The (Unfinished) Story of an Accidental Entrepreneur

By Rainmaker.FM

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On this episode of No Sidebar with Brian Gardner, you’ll hear a story of one creative who followed his passion and built a company without a business plan.

In the journey of every person who wants to build a digital business, there comes a point when you need to make a decision. Usually that decision is surrounded by fear, and in some cases that fear can be crippling.

In this 26-minute episode of No Sidebar with Brian Gardner, Darrell Vesterfelt and Brian discuss:

  • The two-minute version of how StudioPress started
  • The fears Brian faced along the way
  • The challenges Brian’s faced over the last year
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How to Use SEO to Attract and Retain Customers

By Rainmaker.FM

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What does it take to rank in Google now?

And how should SEO fit into your plans of attraction, retention, and conversion?

In this episode of The Mainframe, hosts Chris Garrett and Tony Clark reveal:

  • How social and SEO go together, and how listening will help your SEO
  • What SEO means to your overall content strategy
  • Why getting rankings means making real friends
  • Why traffic is just the beginning of your digital business strategy

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A Mildly Spooky Illustration of ‘Reason Why’ Copy

By Rainmaker.FM

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During the past four months, one of the things Demian Farnworth has been trying to experiment with is telling more stories. Historical stories, fake stories, personal stories.

See, what he’s trying to do is make the audio more visual. And he has found the best way to do that is to share stories. Illustrations. Anecdotes. Et cetera.

Audio really challenges your storytelling abilities because you must paint a vivid picture. You might have noticed a string of stories in the last few episodes of Rough Draft.

So, no surprise Demian has another one for you today.

It’s a made-up story, a parable, …read more      

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How to Master the Technology that Drives Your Digital Business

By Scott Ellis

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Technology is frustrating when you’re not a technical person, and dealing with “techies” is even more so.

Developers, designers, and power users speak a different language, and often lose sight of the day-to-day challenges that entrepreneurs and freelancers face.

Users want tech to “just work,” and technologists often throw up their hands and tell everyone to reboot … again.

It cuts both ways, but it doesn’t have to be so difficult.

A little willingness to learn and apply new knowledge can go a long way for the businessperson using today’s tools.

Introducing Technology Translated: A Technology Podcast for Non-Techies

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Eric Enge on the Art of LinkedIn Marketing

By Rainmaker.FM

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The co-author of The Art of SEO (and one of the leading SEO and content marketing experts in the world) drops by The Missing Link today to share his LinkedIn insights.

Over the years, Sean Jackson has become a huge fan of Eric Enge and the team at Stone Temple Consulting. They are smart, easy going, and always willing to help others.

But what has really set Eric and his team apart is the amount of experimenting and research they do … sorting fact from fiction in the field of SEO and content marketing.

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