I’d Rather Be This Than Good

Stephen King is the man. Honestly. He become one of the richest men in the world by simply writing his ideas down on paper. No employees. No angel investors. Didn’t even need to rent an office. That is hustle on a genius level. But here’s the thing… His ideas aren’t that great. They aren’t that… Continue reading

It’s Time To Rethink The Oldest And Most Hated Profession In The World…

If you engage in this profession (either as a provider or receiver) you can expect to get called names like: “Loser” “Slimy” “Dirty” “Primary reason for all of society’s problems” And a whole host of other uninformed, delusional, and idiotic phrases/names/insults. However, (and perhaps this is the real reason WHY this profession is hated) if… Continue reading

Skunk Lady Exposes “Marketing Complexity”

Social media. SEO. Direct Mail. Media Buys. Email. Content Marketing. Shall I continue? There seems to be this idea floating out there in the Internet marketing world that Complexity = Success. “Multi-channel marketing or die.” Ha! I can’t think of worse advice for the yet-to-be-successful than “diversification of your marketing channels”. Forget that. Instead, what… Continue reading

Marketing’s Little “Game Of Thrones” Secret

George RR Martin is a bagillionaire because he perfected one small bit of writing advice: “Kill your darlings often and early” In writing it means: Don’t hold on to your bad ideas/characters/plots so long that you ruin the story. No. Ole’ Georgie doesn’t have any problem killing off characters that have run their course. And… Continue reading