We Launched Rainmaker FM One Year Ago: Check Out What Happened (and the New Site Design)

By Robert Bruce

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It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we rolled out our digital business podcast network, Rainmaker FM.

A lot has happened in the time since Brian Clark and I started throwing this idea around in late 2014. Here are just a few of the facts on how things have gone …

In one year, Rainmaker FM has:

  • Created or partnered with 24 distinct shows
  • Published an average of 80 podcast episodes per month
  • Built an email list of more than 27,000 listeners
  • Built and sold a successful podcast training course
  • Demonstrated the power, reliability, and grace of the Rainmaker …read more      
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Rainmaker Rewind: 5 Benefits of the ‘Access’ Approach to Online Marketing

By Caroline Early

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Before I share this week’s pick with you, I should note that it’s the third episode in a five-part series. If you haven’t listened to the first two, be sure to check those out here and here when you get the chance.

With that, this week’s Rewind episode is brought to you by Brian Clark and Jerod Morris on The Digital Entrepreneur. On their latest show, they discuss the “access” approach to modern marketing and what drives a successful website.

The modern marketing website offers more than static information, more than useful content …read more      

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The 9 Components of an Effective SEO Team: Do You or Your Agency Have Them Covered?

By Neil Patel

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A modern SEO team is nothing like it used to be.

It’s extremely rare to find a single SEO capable of doing everything necessary to fully optimize a business for search.

And even if you do have all those skills, it’s better to have multiple people who specialize in different areas (if you have the budget).

You can form a team in-house or hire an agency—either option can work.

However, you’ll obviously have much more control over an in-house team.

In this post, I’ll go over all the components of an effective SEO team so that you know whether you have all the areas covered.

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Last Day: Super Early Bird Pricing for Digital Commerce Summit

By Brian Clark

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A speaker list filled with real practitioners of digital commerce …

An integrated agenda that covers the deep process underlying digital product and service creation, marketing, and distribution …

An exclusive performance by one of the most beloved bands to come out of the alternative music revolution …

Plus, an ice-breaking opening reception and an epic closing party to bookend the networking that will happen all event long.

It’s Digital Commerce Summit 2016. This is the exclusive event for digital entrepreneurs, where you’ll:

  • Discover the specific tactics and strategies that will make your digital product or service more useful and more …read more      
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An Uplifting Journey from Meditation Authority to Bold Business Builder

By Pamela Wilson

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Many of us have an exaggerated image of the business world — that it’s all about making heartless decisions based solely on profits, not people.

But what if you could build a business that had a transformative effect on your customers’ lives? And what if you could profit at the same time?

Morgan Dix has built two businesses that enable his customers to transform themselves.

The first one teaches meditation, and the second one teaches people to build a platform for their ideas.

Morgan’s story is this month’s Hero’s Journey feature. We’re tapping the collective wisdom of our community members to bring you reports …read more      

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