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The boring Japanese billionaire’s fun money method
“I make a point of asking everyone who comes to consult me: “Do you like your job?” It’s so important for the morale; a patient who is happy in his work is always much easier to cure.” ~ Maurice Mességué (Renowned French herbalist and mayor of Fleurance, who treated French president Edouard Herriot and British…
Expert marketer vs expert scammer
The wifey very nearly got run over by an Instagram scam a few hours ago… An art contest scam. Where you had to pay them a few bushels of money to join. But which they’d refund every penny to you if you didn’t reach the next round… which… never happens… because just like all of…
Marketing stuff they shoulda taught you in high school
I got 44 books sitting on my desk right now… … books I haven’t read! Which is not unusual for me. Because even though I read 1 to 2 books a day, almost everyday, once I get through a couple, a couple more new ones take their place. It just never ends. Which is fine.…
Why I quit marketing to become a maid
Imagine me: Wearing a pink apron, standing in the middle of my kitchen. Sunshine’s streaming in through the window over the kitchen sink. You can hear the fan whirring from my countertop distiller on the table, as it blows out hot air while getting all the gunk outta our tap water. Meanwhile, the Saladmaster pots…
The luckiest man on the planet
I got this friend. Met him in college when we were getting our engineering degrees together. Smart guy. Always wore a suit. And lugged a briefcase around. While everyone else was wearing t-shirt and jeans. Never saw anything like it. But every time I saw him, it made me wonder if I was dressing too…
The Ronaldo and Messi way to riches
So I was in the home office with the wifey last night… And she comes up to me and says: “I think I need to learn more marketing.” Which is not how a usual session of “Coaching With The Wifey” normally starts. But then I ask her: “What makes ya say so?” Her answer? “Well,…
How to grow twice as fast in half the time
“Want to grow twice as fast? You have two choices. Throw money and pray, raise twice the cash, hire twice the staff, spend twice as much on ads, cross both your fingers, or learn copywriting. Increase conversions from 1% to 2% and that’s twice as many.” ~ Harry Dry, Copywriter === But other than doubling…
Why dependency guroos boo when you celebrate Independence Pay
Since it’s Independence Day in the USA (the big 250)… … with my own Independence Pay anniversary right around the corner… … when I got my first paycheck online without a boss, without a job, and without waking up at 4 am in the morning only to get shuffled out into the freezing winter cold,…
How to read as fast as Usain Bolt runs
I was watching this news clip on YouTube a couple days ago: About how a “Crook in Texas outruns several cops chasing him while dragging lawnmower he stole (after mowing his victim’s lawn) behind him.” With the comments ranging from… “He completed his community service while doing the crime. Talk about multi-tasking. What a productive…
Marketer falls off treadmill after boy throws book at him
If you’re a grunting “caveman” of a marketer who loves you no AI tech, you can safety close this page… But if not: Here’s some honest advice for AI junkies (or soon-to-be junkies) from a former tech hoard-a-holic… When I first started my online marketing career: I used to hoard software and tools in the…