7-Figure Small

More than 55 million Americans are freelancers — a full 35 percent of our workforce, according to the 2016 Freelancing in America report. And contrary to enduring myths, it's not because "they can't find a job" — it's a conscious choice based on freedom and empowerment. 79 percent of freelancers believe freelancing is a better... Listen to episode

Just recently, Medium announced the intention to start charging a $5 monthly fee for an enhanced experience at the popular site. Also, Twitter is considering a subscription version of TweetDeck geared toward marketers, brands, and other power users. Robert Bruce and I discuss whether these initiatives will succeed, and at what scale. What's not in... Listen to episode

As digital marketers, we have websites to attract leads, customers, and clients to our businesses. So it makes sense that the more leads, customers, and clients we attract, the more money we make. Conversion optimization is simply a strategic process for increasing the effectiveness of your site at doing just that. Too often, though, we... Listen to episode

There are plenty of self-proclaimed content marketing experts around these days. The only thing these experts have ever seemed to market, however, is themselves. That's why it's alway refreshing to chat with Marcus Sheridan. Like me, he cut his content marketing teeth in a traditional industry before beginning to teach it to others. This episode... Listen to episode

I was in Austin last week speaking at a conference, and I had an interesting conversation with one of the other speakers. It's a guy I've known for years on the web writing circuit. He started off saying how he had always felt as if he'd missed out for not starting a high-powered "disruptive" startup,... Listen to episode

We ended last season with an Unemployable episode featuring Darren Rowse of Problogger, in which he and I lamented that the kind of human connection that fueled the early blogging movement seemed to be getting drowned out with tactics and technology. Then, I kicked off my return to Copyblogger with a call to go back... Listen to episode

Emily Thompson is no stranger to the independent business life. She started off with an Etsy shop, and soon began helping other indie business people build their own platforms with web design and coaching. Emily is the founder of Indie Shopography, a design and strategy web studio, where she and her team develop websites for... Listen to episode

Back in the early 2000s, social media was a very different thing. The term came out of the Web 2.0 movement, and the primary components were blogs. Around 2005-2006, blogging starting moving to a more commercial bent. And social media expanded to include social news sites like Digg and Delicious. Once Facebook and Twitter showed... Listen to episode

A few weeks back, we looked at a process that you can use to transform your business. The example I gave was for a freelancer to "productize" an aspect of their services into a neatly packaged product with a defined scope and pricing. I also pointed out a benefit that goes beyond escaping the trap... Listen to episode

This week, we're shaking things up a bit. I took to Facebook and Twitter and asked for questions related to running and growing your business — and got a bunch of really good ones. Joining me to answer those questions is Chris Brogan, a New York Times bestselling author, professional speaker, longtime blogger, and CEO... Listen to episode