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LIVING IN AN ECHO CHAMBER: IS CONFIRMATION BIAS SECRETLY DESTROYING YOUR BUSINESS? Published: 26/06/12
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We are now living in the age of Vocational Darwinism, and the business skill that will make the difference in every professional life is the ability to adapt. At its core, Vocational Darwinism is the application of Charles Darwin’s principle of “survival of the fittest” to our working world – and whether you are a budding entrepreneur or … Read the rest of this entry »

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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A NEW IDEA AND MY NEW SOCIAL PAGE PROVES IT Published: 29/11/12
A few months ago, Walter and Mick, my co-founders in CrankyAds.com, and I were having a brainstorming session to come up with App ideas. Since both these guys are entrepreneurial we tend to go on these long tangents sometimes, thinking of cool ideas that just spring forth as we browse around the internet. More often than not we don’t … Read the rest of this entry ...

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“HOW MY BLOG BUSINESS WORKS” WEB STRATEGY SUMMIT VIDEO PRESENTATION Published: 26/11/12
Last week I presented at the Web Strategy Summit in Brisbane. The organisers of the event, Adam and Toby, invited me to come in and do a short presentation of 18 minutes, then a 10 minute question and answer session. The event featured panel discussions for about 45 minutes and several 18 minute “keynotes”, so they could get through … Read the rest of this entry ...

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TIM FERRISS TALKS ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK “THE 4-HOUR CHEF”, HOW TO LEARN ANYTHING IN HALF THE TIME AND WHY HE WENT TO SNIPER SCHOOL Published: 20/11/12
Download the Text Transcript in PDF Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. This is a good interview. Trust me. You’re not going to want to miss this. Just hit play now. Then grab a copy of Tim’s latest book – The 4-Hour Chef. Timothy Ferriss needs no introduction. I interviewed him previously about his 4-Hour Workweek book, a runaway … Read the rest of this entry ...

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HOW TO GET THAT DARN ARTICLE FINISHED Published: 12/11/12
One of EJ’s most popular guest columnists, Dr. Mani, has popped back in to submit this article. Take it away Dr. Mani… Picture me sitting in front of my computer, writing this article. The phone rings. I answer. It’s my friend. He’s moving, and wants some advice. For 5 minutes, we discuss his plans. Then I hang up, and return … Read the rest of this entry ...

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HAVE YOU TESTED SELLING VIDEO ADS ON YOUR BLOG? Published: 08/11/12
Before I tell you the background story and my own results so far with video ads, if you haven’t yet tried out CrankyAds, I recommend you give it a go. It’s a free WordPress plugin you can use to handle all advertising on your blog, and that includes offering video ads to your sponsors. This means an advertiser can … Read the rest of this entry ...

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PETE WILLIAMS SHARES HOW HE STARTED A PHONE COMPANY, BOUGHT A FINGER FOODS BUSINESS, BECAME INCREDIBLY GOOD AT GETTING CUSTOMERS ONLINE AND CAME UP WITH A TRULY EFFECTIVE OUTSOURCING SYSTEM Published: 01/11/12
Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes. Pete Williams is a long time Aussie friend, who lives in Melbourne, and is co-founder of three bricks and mortar businesses, all of which use online marketing to get customers. Pete’s first big business success was a telecommunications company that sells things like phone systems, which Pete and his partners grew initially without having … Read the...

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BRAIN DUMPS, PRIORITIZATION AND PRODUCTIVITY: A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GETTING THINGS DONE Published: 26/10/12
I’ve been thinking a lot about my plans for the coming months and the start of the new year. There’s a lot I want to release next year and it’s all wrapped around a strategy that essentially rests on finally getting myself a proper sales funnel of my own products (if you’re new to the Sales Funnel concept, read my … Read the rest of this entry ...

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THE ONE KEY INSIGHT YOU NEED TO AVOID A CUSTOMER SERVICE DISASTER Published: 22/10/12
I’ve been listening to Dan Ariely’s “The Upside of Irrationality“, which is the follow-on book to his very popular “Predictably Irrational” that I listened to earlier in the year. One of the chapters I just finished takes a look at our desire for revenge when we feel hard done by. Dan illustrated with plenty of examples, … Read the rest of this entry ...

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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF MONEY AND TIME? Published: 17/10/12
A few months ago Walter, Mick and myself were at one of our regular Wednesday team meetings for CrankyAds, the advertising management tool for blogs that we have been working on together for over a year. This particular meeting, I have to say, was not fun. We reached a point in our development process that was forcing … Read the rest of this entry ...

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WHEN IT IS OKAY TO NOT GET THINGS DONE Published: 12/10/12
It’s raining, just after lunch time. I’m sitting in a cafe called Blackstar in West End, Brisbane Australia typing this on my macbook pro laptop. I don’t drink coffee, but I love the smell and don’t mind an iced coffee now and then. Blackstar brew cold pressed iced drinks, including one called “Full Creamy”, which comes in what looks like … Read the rest ...

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