The Fizzle Show
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Description
Weekly insights for online business builders and small business owners earning a living doing something they care about. We focus on modern business essentials, self employment, motivation, productivity, audience growth, blogging, podcasting, content marketing, work-life balance among other things!
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CleanEpisode 307: Routines For Tuning Up The Mind (FS307) | We are tackling the often talked about, sometimes misrepresented, idea of daily routines! We have been told so many times about the effects of our habits and our repeated actions but sometimes that is not enough to help us find what works for us. | 2/19/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 306: Entrepreneurial Doomsday Prepping: How to Protect Your Business for When Life Hits Hard (cuz it will!) (FS306) | Every business will have its own unexpected ups and downs. Being prepared for these can mean the difference between staying alight and fizzling out, so we want to unpack how to go about prepping your ship for all manner of waters! | 2/12/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 305: Perfect VS Done: Do Your Best Work or Just Ship It? (FS305) | In this episode, we get right into the issue, weighing the benefits of getting things done and working on them meticulously. In the end, there is always going to be a sweet spot between how much you can possibly do and the point you need to let go. | 2/5/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 304: Testing Businesses: How to Figure Out if You're On the Right Track Today! (FS304) | In this episode, we talk about how to run experiments as well how to structure them to gauge success, build confidence and jump to the next level. We talk about engines of growth, goal setting, clarifying the process and how asking yourself what you wan | 1/29/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 303: Company of One: Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing for Business (FS303) | A bigger business is not always a better business. And, keeping things on the right level is almost always preferable to precarious growth. If you can stay profitable, why would you need to keep growing to some imaginary and mostly arbitrary standard? | 1/22/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 302: Burnout, Rebirth And The Weird Netherworld Between The Two | Today on the show we get to go on a deep dive into the story of an entrepreneur who found both enormous success and... well, the sometimes massive costs of success. | 1/15/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 301: The Best Place to Work as an Entrepreneur | As entrepreneurs we have the option of choosing where we want to work. It is one of the blessing afforded this lifestyle, but can also have a huge impact on the success and failure of your projects. | 1/8/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 300: Self Sabotage & Impostor Syndrome: How to Get Out of Your Own Way | Impostor syndrome is one way entrepreneurs can completely sabotage their own business. Starting a business can endlessly fun at first... all the possibility, hope, potential. But soon the fear starts to creep in, the self confidence starts to slip, and | 1/1/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 299: Save Your Business from the YES Monster: Learn How to Say NO Effectively (FS299) | We all have constant chances to say yes and no to things, whether in our business or personal lives. Here at Fizzle, we have noticed the huge impact that making the right choice in these situations can have on your trajectory, specifically your ability | 12/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 298: Partnering with Clients: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (FS298) | How can a new partnership help grow your business? When is the right time to enter into something you believe will be mutually beneficial? What are the questions you need to ask yourself before making a decision on this front? | 12/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 297: Please Don't Jump! The Entreprenuerial Leap Myth (FS297) | Becoming an entrepreneur means taking risks, right? Does this leap of faith have to be super perilous and terrifying? Are there ways in which you can take the necessary risks that suit you and your business and ensure the highest chance success? | 12/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 296: Justifying Premium Prices for Your Premium Product (FS296) | The price tag that you place on your product or service has an obvious effect on your income and revenue. It also has other less obvious effects and that’s what we're talking about today. We want to give you a bunch of new ways to think about pricing | 12/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 295: Learning from Pain via Post-Mortems (FS295) | Shownotes: http://fizzleshow.com/295 What is the best way to ensure we do not make the same mistakes twice? How can reviews and retrospectives teach us for the future? How can you really execute the best type of post-mortem? During the life of an entrepreneur it is pretty much a given that there will be successes and failures over the years. We are sure you'll agree that the best way to increase the number of successes as time goes by is to learn from past failures. That’s where the idea of the post-mortem comes in! In this episode, we break down why post-mortems are necessary, how they really function, and exactly how they can be practically applied to different business models. Today on the show we are joined by our friend, Aiden Fishbein, who came up with the concept for today’s show. He really leads the discussion and lays out some great frameworks for approaching this task. We also talk about the risk of over analysis, post-mortems as a symptom of your companies communication habits, and how even the worst failure can have a silver lining to carry forward. For this great conversation be sure to tune in! Key Points From This Episode: • The value of a postmortem and how this helps when starting something new. [0:04:01.5] • Aiden’s early work, experiences and how he built his portfolio. [0:07:40.8] • Duplicating success and learning from mistakes through retrospectives. [0:11:15.1] • Setting out your ideal clients and slowly getting closer to these. [0:15:52.8] • Balancing risks and calculated strategies as an entrepreneur. [0:19:25.4] • Practical application of this idea across different types of business. [0:24:17.7] • The usefulness of striving for objectivity on your projects. [0:33:20.3] • Finding the silver lining in a bad project. [0:37:02.3] • Year end round ups and learning from the past. [0:41:10.2] • The postmortem cheat sheet and checking off the list. [0:45:55.7] • Communication and its centrality to the success of an organization. [0:53:02.8] • And much more! Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: • Fizzle — https://fizzle.co/ • discover.bot — https://discover.bot/fizzle/ • Aiden Fishbein — https://www.linkedin.com/in/aiden-fishbein-05156830 • Tony Robbins — https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ • Dan Tocchini — http://dantocchini.com/ • Episode 295 — http://fizzleshow.com/295 • Steph Crowder on Twitter — https://twitter.com/stephcrowder_ • Corbett Barr on Twitter — https://twitter.com/CorbettBarr • Chase Reeves on Twitter — https://twitter.com/chase_reeves • Fizzle Sparkline — https://fizzle.co/sparkline • Fizzle Goals Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/goals • Fizzle Journaling Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/journal • Fizzle Try 5 — http://fizzle.co/try5 • Fizzle Essentials of Web Design Course — https://fizzle.co/library/essentials-of-website-design-for-business-builders • Fizzle Website Tune Up Curse — https://fizzle.co/courses/tuneup • Fizzle Roadmap — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/small-business-roadmap-1-clarity • Start A Blog That Matters Course — https://fizzle.co/start-a-blog-that-matters • Fizzle 80/20 Copywriting Guide — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web • Fizzle Toolkit — https://fizzle.co/toolkit • Fizzle Craft + Commerce — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/craft-commerce • Fizzle Project Management for Entrepreneurs — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/project-management-for-entrepreneurs • Fizzle Hosting — https://fizzle.co/hosting | 11/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 294: How to Cultivate True Fans (FS294) | We often talk about attaining a level of success that is adjusted to what you need in order to live the life you want and one of the greatest realizations of this process is the humble reality of this level. You do not need to be famous or have huge num | 11/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 293: Creating Mutual Benefit as a Virtual Assistant with Aiden Fishbein (FS293) | Are you looking to supplement your business’ income? Do you want to find something that is going to benefit you in more ways than just financially? How can you align yourself with the right type of people for these goals? | 11/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 292: How to Name Your Business | I want to show you a method to get away from the gross, subjective confusion that clouds your business name decision making. | 11/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 291: Time Management, Multitasking, and Recognizing Potential (FS291) | How do you get the most out of a limited amount of time? How do we decide how many projects to work on? How do we know when we are onto something good? | 10/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 290: How to Grow With Intention & Avoid Growth for Growth’s Sake (FS290) | In this episode we are talking about growing with intention. The topic of this conversation was sparked by a question about scaling in the Fizzle forums and after some rumination on the idea of scaling and the right times for this, we settle on the idea | 10/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 289: From FOMO to Focus (FS289) | Our businesses are always evolving and rotating according to our surroundings, our products and ourselves. The path that you end up choosing and taking with your work will obviously define its outcomes and so it is a constant question in our minds. | 10/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 288: The 3 Habits That Grew His Business to 428,000 Email Subscribers (FS288) | We cannot really have a conversation about successful business owners and entrepreneurs without discussing the importance of habits and the systems that allow them to build their dreams. But what is formula to implementing this? | 10/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 287: How To Really Connect With A Digital Audience (FS287) | How do successful businesses capitalize on their contacts? Do you want to resonate with each individual in your audience? What is the best way to communicate with your mailing list? | 10/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 286: 5 Ways To Come Up With Great Content Ideas Right Now | Do you need new ideas for content creation? How can you setup a stream of constant creative energy to best serve your audience? Is there a recipe for this process? | 9/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 285: SEO Isn’t Complicated – Here’s How To Get Started | Most of us are aware of the capabilities of SEO to some extent. But it is a challenging and daunting field to enter, so we thought we would supply you with some basics and tips to get your website popping! | 9/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 284: 800,000 Followers and Still Working Day Jobs (FS284) | In this episode, we examine what it means to really go beyond the call of duty and give your business your all, we discuss the value of social followings and what remains ever valuable in today’s online climate. | 9/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 283: Don't Make These Web Hosting Mistakes! (FS283) | How much do you know about your website’s hosting? Has finding the right host been a challenge that you wish you could put to rest? What is really the best hosting platform for you and your business? | 9/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 282: Community Over Competition | Have you ever shared ideas with colleagues, a mentor or a student? Has this become a point of concern around originality, ownership or intellectual property? How do we go about navigating these potentially dangerous waters? | 8/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 281: I Got Some Exposure, Now What? (FS281) | Are you dying to follow up on a surge of engagement that your business recently experienced? Does your writing or content need that extra bit of juice and personality? Is something in your life making focusing on your business particularly difficult at | 8/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 280: The Danger of NOT Taking Time Off (And The Consequence of Doing it Poorly!) FS280 | Are you struggling to find time to relax and unwind? Does your business take it all out of you and leave nothing left? Could you really do with a break or a holiday? | 8/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 279: Launching A Course From Start To Finish In 2018 (FS279) | Are you putting a lot of time and effort into making a course? Is no one buying it? Are you finding it challenging to figure out how to get it sold? | 8/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 278: Are You Effective or Just Busy? | Are you always busy? Are you worried about how effective all this work is? Are you addicted to busyness and need help? | 7/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 277: 7 Realistic Tactics For Building A Biz While Working (FS277) | Are you trying to start a business while you still have a day job? Do you need more time to get your business going but just cannot find it? How can we manage this transition phase from 9 to 5 professional to self-employed badass? | 7/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow a Group Program Might be the Right Next Step for Your Business (And How to do One!) | Are you looking to take your small business up a few notches? Does the idea of hosting fully grown online courses seem a little too daunting for where you are right now? Is there an intermediate step you can take to continue your progress? | 7/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 275: Motherbirth with Mellisa Reeves (FS275) | In today's episode, we talk with Mellisa Reeves -- founder of Motherbirth and Chase's better half. Mellisa shares her journey of creating a business centered around helping and fostering meaningful maternal dialogues. | 7/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 274: What You Need to Know About IGTV That No One Else is Talking About (FS274) | Social media is a crucial & ever-evolving resource for entrepreneurs. But do you need to take advantage of every avenue available? Today we tackle how to make clever decisions that suit you and your business through the lens of the latest trends and soc | 7/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 273: So You Launch Something, Now What? (FS273) | A minimum viable product (MVP) is one of the most established ways to getting a new business off the ground. In this episode, we explore how to create, deliver, and promote your MVP. We’ll cover research, ideas, production and follow through - everyth | 6/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 272: Entrepreneurs And Mental Health - We Need To Talk (FS272) | Internal struggle is part of the calling of being an entrepreneur. Today we tackle the sensitive but critical topic of mental health care for business owners in a way that’s relatable for almost anyone. We’ll discuss some of our own experiences with | 6/19/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 271: One Calendar Tip To Help You Stay Positive, Creative And Engaged In Your Business (FS271) | Time management is a constant in the entrepreneurial game. If you need help organizing your calendar, finding a system that works for YOU, and avoiding the disastrous effects bad planning can have, listen in! Productivity expert & coach Mike Vardy joins | 6/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 270: How to Obtain & Deliver Great Speaking Gigs (FS270) | Feeling drawn to do speaking gigs? Today’s episode addresses the common pull entrepreneurs feel to speak/present, how to land these opportunities, and ways to sharpen your presentation skills. We’ll cover finding your niche, picking the right approa | 6/5/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 269: Conferences vs Retreats: Which is Right For Your Business? (FS269) | So many networking events & formats these days! Our team gives an insightful dive into the mechanics of the conference and shares tips for the best experience. There is a whole world of opportunity awaiting you at the right event if you have the correct | 5/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 268: How to Build The Biz of Your Dreams in 10 Hours A Week (FS268) | Today we tackle the limitations of finite resources and transforming the problem into inspiration. Listen is as we talk about how to get around obvious hurdles and discover 3 steps towards conquering these hazards. | 5/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 267: “I’m Being Pulled in Too Many Directions!” — How to Thrive as an Entrepreneur (FS267) | As business owners and go-getters, many things demand our time and energy. We can be left feeling drained, derailed and disheartened. In this episode, we dissect exactly what it is that pulls us in multiple directions and why, before breaking down how t | 5/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 266: Money Mindset: Is It All Gonna Go Away?? FS266 | Today we tackle the scary elements of running your company’s finances. We go through all the different types of worries that accumulate as your ideas and business grow, including the all important aspects of mindset and experience, lifestyle, investin | 5/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 265: How to Get Over The Fear of Niching Down (Niche Down For What!?) FS265 | How much niche is too much? Too little? Today we help you understand niching down, focus, and how to turn off your fears. If you are looking to clarify your mission, accentuate your company and want to niche down in the right way, this is the episode f | 5/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 264: Finding the Balance Between Being Creative and Getting Sh*t Done (FS264) | As entrepreneurs, there is a constant balancing act between creativity and organization. Today, we talk about how to create a good mix that supports a successful business and leaves you feeling energized. | 4/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 263: Do You Have To Spend Money To Make Money? (FS263) | In this episode, we traverse the idea of how and when you can spend money as an entrepreneur and when it might not even be necessary at all. | 4/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 262: Fears, New Projects & Overnight Success (FS262) | Today we are talking all about new projects! How do you cope with that fear of starting something new? After a bit of break and a much-needed getaway for Corbett and Chase, we feel refreshed and excited and most importantly have tons of new stuff to tal | 4/10/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 261: 10 Indie Businesses to Help You Populate Your Vision Board (FS261) | Today on the show we also talk about what the difference is between what is possible and what is probable. We delve into the business models of our Fizzle Show members showcased here today and the simple strategies they used to achieve success and their | 4/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 260: Yes You Can Earn an Independent Living Doing Something You Care About (FS260) | Are you struggling to stay motivated in your business? Are you doubting your chops as an entrepreneur? Do you need a reminder of why you got into the game in the first place? This episode is all about making it through those difficult times, staying mo | 3/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 259: Overwhelmed in Your Business? Here’s How To Break The Seal on Getting Help (FS259) | In this episode the team looks at the all too common mistake of taking on too much of your business’ workload. There is no honor in trying to do everything yourself and you will more than likely run yourself into the ground and ruin your business in t | 3/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 258: Get Over Your Fear of Being on Video. It’s a Lot Easier Than You Think! (FS258) | Video is a massive asset to any modern business, but so many of us are terrified of getting on camera! We are here to get to the bottom of this fear and help you overcome it so that you can get started using video to boost your business, because let’ | 3/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 257: Behind The Scenes of a Small & Profitable Youtube Business (FS257) | Today on the show the team help you think about how you can turn your interests and abilities into capital and opportunity on Youtube. | 3/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 256: The Ultimate 10 Step Sales Page Recipe (FS256) | These 10 must-have sales page ingredients can make all the difference for your product launch because they help you get out of your head and into the decision maker of your customer. | 2/27/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 255: How To Use The Comparison Game To Your Advantage Instead Of Just Feeling Like A Piece of Sh*t (FS255) | It’s natural to compare yourself to others, but we want to teach you how to interrupt that pattern and use that habit to propel your business further and deeper into the results you actually want. | 2/20/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 254: Not Making Any Sales? Here’s 5 Reasons Why (FS254) | Many an entrepreneur knows the feeling… you’re sending the emails, making the calls, promoting the offer on the web and social media, but the sales just aren’t coming in. | 2/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen to Burn it All Down & Start Work on Something New (FS253) | In this episode, we break down the important elements in the question and look at some ways to start answering it for yourself. The team speak through experiences and beliefs on the subject, looking at real life examples and trying to tally the pros and | 2/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaking a Book, Blog or Podcast? Start Here! | We see a lot of entrepreneurs who have great ideas but they keep getting stuck in the ‘how’ of their business and losing sight of the most important elements. | 1/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 251: What Makes a Brilliant Business Idea and How to Apply It (6 Examples) | All businesses have to start from an idea. But just how important is the original idea behind a business? How much of a business’ success can be attributed to the idea versus the follow up work? | 1/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 250: Working With Partners, Creating Great Copy and Doing Business Earnistly, With Matt Giovanisci | In this episode, we discuss the tips and tricks to working with partners, managing partner blowouts, getting customer feedback on projects and how to create great copy. Today on the show we are joined by Matt Giovanisci. Matt is an entrepreneur, websit | 1/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 249: 3 Big Reasons Why The Goals We Set Don't Stick | Why is it that we set goals that fail? Why do we allow our dreams to fizzle out? Could the problem be with the way we are approaching our goals from the get-go? | 1/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 248: How we Doubled Our Email List in 7 Days | I want to show you an audio training where we discuss how Steph Crowder — Director of Member Success here at Fizzle — was able to DOUBLE her email list in just one week. If you are starting your email list from scratch, or just looking for some t | 1/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 247: A Lil' Love Note From Fizzle | Here's a little love note from Fizzle for you and yours wherever you are during the holidays. There won't be a regular episode of the Fizzle Show this week. | 12/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 246: The 1 Incredibly Easy Tip to Having More Energy as an Entrepreneur (FS246) | We all know how much energy it takes to wake up every morning and apply ourselves, not only to our day jobs, but to our evening and weekend job as well. So inside this episode, we talk with Scott about some of the amazing ways you can cultivate, circula | 12/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 245: Is it Possible to Support Your Family From an Indie Business? Yes. Just Listen to This. (FS245) | **Creating your own business is not about making it easy**; there is still going to be work that needs to be done. That said, it is POSSIBLE to create a life that is less stressful, more prosperous, and purposefully designed to support your dreams and y | 12/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 244: 10 Things That Have Changed About Online Business In The Past 10 Years (FS244) | In today’s episode, we are talking about exactly what has changed in online business for indie entrepreneurs over the last 10 years. **Because if we can figure out and be smart about what has been changing, maybe that can help us better prepare for wh | 12/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 243: How to Transition into a Truly Meaningful Life With Charles Eisenstein (FS243) | Inside this episode, we get into some really deep and really important mindset shift changes. We get the chance to discuss what it looks like when you realize that you aren’t actually doing what you love, how to transition into a life that is truly me | 11/28/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 242: Making The Sale — Three Essential Ingredients That Get Customers To Buy Now (FS242) | Inside this episode, we dive into the common scenarios that business owners face when launching a new product or service and **why things go so terribly wrong despite having the greatest of intentions for their success. ** | 11/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 241: Networking, Avoiding Hard Stuff & Lessons Learned Making 100 Projects in 1 Year (FS241) | On today’s show we are joined by none other than Justin Jackson, who went from having a day job to being a successful author and creating 100 projects in one year, all to show that it is possible for you to become an indie entrepreneur (even in Canada | 11/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 240: The Step-by-Step Story of Becoming a Full-Time Blogger (FS240) | If you’re working through all the hope and doubt and strategies it takes to become a full-time blogger, then you’re going to enjoy the bejeezus out of this episode. | 11/7/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 239: What to do When You Face Negativity — 5 Lessons Shared by Experienced Entrepreneurs (FS239) | You likely will face some kind of adversity or negativity as you build your business. This article is all about how you respond. | 10/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 238: For Those of You Who Want Commercial AND Creative Success (FS238) | I’ve always had this assumption that real artists, real creatives, live lives without much commercial success. But today’s show directly confronts that idea… hell, it blows it up. | 10/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 237: You Don’t Lack Discipline, You Lack Motivation. There’s a Difference (FS237) | As indie entrepreneurs we live and die by the execution of our ideas. Without the right focus and motivation, discipline alone won’t save you. | 10/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 236: Why “Just Power Through” is Terrible Advice (FS236) | Burning out and blowing up costs us all way too much in our businesses. “Just power through it” is terrible advice because it’s a recipe for burnout, for blowing up. | 10/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 235: How “Complete-able” is Your Online Course? Here’s 3 Things to Improve (FS235) | Today you can’t just make a course that *sells*, you have to make a course that students *complete* and *rave* about. | 10/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 234: You Have Permission Not to Turn Your Passion Into a Scalable, Online Business (FS234) | “Lots of people tell you what you "should" want as a creative or as an entrepreneur. Shut out the noise for a hot second and decide what success looks and feels like for yourself.” | 9/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 233: How to Build a Business You Can Run From Anywhere (FS233) | As indie entrepreneurs, sometimes all it takes is a little travel break to remind us *why* we started our business in the first place. It would be terrible to setup our businesses in a way that DOESN'T allow us to travel. | 9/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 232: The Hurdle Between Free & Paid for Entrepreneurs With Heart (FS232) | How do you overcome that hurdle between free and paid? If you've grown an audience offering free things like blog posts, podcast episodes, free guides, etc., how do you start actually charging your customers? In this episode we talk about how to do that | 9/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 231: A Stupidly Simple Guide to Taking Action, Finding Clarity & Getting Clients Right Away (FS231) | I know you think you need CLARITY in order to take ACTION. But today, we’re out to prove that CLARITY comes from ACTION. | 9/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 230: Could 1 Small Tweak Change Everything in Your Business? (FS230) | Business ideas almost *never* work right out of the gate. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs put a ton of pressure on themselves to make their idea work. The truth is, every business goes through natural shifts over time. | 8/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 229: What Makes a Good Email Freebie? 9 Utterly Clear Examples (FS229) | Well, a well-known best practice in online business is to offer a freebie or “opt-in incentive” to visitors as an invitation to join your email list. But what makes a GOOD freebie? | 8/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 228: 10 Ways to Cut Internet Distractions so You Can Focus on What Really Matters (FS228) | As an independent entrepreneur, your business lives or dies on the progress you make week in, week out. Let’s talk about some EFFECTIVE ways to stay focused on things that matter. | 8/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 227: How to ENJOY Sales, Without Feeling Cheesy, Manipulative & Gross (FS227) | The whole “sales” thing has been a little bit wrecked by used car salesmen, Glengarry Glen Ross and old dudes in suits in weird hotel ballrooms. In the online business world, there’s a lot more fun shiny stuff to talk about than real deal selling | 8/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 226: 10 Killer Links for Entrepreneurs in 2017 (FS226) | As entrepreneurs we’re always finding new things to educate and give us a little motivation. Because, I mean, we’ve got to strategize and sh*t, you know!? And strategizing takes effort. And then after the strategy, we gotta do ALL THE WORK. You know | 7/31/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 225: Are You Pursuing Your Business, Creativity or Project Enough? (FS225) | As an independent, a full time indie-entrepreneur, a maker of things that sell, a creator of my own wealth, a designer of my own creativity over time, I feel a strong call to do more things my way for the results I want. Which, for many of us, seems to | 7/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 224: Why You Don’t Feel Confident (& How to Fix it) FS224 | How can we decrease the volume of fear in our head and increase our feeling of confidence? Because, for many of us, if we can do that, won’t our work have a better chance of succeeding? “I got this!” That’s the feeling we want. “I *got* this. | 7/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 223: Become a Successful Maker Without Destroying Yourself (FS223) | No matter what kind of business you’re thinking of starting, you have got to solve a REAL problem with a REAL solution. We tear apart this idea in depth with Dan and Tom from [Studio Neat], makers of fine, modern physical products. They’ve just laun | 7/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 222: Here’s One Tip That Will Make Your Podcast Interviews Excellent (FS222) | If you make a podcast or need to interview people at all, there’s a trick you can use to get deep into interesting material. You know that’s how your podcast or youtube channel or interview posts get popular, right? By having incredibly interesting | 7/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 221: How to be a Lifetime Creative in a World Where Work Gets Stolen (FS221) | Recently we’ve experienced some work being stolen. Creative ideas getting plucked up and sold elsewhere without attribution. This isn’t new for us. Nor is it new for many who do work online. In creative work there is often this risk that ideas or pr | 6/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 220: Client Relationships — What to Do When Things Go Wrong (FS220) | If you work with clients directly there’s a very good chance you’re going to have to deal with some s****y situations. - Clients asking for late refunds - Clients delaying payment for waaaaaaay too long - Customers leaving bad reviews on Yelp, Etsy | 6/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 219: How to Create a Fail-proof Mastermind Group (FS219) | We know you’ve heard it before (um, even from us) — you should join a mastermind group, also known as a group of 4-6 people who meet about every two weeks to give each other advice and hold one another accountable to big goals. It’s kind of a no b | 6/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 218: How I Created a Top Publication on Medium & Transformed My Life in the Process (FS218) | In this episode we hear the back story of Jonas Ellison, now a leading publisher on Medium.com. Jonas tells how he started as a freelancer, got burnt out on working with clients, and then found his way to creating an audience around a topic he loves. En | 6/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 217: Tips On Using Medium as a Blogging Channel to Grow An Audience (FS217) | Jonas Ellison spent the last year growing an audience on Medium.com, and it worked… accidentally. On the show today you’re going to hear tangible tips about Medium.com, which will help you decide if you should use this growing platform to grow an au | 5/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 216: How Indie Entrepreneurs Should Plan Vacations (FS216) | Travel can lead to inspiration, vision and clarity for your business. That can mean *huge gains* when you’re an owner-operator of a small business. As indie-preneurs and solo-preneurs we can often be the bottleneck for our business. Our mindset can be | 5/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 215: The Energizer Planning Method to Get Your Year Back on Track (FS215) | In this episode we walk through a process to get clarity about what projects you should focus on next. You know the feeling… too many projects on the todo list; you bit off more than you can chew. So we could all use a simple process to get us back on | 5/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 214: No Progress After a Full Year? This Might be Why (FS214) | Is the work you’re doing towards your goal working at all? What if you’ve been working for several months and don’t have much to show for it? Is this normal? Is this how it works at first? Speaking of normal, what is normal!? What kind of results | 5/8/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 213: How do You Balance Life & Business? (FS213) | Work. Side-hustle. School. Morning routine. Kids. Commute. Exercise. Meditation. Meal prep. Rest. Evaluation. If you’re like me, you fill your days with as much “I’m supposed to do this” stuff as possible. I’m supposed to exercise. I’m suppo | 5/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 212: CEO-ing Your Business: The 3 Metrics that Matter (FS212) | In the kinds of very small businesses we talk about at Fizzle, with teams of fewer than 5 people, many with just one person, very little of what we do on a day-to-day is CEO-type stuff. Most of what we do is run around wearing one of dozens of different | 4/24/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 211: How to Resonate Deeper With Your Customers Using the Science of Personality (FS211) | Doesn’t matter what surf board you’re riding, if the wave is too small it can’t generate enough lift to catch your board and make it flow. The same is true with your marketing. If you can’t generate a large enough swell with your website, your e | 4/17/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 210: The inception of a Wildly Successful Lifestyle Business (FS210) | I’d venture to say that most of us, when we think about a “successful business” we’d want to create, it will look like what is known as a *lifestyle business.* These are the kinds of businesses where your business serves your life, not the other | 4/10/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 209: 10 Excellent Niche Business Examples to Learn From (FS209) | Listen, there is a TON of competition in business today. The internet, which enables all of our personal businesses like never before, also makes it so now you compete with the entire world. But, we have a powerful tool at our disposal: specialization, | 4/3/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 208: You Know You Need to Define Your Ideal Client, Target Market & Niche, Right? (FS208) | We’re willing to bet you’ve heard and read lots of talk about the importance of pinpointing your ideal client, identifying a target market and picking a niche. Maybe you’re even sick of these concepts? (It’s okay, you can roll your eyes a little | 3/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 207: 5 Business Boosters Guaranteed to Give You a Competitive Advantage (FS207) | Inside Fizzle there’s a course called “Choosing a Topic.” This is one of our most popular courses, and it’s at the beginning of the roadmap. This course helps people in three different situations starting out on the entrepreneurial path: “I ha | 3/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 206: Current Ideas in Small Business, Q1 2017 (FS206) | We’ve got some articles, some books, some podcasts and some videos that can help you with your vision, motivation, productivity and all the other good stuff you need to succeed in modern indie business. Give the podcast episode a listen if you’re no | 3/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 205: Facebook Ad Rookie Errors & How to Fix Them (FS205) | If you’re trying to build an online business, then chances are good you’ve come across a few stories about how incredible Facebook ads can be as a marketing tool. “A zillion webinar sign ups that resulted in a million sales!” “Automated list b | 3/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 204: Follow Your Curiosity, Find Your Passion & Keep it! Here’s How (FS204) | On the podcast today we interview someone who actually found out how to make his living doing something he loved. And, I swear to god, if he can do it with this niche, there’s at least a chance for you to do it in whatever topic that’s got you excit | 2/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 203: How To Quit Your Startup (Or Anything Else You Need To Quit) - FS203 | Listen, some things you just need to quit. You realize you need to stop doing it, stop it. Acknowledge and move on. But other things… other things are big, hairy, important, terrifying things. To quit these kinds of things is heavy, emotional, traumat | 2/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 202: Should You Partner With Competitors (or Fight Them Tooth & Nail)? FS202 | In every significant marketplace there is competition. In many ways, competition is a great thing — it drives innovation, it pushes businesses to be better and it gives customers choices. When we’re vying for the same customers, it’s tempting to h | 2/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 201: Why “Follow Your Passion” is Essential But Terrible Advice (and What to Do Instead) FS201 | We’ve all heard it before. You should “follow your passion” if you want to be happy and successful in life. But what if you don’t know what your passion is? Or what if there’s no money in your passion? Or what if you have multiple passions!? W | 2/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 200: Give What Grows — How to Overcome Burnout (FS200) | “Though usually regarded as the result of trying to give too much, burnout in my experience results from trying to give what I do not possess.” That is a quote from Parker Palmer. Parker Palmer is awesome. I’ll prove it. And you are awesome too. B | 1/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 199: A Real Honest Talk About What It’s Like To Make Content For A Living (FS199) | This is episode 199 (one hundred and ninety-nine!) of the Fizzle show! That’s one podcast a week for three and a half years. For many of you listening running a blog or podcast for a living is a dream. For others, it’s a nightmare, or a necessary st | 1/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 198: How to Become Successful, Seriously (FS198) | Might sound crazy, but in this podcast we literally teach you how to be successful. Simple as that. You want to become successful. You want to make headway towards your goal. You want to feel inspired and insightful about the work you do. You want to li | 1/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 197: 3 Essential Best Practices for Launching a Podcast + Huge Announcement! (FS197) | What does it take to launch a popular podcast? Well, Steph just did it and on the show today she shares the 3 big tactics she learned so you have a better shot of doing it yourself. Oh, yea, btw, we’ve got a new podcast to tell you about :) Show Notes | 1/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 196: FS196The 3 Most Difficult Things in Your Business Right Now (FS196) | We surveyed Fizzle members and asked them: what is the most difficult thing in your business right now. Today on the show we talk about 3 of the most common responses to that question, offering in return some of that wisdom, humor and experience you’v | 1/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 195: 10 Pieces of Gear We Rely on to Get Our Work Done (FS195) | I’ve been working for myself full time for a little under a decade now and I use tools to get my work done every day. Some tools are essential, like, I wouldn’t be able to get my work done without them. Others are just super helpful. On the show tod | 12/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 194: Goal Setting Sucks! Here’s A New 5-Step Approach (FS194) | Today we are talking about goal setting… which is *not* a favorite subject of mine. If you feel the same way, this conversation is *for you* because the Steph will literally change everything you think and feel about goals. I know because it happened | 12/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 193: 10 Trends in Small Internet Business for 2017 (FS193) | There are 10 modern trends in small business you need to know about. 5 of them are recent, emerging, and the other 5 continue to be timeless. On the show today we’re going to walk you through each one. Enjoy! Oh wait, we are doing the first ever surve | 12/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 192: End This Year STRONG: 8 Ways Stay Motivated In 2016 (FS192) | We’ve got a few weeks left until the end of the year and you can probably feel it’d be pretty easy to just take your foot off the gas, let things slow down, maybe mindlessly read the news a little? *OR*, you could take a breath, make a plan, and fin | 12/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 191: 6 Ways Work Environment Shapes Your Productivity (FS191) | You want to be more productive and motivated? Let’s talk about your work environment — and more specifically how your work environment shapes your productivity. On the show today Corbett, Chase and Steph walk you through insights about how our work | 12/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 190: How to Stay Inspired as an Entrepreneur (FS190) | Being “inspired” as an entrepreneur can mean a lot to your business and life. To me, the *feel* of inspiration is towards possibility and opportunity… a far cry from the standard doom and gloom that can come with starting a business. But more impo | 11/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 189: 8 Places Real Entrepreneurs Find Meaningful Business Help (FS189) | If you’re creating a business you are going to need help. At some point in your journey a suggestion from a peer, or an insight from an article could lead to a major breakthrough for you. *But where do you go for that help?* That is the question we di | 11/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 188: Why These 6 Email Newsletters are F#%&Ing Amazing (FS188) | Email newsletters can be a great way to grow an audience and keep them engaged. IN fact, it’s like, the most common modern business advice around right now to start growing an email list as soon as possible. So in this episode we’re going to look at | 11/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 187: Squarespace vs Wordpress: A Detailed Comparison for Entrepreneurs (FS187) | Most of us feel like the right website can go a long way to helping us get discovered. But most of us also don’t have a large chunk of money lying around to pay for a beautiful custom website. Shownotes: FizzleShow.co/187 So, we have to do it ourselve | 11/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 186: The Brain Dump & Other Favorite Time Management Strategies (FS186) | When we ask entrepreneurs what they are struggling with, it’s incredibly common to hear, “I want to get more done.” In fact, when we surveyed thousands of our readers, by far the most popular struggle was ‘time management.’ Struggle number two | 10/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 185: How To Live A Good Life (FS185) | Modern western culture is buzzing with ideas about living a happy and fulfilled life. I can’t walk down the street without seeing a #liveyourdream hashtag on something. There seems to be hundreds of books, podcasts, courses, shows and instagram accoun | 10/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 184: 7 Ways to Work ON Your Business Instead of IN Your Business (FS184) | Overwhelmed. Submerged. Swamped. Engulfed. This is what it feels like to become lost *inside* your business. Shownotes: http://fizzleshow.co/184 - You get lost in the necessary day to day operations. - You get lost wasting months on an elusive project t | 10/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 183: 9 Reasons Why Your Audience Isn’t Growing (FS183) | “I did everything right, but my audience *STILL* isn’t growing. How do I get random strangers to discover me?” I loved how honestly the question was asked in the [Fizzle Forums]. Show Notes: FizzleShow.co/183 It came from a woman who had taken one | 10/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 182: Your Customers Can Teach You How to Sell to Them. Here’s How (FS182) | One huge risk in modern small business is to spend months or years working on a project only to release it… and find nobody wants it. Show Notes: FizzleShow.co/182 Entrepreneurship has *risk* at the heart of it. We manage risk. Some of us manage that | 9/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 181: Part 2: 25 of Our Favorite Workflow Tips for Entrepreneurs (FS181) | This is part 2 of the conversation found here: fizzleshow.co/180 As an entrepreneur of a small business there’s just some kinds of tasks you *HAVE* to do… doesn’t matter WHAT kind of entrepreneur you are. So, in this episode we share our favorite | 9/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 180: 25 of Our Favorite Workflow Tips for Entrepreneurs (FS180) | We’ve all felt that feeling where, at the end of the day, you wish you felt better about the stuff you accomplished. Show Notes: fizzleshow.co/180 You wish you got more done. There’s a heaviness, a tiredness and a good helping of “dammit I didn’ | 9/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 179: 50 Business Ideas That Are Actually Making Money (FS179) | Choosing a business idea is an incredibly important decision. A great idea can make your life so much easier. People will naturally identify with your mission and help to share your message. The right topic will make you come alive and you’ll fall in | 9/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 178: A Copywriting Guide for Sales Pages, Videos and Podcasts (FS178) | If you want to write things that inspire action — web sales pages that effectively sell your product, emails that readers will click on and share, etc. — this article is for you. Show Notes: https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web I repea | 9/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 177: 10 Urgent Business Idea Mistakes (FS177) | Of course you’re worried about your business idea. Of course you don’t want to put all the time and effort into building a business only to realize there was a mistake built into the idea that will forever stunt it’s growth. Show Notes: FizzleShow | 8/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 176: How Much Money Should I Have Saved Up Before I Quit My Job? (FS176) | Before people start a business they usually have a decision to make: am I going to quit my job and work full time on this, or am I going to work on this on the side? Show Notes: fizzleshow.co/176 Both have pros and cons, both are frustrating for differe | 8/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 175: Can a Side Project Fund Your Big Idea? (FS175) | Some business ideas can be thought up and launched in a single afternoon. Others, however, require a ton of time and effort to get off the ground. Show Notes: FizzleShow.co/175 So, imagine this (or maybe it sounds familiar to you): - Imagine you want to | 8/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 174: The Art of Thinking Big (FS174) | We probably all have one of those friends in our lives who thinks *too* big. Or those who once thought too big. Maybe now they’re angry at the world, jaded, cynical. [Show Notes: fizzleshow.co/174] **There’s a danger to thinking too big.** It can bu | 8/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 173: 2 Experts Share What Running a Membership Site is Really Like (FS173) | On the show today, 2 experts share what it’s *really* like to run a membership site. The experts, of course, are Corbett Barr and Chase Reeves (that’s me) 2 of the co-founders of [Fizzle’s Business Courses & Community], a membership site that’s | 7/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 172: Is Twitter Still Effective? (FS172) | “I’ve heard from the Editor in Chief of a big site and they said Twitter was basically ineffective for them. Should I still even bother with it?” Here’s the deal — you’re a small business person. You’re the little guy. You can’t pay to a | 7/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 171: Should Bloggers Use Medium? (FS171) | Listen, as bloggers we want to get as many people interacting with our content as possible. And more than that, we want them to become FANS, to live their lives in relationship with us. Recently we made a guide to promoting your blog (fizzleshow.co/170) | 7/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 170: How to Promote Your Blog: The Ultimate List of Tried + True Strategies (FS170) | Today on the podcast How to promote your blog. This is the ultimate guide to getting more traction for your blog, whether you want more people to a particular post or to your site in general. It’s a huge episode and comes with a HUGE article where we | 7/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 169: What are the 5 Most Important Lessons in Indie Business? (FS169) | Listen, there’s so much s**t out there you need to learn. So many tips and tricks and “best practices” to start using in your blog, podcast or business of any kind. Show Notes: fizzleshow.co/169 So today we wanted to try to cut through the smog an | 6/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 168: Top 10 Fears About Creating Your First Online Course (FS168) | We make courses for a living. We have 40 something courses in the Fizzle library and we made each one of them. Right now there’s a lot of interest in making online courses… … packaging up knowledge you’ve learned on a topic and selling it. And t | 6/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 167: How to Change Your Website’s Focus (and do it Well) FS167 | Are you wondering if if you’ve picked the right business topic? Thinking about changing to a new topic, but maybe you’ve already built something? This is common. You come up with an idea, get to work on it and at some point down the line you get a s | 6/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 166: A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur (FS166) | It’s no secret that the way we structure our days can foster our creativity and discipline. This is how you and I get our work done, the times and places we do the work, the activities we do so we’re in the right headspace to plan and strategize the | 6/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 165: 3 Hard Things That TRULY Matter to Your Business (FS165) | This episode is a whirlwind, we really hit a nerve. What we talk about are the things that we feel are actually easy and actually difficult about building a successful business. After listening to this episode you might realize that something you’re s | 6/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 164: How Long Should Your Business Take to Earn Revenue? (FS164) | I heard some advice from an entrepreneur about how hopeful entrepreneurs should pursue their first business idea. (That advice is explained in the podcast below.) It made me think about how long it can take before your business starts earning revenue. H | 5/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 163: 3 Reasons Why Your Work is NOT Getting Done (FS163) | There’s ALL this work we want to do… but it’s not getting done. This is the work that’s going to lead to our success — the ideas and projects and tasks that our careers are built on. … and I’m getting distracted… … and I’m resisting | 5/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 162: Why We’re Proud This Guy Gave up on His Business (FS162) | Real talk: are you working hard on your business, finding it very difficult and not remembering clearly why you set off to build your own thing in the first place? Bonus points if you’re either a). angry that someone would ask you that, or b). crying | 5/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 161: Antihustle — Why Hustling Hurts You (FS161) | There’s an insane amount of hype around hustle these days, from Gary V. telling you not to sleep to shaming instagram posts about how easy it is for some of us to “just be productive.” On the show today we break down this trend, talk about why it | 5/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 160: Business Advice & Wisdom for Young Family Entrepreneurs (FS160) | burn more candles at more ends (or pour more cups of coffee to get through the day) you’ll find yourself and your family paying a price too high. On the show today, some wisdom and advice for entrepreneurs in young families. Steph’s about to have a | 4/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 159: If I’m so Smart why Aren’t I Successful yet? (FS159) | When we compare ourselves to other people our work gets *worse* not better. And yet it’s a totally human experience: * “they have people buying, listening, reading, clicking their stuff, why don’t I have that?”* On the show today we share how to | 4/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 158: Who am I to Launch a Business? Do I need Expertise? (FS158) | “I don’t really have deep expertise in anything. I’m more of a jack of all trades. Do I have any business starting a business?” Show Notes: fizzleshow.co/158 We’ve heard this question a number of times at Fizzle, so let’s set the record stra | 4/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 157: Is it Possible to Work on 2 Topics on the Same Time? (FS157) | Can you try two business ideas out at the same time or will it just waste your time on both to not focus on either? On the show today we share our thoughts on that question as well as 3 others brought up recently on the Fizzle Forums: - How do you respo | 4/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 156: Help! I Make a Good Product but I Hate Pushy Marketing (FS156) | “I just want to make my site and my products and not reach out or communicate as a marketer except minimally…” [Show Notes: http://fizzleshow.com/156] This was in a note we received recently. It was from a Fizzler who was considering giving up. Sh | 3/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 155: Use “Learning Styles” to Reach & Retain a Wider Audience (FS155) | You probably already know that there are different learning styles. These are the ways people learn best. There’s verbal, visual, auditory, kinesthetic and many more depending on where you learn about these different styles. What’s important is that | 3/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 154: How to get past the fear of choosing the wrong business idea (FS154) | Show Notes: fizzleshow.co/154 On the show today we share one Fizzler’s story about the fear that comes when you’re choosing between two business ideas. It can feel impossible to choose sometimes. And for good reason — the decision matters. There a | 3/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 153: How to Pace Yourself, Stay Productive & Avoid Burnout (FS153) | Show notes ==> fizzleshow.co/153 How do you deal with the emotional ups and downs of entrepreneurship? Sometimes I’m manic, over-motivated, putting my head down and working everyday until some major milestone is reached. But this, in my experience, is | 3/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 152: Wants vs Needs — How to Spot the “Pain Point” in Hobby Businesses (FS152) | One of the liveliest conversations this week in the Fizzle forums was about how to successfully market when your business topic is a hobby like knitting, book binding, scrap booking. Marketers often talk about finding the “pain point,” but this *pai | 3/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 151: 21 Things To Read, Watch or Listen To: Feb 2016 (FS151) | On the show today we do something a little different: we each brought some links that have meant something to us in the past few weeks and on this show we share them with you. You’ll find links to all the articles, videos, books and more below. And th | 2/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 150: Build Your Runway With Minimum Viable Income (FS150) | If you’re like the rest of us, you’ve probably found yourself daydreaming about the life of an entrepreneur: set your own hours, live where you want, make money from passive income while you sleep and wake up to the “cha-ching!” of a cash regist | 2/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 149: How to Sell Products When You Don’t Like Making Content (FS149) | Show Notes: FizzleShow.co/149 With all the existing platforms out there to sell your product through — Amazon, Etsy, Creative Market, Minted, iTunes, etc — is it really a good idea to spend time making free content? Angelene is a Fizzler who makes | 2/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 148: My Customers Need Me, But They Don’t Know It (FS148) | Show notes: fizzleshow.co/148 Claudia knows the problem exists. She knows real people are struggling in real life with her topic. But she just can’t find them. On the show today we share her story (she’s got over a decade of experience in big busine | 2/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 147: It’s All Been Done Before, Why Should I Bother (FS147) | “Has my topic been done already and done so well that my take on it isn’t really necessary?” Marissa has a specific idea for her business. It’s a good idea. *But* other people have *already* started businesses doing something similar. - Should s | 1/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 146: Blogging is Dead Again (FS146) | Fizzler Emma Davies has a successful and growing following on instagram, and she’s found a way to convert followers there into email subscribers. Her recent success—plus a slew of sentiment from experts claiming that blogging is dead once again—ma | 1/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 145: “When I started my first business. I lost my wife, and it was worth it.” (FS145) | Christopher Lin is a Fizzler who opened a recent forum post with this story: “I went to the University of Utah, and majored in Entrepreneurship. At the orientation, there were 2 speakers, and the first one opened in front of the entire business school | 1/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 144: 5 Reasons Why I Quit my Business to Pursue my Dream Job (FS144) | Val did the work many of us dream of doing. She was working for herself, building a career doing something she was good at, and she was making money. But something happened that called her whole entrepreneurial dream into question and she had to re-eval | 1/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 143: What Gets Measured Gets Improved. How to Plan Your Year (FS142) | read more: http://fizzleshow.co/142 Hey this is Chase from the Fizzle show with a special episode for you here at the end of 2015. This is a re-broadcast about creating a plan for next year by doing a review of this year BUT WAIT, before you turn it off | 12/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 142: I Let Insecurity & Fear Keep Me From Promoting My Business (FS143) | “I think it was pretty stupid to put all that time and energy into something and let my own fears keep me from doing anything with, so I want to sorta ‘relaunch’ it and give it a real go this time.” That quote comes to us from a Fizzler who had | 12/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 141: $25K In 3 Weeks, How To Handle The Overwhelm Of A Hit Product (FS141) | “If you told me 6 months ago that this would be possible, I'd say no way.” Adam took his expertise, developed a few ideas for tiny products, used gumroad to pre-sell those tiny products, and made the stuff that worked out... ... and now he finds him | 12/16/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 140: How to Create Your own Definition of Success (FS140) | This is a big episode tackling what may be the most important work you ever do. We do a good job of setting it up in the conversation, so lets leave this intro at that. - follow along at home at FIZZLESHOW DOT CO / 140… I’ll be back after this conve | 12/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 139: What To Do When You Need To Get To Minimum Viable Income Fast (FS139) | I Lost my job. I have 60 days to launch and get ramen-profitable. What would you do? If you had to make ends meet in a short amount of time, what would you sell? How would you find clients? What would your pitch be? This is where a Fizzler named Josh re | 12/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 138: The Thanksgiving Episode (FS138) | A special short episode with some good news and some great vibes. | 11/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 137: “Back to Mother-effing Square One.” Rebuilding a Freelance Business from Scratch (FS137) | “No point in beating around the bush – I’m hoping for advice (and reassurance) here. I’ve recently experienced a pretty huge disaster in my freelancing career, and I’m absolutely kicking myself.” That’s how a Fizzler started a recent conve | 11/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 136: When NOT to argue with customers about refunds (FS136) | If you sell a product, digital or not, you are going to experience what this Fizzler experienced. She sells a digital training course. The course has a 30 day money back guarantee. That kind of return policy is pretty common in the digital course world. | 11/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 135: If You Give Content Away, Will Anybody Pay? (FS135) | The whole idea of content marketing is predicated on one core belief. We’re all screwed if it’s a bogus belief. > “The model proposed in blogging seems to be that you show what you know, people sign up, and then you sell them what you know.” Thi | 10/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 134: How to Grow - The 2 Types of Growth (FS134) | We all want to grow our thing and we all need to do a bunch of work to do it. (Note: by “thing” there I’m referring to your product sales or blog or podcast or something.) But most of us don’t realize there are 2 kinds of growth. **Understanding | 10/27/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 133: How We Deal With The Cesspool of Self Doubt (FS133) | Self doubt is a natural, inevitable and very real part of building a business. And in this episode we share how we think about it, how we process it and how we overcome it. If you compare yourself to other entrepreneurs, deal with self doubt, or feel th | 10/21/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 132: How to Use Email Marketing To Grow Your Business in 2015 (FS132) | http://fizzleshow.co/132 Email marketing. Those two words pack a powerful punch in the world of independent entrepreneurs and small business. In this week's episode we tackle some of your most common questions about using email to grow your business. Co | 10/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 131: What it means to be an entrepreneur (Plus, building an abundance mindset)FS 131 | http://fizzleshow.co/131 What, exactly, does it mean to be an entrepreneur? And is this whole passion thing all it's cracked up to be? Is it possible to shift from a mindset of scarcity to one of abundance? We tackle all of these questions and a few mor | 10/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 130: How I Memorize Lines for Video Scripts & Public Speaking (FS130) | http://fizzleshow.co/130 On the show today we share a smorgasbord of rewarding and profitable tidbits! - Want to know more about how we prepare for public speaking? Done. - Want to know how Chase memorizes lines of his video scripts? Done. - Want to hea | 9/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 129: The Art of Low Competition Business Ideas (FS129) | http://fizzleshow.co/129 - What if you could start a business today that actually interests you? Not a lame business, not something your parents would say sounds like a decent idea, but something that only excites someone like you? What if I told you th | 9/24/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 128: A Tribute to Scott Dinsmore and Live Your Legend (FS128) | http://fizzleshow.co/128 - Last Saturday, our friend Scott Dinsmore died while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. He was just 33 years old. Scott and his wife Chelsea were eight months into a year-long trip around the world. Scott was a close perso | 9/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 127: 9 Stage Small Business Roadmap: A step-by-step plan for what comes next in your business (FS127) | The 9 Stage Small Business Roadmap: A step-by-step plan for what comes next in your business (FS127) One of the biggest challenges in building an independent small business is figuring out the answer to one simple question: Now what do I do? At every st | 9/8/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 126: Zero Budget Marketing: Growth Hacking, Guerrilla Marketing, and More Buzzy Marketing Tactics (FS126) | http://fizzleshow.co/126 Zero Budget Marketing: Growth Hacking, Guerrilla Marketing, and More Buzzy Marketing Tactics How do we as indie entrepreneurs navigate this stuff? How can we get more people to our stuff without spending a bunch of money. that's | 9/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 125: How Do You Know What Content To Create? (FS125) | http://fizzleshow.co/125 The content you publish could be an evergreen source of traffic, revenue, brand love and loyalty. Or it could be a total waste of time and effort. So how do you know what content to create? In this episode we'll show you how to | 8/26/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 124: 7 Pricing Strategies To Use On Your Product, Service Or Workshop (FS124) | http://fizzleshow.co/124 How you price your product, service or workshop can have a *massive* impact on your sales. Unfortunately, it can also lead to a *massive* anxiety attack as well. In this episode we lay out 7 pricing strategies you should know ab | 8/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 123: Business vs. Family — Why NOT to Become an Entrepreneur (FS123) | http://fizzleshow.co/123 Why are you pursuing a life as an entrepreneur? Is it for money? How about freedom? The ability to set your own schedule? Or is it about working on a problem that's important to you? Whatever your reason (btw, we get into our ow | 8/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 122: How to Manage a Remote Small Business Team (Learn from our Mistakes) FS122 | http://fizzleshow.co/122 Do you work from home or manage a team that works remotely? Have you felt how inefficient and lackluster running a decentralized team can be? It's nice to side step the costs of an office, the commutes, the daytime interruptions | 8/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 121: How, Exactly, Am I Supposed to Make Something People Want? (FS121) | http://fizzleshow.co/121 - It’s stupid how simple it should be. If you want a successful business, make something people want enough to pay you money for it. Duh, right? In practice, however, it is dubious and complex, requiring enough art, science an | 7/29/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 120: Growth Through Guest Posting (FS120) | http://fizzleshow.co/120 This is a Q&A episode from the Fizzle Team — you ask the questions, Corbett, Chase, Steph and Barrett bring the answers. On the show today we get into a handful of questions, including: - What's the best way to approach growin | 7/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 119: 4 Things Learned in 8 Months of Freelancing (FS119) | http://fizzleshow.co/119 The story on todays episode is especially helpful for those of you who work directly with clients — freelancers, videographers, designers, copywriters, etc. We have a special guest on the show today (*especially* special for t | 7/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 118: I Have a 6 Month Runway. What Should I do Next? (FS118) | http://fizzleshow.co/118 Paul has a 6 month runway before he has to find another job. He *really* doesn't want to find another job. Instead, he's got a blog and a product — both already out on the market — that he wants to grow to support his family | 7/7/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 117: Co-Working, Mastermind Group Tips & Excellent Headlines from The Onion (FS117) | http://fizzleshow.co/117 - On this week's episode we explore a handful of current events, sharing some news of our own along the way. - Co-working experiences evaluated - Barrett's Elon Musk (+ Peter Thiel) obsession - Ideas for telling others' stories | 7/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 116: How to Run an Affiliate Program (Without Being a Douchebag, FS116) | http://fizzleshow.co/116 - Starting an affiliate program could be a great way to increase revenue if you already have a product for sale. But it's not easy and there's a lot of ways it can go horribly wrong. Not to mention the fact that this industry is | 6/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 115: How to Manage a Side Project With a Full Time Job (FS115) | http://fizzleshow.co/115 - We love side projects. Most of our successful projects started out as side projects during full time employment. But finding the balance between a side project and a day job often feels impossible. Then you try to throw in a l | 6/17/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 114: How to Deal With a Job You Loathe (FS114) | http://fizzleshow.co/114 Do you get that pit in your stomach on Sunday evenings — dreading what Monday brings? Do you feel isolated from your coworkers? You might hate your job. I did. In fact, each of us on the show today have struggled with those ex | 6/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 113: What to do when you Have an Audience and Product but no Sales (FS113) | http://fizzleshow.co/113 - Mary is in a tight spot. After growing her audience, keeping them engaged, and making her product, she's realized sales are not what she thought they would be. In this episode we sort of virtually consult Mary about her busine | 6/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 112: How to Find, Evaluate and Work With a Business Coach | http://fizzleshow.co/112 If you're thinking about hiring a business coach, if you've ever wondered what to expect from working with a coach or if it's worth the cost, this podcast episode is perfect for you. We discuss our experience with coaching (both | 5/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 111: The Female Perspective on Startups and Lifestyle Businesses (FS111) | http://fizzleshow.co/111 - In this episode we're joined by a very special guest: the new Director of Member Success here at Fizzle, Steph Crowder. In Steph's inaugural episode we explore the experience and perspectives of women in startups and lifestyle | 5/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 110: 38 Tips to Make an Engaging Course on the Cheap, Part 2 (FS110) | http://fizzleshow.co/110 This is second and final episode in our series about how to make an engaging course on the cheap. You don't need a bunch of equipment, you need a solid plan. This list walks you through that plan. In this episode we continue wal | 5/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 109: 38 Tips to Make an Engaging Course on the Cheap (FS109) | http://fizzleshow.co/109 At the time of writing, Fizzle has over 400 lessons in 31 courses. That's over 10 courses a year for the past 2.5 years. I've always loved teaching ideas that excite me. And, after the past few years here, we've made a business | 5/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 108: 9 More Marketing Channels to Grow Your Small Business (108) | http://fizzleshow.co/108 - In the last episode we covered 10 growth channels to explore. In this episode we cover 9 more channels you can leverage to attract more people to your business. We're adding our experience and advice to the list of 19 channels | 4/28/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 107: 10 Marketing Channels to Grow Your Small Business (FS107) | http://fizzleshow.co/107 - In this conversation we present 10 growth channels to grow your small business, adding our honest commentary on each one. We also walk you through a growth model we've adopted that's helped how we brainstorm, plan for and exec | 4/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 106: Small Business Roadmap Revisited — 4 Updates Based on Your Feedback (FS106) | http://fizzleshow.co/106 - In the last 6 episodes we revealed the 6 stage small business roadmap. A stage by stage, step by step, 10,000 foot view of building a business. They weren’t the 6 stages your business *will* go through automatically. They we | 4/14/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 105: Scale: Stage 6 of 6 on the Small Business Roadmap (FS105) | http://fizzleshow.co/105 - In the sixth small business roadmap stage we explore the final question: how can we grow this business beyond ourselves and into greater impact in the world and wealth in the company? We dig into the 11 steps of Scale where th | 4/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 104: Money: Stage 5 of 6 on the Small Business Roadmap (FS104) | http://fizzleshow.co/104 - Now, in stage 5 of the small business roadmap, it's time to get into the nitty gritty: can this business idea of yours actually make enough money to support you in a meaningful way? This is a stage most of us are not well prep | 4/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 103: Build: Stage 4 of 6 on the Small Business Roadmap (FS103) | http://fizzleshow.co/103 - Stage 4, the Build stage, is a big one. As Corbett puts it: "this stage is a monster and a lot of people get stuck here." In this episode we talk you through each step so you can rise up when others start to sink. There's a lo | 4/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 102: Plan: Stage 3 of 6 on the Small Business Roadmap (FS102) | http://fizzleshow.co/102 - Stage 3 of the small business roadmap is one of my favorites. In fact, it's the stage most of us *start* with even though skipping over stage 1 and stage 2 can be deadly to your idea. And as we dive right in here, many of us n | 4/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 101: Connection: Stage 2 of 6 on the Small Business Roadmap (FS101) | http://fizzleshow.co/101 - Stage 2 of the small business roadmap is about moving from "how can I possibly do this" to "how could I possibly not do this!?" We're talking about connection, which, in layman's terms, is nothing more than making friends with | 4/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 100: Finally! A Roadmap for the 6 Stages of Small Business (FS100) | http://fizzleshow.co/100 - It's finally time to have a plan for your bare-knuckled, bootstrapped, heart and hustle based small business. In this 6 part podcast series we walk you through the small business roadmap. These aren't 6 stages your business wi | 4/3/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 99: 099 - 2 Experts Share Exactly How to Use a Productivity Journal (& Increase Productivity by 23%) | http://fizzleshow.co/99 - First of all: Christopher Walken performs the intro for the show this week. If that's not enough for you, how about this: I rolled my eyes at the idea of productivity journaling until I heard from the two experts on the show to | 3/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 98: 098 - You Don't Have to Choose a Niche! (The Largest Blogs Online Never Did) | http://fizzleshow.co/98 - We may have to eat our own words a bit on this one. Regardless, it's an eye-opening exploration of what makes some of the biggest blogs on the web work. If you're interested in choosing a niche (or in *not* choosing a niche), t | 3/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 97: 097 - The Moment I Chose a Better Niche | http://fizzleshow.co/97 - Bonnie asks a question in this show that took us where I didn't expect we'd go. As Corbett, Barrett and I started responding to her question (which is as funny as it is important) we travelled into a conversation about choosing | 3/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 96: 096 - 23 Tips to Uncover What to do With Your Life (When You Have no Clue) | http://fizzleshow.co/96 - If you've ever wondered "what am I good at?" or "what should I focus on in my life?" then we've got a killer conversation for you. We received a great email from listener Tim Aton (text included below) and we spend the whole ho | 3/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 95: 095 - 3 Things for Hopeful Entrepreneurs to do After School | http://fizzleshow.co/95 - We answer three questions from listeners on the show today: 1. What 3 things should a hopeful entrepreneur do right after college? - also: what's the best resources for young entrepreneurs? - as well as: how can I start finding | 3/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 94: 094 - Hey, Could I Ask You a Few Questions? The Art of Surveys | http://fizzleshow.co/94 - So many answers to current problems are in talking to your customers. That's why we make guides and courses on defining your target market one of the first orders of business here at Fizzle. And yet, it's a weapon even successf | 2/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 93: 093 - Take Your Brick and Mortar Business Online With These Terribly Important Questions | http://fizzleshow.co/93 - On the show today we answer a great question from a listener who wants to bring his brick and mortar business online. What should he be thinking about? What are the common roadblocks and challenges? What are some unfair advanta | 2/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 92: 092 - Business Ideas we Love (+ current events) | http://fizzleshow.co/92 - Buttered coffee, infographic research tips, the importance of LinkedIn profiles and what podcast to listen to next... all this and more covered on the show today. I'm curious, what are some new businesses you've fallen in love | 2/9/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 91: 091 - 10 Business Archetypes: How to Choose a Business Model That Makes Sense (and Money) | http://fizzleshow.co/91 - Most of the people we meet who want to start a blog or podcast or business either have *no* idea how they're going to make money *or* they're too confident in some vague, doubtful scheme for revenue. This is fine. It's how I go | 2/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 90: 090 - How to Pick the Right Domain Name (and 11 Domain Name Tools) | http://fizzleshow.co/90 - "I'm struggling to settle on a domain name! What I want is taken already. What should I do? Add hyphens? Use a .biz or .net? Help!" We get this question all the time. It's time we shared our honest advice and stories on it. In | 1/23/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 89: 089 - Do Podcasters have to Blog? | http://fizzleshow.co/89 - Adam is a podcaster. He's good at it. He enjoys it. He also follows all the blogs and gurus you're supposed to, and they all tell him: you've got to blog, got to tweet, got to facebook, got to be everywhere! He's tired. He's tr | 1/21/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 88: 088 - 27 Ways to Stumble on Unbeatable Content Ideas | http://fizzleshow.co/88 - You may not feel like it, but you are absolutely skillful enough to create high performing and impactful stuff. (We're talking about blog posts, podcasts, infographics, products, etc.) You're capable of it, but if you're like m | 1/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 87: 087 - How to do Good Work That Gets Popular: an Introduction | http://fizzleshow.co/87 - Every one of us entrepreneurs wants our businesses to be more popular. We want more eyes on our website and more love for our products. And yet, we also want to do good work. Businesses used to be able to make, package and sell | 1/5/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 86: 086 - How To Reverse Engineer Massively Shareable Content | http://fizzleshow.co/86 - You want to make blog posts, podcasts, products that are going to get found, hit a nerve, be seen and shared and loved. In this episode we share my favorite new research trick to come up with killer ideas for what content to ma | 12/31/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 85: 085 - Stand Out, Serve Hard, Sell Soft & Get Traffic | http://fizzleshow.co/85 - Questions from 4 listeners today take us into the realm of the USP (Unique Selling Proposition). We share some of our insights about getting to *clarity* in your offers to increase conversion and engagement. Enjoy! | 12/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 84: 084 - "It Wasn't the Most Legit Thing." How to Recover from an Illegal Business Idea | http://fizzleshow.co/84 - It was a successful business making good money, a few thousand a month. And then, suddenly, poof — the whole business is gone. This is the allure and the danger of a business ideas that’s “not the most legit thing,” and | 12/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 83: 083 - How to do a Yearly Review | http://fizzleshow.co/83 - Here at Fizzle, we've spent the last couple weeks in full-on year review mode. We have some new ideas to share (and some time-proven designs as well). We talked in an episode a long time ago about how we do these reviews and, m | 12/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 82: 082 - The 1 Reason Why Corbett's Starting A Blog | http://fizzleshow.co/82 - On the show today, something completely new to us: a collection of current events that, remarkably, wove themselves around a common theme. One of the biggest regrets of those close to dying is this: **that they didn't speak the | 11/25/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 81: 081 - How do I know if my business idea is viable | http://fizzleshow.co/81 - Several listeners asked questions about choosing between multiple business ideas. What can you do to tell which ones are viable and which aren't? We get into that, a youtube video editing hack, Barrett's "LPC" strategy and a co | 11/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 80: 080 - Top 10 Mistakes in Starting an Online Business | http://fizzleshow.co/80 - We've worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs over the past 3 years and in this episode we showcase the top 10 mistakes we see self employed people make. This episode corresponds with a brand new guide we made on the subject. It' | 11/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 79: 079 - How Much Should You Promote Your own Content? | http://fizzleshow.com/79 - We devote the whole show today to answering a great question from a listener. Of course, there's a *little* banter in there too. The question is: **how do you find the balance between creating content and promoting that conten | 11/3/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 78: 078 - Solopreneur Project Management Skills | http://fizzleshow.co/78 - When you’re working on a big project by yourself, you’ve got to have a system to keep your sanity. Most of the big projects we work on — starting a blog, creating a product, publishing a series of podcast episodes, etc | 10/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 77: 077 - How To Learn New Skills | http://fizzleshow.co/77 - How do you go about building new skills when you need them but you don't yet have them? Maybe you need to learn how to create a blog or podcast. Or maybe you want to get better at design. Maybe you need to do some customer rese | 10/21/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 76: 076 - A Better Personal Brand | http://fizzleshow.co/76 - Everybody talks about personal brand. Some people have made their whole business about it. Others have made their whole business through it. I find that a lot of the time, when people ask about personal brand, they're really as | 10/14/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 75: 075 - Growth Tactics | http://fizzleshow.co/75 - A Fizzler recently launched their product and achieved significantly lesser results than she expected. If you've been there you remember the heaviness of that realization. *"That was my launch. These are my results. Now what? D | 10/8/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 74: 074 - This Year's Top 40 Blog Tips, Pt. 2 | http://fizzleshow.co/74 -- The final part in this 2 part series where we share our top 40 blogging tips. Check out the previous episode for the first part of this conversation (http://fizzleshow.co/73) | 9/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 73: 073 - This Year's Top 40 Blog Tips | http://fizzleshow.co/73 -- Blogging is where we came from. We've built our careers and a substantial audience by blogging alone. So let's uncork the stopper and let our best advice pour out. In this episode and the next we *each* share our top 10 bigges | 9/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 72: 072 - Stagnation Stages | http://fizzleshow.co/72 -- No matter who you are you've been stuck. In fact, we've noticed there are a few stages where lots of people building websites and businesses get stuck. In this episode we address each of those stages with some advice on next s | 9/17/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 71: 071 - Feet on the Ground, Head Down | http://fizzleshow.co/71 - How do you keep an eye on the business stuff while in the throes of a new creative endeavor? That’s one of 4 listener questions we get into in this episode. Our thanks to Myke, Greg, Nick and Tom for sending in your questions | 9/9/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 70: 070 - What's the Right Amount of Prep for Your Launch? | http://fizzleshow.co/70 - There's a fine line between preparing too little and preparing too much. The former leads to failure. The latter, to nowhere. Listener of the show, Adam, has an idea he really believes in. He's worried about walking that l | 9/5/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 69: 069 - Work for Yourself or for Others? | http://fizzleshow.co/69 - In certain circles there's a stigma about working for others. These people believe everyone should be independent and work for themselves. In this conversation we explore whether or not you should work for yourself or for oth | 8/29/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 68: 068 - When To Move On | http://fizzleshow.co/68 - How long are you going to think to yourself "I need to give that a shot" before you take the leap and try it? In this episode we share our own stories about moving on, what we learned, how we did it, and how to do it bett | 8/22/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 67: 067 - Insights About Customer Service That Will Change The Products You Make | Customer service isn't an afterthought for you. If it is, you're already well on your way to being an uninteresting, middling, forgotten business. If, on the other hand, you have a deep understanding of the people you serve, that reality will be vi | 8/15/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 66: 066 - How The Hospitality Mindset Revolutionized My Business | http://fizzleshow.co/66 - One of the best restaurants in the world is run by the Canlis family. Their restaurant is called Canlis. It's in Seattle, and on a recent trip I got to spend a little time with Mark Canlis, who runs the restaurant with his brot | 8/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 65: 065 - Squarespace vs Wordpress (And 3 More Questions Answered) | http://fizzleshow.co/65 - The guys answer 4 listener questions about products, validation, Squarespace and vodka blogs. Aug 01, 2014 | 8/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 64: 064 - How Do You Grow Up an Adolescent Business? | http://fizzleshow.co/64 - The guys debrief from #WDS2014 and answer a couple listener questions about moving on to the next stages of business. Jul 25, 2014 | 7/25/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 63: 063 - How to Delegate & What to get off Your Plate | http://fizzleshow.co/63 -- There are things in all our businesses we *hate* doing. And at a certain point, we have to ask ourselves if we're trapped working *in* our businesses without any time or energy to work *on* them. In this episode we share how | 7/19/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 62: 062 - The Multiple Hats of the Solopreneur | http://fizzleshow.co/62 -- Starting out in your business you may need to wear all the hats in your business, doing everything yourself because you can't afford to hire people to help you. In this conversation we get some clarity about what those hats ar | 7/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 61: 061 - 15 Honest Techniques to Meet New People | http://fizzleshow.co/61 -- NOBODY likes to feel like a lost, lonely loser when they meet new people. But we've all been there. In this episode we get into a handful of rich tips about meeting new people at conferences, meetups and coffee shops. Jul 04, | 7/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 60: 060 - 10 Tactics to a Better Work-Life Balance (Part 2) | http://fizzleshow.co/60 - Really great (and surprising) ideas about balancing work and life. Plus some specific tactics to actually do this well... to make a bigger dent in your todo list without burning out or building poorly.Jun 27, 2014 | 6/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 59: 059 - 10 Tactics to a Better Work-Life Balance (Part 1) | http://fizzleshow.co/59 - Really great (and surprising) ideas about balancing work and life. Plus some specific tactics to actually do this well... to make a bigger dent in your todo list without burning out or building poorly.Jun 20, 2014 | 6/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 58: 058 - Value, Volume, Sales Help or Product Dev? 5 Tough Listener Questions | http://fizzleshow.co/58 -- Wherever you are in your business, you'll find yourself somewhere in the questions these 5 listeners ask... mostly about sales, monetization, pricing and conversion. Jun 13, 2014 | 6/13/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 57: 057 - 5 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Site (Plus SEO Insights) | http://fizzleshow.co/57 -- Let's talk about a few things you can do in the next few days to increase traffic to your website. In this episode we answer questions from listeners. Each one about a different piece of the traffic puzzle. Jun 06, 2014 | 6/6/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 56: 056 - I Lost My Motivation, Now What? | http://fizzleshow.co/56 - How to re-find and reconnect to motivation when you lose it. This is the second part of a response to Fizzler Terry's question. May 30, 2014 | 5/30/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 55: 055 - Romance & Revenue: a few big Relationship Tips for Entrepreneurs | http://fizzleshow.co/55 - You're not building your business to end up alone and regretful. Here's some insights from the guys about how to stay close with the people who enrich our lives while we build our businesses. May 23, 2014 | 5/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 54: 054 - When to Say No & When to Say Yes to New Ideas & Opportunities | http://fizzleshow.co/54 - When you're approached with an opportunity, how do you know if it'll be a waste of time or not? What about a new business or project idea? In this episode let's get into how to some tactical tips and tricks to make great decisi | 5/16/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 53: 053 - This Not That, How to Choose What to Work On Right Now | http://fizzleshow.co/53 - How do you know what is the MOST IMPORTANT thing to work on right now? We explore that with some great conversation including an extended golf metaphor and a rapid fire list of about 9 immediate tips. May 09, 2014 | 5/9/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 52: 052 - 24 Lessons Learned In A Year of Podcasting (to 10,000+ listeners) | http://fizzleshow.co/52 - On our 52nd episode, we share the 24 things we learned in a year of podcasting, what we wish we would have known before we started, and how to slap yourself into gear (because, like us, you probably deserve it too).May 02, 2014 | 5/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 51: 051 - Should You Delete Negative Comments? + Other Audience Questions | This week we feature two more interviews and listener questions covering some of these topics: - Four audience journey questions (from an experienced advertising mind). - Finding the blogger-give/audience-take balance. - Plus a question showcasing | 4/26/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 50: 050 - Tactics To Understand Your Ideal Client, Reader or Market | http://fizzleshow.com/50 - This episode is the second in the audience series featuring more honest answers from real entrepreneurs about how they discover, define and target their ideal clients and tribes. In this episode you'll hear from Nathan Barry, | 4/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 49: 049 - Discover, Define & Target Your Target Market | http://fizzleshow.co/49 - There's one question that can get to the heart of whether what you're working on is a soon-to-be-failed side project or a business with a good shot at financial success. In this episode you get to hear a handful of experienced | 4/11/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 48: 048 - 3 Story Tools Your Brand Needs | http://fizzleshow.co/48 -- Understanding a few things about what makes a story work can give you what you need to make a powerful brand, a brand that drives interest (instead of boredom). In this episode Chase shares 3 story tools you can use to multipl | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 47: 047 - Email, Anxiety & Networking Answers | http://fizzleshow.co/47 - We've got a big round of Q&A for you in this episode of the podcast. Managing your inbox anxiety. Networking with people around the world. The benefits and limitations of targeting a niche. Analytics tools (and how we *don't* u | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 46: 045 - Grow Your Email List | http://fizzleshow.co/45 - This is 2/4 of the series about how to take email to the next level for your business and website. How can you get more people to subscribe to your list? Should you offer something? If so, what? And where do you put the signup | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 45: 046 - What To Send Your Email List | http://fizzleshow.co/46 - 2/4 in the email series. In the previous episode we showed you how to grow your email list. In this episode we share what kinds of things you could share, how often you should share them, how to increase open rates, etc. Mar 2 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 44: 044 - Reboot Your Email Strategy | http://fizzleshow.co/44 - What does it look like to do email right? That's what we're tackling this month and it all starts with this episode. In a social world, in a world of billion dollar social mediums, what should your email strategy look like? Ma | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 43: 043 - 4 Listener Questions About Money | http://fizzleshow.co/43 - In this episode we hear some questions from listeners about keeping up steady sales AFTER you've launched your product, the risks of partnership, the difference between a "business" and "passive income project," and the heart-w | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 42: 042 - Small Business Smart Spending - 5 Categories Explained | http://fizzleshow.co/42 - How should you spend money on your business so that you don't sink it before it has a chance to get off the ground? We tackle 6 types of expenses and share our stories about each. Feb 21, 2014 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 40: 040 - How You Feel About Money Impacts Your Earnings | http://fizzleshow.co/40 -- In this raw episode the guys walk you through how they feel about money, how to identify how you feel about money and how those feelings effect your business. Feb 07, 2014 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 41: 041 - Setting Prices, Raising Rates & Getting Paid What You're Worth | http://fizzleshow.co/41 - Do you know what your work is worth? Do you know how to raise rates and get paid? In this episode we share a bunch of experiences and stories to help you get paid what you're worth... and charge more when necessary.Feb 14, 2014 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 39: 038 - The Failure Plan - First Product Series #4 | http://fizzleshow.co/38 - In this final episode of the First Product Series we want to walk through the idea of failure with you... help you navigate it. It's not as scary as you may think. Jan 24, 2014 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 38: 039 - Q&A: Turning Pro, Making Products, Finding Focus | http://fizzleshow.co/39 - In this episode we answer six listener questions: Jeff, Kiri, Jackie, Avon, Vesone and Olio ask about finding focus, turning pro, building a product before an audience (and vice versa), finding and sticking to your voice online | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 37: 037 - Conversion Essentials - First Product Series #3 | http://fizzleshow.co/37 - In this episode we share the essentials of conversion optimization so you can quit worrying about unimportant stuff and start selling and shipping your first online product. This is part 3 in our ongoing series featuring first | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 36: 036 - Pricing Hangups -- First Product Series Part 2 | http://fizzleshow.co/36 -- Pricing questions can get in the way of the *REAL WORK* of shipping your first product, so we decided to tackle that question in this episode, part 2 in our ongoing *First Product Series* of podcasts.Jan 10, 2014 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 35: 035 - Finding Your Idea. Product Prodcrust 1 | http://fizzleshow.co/35 -- (with special guests!) For the next few episodes of the Fizzle Show (including this one) we're going to get you thinking about building your first product. Whether you're ready to build it now or not, getting your mind right a | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 34: 034 - How To Find Next Year's Plan in Last Year's Review | http://fizzleshow.co/34 -- What gets measured gets improved. Here's our best tips to improve your plans for next year by looking at how you did this past year. Dec 27, 2013 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 33: 033 - Listener Criticism: What Really Happens in the First Year of Business | http://fizzleshow.co/33 -- Fizzle Show listener Bob Harper sent in a video calling us out. He's a fan of the show but feels we haven't been honest. In this episode we hear his criticism and get into a mess of good stuff about safety nets, savings, and w | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 32: 032 - Tips To Make The Most of Conferences | http://fizzleshow.co/32 - Big stuff happens at conferences. Business partners find each other, ideas develop, encouragement, conviction and just plain ol' good friendships are made. Here's our best tips for what conferences to go to and how to make the | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 31: 031 - Top 5 Tips for Building a Business (& Other Questions) | http://fizzleshow.co/31 — Fizzle Show listeners are asking questions! We've received a ton and in this episode we go deep on a few of them on topics like: moving domains, coming up with ideas for writing/video/podcasts, and our top 5 tips for people s | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 30: 030 - The Future of Online Publishing: 4 Experts, 6 Principles | http://fizzleshow.co/30 - We believe "blogging" (or personal online publishing) has a rich future coming. So we invited a few successful online entrepreneurs to talk with us about how they see the future of online publishing. The conversation resulted i | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 29: 029 - Launch Lessons: How To Launch Your Thing (& How We Did It) | http://fizzleshow.co/29 - How you launch your thing is important. There's a lot of buzz and bells and whistles and plates to spin on the day you reveal your project to the world. A couple days ago we merged a very successful blog with a new venture and | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 28: 028 - The Business Fit Equation: Is It You, Your Audience or Something Else? | Does your business fit you? Does your product fit your audience? Should you stay focused or move on to greener pastures? These are questions we've all had to think about. We talk about our experience with these questions and Corbett shares an equation h | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 27: 026 - Getting To The First Sale | http://fizzleshow.co/26 That moment when you get the first email about a successful transaction... someone found your thing and then liked it enough to buy it... that moment changes you forever. But how do you get there? We discuss the meat and potatoes | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 26: 027 - Making Your First Product (7 Steps) | Last week we heard the story of how Barron made his first product and sale. How can you make your own thing to sell? How can you get over the psychological roadblocks and self sabotaging tendencies and create something valuable enough to buy? Corbett br | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 25: 025 - Is it too late? | http://fizzleshow.co/25 We get this question ALL the time: "is it too late for this thing to work? Did I miss the chance for this opportunity to work out?" Get ready for some colorful answers. Oct 25, 2013 | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 24: 024 - Why You Are Discouraged | http://fizzleshow.co/24 Discouragement, depression, fizzling out, burning out, quitting... the distance between what we expected and what actually happened causes all of these. In this episode you'll learn the only two expectations you SHOULD have and h | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 23: 023 - Email's Still the Best. Here's How to Use It | Email is still the single best relational currency online. But building and running the email side of your business is problematic. In this episode we answer listener's questions and explain an approach to email and building your list with authenticity | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 22: 022 - Rethinking How To Get More Traffic | http://fizzleshow.co/22 - Lots of listeners want to know about getting more traffic to their sites. The guys answer listener questions about traffic in this episode. How to get it? How much is enough? What tactics are more important than others? Add to | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 21: 021 - Part 2: The Tools, Books, Systems and Resources That Helped Us Most | http://fizzleshow.com/21 - We've seen a trend recently in people buying every damn book, mastermind, hangout, conference, system, toolset, info product, membership, coaching, etc. Stop wasting your time looking for some magic bullet. Here's the resource | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 20: 020 - The Tools, Books, Systems and Resources That Helped Us Most | http://fizzleshow.com/20 - We've seen a trend recently in people buying every damn book, mastermind, hangout, conference, system, toolset, info product, membership, coaching, etc. Stop wasting your time looking for some magic bullet. Here's the resource | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 19: 019 - What's ACTUALLY Important to Think About in Your Business? | Are you missing out on the forest and getting lost in the trees? Earnest starters approach Corbett *all the time* for advice on their businesses. There are hundreds of business questions you could worry about. Which are *actually* important and which wi | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 18: 018 - How To Create A Compelling Elevator Pitch | How many times a month does someone ask you, "so what do you do?" You could make it up on the spot, maybe sound like a doofus, or a douche, or like someone who doesn't care. Your work matters, so lets learn how to talk about it matterfully as well. We o | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 17: 017 - When to Quit, When to Pivot, When to Persevere | All of us at one point or another will face what Eric Ries calls the hardest part of any startup: to decide whether to quit, pivot or persevere. Why is it the hardest part? because most of us don't know what the hell to do! In this conversation we get i | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 16: 016 - What I Wish I'd Known Before Starting My Business | Flailing around, blindly trying this and that, praying and hoping for some traction. That's how many solo entrepreneurs start out. In this episode we answer the question "what do you wish you would have known before you got started?" Listen in and save | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 15: 015 - Does Teamwork Make the Dream Work? | Your business may just be another way to play with yourself. Harnessing some team-work thoughts could be a huge multiplier for you. I was alone in my business trying to make a thing on the side. It was my effort, my reward, my isolation, my procrastin | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 14: 014 - Sales Sans Sleaze: Sell More, Goodly | This is a gambit-rich follow up on our previous conversation about douchebaggery in business. Where that conversation covered how to do it BADLY, this one covers the tactics, tips and tweaks of "selling" GOODLY, confidently, and successfully. None of | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 13: 013 - Douchebaggery in Online Business | There are people who do business in ways that turn your stomach. They're willing to do unethical things, take advantage of people, and sacrifice their audience on the altars of profit and short term gains. In this episode we explore this kind of busines | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 12: 012 - How Much YOU Should Be in Your Business? | You're here because you want to create a business that supports you. But there's a heavy tension you've probably experienced between a). doing something you care about, b). doing something you're good at, and c). doing something others find valuable. Th | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 11: 011 - How The Wrong Metric Sinks Your Business (& How The Right One Saves It) | This is a GOOD one. There are metrics that matter A TON in your business. However, you might be making critical errors about which ones matter and which do not. Sailors beware: there's serious danger here. Many businesses fail because the founder is b | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 10: 010 - How To Stay Motivated | We’ve heard from thousands of entrepreneurs — the most common struggle, across the board, is staying motivated. We’re solo entrepreneurs. We burn out. We dry up. We melt down. We don't ship. Every entrepreneur must learn how to balance their own e | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 9: 009 - Small Business Accounting: Where Do I Put the Money? | Whether you're like Chase (who can't even look at a number without getting sick) or like Caleb (who literally interprets colors as numbers) you're going to need to understand the money picture of your business. What's making money? What's losing money? | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 8: 008 - Choosing & Vetting A Business Idea | Are you like the thousands we've heard from, worried and stressed about choosing a business idea? Maybe you don't think you have an idea. Or maybe you've got too many business ideas and you don't know which is best. Maybe you're stuck in analysis paraly | 4/10/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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