In Episode #1 Eric and Neil introduce the world to The Marketing School—a daily podcast built to share marketing insights with the world. Today’s main topic: where you can go to learn marketing. 

 Show Notes:
01:36 – Do you want learn about online marketing?—Don’t go to college!

02:22 – College professors don’t have practical, up-to-date, field experience
02:31 – Go to blogs like www.moz.com, www.backlinko.com, www.singlegrain.com

02:45 – Read some articles, take what you learn, and apply it to your website
03:19 – Every single online marketer that’s good got started on their own website
03:27 – Learn before you earn
04:01 – Learn to be persistent
04:35 – Small wins add up over time
04:45 – How Neil become Eric’s mentor
05:29 – Keep your foot on the peddle and you’ll start to pass everyone around you
06:00 – Like Eric, Neil got his start by emailing a random entrepreneur he looked up to
07:29 – Be willing to trade knowledge all the time
08:03 – How Eric learns marketing now?—Nuzzel
08:35 – www.Kissmetrics.com
08:55 – Feed.ly and www.jonloomer.com
09:19 – Neil just learns by CRUSHING blogs and articles—he picks the ones with the most social shares
10:32 – Education is about actionable material
11:15 – Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes!

3 Key Points:
Only read detailed articles or guides—skip the generic overview stuff.
Understand that you have to learn before you earn, and then be persistent with your education.
If you want to get into marketing, start experimenting on your own website.

Resources Mentioned:
www.moz.com – Blog recommended by Neil
www.backlinko.com – Blog recommended by Neil
www.singlegrain.com – Blog recommended by Neil
www.kissmetrics.com – Resource Eric relies on to improve his marketing knowledge
Nuzzel – Tool Eric uses to organize and catalog his Twitter feeds

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In Episode #1 Eric and Neil introduce the world to The Marketing School—a daily podcast built to share marketing insights with the world. Today’s main topic: where you can go to learn marketing.   Show Notes: <ul> <li>01:36 – Do you want learn about online marketing?—Don’t go to college!</li> <li> <ul> <li>02:22 – College professors don’t have practical, up-to-date, field experience</li> </ul> </li> <li>02:31 – Go to blogs like <a href="http://www.moz.com">www.moz.com</a>, <a href="http://www.backlinko.com">www.backlinko.com</a>, <a href="http://www.singlegrain.com">www.singlegrain.com</a>
</li> <li> <ul> <li>02:45 – Read some articles, take what you learn, and apply it to your website</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:19 – Every single online marketer that’s good got started on their own website</li> <li>03:27 – Learn before you earn</li> <li>04:01 – Learn to be persistent</li> <li>04:35 – Small wins add up over time</li> <li>04:45 – How Neil become Eric’s mentor</li> <li>05:29 – Keep your foot on the peddle and you’ll start to pass everyone around you</li> <li>06:00 – Like Eric, Neil got his start by emailing a random entrepreneur he looked up to</li> <li>07:29 – Be willing to trade knowledge all the time</li> <li>08:03 – How Eric learns marketing now?—<a href="http://nuzzel.com/">Nuzzel</a>
</li> <li>08:35 – <a href="http://www.Kissmetrics.com">www.Kissmetrics.com</a>
</li> <li>08:55 – <a href="https://feedly.com/">Feed.ly</a> and <a href="http://www.jonloomer.com">www.jonloomer.com</a>
</li> <li>09:19 – Neil just learns by CRUSHING blogs and articles—he picks the ones with the most social shares</li> <li>10:32 – Education is about actionable material</li> <li>11:15 – Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes!</li> </ul> 3 Key Points: <ul> <li>Only read detailed articles or guides—skip the generic overview stuff.</li> <li>Understand that you have to learn before you earn, and then be persistent with your education.</li> <li>If you want to get into marketing, start experimenting on your own website.</li> </ul> Resources Mentioned: <ul> <li>
<a href="http://www.moz.com">www.moz.com</a> – Blog recommended by Neil</li> <li>
<a href="http://www.backlinko.com">www.backlinko.com</a> – Blog recommended by Neil</li> <li>
<a href="http://www.singlegrain.com">www.singlegrain.com</a> – Blog recommended by Neil</li> <li>
<a href="http://www.kissmetrics.com">www.kissmetrics.com</a> – Resource Eric relies on to improve his marketing knowledge</li> <li>
<a href="http://nuzzel.com/">Nuzzel</a> – Tool Eric uses to organize and catalog his Twitter feeds</li> </ul> Leave some feedback: <ul> <li>What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below.</li> <li>Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.</li> </ul> Connect with us: <ul> <li> <a href="http://neilpatel.com/">NeilPatel.com</a>
</li> <li> <a href="https://www.quicksprout.com/">Quick Sprout</a>
</li> <li> <a href="http://www.singlegrain.com/">Growth Everywhere</a>
</li> <li> <a href="http://www.singlegrain.com/">Single Grain</a>
</li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/neilpatel">Twitter @neilpatel</a>
</li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/ericosiu">Twitter @ericosiu</a>
</li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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In Episode #1 Eric and Neil introduce the world to The Marketing School—a daily podcast built to share marketing insights with the world. Today’s main topic: where you can go to learn marketing.   Show Notes:  01:36 – Do you want learn...

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