Tips and Tools for Freelancers and Solo Entrepreneurs
The Strategy Behind Longevity Gains
Brian Clark lays out his strategy-first philosophy and describes the four components of a digital marketing strategy that actually gets long-term results.
5/4/2023 • 39 minutes, 23 seconds
The Strategy Behind Longevity Gains
Brian Clark lays out his strategy-first philosophy and describes the four components of a digital marketing strategy that actually gets long-term results.
5/4/2023 • 39 minutes, 23 seconds
Why Strategy is the Real Growth Hack
Brian Clark lays out his strategy-first philosophy and describes the four components of a digital marketing strategy that actually gets long-term results.
4/18/2023 • 34 minutes, 59 seconds
Why Strategy is the Real Growth Hack
Brian Clark lays out his strategy-first philosophy and describes the four components of a digital marketing strategy that actually gets long-term results.
4/18/2023 • 34 minutes, 59 seconds
Finding Your Winning Difference
You’ve probably heard Brian Clark use the term “winning difference” before. In this episode, we unpack what it means and why it’s so important to identify. The conversation explores why seeking a winning difference is more important than simply being different, how it ties into the concept of movements, and why it can be so …
4/11/2023 • 53 minutes, 50 seconds
Finding Your Winning Difference
You’ve probably heard Brian Clark use the term “winning difference” before. In this episode, we unpack what it means and why it’s so important to identify. The conversation explores why seeking a winning difference is more important than simply being different, how it ties into the concept of movements, and why it can be so …
4/11/2023 • 53 minutes, 50 seconds
Your AI Strategy
As you’ve undoubtedly heard, the freight train of AI development is hurtling down the tracks, seemingly adding speed with each new update. As soon as we could all make some sense of GPT-3 and everything it can do, GPT-4 arrived to add new capabilities and an even wider spectrum of possibility. Soon, GPT-5 will arrive. …
4/4/2023 • 40 minutes, 30 seconds
Your AI Strategy
As you’ve undoubtedly heard, the freight train of AI development is hurtling down the tracks, seemingly adding speed with each new update. As soon as we could all make some sense of GPT-3 and everything it can do, GPT-4 arrived to add new capabilities and an even wider spectrum of possibility. Soon, GPT-5 will arrive. …
4/4/2023 • 40 minutes, 30 seconds
The Creator Economy Bust?
For the last couple of years, you haven’t been able to escape hearing about the “creator economy.” At first it was merely annoying, as if it were a new thing. The label was new, and so was the sudden interest from venture capitalists who previously had no interest in individual content creators. And yet, things …
10/18/2022 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
The Creator Economy Bust?
For the last couple of years, you haven’t been able to escape hearing about the “creator economy.” At first it was merely annoying, as if it were a new thing. The label was new, and so was the sudden interest from venture capitalists who previously had no interest in individual content creators. And yet, things …
10/18/2022 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
The Path From Client Services to Personal Enterprise
If someone offered you a crisp one dollar bill in exchange for two quarters, what would you do? You’d hand over the two quarters without hesitation, right? And what if you had the opportunity to exchange two quarters for a dollar bill over and over again … would you keep doing it until you ran …
10/11/2022 • 11 minutes, 14 seconds
The Path From Client Services to Personal Enterprise
If someone offered you a crisp one dollar bill in exchange for two quarters, what would you do? You’d hand over the two quarters without hesitation, right? And what if you had the opportunity to exchange two quarters for a dollar bill over and over again … would you keep doing it until you ran …
10/11/2022 • 11 minutes, 14 seconds
A Productized Service Case Study
In this week’s episode we’re talking about productizing, which means taking a service and making it as standardized as possible so it can be sold and scaled like a product. As a starting point, I wanted to share a case study of what I consider a classic example of what most people think of when …
9/27/2022 • 35 minutes, 27 seconds
A Productized Service Case Study
In this week’s episode we’re talking about productizing, which means taking a service and making it as standardized as possible so it can be sold and scaled like a product. As a starting point, I wanted to share a case study of what I consider a classic example of what most people think of when …
9/27/2022 • 35 minutes, 27 seconds
The Content Conspiracy
Brian, why are you so down on content these days? I’m not actually down on content – I owe my entire career to content. What I have a problem with is this mindless acceptance of the idea that you have to create tons of content to succeed. In other words, content works when it’s based …
9/20/2022 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
The Content Conspiracy
Brian, why are you so down on content these days? I’m not actually down on content – I owe my entire career to content. What I have a problem with is this mindless acceptance of the idea that you have to create tons of content to succeed. In other words, content works when it’s based …
9/20/2022 • 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Personal Brand Versus Personal Enterprise
Personal branding as an active pursuit is nonsense. Branding is a subset of marketing, which is the process of identifying and appealing to particular groups of consumers. Attempts at branding of any kind are meaningless until you and your business have the capacity to mean something to the people in your target market. For 7-figure …
9/13/2022 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Personal Brand Versus Personal Enterprise
Personal branding as an active pursuit is nonsense. Branding is a subset of marketing, which is the process of identifying and appealing to particular groups of consumers. Attempts at branding of any kind are meaningless until you and your business have the capacity to mean something to the people in your target market. For 7-figure …
9/13/2022 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned with Chris Ducker
For this week’s episode, I caught up with my friend Chris Ducker of Youpreneur and simply hit record. That may not sound like the best strategy for recording content, but I knew the gold would surface with no problem… and I was right. Here are just a few of the nuggets you’ll hear us discuss: …
8/30/2022 • 44 minutes, 58 seconds
Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned with Chris Ducker
For this week’s episode, I caught up with my friend Chris Ducker of Youpreneur and simply hit record. That may not sound like the best strategy for recording content, but I knew the gold would surface with no problem… and I was right. Here are just a few of the nuggets you’ll hear us discuss: …
8/30/2022 • 44 minutes, 58 seconds
Why 7-Figure Small Doesn’t Mean Solo
As we enjoy this “hype pause” when it comes to the emerging Web3, we can reflect on the fact that we have all the tools we need right now to build the digital businesses we want. The biggest buzzwords of Web3 — collaboration, community, and decentralization — are objectives that can be achieved and deliver …
8/23/2022 • 28 minutes
Did Email Just Defeat Social Media for Good?
The clock may be ticking on social media as we’ve known it. Or, more accurately, TikTocking. TikTok is giving social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram fits, specifically because it’s not a social media platform. It’s a content discovery engine that uses a smart algorithm instead of a social graph – which makes it much …
8/16/2022 • 25 minutes, 23 seconds
The New Authority
We\’ve already debunked the notion that he or she with the most expertise wins the business. And you know that it\’s your relationship with the audience that makes the difference when it comes to sales. But that relationship can also become toxic. In other words, if the audience is leading you instead of the other …