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Early Adopters: 5 Ways To Get Users To Your New Website
So you just built the next great web app, the launch day has finally come and …. silence. Crickets chirping. You anxiously check your Google Analytics stats and see that despite having the coolest new website ever, nobody seems to care. More...
How To Build Wealth And Love Your Job At The Same Time
I recently stumbled on the writings of Paul Graham and I have to say I’ve been incredibly impressed. It’s not often that I find myself finding such insight and experience in what I read. Most people out there are hawking versions of t...
Stop Talking About It And Just Build It
Saw this great video about Facebook’s development team today. Got me thinking…more companies need to think like this. Focused, uninterrupted work is the greatest gift you have…but how often do we really do it? Generally speaking...
A Few Entrepreneurs You Should Be Listening To Today
From time to time I get in touch with various readers of this blog who are “Breaking Free” in their own way. Please take a minute to check out their respective sites below and give them a look! It’s always pays to get around like mi...
A Good Example Of Bad User Interface Design
Check out Time Magazine’s web page for the top 100 most influential people of 2009. Lots of people on this list are emailing around saying “hey I’m at #25 right now, vote for me please!” So when you click to their individual p...
Adding Gasoline To Your Rocket Ship
I went to a pretty interesting talk yesterday at the Houston Technology Center where Bijoy Goswami was speaking. It was a great chance to network with a bunch of other entrepreneurs. One of the biggest take aways I got from the talk was when he out...
The Power Of Thank-You Notes
I have to credit my mother with instilling in me the importance of thank you notes from a young age. As a young man I absolutely HATED writing my thank you notes after Christmas but she would still force me to do it. I remember one year (I was about...
How To Wake Up Productive
Want to make sure you accomplish your goals in 2008? Well Eben Pagan has a new video out that is pretty good. Eben is a very impressive entrepreneur who has built several multi-million dollar companies. I’ve listened and read probably about 1...
What I Wish I’d Known When I Started This Blog
The other day when I posted about breaking the 2,000 subscriber mark, Breaking Free reader Caleb, of http://www.thesoldiermillionaire.com/, asked a very good question that I thought deserved some more attention: Brian, You say it took you about a yea...
He’s the guy who did [BLANK]
Do you realize how many doors that simple phrase can open for you? Everything - from meetings with important people to free press any time you launch a new project - is yours if you’re known for something that people love. So how do you do it? ...
How To Tell What’s Bullshit And What’s True - Part 1
I’ve been shocked lately to notice how many of my friends (who are otherwise very intelligent) believe things which are totally false. It’s not just my friends. A remarkably large percentage of the population (and *gasp* maybe even you) ...
Stop trying to figure out how to get money from people!
Instead, start asking how you can create value. Most people get it backwards. They come up with a way to make money first, and then try to add the value in as an afterthought. Do you see why this is putting the cart before the horse: I want to sell...
Who have you taken advice from and why does their advice work?
An anonymous poster asked this great question on the Breaking Free forum… Who have you taken advice from and why does their advice work for your specific type of business? It is important to figure out what exactly works for you and why, so tha...
Was your meal slow roasted to perfection?
Yesterday I went to one of the most famous barbecue places in Houston: Good Company BBQ. They are a legend in Houston, people drive from all over to get there, and there is always a line out the door. In fact, the lines are usually so long that I...
Business Plans Are Bullshit
Breaking Free reader Rui writes in with the following question… Can you suggest where to get help in order to develop a business plan? Hi Rui, What most people mean when they talk about business plans is a 25 page document with lots of fancy st...
Don’t Worry About People Stealing Your Content
Hi Brian, I would like to get a marketing opinion of you. I have offered downloadable e-books in the past for other educational products I developed but I had a problem with people stealing the work - buying one e-book, then copying it for others. I ...
How Split Testing Your Sign-up Page Can Double Your Results
I thought ya’ll might find this interesting. As you might know, I’m a big fan of split-testing. This is a good example of why. Here are two different sign-up pages I tested for my Austin tutoring website. This one got a 30% conversion r...
How To Choose The Right Business Idea To Pursue
Brian, What a great surprise! Your book is an excellent source of knowledge, and your ideas are inspiring. Unfortunately, I am feeling the way you state in your book: tired, frustrated, sick of helping others make money! Web has always been on my blo...
