Lessons in Community Building

community building

Over the years, I’ve been pretty successful at marketing myself and my products in services within online forums and communities.  I have the ability and skill that allows me to join a group, share information and generate conversation that people find engaging and interesting.

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Delivering At Your Own Pace

time management

One of the things I’ve been trying to force myself to do over the last few months is to set more realistic expectations on myself so that I can deliver things in a way that is comfortable for myself.  I don’t know about you, but I’m more own worst enemy when it comes to giving myself deadlines and setting schedules for how and when I’ll complete things.

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Tempering Your Natural Curiosity

curiousity

When something sparks my interest, I have a tendency to get very curious about the inner workings of whatever it is and to try and “crack the code”.  I have a natural curiosity that can be quite difficult to tame at times – it leads me to be easily distracted when my mind gets moving in a particular direction.

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Circling The Drain

funnels

If you read these posts from me on a daily basis, you know that I often mock the “funnel” crowd.  These are the people who try and sell you on the idea that they have …

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Do You Have The Right Skills?

skills gap

One of the things that’s been interesting as I’ve gone through the process of publishing my book over the last couple of weeks is identifying the skills gaps that I have with respect to selling books on Amazon. 

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Understanding Asymmetrical Risk

asymmetrical risk

Some people tell you to make your subject lines so compelling that the person reading them will be desperate to open the email.  I think it is safe to say that, “Understanding Asymmetrical Risk” might be one of the most boring subject lines I’ve ever come up with.

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Breaking a Few Eggs

breaking a few eggs

When I was younger and just starting out in my professional career, I was regularly referred to as a “bull in a china shop”.  The filter that many people have where they stop themselves from pushing the things to the point of being uncomfortable for others didn’t really exist for me or at the very least, I wasn’t really mature enough to adhere to it.

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Just Doing The Fun Stuff

hard work

One of my favourite phrases that comes to mind all the time is “value cheaters”.  I heard the phrase first used by MJ DeMarco, the author of Millionaire Fastlane and one of my top three …

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