There has been a trend on this blog over the past couple of years. I get to the end of the year, burnt out, and talk about what I’ve learned over the previous 10 or so months. These posts have been somewhat depressive as I’ve been battling mental illness was pursuing an online career. This […]
Rebuilding My Business
How I Kicked Arse in 2010
Over the past year I’ve written a number of “woe is me” posts. One example is How I screwed Up My Blog in 2009. I’m glad I did. Allowing me to get certain shit out there allowed me to push past my perceived limitations and create something awesome. The year has been all kinds of […]
Lessons From the Trenches: Launch Edition
We launched the Social Media Solutions website today. This is awesome. It means one of the major projects is done and I can focus more on blogging and creating products. Both of us are very relieved and excited about what opportunity to pursue next. As usual, I’ve learned a lot in the process. I’ve decided […]
Lessons from a failed launch
I may be *this* close to hyperventilating. I just checked our stats, and since its release we have sold 40 copies of the e-course. In total, $880 USD. I find this hilarious. We “launched” on May 8th and it flopped in just about every way possible. It hurt at the time but was so important […]
From the trenches: Newsletter edition
We’ve officially had the Blog Networking Tips newsletter for a month. It has been a huge learning curve but, surprisingly, it has also been really fun. We’e reached 72 subscribers with very little promotion. This is awesome for someone that doesn’t have an incentive or pop up. This post covers some of the little lessons […]