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You constantly hear that listening and feedback are the keys to improving your marketing, your products, and your services. But are you listening selectively? I ve always found constructive criticism to be much more useful than praise. And even angry complaints can contain valuable feedback. Tuning out everything but the nice stuff is clearly a bad... Listen to episode

The saying goes that there s a thin line between genius and insanity. But do successful entrepreneurs actually parlay mental illness into innovation? They say that Steve Jobs was a narcissist, and that Bill Gates trends toward Aspergers on the autism spectrum. And yes, emerging research suggests that many entrepreneurs leverage what would otherwise be a... Listen to episode

It s no mystery why I tend to feature a lot of freelancer to wildly successful entrepreneur stories on Unemployable. It s simply the way most of us progress to the point where we get recognition. Aaron Epstein is known as the guy who led Creative Market to acquisition by Autodesk in only 14 months. It was... Listen to episode

Hopefully you know that email remains, by far, the engine for online sales and lead generation of all types. And that means you need to offer exceptional value based on trust to be invited into someone s primary inbox. Today, Joanna Wiebe of Copy Hackers and I geek out hard over email opt-in psychology. You ll be... Listen to episode

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The look and feel of the traditional company is evolving along with technology and the workforce. An enterprise that combines onsite, remote, and freelance resources is becoming the new normal. Other companies are dispensing with onsite all together. Our friends at Buffer just announced that they re eliminating their office space (the company has been largely... Listen to episode

Freedom is a primary theme of Unemployable. Not everyone wants to disrupt and dominate. Rather, they want to do the things they want to do, and live the life they want to live. I ve enjoyed that type of freedom for the last 10 years. And so has today s guest, Natalie Sisson. The difference being, Natalie... Listen to episode

The world of online business (also known as digital commerce), has become a major facet of all business, especially among entrepreneurs. So why does it seem that everyone you come across is teaching online business? There s actually a really good reason for that. And on the flipside, there s an even better reason why other digital... Listen to episode

I ve been a consistent critic of both the term and concept of "personal branding." Provide value to people by creating something bigger than yourself, and your personal brand will work itself out just fine. A recent article in Fast Company, however, seems to go too far. The argument is that entrepreneurs shouldn t waste their time... Listen to episode

We re big on systems and processes at Unemployable. Naturally, that s the topic of the first lesson in the free Profit Pillars course that members gain access to when they join the tribe at no charge. Early in my career, I had great marketing systems, but bad management processes. Some people have it the other way... Listen to episode