How did you come to do what you do? Videosocials.net and phoneBlogger.net Co-founder Mark Bullock shares with us how he came to found two marketing companies with a technology background.
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You know, on occasion, I often tell our Videosocials members, one of the most important videos that you can record is your creation story. What’s a creation story? Well, that is ‘why do you do what you do?’ In modern format, I guess a lot, you know, it’s your ‘why.’ What brought you to the point that you are now? What brought you to be able to accomplish what you accomplish; to help however you help; to serve however you serve.
Hi, I am Mark Bullock and the Co-founder of Videosocials.net and phoneBlogger.net . And I guess the best way to answer that is to give you a little bit of a glimpse into — and I don’t… I only have three minutes here so I can’t give you my entire creation story but it really comes down to a simple point in my life about 15 years ago, 17 years ago where basically the bottom fell out. I had the rug pulled out from underneath me and we lost everything.
Up to that point, I had spent my entire career building — and I did fairly well. I was in technology and I did quite well and when we fell, we lost everything. And I really sat down and asked myself, well, ‘here I am 40-something and what do I want to be when I grow up because I’m not staying in technology anymore. Not after being hurt like that.’ And I really didn’t know the answer to that question. But what came to me and what I wrote down that day was, I wanted to make a difference and I wanted to make a difference, especially for those around me or those that I ran into that were trying to make a difference themselves.
And that really was a bit of a catalyst and I’ve kind of adopted that as my own personal mantra and my own personal mission statement. And what’s been fascinating is is I’m still involved in technology. But in a much different way. And it required me to really like train in marketing. I had never been trained in marketing and never had any real experience in it. I got trained as a business coach. Really because I needed it myself at the time. And I got trained on personal and business communications.
And so in that process, you’re talking with people, you’re engaging with people, you’re seeing what helps them, you’re seeing what moves the ball forward. You see what actually helps them be successful in what they’re doing, which is hopefully helping others. And then all of a sudden things like phoneBlogger comes up as a concept or an idea. And then a decade later, Videosocials comes up as a concept and an idea. And it’s directed by our members.
So one of the things that I learned way back when was I can help those and I can make a difference for those that are making a difference if I’m listening to what they need to get that done. So that’s why I do what I do.
Hope you found that helpful. Again, Mark with Videosocials.net and phoneBlogger.net . Have a great day.