Here’s a writing tip that helps us create more engaging experiences with our audience in less time. It’s helpful no matter what you’re making, whether it’s a blog post, a script for video, a book, a sales page, an email or a tweet.
Here’s a writing tip that helps us create more engaging experiences with our audience in less time. It’s helpful no matter what you’re making, whether it’s a blog post, a script for video, a book, a sales page, an email or a tweet.
Some of our favorite indie entrepreneurs share their most important mistakes and lessons learned. Flailing around, blindly trying this and that, praying and hoping for some traction.
I like seeing numbers. Today, I want to show you how generosity pays – not just in theory, but in practice (with numbers to prove it).
Your business may just be another way to play with yourself. Harnessing some team-work tactics could be a huge multiplier for you. I was alone in my business trying to make a thing on the side.
Selling doesn't have to be sleazy or uncomfortable. It works and feels so much better when it's not. We all "sell." Whether it's ourselves or our services or our products or the carrots in our lunchbox (that we really want to trade for that kid's bag of oreos).
Do your best ideas come from sitting down, focused with a pad of paper, and trying to come up with them? Or do they come spontaneously, when you least expect them to, and then quickly float away before you can capture them?
There are people who do business in ways that turn your stomach. They're willing to do unethical things, take advantage of people, and sacrifice their audience on the altars of profit and short term gains.
There may come a day when you need to switch domains. It might be that the brand name you chose years ago doesn’t properly explain what your unique selling proposition is anymore. Or maybe you are transitioning from a branded domain to a personal domain. Or vice versa.
You're here because you want to create a business that supports you. You want to build something that earns and affords you the life you aim for. But there's a heavy tension you've probably experienced between a). doing something you care about, b). doing something you're good at, and c). doing something others find valuable.
What if you built a website with a ton of traffic only to realize it could never end up supporting you? There are metrics that matter A TON in your business.
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