You know youâre supposed to âmonetize your contentâ and âpromote your productsâ online, but that can be incredibly uncomfortable for any creator (thatâs right, youâre not alone). Itâs true that some influencers are more like actors, telling a filtered version of their life with the sole
Imagine youâre talking to your best friend about your current struggle with your waistline (even Keto doesnât cut it) and she perks up to recommend a great new podcast on that very topic. Excited, you grab your phone and search for the podcast to subscribe. On the way
What if you could sit across the table from each person in your audience, and share your message from your heart? You wouldnât need to outline, write, and edit every word because your heart for your message would shine through. Just like a conversation with a friend, youâd
In the not-so-distant past, there was a time when you had never heard of Dropboxâand then suddenly, you couldnât avoid it. Colleagues and friends began sharing Dropbox folders, asking you to upload files to Dropbox, or inviting you to create an account. Sound familiar? Well, it wasnât
Building an email list is important to your success as a creator. Important is probably an understatement, itâs paramount to your success. Itâs crucial work, where progress is measured by the number of email subscribers you collect. The only problem is, that number starts off incredibly small. When
Have you ever noticed how kids dash towards the free samples at Kroger or Costco from a mile away? They get the appeal. Even if youâre not running (on the outside), youâre probably curious to see what youâre gonna get for free. If you like the sample,
Nathan Barry made a six-figure income from his platform in 2012. His two self-published books were popular references for app store developers, and he made extra income from consulting as well. Nathan published blog posts consistently, but his true success was due to consistent communication with his highly engaged list
There are 12-year-old kids who post nothing but videos about playing with slime on social media, and yet have tens of thousands of Instagram followers (@Slime itself has more than 2 million). For todayâs teenagers, selfies and prank videos seem to be enough to accumulate followersâand for adults,
The year is 1965 and youâre inspired by the writings of C.S. Lewis. Youâve just discovered Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters and you want to get a group together to discuss and read through these books. What you want, you realize, is to connect with a
Do you know who the most successful individual investor is today? If you knew (or guessed) that the answer is Warren Buffet, well done! You are correct. What about the biggest, most successful investment firm today? Do you know who that is? Thereâs no shame if you had to
Today, we take digital publishing for granted, but in the early days of the internet creating content was left to experienced developers and early adopters with the patience to learn how to code on their own. After all, the ability to speak foreign languages like HTML, PHP, and Javascript were
While youâre at a beach house with your family for the week, someone (letâs call him Josh) sees one of your blog posts on Facebook and clicks over to yourwebsite.com. Intrigued, Josh peruses your website for a few minutes and finds a gold-mine of valuable resources all