Why You Hate Going To Work
I’ve met very few people who absolutely love what they do for a living. I think it’s because most people can tell you “what” they do for a living, and they can even explain “how” to do it, but they...
View ArticleBe a Leader – Master the Value Proposition
People are largely motivated by values. Values of course are the levels of importance people place on things. For example, I made the decision to buy my car because of the mix of values (cost, brand,...
View ArticleHow to Build a Company that Outlasts a City
Most startups fail in the first year. Few companies make it past five years and even fewer go the distance of lasting decades. Cities on the other hand never die. Unless of course you’re talking about...
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Why I Disabled Email and RSS Subscription On My Blog and Why You Should Too
Go ahead. Click on Email or RSS subscribe links on DIYBlogger.NET and you will notice that I am no longer using Email or RSS services. FREEDOM!!! For far too long, Bloggers have accepted what’s been...
View ArticleNeed A Quick $18MM? Start A Social Network
Mashable just reported that NextDoor, a San Fran startup building a location based social network, raised $18.6MM this week in funding. What is a “location based social network”, you ask? Well,...
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Lowering Transaction Cost for Bloggers
Transaction Cost is at the heart of everything. Every disruptive technology starts with the marriage of disparate ideas, which then produce a technology that ultimately lowers the cost of individual...
View ArticleThis Is Why Bloggers Are Broke
Marketing. Most bloggers lack basic marketing skills (Sorry, guys, but it’s true). They’ve never built a real brand, brought a product to market, or studied the mind of a consumer. They’ve got a blog,...
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The Lie of Monetizing Content
Today, SEO experts are in high demand because they’ve taken their knowledge (the resources), and they’ve found a way to sell that to companies (the market), which has created a constant flow of...
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A Blueprint for Monetizing Influence
Lately I’ve been enamored with the idea of lifestyle design. For those who may be unfamiliar, lifestyle design is simply the idea of choosing what your ideal lifestyle would be, then going out and...
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Blogs as Platform Earn More Than Product
If there’s a fundamental reason why bloggers have trouble monetizing their blog it’s because they treat their blog like a product instead of a platform. The TED Talk I came across a TED talk recently...
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So You Want to Improve Your Output?
I have found a basic, natural principal in life to be true… If you want to to improve your output, focus on the input. Such a simple and profound truth, yet so often overlooked. At work I was faced...
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How Hotels Like @sheratonhotels Disrespect Bloggers
I just logged in, err… I mean, “arrived at” the Sheraton Hotel in Boston. I was greeted by a friendly front desk receptionist who checked me into my room. As she was processing my information she asked...
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Top 5 Business Books I’ll ReRead in 2013
Just about everyone I know has a startup these days. If you fall into that group, here is a list of books that I highly recommend. I’ve read them all at least once myself, and I enjoyed them so much...
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Drill Bits and Butterflies
Image credit Reg Saddler I had yesterday off. I’m not sure why some companies consider Martin Luther King Jr. day a national holiday and others don’t, but ours did, and I made good use of it. I woke up...
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Want to increase employee engagement? Invest in Training and Development
This post originally appeared at http://www.9inchmarketing.com. I thought it was some great advice, so I reblogged it from Triberr. This is a draft excerpt from the upcoming book, What’s Your Green...
View ArticleIs your bad day a flight delay, or a crash and burn?
Today was a bad day. I woke up to several emails alerting to me that Triberr was down. This sometimes happens when the database backup times out, but it’s usually resolved by the time I get up. Today...
View ArticleHow to find the perfect co-founder
Before you can start managing your small business, you need to get your project off the ground, which is easier said than done. Between obtaining capital and filing for permits, actually opening a new...
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Storytelling for SEO
What makes this photo special? The resolution is low, the background is unpleasing, there is nothing special about this guy… Yet, it’s a powerful photo. It’s more than a man sitting on debris looking...
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Startups and Flying Machines
Starting a company is like building a flying machine… The dream of flying is yours, and more than that you believe you can build a machine capable of soaring among the birds. Sure, your friends think...
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The Great Entrepreneurial Trap
Look to the Golden Arches Most of us can cook a better burger than McDonalds, but that doesn’t matter. You’re never going to put McDonalds out of business by cooking a better burger. That’s because...
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