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How to Find a Multiplier Effect for Your Income

By Rainmaker.FM

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Today’s guest on Hack the Entrepreneur is an entrepreneur and an inventor who consistently earns millions of dollars licensing his ideas to companies like Disney, Nestlé, and Coca-Cola.

He is not high-tech, but he knows how to take an idea and make it a global sensation very quickly.

Before becoming a savvy inventor, he spent part of the 1980s as the head of design at Worlds of Wonder. They had two number-one hit toys that you may remember: Teddy Ruxpin and Lazer Tag.

Since that time, he has started his own businesses, InventRight and Spinformation, and has sold hundreds …read more      

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A ‘Media, Not Marketing’ Case Study: The Rise of Chef Tim Anderson

By Rainmaker.FM

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How does a reality television competition help launch your career if the winner doesn’t receive a monetary prize?

Today’s guest on Editor-in-Chief is an American who won the British television program MasterChef in 2011.

Tim Anderson is now an entrepreneur and author whose first book, Nanban: Japanese Soul Food, is available from SquarePeg in the UK.

Let’s find out about the role media has played in Tim’s career and how producing media continues to enable Tim to do what he loves to do …

In this 60-minute episode of Editor-in-Chief, host Stefanie Flaxman and Tim Anderson discuss:

  • The art of using Twitter
  • The difference between a …read more      
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4 Safe Ways to Find Your Writing Voice (and One Dangerous One)

By Rainmaker.FM

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One of the hardest things for a writer to uncover is her voice, her style, her flair.

Writers start to peel away from the crowd when they find their voice. That strong, distinctive voice that people easily recognize.

But finding your writing voice is no easy task. Your voice is something that emerges over time … through trial and error. It takes deliberate focus to develop.

Unfortunately, too many writers get stuck in the stage before their voice becomes strong (which Rough Draft host Demian Farnworth will explain in today’s show) … and remain mediocre writers …read more      

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10 Marketing Techniques I Learned from Instagram Models

By Neil Patel

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Do you use Instagram? If you do, you probably notice a ton of pictures of half-naked models.

Most people react negatively to these images; for example, they think that these models have nothing going for them other than their looks. Or even worse, most people assume these models aren’t intelligent.

I’ve known a handful of these Instagram models for a few years now, and the one thing I can say about them is that they are really creative marketers. I’ve learned a few tricks from them that would help you grow your social media accounts.

Here are 10 marketing techniques you can learn …read more      

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The Cure for Impostor Syndrome and Other Crises of Confidence

By Sonia Simone

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Ever suffer from Impostor Syndrome? This is the feeling that no matter what external results you see, no matter how “expert” you become, you constantly doubt your own authority and ability.

It’s funny, because the people I know who have the worst time with it are often the ones who are the best qualified. (While Impostor Syndrome classically hits more women than men, I have to say that I know an awful lot of smart men who struggle with it as well.)

In small doses, Impostor Syndrome pushes us to keep working on our skills. To keep stretching, to …read more      

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