This post is based on a question that was sent in by a reader and on the surface, it's about whether solo ads are a viable traffic source or not. However, in answering this question, we inevitably dig deeper and end up uncovering something you…
So, you have this idea for a business or maybe a new niche to enter. This is perhaps the most crucial moment of the entire project: what you do now will determine whether you dive head-first into a world of pain or whether you'll be…
What happens if you take 6 bright, creative marketers who are eager to learn, bring them together in an apartment in a vibrant European city... and make them work and learn with me for 3 months straight? Even though that's a question no one in…
Have you ever wondered why starting a business is so damn difficult? And all the while, some entrepreneurs make it look easy. What's up with that? In today's post, you'll discover a universal and unshakable principle that makes being an entrepreneur difficult. There's (almost) nothing…
Online course creators face a tough question: where do you draw the line between your free content and your paid content? Anyone selling online courses or selling information products of any kind needs to answer this question. After all, content marketing is all about providing…
Like last year, Paul McCarthy and myself took some time to reflect on the year past and extract the most important and transformative lessons we learnt. 2015 was a year of fast growth for our company (Thrive Themes) and today's podcast episode is chock-full of…
Tell me if this seems familiar: you know a lot about what you could and should do to drive your business forward... but you can't seem to get yourself to do most of it. Call it procrastination, call it inner resistance, call it being a…
As an entrepreneur, you have one job: conjure a working, profitable business out of thin air. It's not an easy thing to do and that's why you have to embrace The Grind and you have to hustle... But while most of us can work hard…
It's a simple and straight forward question - and one that is asked often: how to make money from a blog? In today's post, I give my usual style of unconventional and strategic answer to this question. By the end of it, you may not…
Habits. A simple word that describes such a powerful and complex thing. In today's podcast episode, Paul and I discuss the habits we've created in our lives that most directly contribute to our effectiveness as entrepreneurs. Plus, you'll discover the best brain hacks that allow…
In previous posts & podcast episodes, we've talked a lot about minimum viable products, getting businesses off the ground on a shoestring budget and the value of releasing rapidly. If you follow the advice you find here, you'll soon find yourself with a product or…
In the last post, I introduced the concept of Hustle Mode - a state of extreme focus that is necessary to get a new business off the ground quickly. As was correctly pointed out by several commenters, while Hustle Mode is a great way to…
