Laura Roeder on Building a Business that Supports the Lifestyle You Love

By Brian Clark & Jerod Morris

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This week’s guest is a self-learner. She aspires to help people’s small businesses succeed beyond their wildest dreams by making social media marketing plain and simple to understand and implement. She is Laura Roeder, and she is a Digital Entrepreneur.

In this episode, Laura walks you through her journey as a digital entrepreneur:

  • How being a mom has influenced her ability to reap the benefits of digital entrepreneurship
  • How all the small choices she’s made over the years have added up to something incredible
  • Why constantly innovating helps her deal with the challenge of bringing in new customers
  • The one word she’d use to describe …read more      
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Quick! What Can You Systematize Before 2017?

By Jerod Morris & Jon Nastor

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In this week’s episode, our goal is to send you and your shows sailing into 2017. This conversation is the first of a three-part series created with the sole purpose of enabling you to take your podcast to new heights in the new year.

Yes, 2016 was a great year for Showrunners as a whole and podcasting as a medium (except for the one guy who didn’t think so). But if we get our shows in shape, 2017 can and will be even better.

To accomplish this, we need to create rock-solid systems for our podcasts. Systems to help us schedule …read more      

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Why Starting a Membership Site Is a Terrible Idea … Until You Just Do It

By Sean Jackson

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Sonia Simone joins our show to walk you through the most important elements of setting up a membership site, today.

As we approach the new year, you may be thinking about the changes you want to make to your life. And if you have been following the show, that may mean that you are looking to start — or at least expand — a membership site.

But change can be scary. And it is that fear of change that keeps most from ever moving forward.

If you are in earnest about building and growing a membership site — and need that extra inspiration …read more      

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Dominating Any Keyword You Choose

By Neil Patel

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Page one, position one.

It’s the ultimate goal of every SEO marketer.

But of course reaching this goal can be difficult, and there is a seemingly infinite number of variables that determine how your content ends up ranking.

And let’s not forget about Google’s fickleness.

Their unending updates can leave you scratching your head as to what your next move should be.

I know that I’ve found myself frustrated more than a few times.

But what if I told you that there was a specific formula you can follow to dominate any keyword you choose?

What if you could knock it out of the park every time …read more      

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Conventional Writing Wisdom You Can Ignore, Effective Immediately

By Sonia Simone

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Ever heard the term negativity bias?

Briefly stated, it means that we’re wired to notice things that suck far more than things that rock.

I had a hilarious (and productive) example of this when I asked this question on Twitter:

Twitter hive mind: What’s yr fave piece of terrible advice for writers / content markters? Asking for podcast. :) Will credit you of course!

— Sonia Simone (@soniasimone) November 29, 2016

(Apologies for the truncated words! #becauseTwitter)

I got more than enough replies to fill my podcast episode. In fact, I got so many good answers that I wanted to …read more      

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