These 3 Marketing Mistakes Are Crushing Your Business Improve your marketing technique for 2018.

By Eric Siu

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Running a business is hard, and there are plenty of beginner business pitfalls to avoid. What business marketing advice should you be listening to?

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Eric Siu breaks down three mistakes you might be making that are hurting your business. He starts by advising entrepreneurs to be focused on excellence in one or two ways, not to become distracted or overreach and become mediocre at a lot of things.

Then, Siu takes a look at the best marketing strategies you can use in 2018, plus how to increase brand awareness naturally.

Click play to learn more marketing strategies.

Related: How to Write Awesome Copy That Can Improve Your Sales

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Eric Siu

CEO, Single Grain. Founder, Growth Everywhere.

Eric Siu is the CEO of digital marketing agency Single Grain. Single Grain has worked with companies such as Amazon, Uber and Salesforce to help them acquire more customers. He also hosts two podcasts: Marketing School with Neil Patel and Growth Everywhere, an entrepreneurial podcast where he dissects growth levers that help businesses scale. 

 

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