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My Tool Stack: What I Use Daily to Get Sh*t Done

Here are my favorite tools (paid and free) that I currently use to… Write (almost) daily essays and Twitter threads (190 so far and counting) Crush it as a Marketing Manager for Forte Labs Grow

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Quarterly Review: What happened in Q1 of 2022

Whenever performance review season came around in my previous corporate jobs, I always had a hard time remembering all I had done.  I knew that I had worked hard as the months rushed by. But

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Recruiting is broken. Here’s how to fix it

Most organizations suck at recruiting. Their hiring process is a mess and they fail to treat their candidates with the respect and dignity they deserve.   There. I said it!  After 12+ years working for multinational

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How to turn your customers into raving fans

Have you ever bought something and then not used it?  Maybe you acted upon a book recommendation but only made it through the first five pages.  Or you wanted to get into jumping rope but

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Would you bet on your students’ success?

If you had to bet a million bucks on a student achieving the outcome you’re promising in your online course… What criteria would you be looking for in that student to make sure you’re not

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Have we been repurposing content the wrong way?

Gary V is famous for squeezing as much value as possible out of every piece of content he produces.  His 4-step content model starts with establishing long-form pillar content (like a blog post or video),

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How to grow your audience as an online course creator

How many people do you need on your email list to launch an online course? How many followers on Twitter or Facebook should you have? How many YouTube subscribers?  According to Tiago Forte, this number

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How to create your perfect introduction

“What do you do?” That’s the question you get asked over and over again. By the traveler next to you on the plane, by the cute girl/guy in line at Starbucks, and by the stranger

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How to pitch yourself the honest, non-sleazy way

“If you aren’t selling yourself, who will?” Robbie Crabtree That’s a hard truth I had to accept.  Because I always felt uncomfortable talking about myself.  When I worked in the corporate environment for 10 years,

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On sharing your values

Integrity. Respect. Quality. Customer satisfaction.  These are the words that we read on companies About pages as their values.  Sounds great. But also terribly generic.  The words in themselves don’t have meaning. From reading these

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My Personal User Manual

In the last couple of months, I’ve met a lot of new people…all over the internet. Many of which have already become friends.  While this would have been weird or even creepy a few years

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How to generate leads with a free email course

Your email list is one of the essential assets in your business.  Unlike on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, or any other social media, you actually own your list and decide when and how you communicate with

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The customer research conundrum

“When are you planning to launch?” I asked my client on Zoom. He had asked me to write a sales page for his online course. “In two weeks… Why are you smiling?” Ugh, I hate

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