I found a new productivity trick recently and was incredibly surprised by how well it worked. In this post I'll share that trick as well as two others that will help you achieve more productivity and focus.
I found a new productivity trick recently and was incredibly surprised by how well it worked. In this post I'll share that trick as well as two others that will help you achieve more productivity and focus.
Building and launching the first website for your business is special. It represents the symbolic launch of your business. It also means it’s time to move on to building an audience and product. But before you can do any of that, you need a place to call home on the web.
Confused about personal branding? Let’s clear it up in about 200 words. Personal branding means marketing yourself and your career as a brand. You become a brand.
It’s gripping to peek into the thoughts of an indie entrepreneur at the moment they find focus. I’m buzzing in my seat as I read Dave’s article. The added bonus is that I was able to play a part in what led up to this moment for Dave.
At the beginning of 2015, the Fizzle team set a loosely defined goal: tell more customer stories. We’re all inspired when we hear stories of entrepreneurs who have accomplished what we hope to accomplish someday. And the more we hear from our customers and readers (you), the more we realize you’re just the same. While you benefit from our training, you also love hearing origin stories from other founders.
“It started as a whim in a coffee shop,” explains Joseph Michael, creator of Learn Scrivener Fast, an online course that teaches students how to use the popular writing program Scrivener. “I had been trying to get a pizza delivery job, but got rejected over and over. I just wanted to make some extra dough on the side.” The pun may have been intentional, but there was nothing funny about Joseph’s financial situation back then.
Best answer I’ve heard to this question: Yes. I hear this question from people with an idea all the time. You will need both a product to sell and an audience to sell it to, of course, to have a sustainable business.
In this post I’m going to share a bunch of images, tools and tricks to help you design your own ebook without spending any money on a designer. We all want our websites, emails and ebooks to help us look professional, stand out from the crowd, get recognized and, ultimately, delight our audience.
Can you remember the days when you believed you would never generate enough revenue to call your idea – your passion – a real business? And yet, here you are today, feeling overwhelmed by tasks, to-do’s and client requests. You’ve had to turn paying customers away due to a full schedule, and you might even be starting to receive some complaints.
Note from Barrett: Today’s post is a guest post from Pat Flynn of SmartPassiveIncome.com. Pat is one of the most well known names in independent, online business. In today’s post, Pat shares a full behind the scenes look at the process that led him to build his most successful software project to date, Smart Podcast Player. Here’s Pat …