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The Sleazy Tactic You Should Avoid Using In Your Sales Copy

This morning while having my coffee, I happened upon this awesome article, You’re In Sales Too (Whether You Like It or Not) — it’s a short read with a powerful lesson: You never know when you’re speaking to (and pissing off) a customer. It...

How I Saved Enough Money To Travel & Work

If you run a digital business — meaning if you can work from your laptop and your customers don’t need to see you face-to-face in order to get your work done; and if you don’t have obligations (e.g. family) that require you be present where you are now; there’s...

How I Became Location Independent & What It Taught Me About Marketing

Have you ever dreamt of working from your laptop in some exotic location? Our Instagram heroes make it look so easy and glamorous… frolicking about all over the world from the beaches of Bali to the cafés in Tuscany with their inspirational memes, making 7...

3 Big Mindset Shifts If Launching Your Business Terrifies You

As a designer, I work with clients during the most FUN and EXCITING stages of launching their businesses: the strategy sessions where we dig soul-deep and the creative process where their ideas become a tangible reality… The “Ohhhhh my god! Squeeeeee!...

The Marketing Advice You Shouldn’t Take

When it comes to taking marketing advice, my advice is: be aware of phrases like, “you need to” and “you must.” They trigger stress and overwhelm and that’s not going to help you get out there and get visible. There are exceptions of...

Why The Shoemaker’s Kids Should Really Have Some Damn Shoes Already

Let me just state right up front that “The Shoemaker’s Children Have No Shoes” might as well have been my tagline for most of my career. Too busy designing other people’s websites, I rarely put much effort into my own. And that worked for a...