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Cal Newport asks if smartphones make us dumber, and shares the results from a 2017 study… Subjects measured notably lower on working memory capacity and fluid intelligence when the phone was next to them on the desk versus out of sight. This was true even though in all the cases the subjects didn’t actually use…

An excellent overview of TikTok and why it’s so addictive. Worth a look whether you’ve used TikTok or not. It’ll help you understand the platform better 🤓 My favorite quote: I swiped through 183 more videos. It was like eating dessert non-stop while being already full. Related: you might have heard about Trump seeking to ban…

Even if you don’t have a website of your own, consider learning SEO as a skill to freelance. Ahrefs ran a survey a couple of years back and found that 50% of SEO freelancers were charging at least $75/hour. And it’s probably even more now 🤑 You could take pretty much any section of Brian Dean’s aforementioned tutorial, learn…

Almost 90% of visitors to eBiz Facts come via search, so there’s a good chance you’re receiving this newsletter because you found my site via Google and then subscribed 💌 It also means that most of the site’s revenue ($13.5k last month) is driven by search traffic. That’s all down to search engine optimization, and the…

A 7-figure online entrepreneur shares how he built his business (via Reddit): I was a musician and wanted to learn how to not have a job. I realised I could make good money performing at bars, and started doing so. Then I started getting booked for weddings, and realised there was more money in that.…

That’s the story of Grow Getters, as detailed here 📈 They’re basically a newsletter about growing a newsletter (how meta). The growth hack that worked best for them the first week (350+ subs): downloading their Gmail contacts and emailing them all asking to subscribe.

“I just lost my job so I’m starting an online business. How can I earn passive income?” I have a “doomed” label in Gmail for messages like that 🙈 Because being obsessed with passive income while starting your first business is like being obsessed with running a marathon while learning how to walk. I quit my…

What do Beyoncé and Bruce Wayne have in common? Per this BBC article, they both use alter egos: Beyoncé’s was the assertive and empowered ‘Sasha Fierce’, who allowed her to perform with extra self-confidence and sensuality. “Usually when I hear the chords, when I put on my stilettos, like the moment right before when you’re…

Michael Simmons writes that such billionaires think in 4D while most people think in 1D: Dimension 1: Focus on one field (specialization)Dimension 2: Learn across disciplines, apply to a specialty (polymath)Dimension 3: Think vertically from hacks to principles (mental models)Dimension 4: Think hundreds of years into the past and future (time) The full article is worth…