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“The Best Marketing Is A Good Product” Myth Have you ever heard the phrase, “The best marketing is a great product”? I have heard this phrase numerous times. In general, it’s good advice. But it’s a myth. The best marketing isn’t having a good product. The best marketing is good marketing. Let’s look at this…

Building Websites Is About User Experience The most-read articles on this website are about niche sites. It’s weird, because the niche site stuff I write about is just a hobby. It’s not my main thing at all. However, it’s popular, so I’ll write about it some more. One thing that people tend to do with…

When you are a freelance writer and would-be empire builder, it is very, very easy to get side-tracked. It’s the New Year, which means resolutions. At the very least it means some sort of forward thinking. I wrote a plan for the next few months, and how they are going to look from a writing perspective. As…

Success With Writing Is Cumulative: Real World Edition Most people underestimate the amount they can achieve over a sustained period of time. When it comes to authors and writers of all types, they allow themselves to get complacent over the long term. In this article, I’ll show you why you should avoid this. Last night,…

… Or The Best Way To Decrease Your Consumer Spending There’s an easy way to stop spending money. I’m going to tell you what that is in this article. Don’t worry… I’m not going to tell you that you have to becoming a minimalist nomad who can fit everything in the boot of their car….

Expected Value A few months back, I came across a concept called “expected value.” It came via way of a poker playing friend, where apparently expected value is a big thing. I can link you to the Wikipedia article for expected value, but frankly it’s a mathematics-fest and I don’t really understand it. What Is…

Mistakes I’ve Made That Made My Learning Curve Longer James commented on yesterday’s post with some interesting points. In the comment, he talked about the learning curve when it comes to making money online. I’ve been thinking about that today. I’ve got a lot of examples of what not to do that I’ve built up over…

One Month Of No Internet Browsing It’s April 1st. I could do an April Fool’s article, but I’m not really that funny. Instead, I’m going to point out the fact that we’re one quarter of the way through 2016 already. Occasionally, I like to put myself through various little challenges to build better habits. This…