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#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.…

In a 10-minute video, Rob from Fox Web School shares a simple-but-powerful sales plan you can use to 🤯 prospective clients… He explains it in the context of selling web design services, but the same approach would work well for pretty much any freelancer. (Definitely check out Rob’s video on SPIN Selling as well if you haven’t already.)…

A public service announcement via Reddit: The biggest thing I’ve learned about the business world from myself and others, is that people are VERY fickle. Example: You just started company XYZ. You’re on the hunt for clients. You contact 100 people. 10 of them reply to you, saying they’re interested. Of these 10, 1 or 2…

A recent tweet from Ramit Sethi: I’m getting a lot of podcast invitations that say, “This won’t take a lot of your time!” That’s not a good pitch. Busy people don’t just want to minimize time — they want to maximize impact, or results, or just plain have fun

That’s according to a recently published academic study 👨🏻‍🔬 The abstract: We show that it is virtually impossible for an individual to day trade for a living, contrary to what course providers claim. We observe all individuals who began to day trade between 2013 and 2015 in the Brazilian equity futures market, the third in terms of…

Morgan Housel writes about the biggest and most practical takeaway from Warren Buffett’s success: “Start investing when you’re in third grade.” Buffett’s fortune isn’t due to just being a good investor, but being a good investor since he was literally a child. $80.7 billion of Warren Buffett’s $81 billion net worth was accumulated after his 50th…

Everybody knows that social media is pretty bad for driving traffic, but a recent study really drives it home. Especially this finding: Google drives 8 times more traffic than all social media networks combined. Instagram is particularly terrible if you’re trying to get people to your website, accounting for only 0.08% of all traffic from social.…