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Hacking SlideShare: The Surprising Site That Sends More Referral Traffic Than Facebook or Twitter

April 26, 2024March 24, 2014

Digging through my analytics last week, I stumbled on a surprising find:

SlideShare had driven more referral traffic to SideHustleNation so far this year than Twitter or Facebook.

I was surprised because

It’s a tiny fraction of the size of those other platforms.
I only have 6 presentations there (2 of which were duds).
I have a grand total of 77 SlideShare followers.
So how do they send so much traffic? Let’s take a look.

4 Ways to Find Your People (And How You Join Me In #4)

March 7, 2025March 3, 2014

You know the feeling you get when you’re surrounded by your friends and family?

Or when you’re in a big crowd of fans cheering on the same team?

It’s a sort of happiness, comfort, support, and understanding, right?

Well, at least for me it is.

When you’re with your people, there’s a collective energy that’s hard to describe.

Ting Review: How to Save $804 Per Year on Your Cell Phone Bill

March 29, 2025February 24, 2014

Earlier this year, Bryn and I switched cell phone providers from Verizon to Ting.

Our bill last month was $59 for 2 iPhones, less than half what we were paying at Verizon.

Over the course of the year, we’ll save $804 or more.

(Our average Verizon bill in 2013 was $126.26.)

So what’s Ting?

It’s OK, I’d never heard of them either.

The Most Important Skill for Entrepreneurs (and 7 Ways to Cultivate It)

November 16, 2021February 17, 2014

What’s the most important skill for entrepreneurs?

Ask a dozen people and you’ll probably get a dozen answers.

Sales is a popular response. After all, if an entrepreneur can’t sell customers on his product, team members on the vision, or investors on the potential, the business won’t go anywhere.

Hiring is considered another critical skill. Getting the right people on the bus, in Good to Great speak.

The Scariest Question Ever (and the only right answer)

September 28, 2023January 27, 2014

As adults (gasp), we face dozens of questions everyday:

What should I wear?
What should I have for breakfast?
What route should I take to work?
What should I listen to on the way? (hint: try a podcast)
Most of these questions are pretty small and trivial. The answer you choose probably won’t have any lasting long-term impact on your life.

I mean, Cheerios vs. toast, not exactly a game-changer.

But what about the deeper questions?

The I Done This and Daily Gratitude Challenge

June 18, 2020January 13, 2014

What work did you do yesterday? The day before?

Up until a month ago, I wouldn’t have had a good answer for you.

But now, I’m keeping track of what I get done each day, and it feels great. I first learned about this little mindset/productivity/work hack from Ari Meisel. (Remember Ari from The Side Hustle Show?).

He recommended an automated service called I Done This.

The Outsourced Writing Experiment

September 9, 2019November 4, 2013

For my latest book project, I had this wonderful idea that if I could get someone else to do the writing, I could get it to market faster. I was super busy and eager to expand my self-publishing efforts. The Idea You may have heard the stories of successful Kindle authors who actually use ghostwriters … Read more

Ebooks on Fiverr: The Self-Publishing Platform That Outsold Amazon

March 31, 2025October 14, 2013

Everyone knows Amazon’s self-publishing platform is the place to be for indie authors. That’s not news. I mean, where else can you instantly get shelf space in the world’s largest bookstore, and reach a network of millions of Kindle owners, all for free? To be sure, if you’re not on Amazon, you’re definitely missing out … Read more

Why Didn’t I Think of That? 5 Too-Simple-To-Work Ideas That Did Anyway

August 23, 2023October 7, 2013

Have you ever found yourself looking at a piece of modern art, that’s just like a blank canvas with one hastily-drawn red square in the corner? And you think to yourself, I could have done that! And you’re right. You could have. But you didn’t. (I didn’t either.) Just like you or I didn’t come … Read more

How My Best Side Hustle Ever Almost Ended in Court

October 15, 2018September 16, 2013

In 2006, I stumbled upon an amazing little side hustle. I had a theory that an exact match domain would convey authority in the search results, and this was long before I even know what an “exact match domain” was. (Quick primer: if you’re searching in Google for “blue widgets”, the exact match domain would … Read more

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