Pictures, videos and 50 years of marketing experience

I take pictures. 

I make videos. 

In a little over 14 days, (17 days to be exact), but a little over two weeks, I've taken 2,207 pictures, 121 videos. We won't even talk about research and screenshots. Won't even talk about those. Those numbers are low numbers.

There was a time when I would take 700 pictures in a two hour picture in a two hour period while at the Rose Garden. I'd take 10, 15 videos while at that Rose Garden in that same time period. I would do that every week. I did that for a few years.

Why am I saying this? 

For many reasons, but let's go one reason.

 One reason is Malcolm Gladwell talks about the 10,000 hours that it takes to become an expert. I guarantee you, in the last 10 years, I've invested way more than 10,000 hours in images and videos.

Another reason I mention it, when you take pictures and make videos and edit your own content, you can start to develop an eye for a look that you want to accomplish and things that you want to accomplish that are duplicatable for others to see. 

Another reason is the practice, again, builds your eye, builds your thought, builds your ability to see things in a different way, builds your ability to see things in a different light.

So when I add the pictures and videos to my marketing consulting to service business customers, I see things in a different light.

 Right now, I'm just addressing pictures and videos. We haven't even discussed different platforms, different ways to implement, different ways to do marketing, different fill-in-the-blank.

As a baby boomer, my age says I've been around a long time, but my mindset of: 

" I eat, drink, and sleep marketing" 

has been going on in my life for many, many years, probably over 50 years. 

I was selling Christmas cards before I was 10 years old. 

I was working in a butcher shop at 12, and I got that job on my own. Nobody helped me. I went and applied, sold myself. 

I'm going to say that again. I sold myself at the age of 12. So I've been doing this type of stuff for over 50 years.

I'm pretty good at what I put a focus in. I'm pretty good at what I focus on. 

I just choose not to do the work. 

I choose to share the techniques so that somebody else can do the work 

I Choose to be a consultant So that you can learn the basics and then hire somebody else to do it. 

I Could do done for you and make lots of money But it's not about the money It's about making things better for those around me making things better for the customers and the business owners Because if the business owners know how to do better They can provide a better service That is one of my goals And I just want to get paid when I do it

 But it's not about the money for me. It's about the knowledge that I can share with you 

Rico here, ...  later