Episode #1118
​Is it Good to Be “Jack of All Trades” in Digital Marketing
August 23, 2019

In episode #1118, we discuss whether it is useful to be a Digital Marketing Jack-of-All-Trades. Tune in to hear our take!
TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:
[00:25] Today’s Topic: Is it Useful to be a Jack-of-All-Trades in Digital Marketing?
[00:44] Eric focused on one thing when he started out.
[00:58] After that, he branched out, because there is little security is focusing on only one aspect of content marketing.
[01:25] Get good at one thing and then branch out.
[02:12] Neil agrees that you can specialize, but you need to learn how to do other things.
[02:30] If you want to be a CMO, you need to know a multitude of things.
[02:49] That’s it for today!
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