We had the pleasure of talking to Sarah DeGeorge, a digital marketing strategist and mentor who specializes in helping business owners reduce their marketing-related stress. Sarah highlighted the significance of creating marketing materials that accurately reflect a business while remaining faithful to its objectives, products, and services. We also delved into the importance of comprehending a client's voice, mission, and target audience as the first step in the marketing process. The subject of social proof was brought up, and we agreed that it needs to be revamped in order to be more effective. Rather than focusing on awards or accolades, Sarah suggested that companies should focus on results and actionable things that they have helped with. Our conversation also touched upon the significance of humanizing and authenticating marketing efforts, PR as a marketing strategy, and of course, AI.To learn more about all of Sarah's services, visit her personal service site at this link.TimestampsHighlights "The goal in mindful marketing is not to wait for those past or future tense marketing conversations, but make those micro adjustments as they come up. You'll find that you're more focused and in alignment but also spending less time on marketing efforts that are not paying off." "I think there are a few ways in which marketing teams are perceived. I think sometimes the biggest problem is that people don't know what marketing is any more or what marketing isn't." "When you have your teams working internally using the same framework, not to just think about the product or the operations, but how the tangible items can lead to positive outcomes, good reviews, return customers or good word of mouth, you create this pipeline that connects the internal communication lines. I think we've seen more than one time that when the internal is not communicating with each other, the external result is just like crash and burn."