ND brains vs Marketing


If you have ADHD, autism, trauma brain, or some form of neurodivergence (like me)…you might have a harder time following typical marketing advice.

Can you relate to any of these?

  1. Your sensitivity to perceived rejection (unsubscribes or low engagement) stalls action.1. Your sensitivity to perceived rejection (unsubscribes or low engagement) stalls action.
  2. You struggle to condense your ideas into concise, clear copy.
  3. You get overwhelmed by analytics and uninterested by the data, avoiding them altogether.
  4. Your brilliant ideas are wasted because you can’t remember where you wrote them down.
  5. You’re unable to batch content cuz of the level of executive functioning it requires.
  6. You’re exhausted from trying to look and sound like an expert in your marketing (aka masking).
  7. You find the repetitive but necessary marketing tasks too boring to commit to.
  8. Your inconsistent energy makes it hard to be consistent with marketing.
  9. You jump from one platform to the next…but see no meaningful progress anywhere.
  10. You need routine to thrive but you just can’t get yourself to stick to structured marketing plans.
  11. You have difficulty prioritizing. Everything feels equally urgent or equally unimportant.
  12. Your brain checks out long before you start seeing any return from your efforts.
  13. You refuse to market your business while the world is falling apart.

For the most part, I’ve managed to figure out how to tackle all 13 for myself and my clients.

Feel free to hit "reply" to lemme know which marketing struggles you experience and I'll share tips, reframes, and resources that might help.

One more thing: If you have a more neurotypical brain but can relate to those 13, that's totally a thing, too. :) I've just found that my ND friends struggle with the above more often than not.


Natalia

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