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A Game of Lists...
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Today kicks off the official unofficial US national holiday: List-building Week. Every year, bloggers, podcasters, and digital content creators across the world converge on the internet for one week to see who can build the biggest list of email subscribers. Thousands will enter, only one will reign victorious. To commence the week, and commemorate the […]
Where Aspiring Entrepreneurs Should Spend Their Energy
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When people sign up for my email newsletter, the first email they get is an inquiry: What is the BIGGEST pain / problem / or struggle you're dealing with right now in your business? I typically get dozens of responses a week, and I do my best to answer each one. Over time, when I […]
Why You Should Track Your Time To Improve Personal and Business Productivity
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A few months back, I surveyed my audience to figure out their biggest challenge. The survey choices included: not enough time not enough money not enough connections I don't know how to sell more of X I don't know what to prioritize all of the above other As I examined the results, I found the […]
$100k Launch Workshop in Aspen Colorado
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Do you want my help making your first (or next) 6-figures in 2017? If you do, keep reading. Since 2012, I've helped launch over 39 projects (41 if you include re-launching certain projects). 8 of these projects broke $100,000 within 60 days of launch. 3 of these projects broke $250,000 in less than 30 days. […]
How to Make a Living Writing
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Is it possible to make a living writing? If you had asked me that 3 years ago, I would have said "hell no." "There's too much competition, I'm not a good enough writer, I don't have an "in" in that artsy-fartsy whatever club..." "Maybe you can...but not me." - (Young, naive Tom's internal monologue) Luckily, while I […]
The OPA Method: How to build an audience and generate sales (even if you're starting from scratch)
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I've been a content creator / digital marketer since I left the Army circa 2013. Since then, I've tested a LOT of things. Some worked: And many didn't. In this time, I've learned many important lessons. None more important than this: When you cut through it all, there are only two ways to get early […]
The 4 Step Process to Set Priorities in Your Business
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Are you struggling with what to prioritize in your business (or life)? You're not alone. I recently surveyed my newsletter of 10,000 readers. One of the questions I asked was: what best describes your biggest challenge right now? Here's what came back: "All of the above" aside, "I don't know what to prioritize" topped the […]
The Complete Guide to Amazon Kindle SEO for Self-Publishers
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In the following article, I'm going to show you how to (ethically) manipulate Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program to rank higher and sell more books. But before we get to the meat and potatoes of this article... Warning and Preface I believe it was George Washington who once said: "with great power comes great responsibility." As […]
Focus, Growth, and Reaching $100k (2015 Year in Review)
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Last year, I did my first ever year in review. That was a really fun, albeit time-consuming essay to write... And this year's year in review (or After Action Review, as I like to refer to it) was no different. 2015 was a jam packed year and 2016 is off to a crazy start, so […]
7 Lessons Learned From Writing a Business Book
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Wow, so it's been a long time coming, but Collaborate: The Modern Playbook for Leading a Small Team to Create, Market, and Sell Digital Products Online is almost finished! Today, I want to share some of my lessons learned (the good, the bad, and the ugly) from writing this book... But first, a bit of background: […]