Founder of CDBaby, TED Speaker and Author of “Hell Yeah or No” Derek Sivers shares his always provoking counter intuitive thoughts on positioning, brevity, musician entrepreneurs and much more in this wide-ranging conversation. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:28 - Greeting to Derek 06:28 - Musicians in business 11:02 - Power in the niche 18:54 - NIN technique 28:01 - Staying niche focused 34:49 - Testing other waters 40:42 - Keeping score 45:03 - Know what excites you 47:29 - Love of simplicity 52:29 - Be considerate  54:26 - Simplicity matters 1:01:32 - A bold move  1:04:01 - Intentional communication 1:08:59 - Training 1:10:46 - Ask questions 1:16:32 - Everyone’s websites 1:19:48 - Final thoughts Get all links, resources and show notes at: <a href='https://joshhall.co/245'>https://joshhall.co/245</a>

Founder of CDBaby, TED Speaker and Author of “Hell Yeah or No” Derek Sivers shares his always provoking counter intuitive thoughts on positioning, brevity, musician entrepreneurs and much more in this wide-ranging conversation. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:28 - Greeting to Derek 06:28 - Musicians in business 11:02 - Power in the niche 18:54 - NIN technique 28:01 - Staying niche focused 34:49 - Testing other waters 40:42 - Keeping score 45:03 - Know what excites you 47:29 - Love of simplicity 52:29 - Be considerate 54:26 - Simplicity matters 1:01:32 - A bold move 1:04:01 - Intentional communication 1:08:59 - Training 1:10:46 - Ask questions 1:16:32 - Everyone’s websites 1:19:48 - Final thoughts Get all links, resources and show notes at: https://joshhall.co/245

Founder of CDBaby, TED Speaker and Author of “Hell Yeah or No” Derek Sivers shares his always provoking counter intuitive thoughts on positioning, brevity, musician entrepreneurs and much more in this wide-ranging conversation. In This Episode 00:00 - Introduction 04:28 - Greeting to Derek 06:28 - Musicians in business 11:02 - Power in the niche 18:54 - NIN technique 28:01 - Staying niche focused 34:49 - Testing other waters 40:42 - Keeping score 45:03 - Know what excites you 47:29 - Love of simplicity 52:29 - Be considerate&nbsp; 54:26 - Simplicity matters 1:01:32 - A bold move&nbsp; 1:04:01 - Intentional communication 1:08:59 - Training 1:10:46 - Ask questions 1:16:32 - Everyone’s websites 1:19:48 - Final thoughts Get all links, resources and show notes at: <a href="https://joshhall.co/245" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://joshhall.co/245</a>

245 - Derek Sivers on Positioning, Brevity, Simple vs Easy and More

The Web Design Business Podcast with host Josh Hall is here to help you build a web design business that allows you to have freedom and a lifestyle you love. As a web designer and web agency owner of over a decade, Josh knows the challenges, struggles and often painful lessons of building a web design business without any guidance, proven strategies or a mentor to help you along the way, which is why this show exists. Think of this podcast as your weekly dose of coaching, mentorship and guidance to help you build your dream web design business. All while having a good time doing it. Through interviews with seasoned web design business professionals and online entrepreneurs, solo coaching episodes with Josh and even case studies with his students, you’ll learn practical tips and strategies for web business building along with real-world advice and trends that are happening right now in the wild and wonderful world of web design. Subscribe if you’re ready to start or level up your web design business and for all show notes, links, full transcriptions for each episode, head to https://joshhall.co/podcast

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The Web Design Business Podcast with host Josh Hall is here to help you build a web design business that allows you to have freedom and a lifestyle you love. As a web designer and web agency owner of over a decade, Josh knows the challenges, struggles and often painful lessons of building a web design business without any guidance, proven strategies or a mentor to help you along the way, which is why this show exists. Think of this podcast as your weekly dose of coaching, mentorship and guidance to help you build your dream web design business. All while having a good time doing it. Through interviews with seasoned web design business professionals and online entrepreneurs, solo coaching episodes with Josh and even case studies with his students, you’ll learn practical tips and strategies for web business building along with real-world advice and trends that are happening right now in the wild and wonderful world of web design. Subscribe if you’re ready to start or level up your web design business and for all show notes, links, full transcriptions for each episode, head to https://joshhall.co/podcast

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