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How to Connect with Customers and Grow Your Business on the 10 Most Popular Websites

January 8, 2024May 13, 2019

The basic challenge of marketing is to get your product or service in front of the right customers. If they don’t know you exist, it’s going to be awfully hard for you to sell them anything, right?

In this post, I’ll showcase the different ways you can get more prospects, visitors, and leads.

In marketing lingo, this is called the Top of the Funnel. How can you fill your pipeline with as many qualified prospects as possible?

334: Unfair Advantages: How to Find Yours (and 10 of Mine)

January 10, 2023May 9, 2019

There’s a topic that no one really talks about in entrepreneurship or online business, and that’s the unfair advantages someone had starting out.

Behind every killer case study, every income report, every “overnight” success, there’s a backstory you don’t always hear.

The truth is, no one ever really starts from scratch. We bring our own history, perspectives, and baggage to the table.

Storage Unit Auctions: How to Make Money From Abandoned Storage Lockers

June 16, 2023May 7, 2019

Storage unit auctions are happening near you every month and somebody’s making money from them.

Why not you?

I’ve flipped over 100 storage lockers in my spare time; here’s how to get started without losing your shirt.

What is a Side Hustle? And Why Millions Have One

December 6, 2022May 6, 2019

What is a side hustle?

A side hustle is simply anything you do to earn money outside of a traditional job.

In generations past, this might have been known as “moonlighting,” but there’s also a more entrepreneurial connotation than merely taking on a second job.

Quarterly Progress Report – Q1 2019

March 24, 2020April 8, 2019

Progress report time! (It’s a tradition on the blog.)

Why Progress? Because that’s what it’s all about.

To me, progress means forward motion, or actively taking the steps to improve each day. It’s one thing we can control.

7 Simple, Effective Ways to Scale a Service Business

April 22, 2021April 1, 2019

As we’ve mentioned, “scaling” a service business can be one of the biggest challenges with this business model. In fact, it’s a sticking point that keeps a lot of people away from freelancing altogether.

But if your goal is to get big or even to just avoid trading time for money your whole life, there are lots of ways to scale a service business.

2018 Annual Review and Q4 Progress Report

January 4, 2020January 15, 2019

Progress report time!

Why go through this exercise?

It’s time to evaluate what happened over the last 3 months (and in this case to look at the year as a whole), to see if you achieved your goals, and to ask if you’re happier or otherwise better off than you were when you started.

So am I?

Alexa, Enable The Money Making Minute (Why I’m Creating a Flash Briefing)

September 26, 2023December 26, 2018

Today I want to share a little about my latest experiment, an Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing Skill called The Money Making Minute.

I’ll go through why I’m excited about this, where the idea came from, how I’m setting it up, and why you might consider adding an Alexa skill to your own business.

Creating and Launching a KDP Print Journal: The Making of The Progress Journal

June 19, 2021November 27, 2018

What inspired me to create and launch The Progress Journal last month?

Like many of my projects, a few planets came into alignment around the same time.

5 Ways to Be More Effective Every Day – In Just 5 Minutes

March 11, 2021November 13, 2018

Side hustlers know a thing or two about productivity.

After all, building a business is hard work — and doing it with limited hours is even more challenging.

You know it’s not just about getting more stuff done; it’s about getting more of the right stuff done.

Because busy doesn’t always mean effective!

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