Life is busy. Marketers are trying to stay on top of content creation, messaging, branding, budget, industry trends — not to mention trying to find time for a personal life. This juggling act is a serious time commitment, but short and sweet inspiration isn’t (or at least we don’t want it to be).

So we asked marketing experts and industry thoughts leaders to share their thoughts on how to be an effective, lovable marketer, and we’ve pulled out some tidbits of wisdom from their advice for you here. We hope it gives you a breath of fresh air before digging into your next big inbound marketing endeavor.