Bridging the Gap between Asset Creation and Marketing

<p>There is no denying that the right mindset can do wonders. It is especially true when it comes to marketing and promoting your products to the market. It's important to think of marketing as an asset, rather than marketing as an expense.</p> <p><strong>Podcast Transcript</strong></p> <p>There is no denying that the right mindset can do wonders. It is especially true when it comes to marketing and promoting your products to the market. It's important to think of marketing as an asset, rather than marketing as an expense.</p> <p>If you want to make the most of your marketing opportunities, you need to make sure that every piece of marketing that you produce has the potential to be turned into an asset.</p> <p>So how can you create assets out of your marketing? </p> <h2>How to Curate Marketing Strategies from Existing Assets</h2> <p>Let's begin with an example of "Ben Settle" –an email marketing expert who successfully conglomerated the content of emails into books. Ben's books allowed people to learn how they can build a business by constantly emailing their database. </p> <p>Typically, Ben followed a simple technique of emailing his list every day to his clients. It helped him establish a relationship with these lists. Also, he was able to use these attempts to sell the offerings to various bits and pieces. </p> <p>But it doesn't end here, as he collected, curated, and collated all the emails over time. He placed them into books to show people a perfect example of building a business by using a database. Although he incorporated it as a marketing tactic, he curated and cobbled them together into other assets and sold them to improve profitability. </p> <p>Still not convinced? </p> <p>Let's look at another example of asset creation marketing. There's a charity called the "<strong>Center for Asylum</strong> <strong>Seekers</strong> <strong>and Refugees</strong>. One of the asylum activities is called "Second Harvest," where every Monday supermarket provides leftover food to the charity and the charity distributes