Marketing Dopamine • October 31, 2026
What Comes Next
This is the last post of the month.
Thirty one days of writing. Some posts came easily. Some took longer than I expected. A few were written while I was away from home. Every one of them went out on time.
I did not do it to prove that I could. I did it to practice what I believe about trust, consistency, and showing up.
And it worked, though not always in the ways I expected.
The end of a challenge is not the end of the work. It is the start of the next step.
This month taught me that consistency gets you started, but community keeps you going. That is why the next step is not another month of writing on my own. It is five days of showing up for each other.
On Monday, November 2, my free five day challenge begins on LinkedIn. Each day, women in business share a link to their most recent LinkedIn post, then visit and comment on each other’s. No prompts, no assignments. Just real support. If you would like to join, follow me on LinkedIn.
And if this is where you pause, that is fine too. Thank you for reading. Thank you for showing up. It has meant more than you know.
Writing alone got me here. Showing up together is what comes next.
See you on Monday, I hope.
Lisa Carmichael is the author of The Marketing Dopamine Workbook: From Awareness to Action, available now, a companion to her book Marketing Dopamine: What Your Brain Is Really Doing When You Think You’re Building a Business, coming soon. Learn more at marketingdopamine.com
Lisa, you wrote 31 posts and got every one out on time, even while you were away. Your line “consistency gets you started, but community keeps you going” is one I will remember. Good luck with your LinkedIn challenge on Monday. Thank you for being part of UBC this month.
Thank you, Paul! I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into bringing this community together. Writing every day while traveling was definitely a challenge, but knowing others were reading and sharing their own stories kept me going. The relationships I’ve built through UBC have been an unexpected bonus. I’m looking forward to January! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for sharing a piece with so much care behind it. I liked the attention you gave to explaining the finer points.
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to read it. Sometimes it’s the little details that help us see things differently. I’m glad you found it helpful!