How This Foster Child Became Extraordinary, Meet Misty Kortes
Misty shares her journey of becoming an author and the inspiration behind her book “Becoming Extraordinary,” which you can pre-order now.
She grew up in foster care, which helped her develop her entrepreneurial mindset from a young age.
We also get into her introduction to marketing and the role of AI in content creation today.
Hint: personalize what the robot gives ya!
We also discuss the reason why “Field of Dreams” is a great movie but why “If You Build It, They Will Come” is a recipe for disaster for your business.
Along the way we get into the…
- complexity of building a business and the responsibilities of business owners.
- power of marketing and the balance between easy and hard work.
- importance of realness and authenticity, as well as the role of vision in motivation.
- dangers of unrealistic visions and the value of setting realistic expectations.
- power of personal stories and the importance of honoring commitments.
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- Grew up in foster care
“If you’ve ever seen an episode of C.O.P.S., you’ve seen my life.”
- Was in therapy as an 11-year-old and started journaling while in foster care
- About to turn 50
- She has been an entrepreneur since she was in first grade
- She would draw as a kid during recess, and she’d sell them at the next recess
- But kids wouldn’t buy enough pictures, so she started selling tattoos
- She doesn’t want to relive something bad from her past
- Leave the bad behind
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- As an at-risk kid, she was placed into a summer program to earn some money, and she would learn some skills, including a marketing class
- Most businesses want to skip marketing, they just want sales
- You need traffic to grow sales
- Content creation is not marketing
- Run ads, do partnerships, and/or speak
- SEO is the long game, and it can be harder now
- She’s a coach first, an implementor second
- Most of your time is spent on things that you consider most important to you
GUEST INFO:
- Guest Site: www.mistykortes.com
- Guest Book Site: https://mistykortes.com/becoming-extraordinary
- Guest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mistykortes
- Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkortes
- Guest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mistyyourmarketingcoach
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