Since 2013, I have been a digital nomad, traveling full-time while building a location-independent digital marketing business and blog. Because I’ve built my business from the road and haven’t slowed down since, I’ve worked from countless homes, cafes and coworking spaces. They have all had an impact on my productivity and motivation in different ways.…
Jean’s coaching business is small but successful. She works with 5-7 clients every day, then spends time catching up on social media, emailing, blogging, invoicing and other business matters. Her to-do list is never-ending, but she has what everyone in the online teaching industry desires — the state of being “fully booked.” There was a…
Welcome to Shop Talk! While we love providing you with jam-packed, actionable posts, we also wanted to share quick, thought-provoking snippets here and there — from our brains to yours. We talked last week about the joy we get from applying a principle from another field or industry to our businesses. We’ve said it once…
Using SEO effectively can seem like a headache. Keywords? Links? Content marketing? I’ve been there. If you’re a small business owner, you have enough on your plate, and learning about SEO can seem like more trouble than it’s worth. But SEO is so much more than a marketing strategy. SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is…
Online courses: The possibility (and profitability) that comes with creating one can have a huge impact on how you run your solopreneur business. In fact, most entrepreneurs and professional bloggers today agree that online courses are an important element for any solopreneur who wants more time to innovate, wants to be seen as an expert…
You can see from the title that this is all about disconnect. Don’t take that the wrong way. I don’t mean disconnect between people — interpersonal connection makes the business world go round. This here is specifically about a different kind of disconnect. Disconnection: Turning your digital connection off. You know…unplugging. (That means phones, tablets,…
