Most Things in Business and Life Fail (and Why That’s Okay)

By Rainmaker.FM

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Today’s guest on Hack the Entrepreneur is one of host Jon Nastor’s all-time favorite writers, and Jon rarely goes more than a few months without rereading his book Choose Yourself.

He is a hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, blogger, and podcaster.

He has founded (or cofounded) more than 20 companies, and 17 have failed. He sold one for $15 million and spent all of the money — all of it. Then he built and sold another within its first year for $10 million.

He fails quickly. He fails frequently. He claims Entrepreneurship is a sentence of failures punctuated …read more      

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B2B Marketing Forum, Mobile Number, Standard Messaging Fees, And Personally Identifiable Information

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Execute a Practical Editorial Strategy with the ‘Prepare; Don’t Plan’ Philosophy

By Rainmaker.FM

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Are you an Editor-in-Chief?

Editor-in-Chief (noun): a person who assumes complete responsibility for and ownership of all the communication he or she puts out into the world to enable a self-directed, creative career.

Do you want to become one and learn effective ways to take control of your own digital media platform?

In this 9-minute episode of Editor-in-Chief, host Stefanie Flaxman discusses:

  • Why this show is called Editor-in-Chief
  • The cure for a monotonous, boring routine
  • Stefanie’s definition of an Editor-in-Chief
  • How to remain responsive to what’s going on in your industry while meeting content goals
  • Your second assignment to help you manage long-term and short-term editorial responsibilities

<a class="colorbox" href="http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~/t/0/0/copyblogger/~https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id974802416" …read more      

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Comments, Blog Posts, Blog Post, And Content

Everyone loves comments.
Valuable comments can generate qualified visitors and leads for you. For example, I generated $25,000 from 249 comments in October 2014 alone.
Marcus Sheridan usually spends 5-6 hours a week, reading and commenting on other people?s blog posts. He does this because he wants …

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An Idiot-Proof Guide to Writing Blog Posts That Google Loves

By Rainmaker.FM

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If you’re a good web writer, then February 24, 2011 was your day. Bad web writer? Not so much.

February 24, 2011 marks the day Google took low-quality content sites out to the woodshed. It’s the day they rolled out their search algorithm update known as Panda.

And here’s how you can benefit from that development.

These 21 questions from a Google engineer will help you create original, high-quality content …

In this 9-minute episode of Rough Draft with Demian Farnworth, you’ll discover:

  • What sites were destroyed by the Panda update
  • Google’s definition of “low-quality content”
  • How Google engineers think about high-quality content
  • The wonderful thing that …read more      
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