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Words from Kayleigh Moore in the latest edition of her newsletter: Reach out to clients/contacts you haven’t spoken to/worked with in the past 3-6 months. Send a short email and ask what they’re up to, if they have any holiday plans, and if there’s anything you can help them with in 2020. It’s a really natural time…

Interesting thread on Hacker News: What mistakes did you make when starting as a consultant/freelancer? I particularly like this contrarian advice from Greg Kogan (username gk1): Stop trying to go above-and-beyond all the time. Do what you were brought in to do, and do it exceptionally well. If other opportunities come up, suggest them as follow-on…

This is a concept from the excellent Chet Holmes book, The Ultimate Sales Machine (not as sleazy as it sounds). The idea is to get hyper-specific about who your dream clients/partners/prospects are, actually write out a list of your top 100, then focus relentlessly on building relationships with just those people 🤝 More than a decade ago, Russell…

This article by Nathan Barry is a must-read for every online business builder. Nathan is the founder of ConvertKit, which now pulls in revenue of about $1.5 million per month 🤑 His words: “There’s a reliable progression that anyone can take to earn more and build wealth. In fact, I like to think of it as a…

Is that affiliate marketing course a scam or legit? Here are 6 ways to know BEFORE you buy it.

This excellent 22-minute video should be required viewing for everyone starting an online business: The Contrepreneur Formula Exposed (youtube.com)… It breaks down the tricks self-proclaimed business gurus use to sell 💩 products. Key quote: There’s a misconception that only thick people get scammed. That is not true at all. Anyone can be scammed. It has less to do with…

Check out ExplodingTopics.com 💥 It shows you “top emerging content ideas and low-competition keywords.” But perhaps more interesting is the story of how that site came to be, as shared by founder Josh Howarth on Reddit a couple of days ago. Excerpts: I’d started to realize that it’s 100X easier to bootstrap a profitable online business if…

This classic article on Forever Jobless will change the way you make decisions 🤔 Excerpts: In the long term, someone consistently making +EV plays is going to make all the money. It’s mathematically impossible for them not to. […] Even if I lost money on this deal, it was the right decision to pull the trigger. It…

First: How to write a blog post for SEO That’s a fascinating article + video from Andy Crestodina at Orbit Media, walking you through his entire process for creating content that ranks 📈 He targeted a KD33 keyword, spent 7.5 hours working on everything, and was ranking fourth in Google three months later. I wouldn’t be surprised…