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Find More Clients with Ilise Benun’s Simple Marketing Plan
Marketing can feel like an endless loop of pressure, performance, and burnout. The content treadmill. The algorithm anxiety. The shoulds piling up in your inbox. If you’ve ever felt like self-promotion is slowly draining the joy out of your business, this episode is for you.
In this episode, I’m joined by business coach, author, and founder of Marketing-Mentor.com, Ilise Benun. With nearly 40 years of experience under her belt, she’s developed a deeply practical framework—The Simplest Marketing Plan—that emphasizes structure, intentionality, and just the right amount of consistency.
Ilise reminds us that marketing isn’t about being everywhere; it’s about being intentional and building real relationships. This conversation is a balm for the burnout that so often surrounds self-promotion.
In this episode, Ilise will share:
- How to stop pretending and market like yourself (12:07)
- The three tools of the Simplest Marketing Plan and how they work together (25:04)
- Why “word of mouth” isn’t actually a marketing strategy (26:22)
- How to do targeted outreach without feeling gross (38:35)
- The power of forgetting (aka how to overcome the fear of rejection) (46:52)
If you’re tired of chasing algorithms, bouncing between platforms, or feeling like your marketing is always a half-finished to-do list, this episode is your permission slip to simplify everything. Ilise’s approach won’t just help you market more effectively—it will help you create more space, ease, and focus in your business. It’s a gentle step toward becoming more deeply rested.
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Meet The Guest
Ilise Benun
Ilise Benun is a business coach for creative professionals, national speaker, author of 7 books and The Simplest Marketing Plan & founder of Marketing-Mentor.com, the go-to online resource for creative professionals who want better projects with bigger budgets.
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