3 Effective Marketing Tasks You Can Knock Out in Under 20 Minutes

Tired of always hearing the you “should be doing [insert marketing thing]” only to want to scream back:

Sure, but with what TIME????

Real talk:

You don’t need a full-blown content calendar, Canva masterpiece, or deep-dive analytics session to make progress every single day towards marketing your business.

Sometimes, you just need 20 minutes, voice dictation, and a little strategy.

These three quick marketing tasks will help you stay consistent, show up for your audience, and actually move the needle without sucking hours from your day (or sanity from your soul.)

1. Repurpose Existing Content into a Fresh Social Post

You already did the work. Now let’s get some more juice out of that squeeze shall we?

Open your most recent blog post and copy these bits into a note on your phone:

→ The intro paragraph

→ The first three subheads

→ The first sentence that follows each subhead

Tidy up the transitions between those bullets so it reads like a natural caption (or let your pal ChatGPT help).

Next, grab your latest B-roll video, upload it to your go-to social platform, and:

→ Use the blog headline as your on-screen hook

→ Add each subhead on-screen after the 5 second mark

→ Paste the note as your caption

Voilà. Blog ➡️ Social post. (Example here) Your content works smarter, not harder.

2. Clean Your Email List to Improve Engagement Rates

Letting your email list sit unattended is the digital equivalent of letting your 3-year-old choose the menu for dinner every night: a bad idea.

Instead, use your next 20-minute block of time to:

→ Add relevant tags to any contacts added in the last 15-30 days to enable more targeted future segmentation

→ Sort out who opened recent campaigns

→ Mark anyone who hasn’t opened the last 7 emails (or last 3 months) with a “Reengage” tag

Tailored emails = better open and click-through rates.

And now that you’ve got a “Reengage” segment ready, your next 30-minute task is writing a campaign just for them.

(Make sure you’re part of the Inner Circle and I’ll email you when that tutorial is live.)

3. Turn FAQs (and Pet Peeves) Into Future Content

If you’ve answered the same question 12 times this month without blowing your top, let me first commend you for your amazing patience.

Secondly congratulations! You’ve got in-demand content waiting to be created.

Go back to that handy notes app we discussed previously, think of the top FAQs or client habits that make you chant “Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue”, and list them out.

Then hit the voice dictation button and talk through your answers—rant included. After a little editing for tone & grammar (oh hey ChatGPT 👋🏻), this becomes your starting point for:

→ A blog post for each question

→ A client onboarding FAQ

→ Social posts that educate and weed out the wrong fit

All of that content in 20 minutes? Winner winner chicken dinner! And other people told you this had to be time-consuming. Sheesh 🙄

The 2 Secrets to Successful and Effective Marketing

Marketing doesn’t always require big chunks of time. But it does require two big things: consistency and strategy.

Use these mini-tasks to build momentum—and if you need more ideas like this that connect your marketing back to actual sales? I am just a phone call or DM away!