ve done for today as a great example for you. So, you have a great night, we’ll be back tomorrow.

In the meantime, get out there and let the magic happen.