Today's guest is a digital marketing expert, a speaker, a brand management consultant, a serial entrepreneur, and an Army vet. He’s an expert in online presence management, social media management, website design, and SEO reputation management. Joining us on the show this week is the CEO and founder of Smart Marketing, Paul Mackiewicz. In this episode, we sit down, bust some marketing myths, and talk about how you can take the pain out of curating an online presence.      Busted Myths: Myth: It's difficult to manage online marketing. So many people think that there are these massive time constraints around it, but what's fantastic is we live in a world where we have tools that can reduce the amount of time that you have to spend on this down to a couple of hours.  Takeaways: Online marketing doesn't need to be difficult. Use the tools out there to cut down on the time it takes to run your online presence.  Figuring out who you are, and what makes you/your brand different is a key to online success.  Fear of being judged is an important barrier to overcome when creating your online presence.  Digital marketing is all about the emotional response customers have when they view your brand. A strong negative emotional response can easily turn away a potential customer.  Follow up with the good and bad reviews. Following up with a good review is a great way to elevate that customer's experience, and get them to recommend your business to others. Following up with a negative review lets you show potential customers that even when things go wrong, you are willing to work to make them right.  You aren’t what happens to you in life, you are how you react to what happens to you in life, online marketing is no different. Embrace your network, you don’t need to be self-reliant all the time.      Quote of the Show: “You aren’t what happens to you in life, you are your reaction to what happens to you in life.” - Paul Mackiewicz     Shout Outs: eBrand/ZMOT Expert Dashboard  Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zmotexpert/  Website: https://www.hashtag-smart.com/  Ways to Tune In: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show/id1338838763 Amazon Music/Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/37228621-2f9c-4905-a223-1844effb49dd Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/1vVLpNI1LssMTiL6Kdsamn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/m/Im7mytmu2wa2mekhoeixlja5hpe?t=The_Hard_Corps_Marketing_Show YouTube: https://youtu.be/AK5px0o6loI