Our Arizona Move is Complete!
Good morning anti-marketer! As I type this email, I'm sitting in our new kitchen in Mesa, Arizona, sipping warm, organic ginger tea before Dan wakes up. A week ago, we arrived at our furnished rental house (pic above), at 8:30 pm on a Friday night. It was dark...
“At the Top of My Small Business Bookshelf is The Anti-Marketing-Manifesto”
During our recent trip to North Platte, Nebraska, Dan and I were talking about our upcoming move to Arizona. "You're gonna need a lot of jean shorts," he told me. He's lived in Vegas in the past, so he's familiar with the desert heat! "I don't think I've even owned...
Don’t Take Freedom for Granted
If last year taught us anything, it’s that we can’t take freedom for granted. We can’t take *anything* for granted. That’s a surefire way of losing it. Freedom is something you work for. It’s just not handed out. Freedom is something you must value. If you don’t value...
Get Your Finances Right
Profits and sales solve a lot of problems in business... But if your finances are a mess, due to poor financial habits, you'll quickly create the same problems again... and even bigger ones (and not because you're up-leveling, but because you're being stupid with your...
Marketing ‘Tactics’ Don’t Work if You Hide
These days, people are missing one obvious truth in business: YOU are what sells your product best. Not a marketing tactic, not an ad, not other people (i.e., affiliates), but YOU... Your energy, your health, your personality, your attitude, the degree to which you're...
The Pace & Rhythm of Your Business
"To aim low means to accept mediocre accomplishment." - Ryan Holiday describing Steve Jobs' mentality Happy Tuesday! Is it May already?! WTF!? Hope your 2021 is rocking it... mine is. I can barely keep up with all the writing work coming my way. Between writing...
[New Vid] Morning Process Opens All Doors!
Having a solid morning process / daily process has been a key piece in being able to see all the "opportunities" this quarter. If you don't have a solid daily process nailed down... check out my latest YouTube vid: "Morning Process Opens All Doors!" You can either go...
Interesting Things You Can Learn About Your Mind from Doing a 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
For Christmas I bought Dan and me a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle (among other things) with "space" images. I've been so busy this quarter, I haven't had a chance to write this blog post until now. I'm not a puzzle person, but I'm a fan of doing new things with my...
Best Quality Sh#t! – Anti-Marketing and Your Personal Brand
My fiance Dan and I were talking about high-quality products versus shitty ones... He works in the garage. (It's his man-cave.) Just today, the portable heater he bought months ago gave out... after being used to the max during this Colorado winter! So he's off to...
Does Your Website Make You Want to Vomit?
Website copy is tricky for most business owners. When you're first starting out in business, you're trying to figure out what to write, what to convey about yourself, and how you help others. (Hell, even some established biz owners struggle with this.) As you gain...