Big things happen at conferences — business partners find each other, ideas get born and developed, people find encouragement and insights and sometimes good, ol’ fashioned friendships begin.
Big things happen at conferences — business partners find each other, ideas get born and developed, people find encouragement and insights and sometimes good, ol’ fashioned friendships begin.
This is what I've learned, having now self-published three books (selling close to 10,000 copies total)—two using Gumroad and Sellfy (which are independent sales platforms, aka: digital goods e-commerce services, or DGES from here on in), and my latest on Amazon's KDP Select platform.
Fizzle Show listeners are asking questions! We’ve received a ton and in this episode we go deep on a few of them answering questions like: Hey Guys: if you haven’t subscribed yet on iTunes, you really should. Here’s the link. (While you’re there maybe write us a review?)
If you have a business or are thinking about starting one, it’s going to be in the real world. Not in your mind. Your audience and customers are going to be real people, not imaginary. So why are you validating ideas in your head? You need real, hands-on feedback. This feedback helps you make better business decisions.
Where is blogging going? What will it look like in the future? And while we’re on the big questions: what is “blogging?” Your answer to these questions change, not only what you choose to work on, but how you go about doing that work.
Everything changes when we stop thinking about how to get ahead or skip steps, and focus instead on building consistent, repetitive creative habits. Business builders early on in their career often think looking for shortcuts or figuring out the mistakes to avoid is the best way to be successful faster.
The launch of your thing can bring a bunch of buzz, eyeballs and potential customers to your business. It can also bring harrowing unnecessary stress. In this episode we share the strategy and story behind our launch a few days ago.
Last week we promised a big announcement. Here it is! Think Traffic has now become The Sparkline: a blog for independent creatives and entrepreneurs building matterful things. We’ve fallen in love over the past year. Our Fizzle community and The Fizzle Show have revealed a whole crew of people putting their asses on the line to build something they care about.
There are businesses that would be a good fit for you. They’d fit right into the grooves of your personality, sense of humor, language and interests. This business would be a dream for you to run. You’d wake up energized, ready to serve an audience you care with answers to questions that matter.
Can you get over the psychological roadblocks and self sabotaging tendencies and create something valuable enough for people to buy? Have you tried? Have you heard the voice in your head calling you out?
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