Email, Anxiety & Networking Answers (FS047)

It’s the last episode of March. Sweet citrus sunday this year is moving fast! We’ve got a big round of Q&A for you in this episode of the podcast.

Here’s a few of the things we get into:

• Managing your inbox anxiety.
• Networking with people around the world.
• The benefits and limitations of targeting a niche.
• Analytics tools (and how we don’t use them).
• Managing projects during launch.

Show Notes

A Guided Meditation — My belly-aching as I got started with meditation. If you’re interested in meditation, check this out.

Artist’s Suitcase — Kent, our first questioner in this episode, runs this site. Thanks for the question, Kent!

How to Integrate E-Junkie with AWeber — “If you have an E-Junkie account and would like to have your customers automatically subscribed to your AWeber list, look no further than our email parser feature.”

Zapier — “Superpowers to get your work done. Connect and Automate Over 250 Web Apps.”

Merlin Mann on inboxes, anxiety, relationships and expectations — This is that killer conversation I rant about on the show. Really, some huge ideas and perspective on managing the inboxes in our lives.

Goodbye Internet #Unplug — “Today I turn 27 years old and I’m saying goodbye to something that has given me more joy, freedom, and meaning than any other non-living thing in my life.”

Create, Connect, and Consume — “It’s really easy for independent creatives to fall into one of two traps: either being too critical about what we’re not doing or knowing that we need to do something but not quite being sure what we need to do.”

We mention our Facebook page in this episode. You’d prolly like it.

[Photo Tour] Running A Marathon On A Ship In Antarctica | Riskology.co — Tyler just completed a marathon on every continent… in the world! So amazing.

Build A Better Network: The Third Tier Theory — How I learned to get out from under the shadow of the “big guys,” be myself, and build a better network.

How to Connect With Anyone: Course by Scott Dinsmore — Sophia’s question in this episode is about making connections with people. If you’re serious about building your network, this course is a must. Get in for $1 quit if you hate it (you won’t).

Inside the clone factory: The Samwer brothers’ story (Wired UK) — “Marc, Alexander and Oliver Samwer, three publicity-shy brothers based in Munich and Berlin, are among Europe’s most consistently successful digital entrepreneurs.”

Frugal Analytics Tools — in answer to one of the questions in this show we mentioned Google Analytics and Clicky.

Bill Hader as The President of Hollywood at Comedy Central’s Roast of James Franco – YouTube — Amazing. So damn great.