Spend five minutes on LinkedIn, Instagram, or YouTube and you'll be inundated with marketing advice. Some of it is excellent. Some of it is outdated. And some of it sounds smart—but quietly wastes time, money, and energy (for example, when it’s simply not the right fit for your brand or doesn’t mesh with your existing strategy).

Small businesses, startups, and local companies might find this especially taxing, because a lot of the supposed "one-size-fits-all" advice has absolutely nothing to do with their business approach, budget, or goals.

So this month, instead of sharing another marketing tip, we're sharing one you can safely ignore: You need to post every single day.

This is not true! In fact, you could be wasting a lot of your team’s time and energy by just trying to keep a streak alive. Plus, your most creative minds can burn out by trying to churn out content every day.

Years ago, posting every day seemed like a strong approach. The thinking was simple: The more often you appeared, the more you’d be remembered. Go quiet? They’ll go somewhere else.

Today's audiences work differently. They're drowning in content. They don’t want to see more posts just for the sake of giving their scrolling fingers a workout. 

They want curated, meaningful, and timely content.

Spend less time worrying about quantity and more time improving quality. Focus on brainstorming, creating, designing, scheduling. People will notice, and they’ll appreciate it!

There are plenty of marketing "rules" that deserve to be broken. If you'd like to see more myths busted in future newsletters, let us know. We’ll make it a regular addition to your inbox.



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