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How Some Silly Email Rules Increased Sales by 679% in 30 Days
Let me tell you a story… Starting on January 1st of this year I began publishing an article a day, five days a week, on my blog. Each time I published a new article, I would email my list a short excerpt with a link back to my blog. I did this for 3 months […]
Continue readingA Simple Observation that May Help You Overcome Self-Sabotage
Have you ever been really excited about a new idea… so excited that you dove right in, guns blazing? I know I have. But nearly as many times, my excitement has waned… I have stalled… and my great idea has remained incomplete and unfinished for months. Why do I do this?
Continue readingI AM the Weakest Link!
If there’s anything that reveals how vulnerable a service-based business is, it’s sickness. I’ve been sick since Saturday morning with a really bad cold. Headache, congestion, fever, coughing, the whole bit. Tried to do a little work yesterday, but had trouble getting anything of significance done. Finally, today, I’m feeling better. Or at least well […]
Continue readingWhich Business Books Would You Re-Read?
Imagine that for one full year you could not read any business books you hadn’t read before… and that you were only allowed to read business books you had previously finished reading. Which books would you re-read? On my list, I think I’d have to include:
Continue readingKill Your Darlings (in Writing and Business)
Editing can be quite painful because it requires you to delete portions of your writing that you may particularly like — but may not be pertinent to making the sale or telling your story. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch said it this way in his 1916 publication “On the Art of Writing”: Whenever you feel an impulse […]
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