So I’ve been pondering lately while jumping into the entrepreneur space and how to be a “tech hero” with what’s different between a lifestyle business (ie. what I’m looking to do) and an online start up, or traditional small business? It’s very tricky to ponder and jump at the same time by the way. Something [...]
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“I’m Doing It” Field Report July 11
Since last month I stopped putzing around online trying to find that one great tool, golden idea, or “look” that would make it all easy. It doesn’t exist, I think we all know that, yet we still waste time looking for the easy way out, both in life and business. I stopped just dipping my [...]
Niche Play, Social Interaction, Product Production: A Breakdown
Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats. Sue Grafton Notes on finding your place inside a niche, interacting and developing content.
Online Business is Chess | How to Avoid a Stalemate, be a Grandmaster and Keep $100
Wow, it’s been four weeks, I’m a jerk. I’m breaking the cardinal “consistency” blog rule, but for good reason. I haven’t left frustrated or concluded lifestyle design is an exercise in futility, on the contrary I’ve been moving the pieces into place on how to create lasting income online, the stage at odds with my [...]
What I’ve Learned from Internet Coaches
Coach, consultant, confident, whatever…talking with and getting help from people who have more experience than you is smart and necessary. Adam Baker and Corbett Barr have made great names for themselves in the lifestyle design and online business space. They’re perceived as experts as they should be. I’ve met with both of them and learned [...]
How to Scratch a Niche & become a Medium Fish Thoughtleader
I’ve been working on a few processes on generating website traffic and how to become a thoughtleader. Some for automation, other for self execution. There are countless guides, blogs, and websites on this, (I’m looking forward to David Walsh’s M6 Method process on it) but I find most of the information out there too heavy to [...]
How I “Social Media”
Here’s how I “social media” …. it’s almost a verb…no? There’s too much information to absorb, and in the spirit of avoiding information overload, this short video demonstrates how I manage social media without going crazy and the basics of pushing content out to your growing social media fans. I don’t know if it’ll help, [...]
An Environment for Moonlighting on the Internet
Where do you work? I don’t mean that 9-5 you may or may not have, I mean, where do you brainstorm? Where do you mastermind and create your latest projects or grind out ideas and turn information into products? Do you roam? Do you have a home base? What does it look like? What do [...]
Reader Response: How to Catalyze Productivity, Be cool at work (while Moonlighting) and Batch Breakfast
Relationships are fuel. I’ve had some great conversations lately and wanted to share them with you. Thoughts on catalyzing productivity, how I confront moonlighting/blogging at my job, and a quick video of how I batch breakfast omelets. Question 1 (dealing with breaking free at work) Hey Rob, just wanted to drop you a quick note [...]
Behind the Login Screens: Analyzing the Start of a Lifestyle Biz
Everywhere I turn lately I see people resounding something so simple and so effective when it comes to producing income with an online lifestyle businesses. Don’t. Huh? Yeah…don’t produce income. Forget it. If you’re getting started, or struggling, do something you love instead, do something you know and share it with and for your friends, colleagues (loosely [...]
