Massive Action is Overrated

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by Jason on September 2, 2010

We’ve all heard that the most successful people out in the marketplace are the ones that take massive action. I might just be lazy… but I don’t think that “massive action” is a sustainable way to do business. And I think that’s why so many people go through a roller coaster ride of productive, not [...]

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A Letter to My Kids About Being an Entrepreneur

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Dear Kids, I’m taking the time to write this to you today, years before there’s a chance that you’ll ever read it. One of my reasons for doing this is simply because I want to affirm some things that I see you doing and some of the ways you are being before you forget them. [...]

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Where’d We Get the Money Guilt?

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Every Friday morning I take 4 of my kids out to breakfast at a local coffee shop. We sit there eating oatmeal, egg sandwiches and the occasional chocolate covered biscotti. We’re quite a sight. The latte art (pictured on the right) they do there is particularly cool. Last week, I was sitting beside two women [...]

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Turning a FREE Business into an 8 Figure FEE Business

August 27, 2010

Want to go from free to fee? Meetup.com did it. Here’s the business plan: Start charging money for what you offer. Just make sure what you offer is something great. (That business plan will even fit on one CORNER of a bar napkin.) Take a look… the important part starts about 3:35 into it:

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The “Free Line” is Dysfunctional

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I came to an important realization tonight. As far as I can see, there’s no integrity in the whole idea of the “free line.” That’s the idea that’s been growing like a weed all over the internet about giving your best stuff away free in order to grow your business. I’ve been “moving my free [...]

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When Caged “Animals” Go Hungry

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I spent some time last week in Coronado, right on the San Diego Bay. We stayed at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort. The hotel is beautiful… You can see a picture of the sunset above. It’s right on the Bay, away from the city. Quite, calm, serene. They pretty much have you captive out there [...]

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Other People’s Answers

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Every now and again I go through periods of uncomfortable assessment and growth… Am I happy with how things are going? Am I doing what I want to be doing? Am I in control of my time? Am I being a good father? Am I being a good person? Am I living life to the [...]

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Hindsight is NOT 20/20: What I Learned Getting Almost 7,000 Clicks on Facebook

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They say hindsight is 20/20… I think “they” are wrong. Over the past month, I’ve been running ppc campaigns all over the place. Since somewhere around June 27th, I’ve received almost 7,000 clicks to one of my ads on Facebook®… The CTR is awesome and therefore I’ve been getting clicks dirt cheap… It’s great. The [...]

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Tips for Getting a High CTR on Facebook®

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Lotta buzz about Face® lately… Buzz is fun, because I get to jump in the trenches and see if all of the buzz is true or not. In my experience, Facebook&reg’ can be an awesome place to market stuff. But during my tests on Facebook®, I came upon a huge reason to not spend too [...]

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Why I’m Quitting

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I think quitting is underrated. As I look back over my business life, there are a lot of things that I probably should have quit more quickly. I should have quit tech consulting the minute I realized that selling time for money had some real drawbacks. I should have closed some niche businesses when I [...]

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