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Entrepreneurship

How to leave your job to go freelance

There’s a dream that many of you might have, which is going freelance. The truth though is that going freelance…

John Doherty October 3, 2018
Consulting

Is it possible to run a sane and profitable consulting business?

As I run my business Credo and speak with consultants and agency owner all the time, I get two answers…

John Doherty September 26, 2018
Entrepreneurship

Business lessons learned from learning how to fly fish

Last month was my 34th birthday. It wasn’t a special birthday and not a particularly exciting year, but we celebrated…

John Doherty August 7, 2018
Entrepreneurship

Don’t give up.

I sent this email to my email list yesterday on my 34th birthday. I’ve received so many personal replies to…

John Doherty July 18, 2018
Entrepreneurship

Silver Bullets vs Lead Bullets

Are you building a company and wishing it was easier? This is me. I’m building my company, trying to grow…

John Doherty April 25, 2018
Consulting

How to run a profitable consulting business

Hi, I help solopreneurs and agency owners grow their business without adding more headcount or making less profit. Check out…

John Doherty March 27, 2018
Entrepreneurship

How to find and hire a personal assistant

Virtual assistants have been a hot and contentious topic since Tim Ferriss’s The Four Hour Work Week (aff link) came out…

John Doherty February 21, 2018
Entrepreneurship

How to make six figures online as a consultant

Argh I recently read a post on Reddit where people were saying it is hard to make six figures online…

John Doherty February 12, 2018
Entrepreneurship

2018: The Year of No “Hustle”

Is anyone else in the tech world super tired of being told to “hustle”? Are you also incredibly tired of…

John Doherty January 1, 2018
Entrepreneurship

How to Find A Business Coach (TED talk)

Today I finally watched a TED talk that I’ve been meaning to watch entitled “Want to get great at something?…

John Doherty December 18, 2017
Consulting

Popular vs Effective

Today I saw a tweetstorm from someone I respect in the consulting space who was essentially saying that as a…

John Doherty December 4, 2017
Entrepreneurship

CaboPress 2017

Last week I was fortunate to attend one of the most impactful conferences I have ever been to. It’s called…

John Doherty October 21, 2017
Entrepreneurship

How to be productive as a remote entrepreneur

I run my own business and I purposely set it up so that I can run it from anywhere. Sometimes,…

John Doherty October 1, 2017
Entrepreneurship

Why I’ve launched Credo Annual (the backstory)

In February 2013, I launched HireGun.co. In September 2015, I lost my job and went full time on HireGun. In…

John Doherty September 28, 2017
Search Engine Optimization

Want to improve your SEO traffic? Fix your 404s

I pretty much exclusively work on very large sites when I do consulting. I am 100% of the “fewer clients,…

John Doherty September 27, 2017
Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur’s Schedule: How I Manage My Day

I’ve written some about productivity as an entrepreneur on this blog before, but in recent months as my schedule has…

John Doherty July 21, 2017
Entrepreneurship

How to be less busy as an entrepreneur

I started my entrepreneur journey full time in late September 2015. Before that I worked full time for other companies,…

John Doherty June 19, 2017
Entrepreneurship

My HARO Strategy

Recently I’ve been investing in a new channel for Credo which is starting to show real dividends. That channel is a…

John Doherty May 8, 2017
Consulting

How To Build A Successful Consulting or Agency Business

Building an agency or successful consulting business? Then read this first. I will never forget September 29th, 2015. This was…

John Doherty April 26, 2017
Entrepreneurship

What Is Your Skillset Moat?

I have a question for you: What do you do where you always deliver world class work? I see too many…

John Doherty March 29, 2017

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