All subscribers are equal, but some subscribers are more equal than others.
– Joe Hage
Journeyfolk like you are my favorite because you expressed an interest in my specialty, medical device marketing strategy and communication. The first 52 Journeys came weekly.
Then bi-weekly.
Then less frequently.
It’s been two months since I last wrote you.
And I now recognize the pattern.
A pattern developed.
I love writing you. I do. Here was my process:
- Collect. Keep observations in a folder for later development. ????
- Filter. Decide, Is this Journey worthy?
- Provoke. Find the perfect headline using Headline Analyzer, reiterating until I got a 70 or higher score. Today’s headline, “I see a pattern developing here – and it’s not just me,” got a 73. It was my ninth try.
- Write.
- Iterate.
- Search. For the right image to represent the post. I found this pattern for free on Pixabay.
Then I ended up not using it.
- Embellish. Will videos help tell the story? Sometimes the native file is on YouTube, other times on Wistia. (Wistia vs. YouTube.) How about an emoji from emojipedia? ????
- Yoast. The Yoast plug-in is where I prepare the social share.
Then I changed all that, too.
- Preview. Is everything perfect? No? Go back to step 5. Yes? Publish! ????
- Check. Once published, I use the LinkedIn Post Inspector to see how the story will appear when I share the link. (I might have to revisit steps 6+8.)
That’s what I ended up going with.
That was a bad pattern.
10 steps where one step will do?
That’s a bad pattern – and not just for me. For you, too.
I’m making a change that will DECREASE the time I spend creating content and INCREASE the effectiveness and efficiency of educating and serving you.
I’ll explain it in a moment. But, first, what just happened (it’s 10 a.m. Tuesday) is a PERFECT ILLUSTRATION of the benefit.
- My designer Antonio sent me early concepts for an updated homepage.
- We jumped on a quick call. I recorded it.
- I shared it on MDG Premium with zero editing. You can see how I do what I do.
I would never have made a Journey out of it.
That post took me five minutes. This post is already 5+ hours. In fact, I wanted to send it to you yesterday to give you more time to get in at the lower price.
So what is MDG Premium?
Technology has given us a big opportunity here. I’m excited about it!
It’s given us a more scalable and practical way to give you advice, resources, and access to my network.
If you know Slack: MDG Premium is a workspace I created to serve the medical device industry. I invited my closest advisors – the folks I ask when I have a question or someone asks for a recommendation – to join the workspace as experts.
Each has a #channel they manage and (of course) you can contact them via direct message. In effect, my team is just a message away.
I priced it at $39/month (free trial and half price until the official launch) so even the smallest outfit (which, arguably needs it most) can painlessly join.
If you don’t yet know Slack: Let me say I believe “Slack 2019” is to virtual collaboration what “Facebook 2007” was to social networking.
If you have a few good years of work ahead of you, and you haven’t joined Slack yet, you will. It’s just a matter of when.
I made you this introductory video. It’s just 2½-minutes long.
What The World Needs Now
Is Love Sweet Love – and MDG Premium.
MDG Premium the most efficient way to communicate freely, securely, and across companies – and continents! – with clients, followers, and subscribers.
Perhaps this exchange, also this morning, even better illustrates the benefit.
I didn’t even know Phil last week!
Six extra benefits.
Click here for details about them.
Quickly, they are:
- Efficient collaboration with my network.
- A directory of everyone on the platform.
- Timely updates available nowhere else.
- Weekly team meetings – face-to-face with me and guest experts.
- Watercooler conversation (see the site).
- 10% off every live MDG event we host, including 10x Medical Device Conferences.
Please join me on MDG Premium.
The Journey was wonderful.
It was precisely what I needed after my Marketing Midlife Crisis.
MDG Premium is what I – and you – need today.
Please join me? Say yes before October 22 and take half off the $39/month price. Your price will $19/month and you’ll be grandfathered in at that rate, as long as your account stays in good standing.
There’s a free trial; cancel if you’re not delighted.
I’m excited about this next chapter in our relationship and chatting with you more often.
Thank you for joining me on The Journey MDG Premium!
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P.S. Early response to MDG Premium has been very encouraging. Please, take the free trial and check it out.
