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Stay on the Path
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There it is. It happened again. It always seems to at times like these... Everything is going great - you hit a new high (more praise, more readers, more anything) and you feel amazing… Momentum is building in the right direction (up and to the right) and it feels like nothing can break you… You're […]
The 5 Most Effective Online Sales Techniques I Learned from Two Girls in Indonesia
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Indonesia is a funny place. On the one hand, you find some incredible artisan craftsmanship – stuff that would cost 10 or 20 times more in the States (minimum). On the other hand, you have someone trying to sell you something (anything) every ten feet. *true story: as I was walking down a street in […]
Artisanship and Premium Prices in the Digital Age
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“Once you decide on your occupation... you must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work. Never complain about your job. You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That's the secret of success...” – Jiro Ono (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) * * * For the […]
Passion, Ferocity and Defiance
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Have you ever wanted to bring an idea to life? Maybe it was an idea for a science fiction book, or a simple blog on a topic you’re passionate about, or maybe even an idea for a startup or small business… What happened? Did you bring it to life? Did you manifest the vision? Is […]
The 3 Most Important Lessons I Learned While Lean Starting a Publishing Company
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Last week, while making a pit stop in Singapore, I was given the opportunity to sit down with a group of passionate entrepreneurs to teach the Lean Startup techniques I used to create Insurgent Publishing from scratch. *Quick shout out to Resistance Members Coralie Dell’Ambrogio and Bryan Long for putting the event together*! During my […]
How I Enlisted the Help of Steven Pressfield and a Dozen Other A-Listers to Bring My Vision to Life
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Last week, I released the first-ever publication from my boutique publishing company: Insurgent Publishing. It’s called The Creative Entrepreneur, and it’s a semi-annual, donation-based business and arts journal. As you can probably guess from its name, it’s all about helping entrepreneurs (and creatives of all types) start, run, and grow their small businesses using creative […]
Jumping out of Helicopters
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“30 seconds!” The Jump Master’s yells, his voice muffled under the pulsating blades of the helicopter just feet above my head. This is a preparatory command – it means we’re about to jump. The helicopter finishes turning, straightens its flight path, and stabilizes as it flies over 60mph through the air. “30 seconds!” we echo. […]
How I Made Over $1,000 From a Pay What You Want Book Launch
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In this report, I share a behind-the-scenes look at how I launched The Complete Guide to Pay What You Want Pricing, which resulted in over $1,000 in "Pay What You Want" sales in the first two weeks of release. The purpose of this article is to give you a look "behind-the-scenes" of a book launch […]
Life is for the Unreasonable
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For the past two months my wife and I have been vagabonding through New Zealand. Vagabonding is probably the best word for it – the majority of the time we’ve been living out of our backpack and a tiny red hatchback (The Getzya!). The first weekend here, we rented a car (buses are too expensive and […]
Pay What You Want: Share Your Work - Make a Profit
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Finally. After 6+ months of testing, tracking and recording... 3 months of intensive research, study, and compiling... And 1 month of all-consuming writing, editing, scrapping...and writing some more... I've finished my new book: The Complete Guide to Pay What You Want Pricing: How You Can Share Your Work and Still Make a Profit Author Tom […]