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What Is The Halo Effect And Why You Need To Understand How It Influences You
The Halo Effect, as per the Wikipedia definition is... The halo effect or halo error is a cognitive bias in which one's judgments of a person’s character can be influenced by one's overall impression of him or her. We judge a person's character based on their physical...
Why Following In The Footsteps Of Other Bloggers Can Be A Treacherous Path
A few weeks ago on one of my Yaro.TV daily videos I talked about solving problems by learning how other people have solved the same problem before you. You can study other people's solutions and then copy them to solve your problem. Easy. Here's the video - A week...
7 Must Have Features If You Sell Products Online
Last year I did a lot of online shopping, more shopping than I have ever done before. I suspect if you're a net addict as I am, you spent more online last year than ever before too. Recent statistics show global e-retail sales are in the trillions of dollars USD and...
Do You Wake Up Productive?
I've always been of the belief that success begins and ends in the mind. Techniques and systems work, but if the driver is inefficient and ineffective, failure is more likely than success. I consider myself a lifelong student of mindset, in particular my own. Ever...
How To Set Up A Stand Up Desk And Why It Could Save Your Life
Sitting Down Is Killing You Recently in the news you may have heard some rather alarming data was released about the impact sitting down for long periods of time can have on your health. When I was younger I'd sit down in front of the TV for entire days sometimes,...
I Have Been Seduced By Online Video
Every year I attend a massive sci-fi and pop culture expo called Supanova. There are events all around Australia and for anyone who is even slightly geeky, such as myself (well maybe more than slightly), they are awesome. Whether you are into comics or anime or...
Why Attracting Your 1,000 True Fans Matters More Today Than Ever Before
I've had my own small business online since the early 2000s. One of the benefits of being an "early adopter" is that I was able to assume a position of leadership before I faced too much quality competition. It was great for me back then as I could test basic ideas,...
Why I Deleted Half My Email List
Picture this. You're logged into your AWeber control panel looking at your different email lists. You've spent years building up nearly 80,000 subscribers, but you're about to do something that seems drastic... You're about to delete half of them. Since I was about to...
When Is Saying No The Right Thing To Do?
Recently Glen Allsopp wrote a follow-up blog post to his announcement that he was writing a "For Dummies" book. His new announcement? He was NOT writing the book anymore. You can read all the reasons why Glen said no to a book deal in his blog post. To put it simply,...
“How My Blog Business Works” Web Strategy Summit Video Presentation
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 plenty of speakers. There were about 100 attendees.