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.
Delivering At Your Own Pace
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.
Tempering Your Natural Curiosity
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.
The Foolproof Customer Growth Strategy
There was an item of conversation that popped out of my post the other day about “Circling The Drain” that seemed to resonate with people that I’d consider “consumers” and others I’d think of primarily as “producers”.
Circling The Drain
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 …
Understanding 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.
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.
The Paradox of the Pivot
It’s been an interesting day because I was working from home for a few reasons and that gave me a bit of spare bandwidth to see what was happening with the sales of my new book, “No Hyperbole: The New Rules of Online Business“.
Just Doing The Fun Stuff
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 …