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Mar 15, 2017
# Mark Schaefer, Helps You Get Known
 [Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/author/wes-schaeffer)
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## **[Branding Tips](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/set-yourself-free-better-inbound-marketing) you'll learn in this episode of [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)...**
- What to say "yes" to.
- How [social media marketing](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/7-reasons-social-media-marketing-experts-are-broke) compares to [advertising](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/what-is-sem-ppc-cpc-cpm/).
- When and if to hold back.
- How to charge your friends...and how to make every client a friend.
> The #1 problem for businesses is they think marketing is DIY."
#### **Links Mentioned**
- Read all of Mark Schaefer's marketing wisdom at BusinessesGrow.com
- [Follow Mark Schaefer on Twitter](https://twitter.com/markwschaefer)
- Get Mark Schaefer's books
- [The Content Code: Six essential strategies to ignite your content, your marketing, and your business](http://amzn.to/1eEpa3a)
- [Social Media Explained: Untangling the World's Most Misunderstood Business Trend](http://amzn.to/1N1srEp)
- [The Tao of Twitter, Revised and Expanded New Edition: Changing Your Life and Business 140 Characters at a Time](http://amzn.to/1dZDNgH)
- [Born to Blog: Building Your Blog for Personal and Business Success One Post at a Time](http://amzn.to/1dZDORF)
- [Return On Influence: The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing](http://amzn.to/1N1sCj1)
- Listen to [Mark Schaefer's return interview](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/mark-schaefer-known) on [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)
If you liked this episode, please let [me](https://x.com/fixerwes) know on Twitter.
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