Marketing
Marketing
Talking Marketing with Leo Widrich of Buffer
On January 15th I had the great pleasure to get to do a video hangout with Leo Widrich, one of…
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
The Solopreneur to Entrepreneur Transition
I work directly with expert solopreneurs to help them make this shift, to build a small agency that supports their lifestyle and leaves them with plenty of profit and plenty…
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Becoming A Better Writer
A lot of talk has happened about content, content marketing, and blogging in 2012. We can thank Google, Tom Critchlow,…
Miscellany
Miscellany
Find Balance
Before you read this post (which is publishing as I am on the plane to Costa Rica), let me suggest…
Marketing
Marketing
Do The Work, or Quit Blogging
You just read a click-bait title. I apologize for that. Before you run away, dear valued reader (see what I…
Marketing
Marketing
SEOs are Growth Hackers
Growth hacking has become a buzzterm in the past 6 months, ever since this post written back in April by…
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Prioritizing “Yes”
Alternatively – “When Saying Yes Hurts” I see a lot of bloggers writing about the importance of saying “no”, and…
Marketing
Marketing
A Blog Is Not A Content Strategy
Content marketing has been around for years, but until recently Google was not making good on their word to rank…
Marketing
Marketing
The Myth of Overnight Success
America seems to be enamored with the idea of “overnight success”. We see people who become seemingly overnight sensations, often…
Marketing
Marketing
Building Landing Pages That Rank for SEO
I’ve seen an alarming trend recently in startup websites. Most want to follow this model: It’s not uncommon to see…
Miscellany
Miscellany
Make Your Employees Rockstars
I live in New York City, the greatest city in the world. And because it’s the greatest city in the…
Marketing
Marketing
Do Real Industry Stuff
Just last week I was sitting in the audience in the Westin in Seattle where I heard Wil Reynolds give…
Marketing
Marketing
4 Ways to Build An Online Audience
What if I told you that you don’t need a ton of followers to be successful online? And what if…
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Content Marketing for Startups
On Wednesday June 27th, Distilled NYC held a meetup entitled “Marketing Your Startup”. We had around 100 people in attendance,…
Marketing
Marketing
Announcing My New Project
I’ve been a writer all my life (I wrote my first short novel when I was eleven years old) and…
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Intro to Personal Branding
I just published my longest post yet, The Personal Branding Post That Seth Godin Should Have Written. I was inspired…
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From Quick Wins to Hard Work
SEO is not about quick wins. I get asked all the time to “give us something that we can do…
Marketing
Marketing
11 Ways to Drive Gobs of Traffic to Your Website
This is mostly a search marketing blog, but I’ve written before about how SEO is not a complete marketing strategy.…
Marketing
Marketing
Shut Up About Yourself
Have you ever noticed how a lot of companies pay lip service to wanting to become a “thought leader” in…
Miscellany
Miscellany
The Difference Between Winners and Losers
Do you cringe when someone says “I could have done that”? Whether it is a blog post, a new startup,…
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Eight Useful Excel Functions for SEO
It’s probably not a secret anymore that I love Microsoft Excel for data crunching. Nothing makes me happier than getting…