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Courtesy of Ramit Sethi: Hey, I think you’ll agree that since we’ve been working together, I’ve helped you increase profits by X% while simultaneously cutting costs by X% and generating $XXX,XXX in revenue. I value you as a client and enjoy working for you — but in order for this to make sense for me,…

Many of the ideas on this massive list could be executed remotely. A few I picked out while scrolling through:

FakeClients.com is… …a website to help you practice logo design, UX, web design, graphic design and illustration. Press ‘start’ and a random design brief will be generated so you can practice your design skills and fill your portfolio, working for fake businesses. Cool idea, but if you’re looking to gain experience and build your portfolio, first…

Wise words from Derek Sivers: It takes many hours to make what you want to make. The hours don’t suddenly appear. You have to steal them from comfort. Whatever you were doing before was comfortable. This is not. This will be really uncomfortable. The few times in my life I’ve made a real change like this, it felt awful on…

Lots of ideas in this Substack thread. A few that stood out to me.

#27 from that batch of Momentos: Seth Godin says good marketing is just telling a good story, compelling and authentic. My no-fly trip was a good story. Might be time to tell another. The new one could also be about a journey. Not to circumnavigate the globe, but to earn $1K per day from my site. I came…

I really enjoyed this blog post from Skyclerk, about small, subtle things that shape the business you build, and how your customers experience it. Key excerpt: My father was an insurance agent with his office in a big 3 story office mall. The parking lot for this building must have had room for 500 cars and…

A tweet from freelance copywriting superstar Danny Margulies: In 7+ years I have never not — upon receiving a payment from a freelance client — let them know I received it, and thanked them for sending it. Every client. Every payment. Even the ones who’ve paid me every week. If you’re not doing that you’re missing a huge…

Enjoyed this podcast interview with blogger Will Hatton, “who converted his passion into a 9-business empire making 7 figures in revenue.” 💰💰💰 On the topic of passion, Hatton had the following to say (paraphrased from about the 58m mark): You have to figure out what’s more important: to be directly involved with working on your passion,…

Ableton have a nifty series of lessons that teach you the basics of music making 🎶 My friend Emmett Cooke has earned a good living as a freelance composer for many years, making music for big name clients. I asked him about Ableton and he replied: It’s brilliant for beginners. Ableton in general is geared more towards electronic music overall but…

A study by the American Medical Association – described on Reddit – explains why you should charge more for your services: 82 participants received two small electric shocks. One before taking a pain killer and one after. In group 1, they told them the pain killer cost 10c, and they reported less pain 61% of the time.…