Find the sweet spot

Getting rejected for a raise can be a blow to your self-esteem. You may choose to pursue a new role where you feel you might be more valued. But if you decide to stay, here’s how to advocate yourself to get a different answer next time: 💸 Respond diplomatically and honestly. If you feel disappointment,…
Creating a business plan for an online business is similar to creating a plan for a traditional brick-and-mortar business. Here are some steps you can follow to create a business plan for an online business: Creating a business plan is a comprehensive process, and you may need to conduct additional research and analysis to complete…
Pricing practitioners often use the four Cs: customer, costs, competition, and constraints to define a price. Regardless of whether you want to set your daily rate as a freelance photographer, or the price of your product, I strongly encourage you to systematically consider all four Cs in your price-setting process. The first and most important factor is the customer. More precisely, the…
In the business world, there’s few people who are held in more rarified air than Charlie Munger. Known for his investing psychology and work with Warren Buffet, Munger was an unforgettable leader and thinker. It’s impossible for me to share all of Charlie’s wisdom in one piece. But here are 9 maxims that embody how…
SEO is tough! It can take months if not years to see decent results… especially if your website is new. Why? Because everyone is going after all the major keywords that you can think of. Just look at the term “auto insurance” in the United States. There are 1.1 billion results… but only 165,000 searches. Do you…
In traditional marketing, we ask the consumer, what do you want? And based on their answers, we build a product and later a strategy to sell that product. But it is fundamentally a flawed system that often does not work. Why? Because getting to what people really want by asking them only gives marketers access to people’s conscious needs, and these rarely, if ever, match…
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