My Blog
My blog is the place where I share actionable advice and in-depth tactics that can help you build up your knowledge and add new skills to your marketing stack. My content is as detailed and specific as possible, including templates and samples you can put to practice right off.

Confessions of a Fraud: What I Learned from Dealing with Impostor Syndrome
Impostor syndrome is almost a given for digital professionals. 70% of people get these feelings – so they are more than normal. Here are my ways of dealing with impostor syndrome and try to help you silence your inner critic.

10 Lessons From My First 20 Months of Freelancing
Back in May 2019 I went into the Registry Agency and filed the documents for my incorporation. 20 months, 161 invoices, and one global pandemic later, I get the question “How did you start and what’s your advice?” more and more often. There’s no one single path to freelance success any more than there’s one…
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Content Marketing Blueprint: a Building Block for Content Excellence [Content Marketing Plan Template]
The Content Marketing Blueprint is a one-page document that shows concisely what you’re doing with content — and why. Here’s a handy template you can use, along with step-by-step guidance on how to fill it in.
![Atomic Habits: The Four Laws You Need to Master to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones [Book Notes]](https://valchanova.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/atomic-habits.jpeg)
Atomic Habits: The Four Laws You Need to Master to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones [Book Notes]
Imagine you’re in IKEA. There’s the winding main road that everyone takes. But you know exactly where you want to go and you want to get there fast. So you take a shortcut and you’re there in no time. You saved time—and gained a nice feeling of superiority for using your brain rather than taking…
![Measure What Matters: Why OKRs Are the Only Goal Setting Approach You Need [Book Notes]](https://valchanova.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/measure-what-matters-book-review-scaled.jpeg)
Measure What Matters: Why OKRs Are the Only Goal Setting Approach You Need [Book Notes]
There are few better books to kick-off your planning and goal setting than Measure What Matters. The book summarizes the concept of objectives and key results (OKRs), my personal favorite goal setting approach, by one of its fathers. John Doerr didn’t just have a front seat at the birth of OKRs by Intel’s Andy Grove…

8 Habits Marketers Need to Make Their Career Soar
Habits help you keep on track with the least amount of energy spent. They are the shortcuts we all need to survive in this crazy world of ours – and they are especially helpful for digital professionals operating in a constant state of change. Here are some of the key habits marketers need to develop.
![Value Proposition Canvas: What It Is and How to Use It to Know Customers Better [Templates & Step-by-Step Guide]](https://valchanova.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/value-proposition-canvas.jpeg)
Value Proposition Canvas: What It Is and How to Use It to Know Customers Better [Templates & Step-by-Step Guide]
The Value Proposition Canvas is a powerful tool that helps you understand what value you bring and how to communicate it to your customers. It’s a deceptively simple tool but one that needs to be filled with care. I’ll show you the key steps and even share with you my go-to templates and trigger questions.
![Marketing 4.0: the Convergence of Online and Offline Touchpoints [Book Notes]](https://valchanova.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/marketing-4-philip-kotler.jpg)
Marketing 4.0: the Convergence of Online and Offline Touchpoints [Book Notes]
Marketing 4.0 is a great theoretical basis – no matter if you’re just starting out in marketing or want to look at your customers’ journey through a new prism. The customer path is an especially useful tool and the focus on human centricity is an important addition that brands need in the digital world. It’s…
