I recently started reading Jon Acuff’s new book, Start. And, seriously, I can’t put it down. I’m eating it up. Highly recommend it! So, naturally, yesterday I started exploring Jon’s blog at JonAcuff.com. And since I always love to see what popular bloggers wrote as their first post, I did [...]
How to sort out good ideas from bad ones
I have one little trick that helps me sort out the good ideas from the bad ones. Because we entrepreneurial type have lots of ideas. And it’s hard to know which ideas to dedicate your time to and which ones should be jotted down in a list for some day [...]
Why I’d rather be naive when it comes to success
Everyone has their favorite niche blogs. I bet you have one. Do you read about cinnamon rolls, or cabbage patch kids, or tin foil, or [insert your passion here]? For a younger me (about 4 years younger), it was graphic design. I was enthused with logos, layout design, web design, [...]
Why most people hate their job and how to fix it (without quitting)
If you know anything about me, you know that I read a lot of books on lifestyle improvement. I’m talking about books from authors like Chris Guillebeau, Tim Ferris and the like. Books that teach you it’s not worth hating your job. They all seem to scream the same message: [...]
How to skip entry-level jobs and find your dream job right out of college
If you’re a University Junior or Senior like me, you’re chomping at the bit to get out of school. It’s all you can do to keep completing your assignments (especially the ones that feel like busy work). And you’re ready to get out there and show the world what you’re [...]
Success is not a sprint
Lately, I’ve been making a lot of life changes. My wife and I just had our second child. (Bragging rights photo here.) I started a much healthier lifestyle a few months ago (more running, walking, less eating garbage) and it’s really paying off. And I finally started this blog (after running [...]
Myth debunked: rocking web business does not depend on your email list size!
I’ve been doing this whole internet marketing thing for quite a while. And I’ve been reading about it for even longer. And I gotta say: there’s a lot of garbage out there you can read. (In fact, I would recommend reading books more often and web content less often. My [...]
10 ways to turn blog readers into commenters – guaranteed!
On my freelance design blog, I average around 20 comments per post. I think that’s pretty great considering my first year of posts or so I got almost no comments. And on some of our more popular posts, we get closer to 50 comments on average. We cap at close [...]
Want 2000+ new blog subscribers every month? Achieve it in 3 quick steps
Just a few days ago, I passed the envied 10,000-subscriber mark on my freelance design blog. I am totally blown away by all the support that my readers have given me over the last few years and I can’t believe how far the blog has come. Would you believe that [...]
Why you should constantly reinvent the wheel
Today someone said to me, “Let’s just put some systems in place so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time we try to succeed.” Now, I’m all for efficiency. And I’m all for success. But just because there’s a “system” in place for growing your business, building a [...]
