How to Craft and Deliver Captivating Presentations

By Michael Port

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You’re great at writing copy, articles, and other long-form content. But do you stare blankly at the computer screen when it comes time to write a speech?

Maybe it’s because you are nervous about actually giving the speech live — which produces much more anxiety than clicking “publish” to make a blog post go live.

You can always go back and edit the post if you find a mistake or get an idea that will improve it. You can’t do that when giving a speech, though.

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How to Consistently Take Action (and Allow Your Business to Emerge)

By Rainmaker.FM

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Today’s guest on Hack the Entrepreneur started building websites for real estate companies at 22. He initially started doing this from his parents toy closet, after he was scammed out of $12,000 from a sham online business.

Starting over again with almost nothing, he asked countless questions and passionately learned about his clients’ problems and, as a result, his business grew rapidly.

Now he wants to help people like you and me.

He describes himself as the “Head Honcho” of The Foundation, a six-month online mentoring program through which entrepreneurs learn about starting and scaling software companies.

Now, let’s hack …

Dane Maxwell.

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The Counterintuitive Truth About Working Hard

By Rainmaker.FM

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You can stay on top of your content production schedule without getting burned out.

Listen to this week’s episode of Editor-in-Chief to get digital publishing tips that help you manage your workload.

You’ll discover why taking a break is part of hard work. What type of breakthrough will you have when you take a break?

In this 15-minute episode of Editor-in-Chief, host Stefanie Flaxman discusses:

  • The importance of editorial standards: all day, every day
  • The significance of making other people look good and making their lives easier
  • The power of confidence
  • The benefits of flexibility

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How to Automate Multiple Businesses Around Multiple Books Within Multiple Niches

By Rainmaker.FM

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Being successful in business is all about understanding one simple rule: find an audience of people who have problems, then work hard to offer them real solutions.

With more than 17 books in multiple niches, Honorée Corder has created a multiple-niche business structure that not only allows her to sell a ton of books but also enables her to use those books to venture into courses, consulting, speaking engagements, and certified training programs.

All of which are automated to the point where she only has to work the hours she wants to work — and never on weekends.

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6 Clever Ways to Get Influencers to Link to You

By Neil Patel

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One of the most important things I say you should do is create great content.

But then what?

If you don’t do anything with that content, no one will see it, which is a waste of your time, effort, and money.

Once you start using promotional techniques, you’ll start getting readers to your blog posts.

A few dozen at first, then a few hundred, maybe even a few thousand after a while.

But there’s one thing missing at this point. I’ll tell you what it is in a second.

From my experience, I can tell that organic search traffic is going to …read more      

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