Author: Joe Singer

Thom and I do not normally have guests on #takeabreath but when we do …we make sure they are awesome.

We had a great conversation with Livvy Wong the Director of Engineering at #activecampaign on “Take a Breath”.

We covered a lot. In this clip Livvy discusses how she wins the morning with a combination of Meditation and some physical therapy exercises.

One thing I thought was really cool that Livvy mentioned was that ActiveCampaign offers a meditation app to all of their employees.

I love that!

This was one of my favorite episodes.

Here is a link to the full episode…  Our Blog – Connecting the dots between Marketing and Sales. (mergedanalytics.com)

You can also access the full “Take A Breath” podcast on Spotify, Amazon , Apple and of course on the MPN (#Marketingpodcastnetwork).

We do not normally have guests on the “Take a Breath” podcast but when we do we make sure they are special.  

Livvy Wong is the Director of Engineering at ActiveCampaign.

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Aside from being a very accomplished and successful executive in a thriving company…Livvy is a very interesting and cool person.  

Livvy discusses her meditation practice and how she approaches her day. 

Livvy is an amazing ambassador of ActiveCampaign.

She touches on why and how ActiveCampaign is used by more than 185,000 businesses and growing. 

She also talks about the importance AI will have for users of CRM applications like ActiveCampaign going forward.

One of the highlights from this discussion was when Livvy spoke on the importance of how ActiveCampaign the organization provides an environment where she feels she can be her authentic self. 

Listen to the podcast to find out what Voltron Mega Standup is and you will also learn about an amazing Malort cocktail that she recommends at the end of our discussion.

We really enjoyed this conversation, and we hope you do too. 

P.S – ActiveCampaign is offering our listeners a chance to double your contacts for FREE!!!

Go to activecampaign.com/activate to sign up today.

If you have 5000 contacts….you will get another 5000 for FREE!!!! This is a great offer.

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Do you ever wonder if that important link you sent in an email actually gets clicked?

By using MergedAnalytics SmartLinks™️ with an added a parameter like the person’s email address…. that is the exact type of intelligence we deliver.

In the example above….We sent a video demonstration link to a prospect and we know they clicked it as you can see in the report.

The cool thing is now their email address is associated with that ip address even it is was clicked on their mobile device.

This is important because in the future….if they click a link we post to social media and/or click through our website…we would receive a report like the one below with that activity.

How could knowing the specific needs of your prospects and customers improve their experience when they engage with your digital brand?

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Do you find networking events can sometimes be uncomfortable?

Thom discusses a hack that paid dividends for him recently at a networking golf event in Maryland.

What hacks have worked for you?

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Hall of Fame UCLA Basketball coach John Wooden is a hero of mine.

He coached some of the greatest players ever at UCLA including Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Bill Walton.

He is famous for many quotes including…”Success is never final, failure is never fatal, and it’s courage that counts.”

Coach Wooden, in teaching his teams to play winning ball, stressed the idea of paying attention to ONLY what was required of them to win.

Focus on playing YOUR game, this minute, all the time. Taking time out to look at the scoreboard and/or game clock splits attention.

One’s play, attitude and intensity should NOT change as the score goes up or down.

His philosophy was…if you are doing your job to the best of your ability…you should NOT be concerned about the scoreboard or even the clock because the winning will take care of itself.

I love this philosophy.

As an entrepreuener….goals can seem impossible if not paralyzing but if you focus on what you can accomplish right now….many little wins can turn into something big.

Humans are always measuring things like bank statements, body weight, friends, material items etc.

This is a complete waste of time and energy albeit easier said than done.

Thom and I discuss this more in the following segment.

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Are you comfortable with saying NO ?

Successful people say NO because they understand not only how precious time is but also they understand how to manage their energy which is finite.

I always think of the saying….if you are everything to everybody…in reality you are nothing to no one.

Saying yes to everything spreads you thin, makes you rundown and possibly sick.

Think of your time in terms of supply and demand. The more you limit the supply of your time…you will become more in demand. If you say yes to everything…there will be to much of you and the demand for you will suffer accordingly.

However…when you hear NO from a prospect …that is when the real selling begins.

Many times a “NO” is warranted but other times…a prospect may not see something because they were unaware that “thing” was available in your product.

IN this segment of “Take a Breath”, Thom and I discuss these ideas in more detail.

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Who is to say what is good vs. what is bad?

In reality things happen and that’s it. Labels are not needed. Things are the way they are.

We are the ones who assign labels and decide if that “thing” is good or bad.

The idea as to what is good or bad is subjective to say the least.

I can see something as great and someone else can see that same thing as terrible. My reality is different than yours.

As an entrepreneur and as a human being I cannot tell you how many times something that was initially perceived as “good” really was not so great in the end.

In business this could be landing that whale of an account, but it ultimately ends up sucking all of the resources out of your company, so you lose other accounts in the process.

The same is true for bad events….at the time that “bad” thing happens it seems like the end of the world but when you look back, we see that bad thing as a blessing.

Maybe you lost a deal and missed your numbers….but that loss made you refocus your efforts and discover something new and better in the process all because of that set back.

This cycle goes on and on…..and on.

Thom and I discuss this topic further.

I share a story that anyone who knows me has probably heard 1 too many times.

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Have you ever had a tragedy turn into a blessing?

Have you had something amazing turn into something terrible?

In this episode of the “#takeabreath ” podcast Thom and I discuss that often things are NOT what they seem.

Something that is perceived as “good” could often morph into something not so good and the opposite is true as well.

Very often something that is perceived as bad…turns out great in the end.

Full show here : https://lnkd.in/gqZKKq57

Do you or better yet….Should you do business with friends and family?

In reality if everyone is honest and levelheaded… it should work out, but we all have cautionary tales of relationships that were ruined by doing business together.

I believe it depends on the nature of the engagement and also depends on your relationship.

Many times a business deal kills relationships that really were not as great as everyone thought in first place.

When I think back to how we started MergedAnalytics in the early days….it was our friends who put the MergedAnalytics pixel on their websites first and gave me valuable (sometimes harsh) feedback and ultimately the confidence to continue on. Some of these friends I had known since I was a child.

I am lucky enough to have friends that are real with me both good and bad.

It was very stressful when we started MergedAnalytics. We were pivoting from our other business and really putting ourselves out there.

Without the confidence I received from friends that I respected….I am not sure I would have stuck it out in terms of building MergedAnalytics.

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