You likely will face some kind of adversity or negativity as you build your business. This article is all about how you respond. How we deal with negativity and adversity is an essential ingredient in our success, so let’s think a little bit critically about this.
Adding an opt-in incentive to your website and social accounts can make a massive impact on your email list growth and customer engagement. Up until recently MailChimp made it difficult to do this well, but now that’s all changed.
I’ve always had this assumption that real artists, real creatives, live lives without much commercial success. But today’s show directly confronts that idea… hell, it blows it up.
Among the Fizzle team, I'm known as the skeptic. I like to think I have a finely tuned bullshit meter. If an idea lacks in evidence, I'll usually either question it, ignore it, or ridicule it, depending on my mood.
As indie entrepreneurs we live and die by the execution of our ideas. Without the right focus and motivation, discipline alone won’t save you. I find it’s very common for creatives and business builders to feel they lack discipline. We think if we had more discipline then we’d be making more progress on our idea.
I made an embarrassing mistake on YouTube and I loved it. Making mistakes out loud is a pre-requisite for entrepreneurship.
Burning out and blowing up costs us all way too much in our businesses. “Just power through it” is terrible advice because it’s a recipe for burnout, for blowing up.
When I was a kid, my dad used to give me a stern sideways glance and say, "you are who you choose to be friends with." It always drove me insane. I am ME, I reassured myself uneasily. I'm not so easily influenced by other people.
We spoke to one of the most prolific and successful course makers we know, Vanessa Van Edwards, about how we can all improve our online courses. For any of you course makers out there these insights are going to help you make much more successful courses — both for you and your customers.