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You wouldn’t ask a restaurant owner to give you free meals or a doctor to give you free surgery. But somehow in marketing, especially digital, charging for your expertise is rude. Sure, give them a minute (make sure it’s actually just a minute), and answer a quick question. Link them to an article you wrote. […]

I’ll hire you even if you don’t have experience, didn’t go to a fancy school, and don’t even have a job. Because what I care about is YOU. Skills you can train, but honesty, loyalty, coachability, and heart cannot be trained. Hire based on people— not their resumes or how shiny they look. I’ve suffered

My friend Edward Saperia put together this crowdsourced resource for technologists building things related to the coronavirus outbreak. Data, infographics, tools, resources, papers, etc. The most comprehensive library of coronavirus-related resources– it got 25,000 hits just this week, all organic. Please contribute and share. Coronavirus Tech Handbook

I was shocked when this $30 million dollar entrepreneur told me that he lost 60% of his staff- who walked out on him, disgruntled, starting a competitor. Another $100 million entrepreneur, had a nearly 100% turnover of his executive team but still managed to not only survive but emerge even better. Another 8 figure entrepreneur,

I just booked a dozen flights on Southwest Airlines, all over the country. But before you call me crazy, let me explain… Flights right now are super cheap AND the airlines let you change them with no penalty. So think of this like a pre-paid discount voucher you can use later. Make sure you don’t

That’s about how many minutes you get on this planet. That’s 27,375 days, which is 75 years. Every one of those minutes that sneaks past you– whether it’s watching Netflix, sitting around, or doing something you don’t like– is one minute you can’t get back. But at the same time, look at how much you

Our website is down right now since we’re moving hosts (back to AWS) and also re-doing the Academy. We should be back in a couple of days– then give everyone new logins to get access to the videos, exercises, and certifications. If you’re looking to start an agency or grow your agency– even if you’re

I’ve held on to old, limiting self-beliefs for too long. I’ve felt that I wasn’t worthy of success or good things to happen, that it was okay for others to have these things, but not me. My goals have been way too low, as I was afraid to really go for it. I’ve been caught

In my first real job, I took home $1,123 every 2 weeks. I worked 70 hours a week, which works out to $8.02/hour. Factor in the commute time, gas, dry cleaning (suit and tie every day), and other expenses and I’m down to $6/hour. I oversaw people who made $250/hour, fully billable, which was $500,000

I used to be a real smartass. Thought I knew better than anyone else— proclaiming my opinion to others, without experience or facts to back it up. I was on a righteous crusade to prove how smart I was, creating a lot of damage along the way. And then I discovered two things. People make