Last week we started a conversation about productivity, doing great work and who sets the rules for what’s “productive enough?” This is the second part of that conversation where we dig into some surprising tactics to help us balance work and life better. Enjoy!
Ask a group of pro bloggers for one tip on how to build a powerful online audience that you can then monetize into a full-time business, and they will likely all say the same thing: find your niche. The idea is simple: it’s a big world out there with a lot of products and services that you probably don’t have the time or resources to compete with.
You beat yourself up when you don’t get enough done in the day. You get frustrated and moody and it clouds your vision, keeps you from doing your best work. I know because I do the same thing… and, for some reason, we’re ALL so naturally bad at work-life balance.
When I started Simplifilm, I made a conscious decision to work with the best people in the world. A decision that continues to this day. And I did it. I’ve worked with amazing people, people I picked years in advance. And some even more incredible people I never imagined. (Such as Will.I.Am, Arianna Huffington and Scarlet Johannsen—all in the same project.)
Wherever you are in your business, you’ll find yourself somewhere in the questions these 5 listeners ask. We have a great time answering these questions and getting to the heart of the matter. Enjoy!
Sometimes the most trafficked pages on your site aren’t the most engaged-with pages. You could have a million people landing on a page they all immediately leave… within a second or two. That’s not the kind of performance you want from a page.
Let’s talk about a few things you can do in the next few days to increase traffic to your website. In this episode we answer questions from listeners. Each one about a different piece of the traffic puzzle.
A great product alone does not lead to sales. We cannot assume, just because we made something — even if that thing is really good — that we're entitled to sales. No. We also have to spend a lot of time and effort showcasing what we made and get it in front of the right people.