How To Create An ‘Automatic Money Machine' Powered By Your Website And Email List
Do you have an email list? You probably do or will have one soon. Now let me ask you, how do you use that email list? Do you run a newsletter and keep a weekly schedule, sending your latest blog/podcast/video content to your email subscribers? Do you feel a sense of...
How I Overcame My Fear Of Failure
Have you ever had these thoughts?... I'm not an expert. I have no formal qualifications. I've never studied any official course about this subject. How am I meant to go out there and charge money for my coaching or training products without being an expert? I've...
Why Is It So Hard To Break Free From Email Addiction?
Have you had moments where you feel an impulse to check your phone, even though you did so two minutes ago? I remember the first time I suffered from this 'twitch', a compulsion to glance at my phone just because I wanted to see if I had any new emails. Email was like...
Robert Gerrish: The Story Behind FlyingSolo.com.au And How It Was Acquired By Australian Morning Television Star David Koch
[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Back in 2005, this podcast was brand new. I had only just started to interview entrepreneurs and one of the very first guests was Robert Gerrish, co-founder of Australian small business...
I Was Not Born A Writer Yet Writing Changed My Life All Thanks To A Blog
I used to dread writing. Yet, I've made a full-time income from writing a blog for over twelve years (since 2006). Years before I started blogging, when I was 17 years old in grade 12, the final year of high school in Australia where I grew up, we were given a...
Srinivas Rao: The Story Behind The Unmistakable Creative Podcast And Why Being Creative Matters More Than Ever
[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Srinivas Rao (Srini) begins this podcast by sharing a story from a decade ago where he borrowed money to sign up for my Blog Mastermind course back when it was first released. In one...
You Shouldn't Build Your Online Business Alone
I'm at a party. The pretext is simple, people drinking and chatting, attempting to form meaningful connections, to bond over shared interests. As expected, everyone asks what I do. When I answer that I "work online" the response is an expression like I just said...
What Is A Strategy Versus A Tactic? (And Why It's So Important You Understand The Difference)
Inside the Blog Profits Blueprint I talk about a key distinction, the difference between strategies and tactics when it comes to online marketing and building a blog-based business. Here's a relevant quote from the Blueprint: Strategies are in place to educate your...
You Don't Have To Be A Professional Writer. Just Be Yourself.
Have you ever written a blog post and read it back only to find it sounds nothing like your style or voice? A lot of new bloggers create a frame in their mind about how they think they need to present themselves to the world. This is especially true when starting a...
You Don't Have To Be An Expert
We just wrapped up a Laptop Lifestyle Academy live coaching webinar and I feel the need to reiterate a point I made during the session... The concept of 'being an expert' seems to be stopping people from starting their online business. If you're hunting for a topic...
