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Berlyn | Planted Marketing

Hello hello! I'm Berlyn, a digital marketing strategist and the founder of Planted Marketing! Here I'm sharing lots on authentic marketing strategies, how to be real in this AI shit storm, and the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Join me!

these marketing strategies are dead ☠️

There's a lot of debate on specific marketing strategies being 'dead' and not worth your investment. But is that actually true? I was going to say carrier pigeon but there's actually an app for that now so... NOTHING is dead. Strategies commonly considered deceased: 🪦 SEO🪦 Organic social🪦 Influencer marketing🪦 Email marketing All alive and well, but strategies certainly have changed. If you've stopped seeing results with these, you may not be keeping up. What’s actually happening is...

"Berlyn is the smartest woman I know." - my uncle

"Berlyn is the smartest woman I know." - my uncle 💅 A review's a review! But for real, feedback lives everywhere. Not just in your formal review requests or your post-project surveys.It lives in the DMs. The casual coffee chats. The "omg I was just telling someone about you" texts. The 1:1 conversations where someone describes their problem and accidentally hands you the exact language your next piece of content needs. Every single conversation you have is a data point. Your best testimonial...

does your own marketing give you the ick? 😖

Does your own marketing give you the ick? For the longest time, mine did too. And it led to this massive internal confusion because what do you meannnn marketing is my favorite thing but also something I hate?? And it’s not just me, it’s actually come up in quite a few conversations lately. Many of us struggle to sit down and promote our own thing, talk highly about our own work, and…. sell *gag* I hear this advice often in conversations about selling: you are not selling your service, you...

the 'personal development' part of entrepreneurship

It's mentioned all the time - "Entrepreneurship is the biggest self-development journey you'll ever go on" but then the conversation always stops there. What is this journey? Where are we going? Do I need to bring a jacket? I'm reading The Way of the Fearless Writer, and there's a prompt in there that says, “How can you use your words to change the world or impact the life of even one person?” Right now, for me that looks like sharing about the horrific entrepreneurial journey that I loathe...

everything is ai gleep gloop 😵‍💫

I recently got a free download from a creator I thought I liked Get the file, open it, fulllll on AI copy and paste. No creative thought, no personality added, not even edits to remove the most obvious/corny ai phrases. Immediate unfollow from every platform. Reader, if you use AI to create something and can’t take a minute of your own time to review it, personalize it, bring some life back into it, then it’s wild to expect others to give their time to it. ALSO, the point of freebies is to...

Do content pillars crush your creativity?

Reader, when you think of content pillars and content calendars, do you immediately clench and lose all creativity??I see this ALL the time - people stick to the 'marketing shoulds' by using content pillars or forcing themselves to stick to a rigid content calendar and it ends up killing the creative process. Here's what I recommend to the solopreneurs I work with who get stuck on the same exact thing... Stop trying to create content inside the box. Start by just creating content - freely,...

Controversial marketing take? ➡️

There aren’t always explanations for why something did or did not perform well. It could be the post. The content. The strategy. Or it could just be that all the stars aligned ✨ That’s why tracking analytics is so important. Is this just luck of the algorithmic draw, or is it actually connecting with your audience? Or was it good content that just got hexed by the algorithm? Understanding analytics so you can make moves based on DATA is something we dive into during your 8-week 1:1 marketing...

Here's why you're not converting

I want you to do something right now. Take a look at your last 10 social posts. Ask yourself: are you leading with what you sell or WHY you do what you do? Most people will find that their post revolves around what their product or service is. And if you're not seeing high conversions, let's switch it up. Your audience is not just looking for something to buy. They're looking for something to belong to. They want brands that reflect their values, their identity, and the world they want to...

Let's turn your biz around in just 8 weeks

There’s a very specific moment in business that doesn’t get talked about enough. It’s when you’ve done everything “right.” You’ve shown up. You’ve posted. You’ve learned the strategies. You’ve invested in courses. And still… it’s not clicking. This is not because you’re incapable. But because you’ve reached the edge of what you can see on your own. DIY gets you far. But now you need the strategic support. That’s why I created my new 8-week 1:1 Marketing Optimization Program. We deep dive into...

You know those *dark days* of owning a biz?

Do you know those moments when you're mentally (and sometimes literally) rolling on the floor, crying, wondering why owning a business is SO HARD and why we chose this hell?! This is a safe, judgment-free space. We can talk about the dark days here. What's crazy is that no matter how humbling, lonely, and brutal it can be, it's genuinely the best experience, and I'd personally have it no other way. What gets me out of those dark moments is the incredible community I've built around me full of...

Hello hello! I'm Berlyn, a digital marketing strategist and the founder of Planted Marketing! Here I'm sharing lots on authentic marketing strategies, how to be real in this AI shit storm, and the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Join me!