Or keep it happy, thriving, and responsive. If you're a solopreneur or service professional with a website, you know you need to build an email subscriber list to grow a stable, long-term … [Read more...]
How to Get Noticed in the New Attention Economy
There’s a moment when an online authority platform reaches its first "tipping point;" that moment a well-placed guest post brings your website a surge of traffic overnight, or a single joint venture … [Read more...]
On Purpose and Passion
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Howard Thurman Do your projects suffer from stops and … [Read more...]
What a Four-year-old Can Teach us About Drawing a Crowd Online
One Saturday morning I was listening to a local radio guy chat with his four-year old son. “Tell the people a little about yourself,” he gently prodded his son. The boy proceeded to list off a … [Read more...]
Perception is Projection
In part one of this series, we discussed the three levels of fear and asked the question: how do we go about developing more trust in our ability to “handle things,” rather than fear and avoid them? … [Read more...]
Three Keys to Successfully Working Solo
Working solo is not just a miniaturized version of what we do when working for a big company. It is not even a scaled down version of what small businesses with employees do. Growing a small … [Read more...]
The Art of Entrepreneurship
Which artist would you say has influenced you most? Is it a painter, writer, musician? I was one of those kids who bought a lot of records in high school. Singer-songwriters were my … [Read more...]
The Secret to Getting More of What You Need Most
Have you ever played the “spot the blue car” game with your kids on road trips? Ask restless kids to point out all the blue cars you pass, and suddenly it’s amazing how many blue cars there … [Read more...]
Why Your Online Reputation Matters
Online Reputation? Boy, am I glad I wasn’t raised in the social media era. Kids today expose so much of their personal data and personal information on social media sites, that Google’s CEO … [Read more...]
Create Leverage With a Simple Checklist
Genuine work freedom comes from leverage, and leverage comes from removing constraints like renting yourself out to a corporation, being an hourly wage earner, or even being a freelancer with limited … [Read more...]