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The idea of location independence is appealing to many entrepreneurs. Imagine being able to run your business from anywhere in the world.

In practice, though, we begin to worry about our ability to support our business when we are miles away.

Namely, how do we find clients when we cannot ap Read More

I used to think that these kinds of stories were made up. You know the ones – where someone makes $100k in a few days launching some info product or software seemingly out of nowhere.

But I’ve come to realize that this is really happening.

The first time I read about this was over at Spencer’ Read More

It’s typical to look at marketing and development as separate entities.

Two islands, only accessible by boat.

And when it comes to startups, people often place themselves in the category of marketer and developer.

The marketer’s job is to drive traffic to the website and to convert it to t Read More

Many niches have thousands of bloggers in them.

The reality is, you can’t and shouldn’t try to work with them all – you have to be selective.

The reason is that it takes time to partner with people, and you only want to engage with bloggers who you feel can best move your brand forward.

As Read More

We have identified 6 attention grabbing methods that, if practiced correctly, are sure to shine some extra spotlight on your blog and business.
1. Giveaways

Until late last year it was much rarer that you would see a giveaway, that is, until Pat Flynn released his guest post case study of how o Read More

You’ve probably heard about this new thing called content marketing. It seems to be all the rage as of late, given that 89% of companies using content marketing say it works.

So chances are you’ve started a blog. The problem is, we’re business owners, not bloggers, and our blog is not always our Read More

Would you like to learn some new ways to use social media to drive leads?

Ah, the big mystery of social media and how to use it to drive leads.

Many ask – how can I better leverage social media for my business?

And few know the answer.

The truth is, social media can be the biggest waste Read More

As a business owner, it always amazes me the different channels through which people prefer to send me an inquiry.

You’d think everyone would just shoot for the contact page – nine times out of ten it’s in the navigation menu anyways.

And yet everyday I receive a customer inquiry from a chann Read More

Copywriting – I can’t say I’ve ever been particularly strong at it.

It’s hard to know with some degree of certainty you’re using the right messaging. I’ve had many people look at my home pages and tell me I should change X, Y and Z – often contradicting each other in the process.

At the same Read More

Links tend to come about naturally as a result of our outreach efforts, which is really the ideal way to build links, isn’t it?

After months of sending hundreds of outreach messages, I’ve identified 8 very valuable links that tend to result from our successes, which I’ve summarized here: Read More