The Old Man and The Pen

By Rainmaker.FM

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Join host Robert Bruce for the first episode of Allegorical …

A simple story about a writer, the writing life, and how he ignored the one thing about his craft that would give him everything he truly wanted.

Listen to Allegorical No. 1 …

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Why Every Great Website is a Membership Site

By Rainmaker.FM

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The world of marketing is being turned on its head. Instead of messaging that promises an experience, effective marketing must itself begin the experience.

Does that make it “marketing” any longer? Or is it something else, something valued and sought after instead of avoided?

The experience that any smart “marketer” must create is powered by content, first and foremost, because that’s what people are looking for. But what they really crave is something much deeper and meaningful.

And that’s exactly why membership truly has its privileges — for both you and your prospects, customers, and clients.

In this 19-minute episode of New Rainmaker with …read more      

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Bridget Hilton on Building a Business Around Your Passions

By Rainmaker.FM

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Today’s guest on Hack the Entrepreneur is a social entrepreneur. About 10 years ago, she took some off-the-cuff advice that said, “you should build your career around three things you are passionate about.”

For her, these three things are music, charity, and the environment.

She is presently the founder of LSTN Headphones, a company with the goal of giving the gift of hearing to those without.

Perhaps you are one of the millions of people who have seen the commercial on YouTube — where they put headphones into a young girl’s ears and she can hear for the first time ever. That’s LSTN …read more      

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How to Write Not-to-Miss, Valuable, Unique Content

By Rainmaker.FM

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After discovering that content marketing was the perfect fit for her online business, Editor-in-Chief host Stefanie Flaxman realized she had a lot of work to do.

What was she going to write about?

If Stefanie just copied what other freelance copy editors wrote about on their blogs or copied GrammarGirl, her writing wouldn’t stand out.

She didn’t want to invest time creating content that would just be ignored.

In this 7-minute episode of Editor-in-Chief, host Stefanie Flaxman discusses:

  • What her online business looked like before she discovered content marketing
  • How to approach a topic you want to teach (even …read more      
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