Margo Aaron

Margo Aaron began her career as a psychological researcher for a prestigious mental health clinic where she discovered a problem. The problem was it is hard to get people to do things in their own best interest. Which makes zero sense and led Margo to ask the question she's been investigating ever since:

How do you get people to take action?

She took this question to Columbia for grad school, but they weren't helpful because they had the same problem. They didn't know how to get people to act or to care. In fact, they made it purposefully difficult to get AWESOME LIFE CHANGING information, by locking it inside books no one would ever read.

Margo was not ok with this. 

Determined to solve this problem and save the world, she set out to learn how you turn information no one cares about into something people care and DO something about.

That’s when she accidentally ended up in marketing.

Turns out marketing is a convenient tool for getting people to act. It helps you translate boring information into something people are DYING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT. But because researchers don't talk to marketers, she had no idea any of these tools existed. 

So, Margo snagged herself a fancy corporate job in marketing, where she did strategic planning for brands like Starbucks, Evolution Fresh, and Seattle's Best.

It was sexy, but like a solid 5 on the "Are We Effectively Changing Behavior?" scale.

So, Margo decided it was time to get schooled in behavior change. She spent nights and weekends learning everything she could about persuasion, influence, direct response, copywriting, branding, digital marketing, market research, conversion rate optimization (CRO), strategic planning, and other buzzwords.

(Check out the books she recommends on each of those topics here)

She learned so much that she said, “Bye Felicia” to her corporate career and set back out to finish her mission of getting people to act.

Her LinkedIn calls this part “Argotics, LLC.,” which is the consultancy she started that succeeded in making her money and making her meshuga.

Deflated and confused, she started writing about what she witnessed in the trenches on a website called That Seems Important.

After a few articles went viral, she started to amass a spectacular following of solopreneurs, content creators, and other incredible humans looking to change the world and do work that matters. She now supports them in putting themselves and their work out there, which you can learn more about here.

Today, Margo teaches students how to sell honestly, market ethically, and use words to inspire action. She is the co-host of the popular internet talk show, "Hillary and Margo Yell at Websites" (#HAMYAW), and her website, That Seems Important, was named one of the top 100 Websites for Writers + Solopreneurs.

Margo Aaron is a proud graduate of Emory University (BA), Columbia University (MA), and altMBA where she won the prestigious Walker Award.

Margo’s work has been featured in Thought Catalog, Entrepreneur, Thrive Global, Hubspot, Thinkgrowth, Growth Lab, Copyhackers, and Inc. She’s taught thousands of students how to sell ethically, market honestly, and use words to inspire action. Margo is also the co-host of the popular internet talk show "Hillary and Margo Yell at Websites" (#HAMYAW). You can stay up to date on what's happening with Margo by subscribing to her newsletter here.

If you’d like to “pick her brain” you may do so here.