Read the following questions and tick either A or B for whichever statement best describes you…

A - You feel passionately about what you do and believe that people who need you, will find you.
B - You feel passionately about what you do but no-one’s going to come to you unless you shout it from the rooftops…all the time.

A - You think there’s something just a little bit trashy and pushy about promoting what you do.
B - There’s nothing wrong with telling everyone you meet what you do; you never know, they might be a potential customer.

A - You think marketing is for big companies who have a big budget and prefer not to spend any money on promoting yourself.
B - You’re up for trying the latest & greatest when it comes promoting what you do, even if it ends up being money down the pan (hey, at least you tried it).

A - You don’t have a blog, only really use Facebook for connecting with friends and have no idea what Twitter, Viddler or Squidoo are.
B - Not only do you have a blog, it’s linked to your Facebook profile, your Twitter account and all your other online networking profiles so they all get updated at the same time and people can’t fail to notice when you post something new.

A - You would far rather spend your time coaching/consulting/training or whatever, than spend your time marketing so you don’t bother even trying.
B - You’re happy to coach/consult/train because it earns you the bucks, but you’d far rather spend your time figuring out how to promote yourself some more.

A - If you do have a blog, you blog because you can’t bear to let down your 5 loyal subscribers but you’d never promote the blog because that would be, well…marketing yourself.
B - You blog only because you know it’s such a great marketing tool and an opportunity to tell everyone what you’re doing, not because you enjoy the conversation or to add value to peoples’ lives.

And the results? Doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure this out…

Mostly A answers: You need to get over yourself and your fear of marketing and get out there to market yourself some more.

Mostly B answers: You need to get over yourself & take a chill pill…and think about the fact that if you’re having to market yourself so hard and so much, what you offer might not be quite as great as you think it is.