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My Lexus was Totaled during it's 2nd trip on Turo.com

4/10/2021

 
Posted 1/30/2017, edited 4/10/2021

Have you ever tried the "sharing economy"? I've always been the first out of my group of friends to try stuff and take risks.  

​In my opinion, it presents entrepreneurs some of the best passive income and part-time/flexible incomes while launching their startup.

I've been an Airbnb host (I rented out extra rooms in my house to other entrepreneurs for cash), I have an unused garage space in an investment property on my friends app Stow It, and most recently, I made the decision to list my car on Turo, where you can rent your car to people for cash...  First trip went just fine.  Second one, my car was totalled...

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Domain Names & Startups:  Where to start

4/8/2021

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Posted 7/16/2017, Updated 4/8/2021


It's been almost 6 months since I attended NamesCon, and I'm still on fire about domain names, small websites, and how to make money online.  But it all starts with 'owning the land.' 

If you think about the internet as real estate, it really becomes clear where the opportunities lie, and where you're able to make money.

Here's some important insights I've learned after being a domain name investor and online entrepreneur for 3+ years.

Oh, and the photo is of course a handshake with the Founder of NamesCon, Richard Lau. I'm already getting excited for January 2018 just uploading this picture. 
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Most Job Seekers Miss This Personal Branding Opportunity

3/16/2021

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The time to begin considering Personal Branding is now! The branding mindset gives you tools that differentiate between scoring big opportunities and being forgotten.

​The tool that makes the most significant impact is a website on your own domain (yourname.com)  that represents your personal brand.
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Integrate Online Tools into a Website

3/5/2021

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The integration of online tools and add-ons to your website can help to create a better overall user experience, as well as boosting your sales and ensuring that you achieve the best results possible. There are plenty of different options out there, so you need to choose the one that suits what you are offering the best. ​

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How to use your blog and Instagram to Meet Influencers

3/3/2021

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Posted 7/3/2017, Edited 3/3/2021

Last Friday, I was invited to give a talk to Social Media Day Denver. There was almost 250 paid attendees, and they were an amazing group of social media enthusiasts and bloggers.  I was surprised by how many people already had their blogs up and how many used Wordpress, we previously used Weebly.

But I definitely got everyone's wheels turning on interviewing influencers to accelerate your career and current goals...
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How to Build an “Investment Alluring” Brand With a Website

2/11/2021

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(Guest post by Empire Flippers:)

​The entrepreneurial career is pretty simple: build a skill and use it to make money. In the services sector, it’s usually a case of using your skills to 
help someone else make money.

This is an excellent way to make money if you’re a hands-on person.

In the offline world, it’s very much a “get out of your house and go to work” sort of deal. If you’re social and you like to be active, then this is ideally suited for you.

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Guest Post by Janice On Matt Holmes' entrepreneurial Journey

2/11/2021

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Over the last couple of years, marketing and influencing have taken over the sales world. Slowly and surely, influencing and marketing are slowly morphing into becoming the same thing. Thus, numerous brands, organizations, and franchises are looking for ways to push their brands and products.

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How a Founder's Personal Brand Establishes a Credible  Startup

2/9/2021

 
All entrepreneurs know that their startup needs to be 'doing branding' and 'marketing' in order to thrive. But, what about the founder's personal brand?

​Should the founders care about their brand in addition to their startup's brand?
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The answer is... Yes, absolutely!
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Personal Branding Tips for New Freelancers

1/7/2021

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As a freelancer, you are responsible for creating and maintaining your image and reputation and for promoting the products and services you offer. This can be quite a difficult task, especially if you are relatively new to freelancing. Consider these few personal branding tips, which are useful to all freelancers, but especially to newbies.

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2 Strong Ways Email marketing Helps you Close More Leads 

1/6/2021

 
Updated Jan 5, 2021

​With so much emphasis on 
social media marketing, it’s easy to overlook a time-tested, true tactic that still remains relevant in 2016: email marketing.

It's an essential component to your overall inbound marketing plan. As you build your lead list, it’s your email strategy that will move your subscribers to becoming customers and loyal advocates of your brand.
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Tip of the Week for Single Founders

12/9/2020

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I'm talking about the entrepreneurs that don't have co-founders, not ones without a significant other.  Nor am I promising a tip every single week.

Maintaining a killer personal brand separate from your business brand is essential for those looking to networking both on and offline.
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Review of 8 Popular Registrars for new Domain Investors

11/26/2020

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I've been a domain name investor for over a decade now, and it's time to share my findings of having hundreds of domains with various registrars over the years.  In this quick opinion piece, I'll share my experiences with the following Registrars:  Epik, Godaddy, Dynadot, Uniregistry, Namecheap, Namebright, Name.com, and Network Solutions. 

If you don't have time to read on, here's the conclusion.
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Best Registrar for 2021:  Epik
Epik Support: 5/5
Epik Product: 4/5
Epik Usable Features: 5/5
Epik Pricing: 4/5
Worst Registrar for 2021: Godaddy
Godaddy Support: 1/5
Godaddy Product: 1/5
Godaddy Usable Features: 2/5
Godaddy Pricing: 2/5

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Four effective ways to boost your business using socialmedia

11/19/2020

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​From blogs to Instagram posts, tweets to YouTube videos, there’s no doubt about it: social
media is here to stay. With research showing that people are spending an increasing amount
of time each day browsing their various social media accounts, businesses have been quick
to notice this trend and use it to their advantage when marketing their brand and products.
However, it’s never too late to up your business’s social media game. Here are four efficient
ways to boost your business through using social media.

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Inexpensive Moving Tips When You're on a Tight Budget

11/12/2020

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It’s moving time and you are moving with a budget plan, as well as it is necessary to conserve money and time to reduce tension along the way. Below are cheap relocating tips for a safe as well as simple proceed a spending plan.

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How to Bring Your Warehouse Up-to-Speed With the 21st Century

10/20/2020

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The warehouse is the beating heart of an organization, and when the warehouse operates efficiently, the business will succeed, and customers will be happy. This can also be one of the most complex areas of any business, and often somewhere where there are lots of mistakes and bottlenecks. This is why it is important to be aware of the best ways to streamline and modernize the warehouse. There have been many significant developments made in the 21st century, which will help any warehouse operate efficiently - read on to find out how you can bring your warehouse up to speed with the 21st century.

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Death of the Handshake?

8/12/2020

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It may be on hiatus for the pandemic, but experts say rumors of the handshake’s demise are greatly exaggerated
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By Ken Sturtz
The loss of the handshake in social interactions can be jarring. Meetings with doctors, lawyers and other professionals end without it. Job interviews begin and end without it.

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How to Generate More Leads via Social Media

7/4/2020

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​Lead generation is an essential part of doing business and social media provides business owners and marketers with the chance to maximize it. The question is, how exactly do you go about this? What should you be doing differently in terms of strategy and execution? Here is what you need to know. 

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Why You Should Turn Online for These 2 Services

6/19/2020

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A whole host of amazing financial services can be found on the Internet. Here are just two of them:​

Virtual bookkeeping services

For business owners and self-employed workers, virtual bookkeeping has been a real blessing. As their title suggests, virtual bookkeepers make use of digital software solutions in their bid to enable their customers to stay on top of their financial matters. They perform all the regular tasks that you would expect from a professional in this accountancy position, such as posting financial transactions and reconciling accounts, only they do perform them via the Internet. 

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Bike storage space tips for devotee in cycling

5/4/2020

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​Severe cyclists have ​more than one bike. From mtb to exploring bicycles takes much storage space around your house. Whether it's the season of riding or ​not​​, ​you need to store your bike to protect its ​value and significance. To help you with your bike storage problem, we're offering simple bike storage space suggestions that biking fanatics can use to maintain their bikes in the best state as possible.

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Why Building a Community is Crucial for an Entrepreneur's Success

4/19/2020

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​Starting out as an entrepreneur can be a stressful time. Trying to figure out all the logistics, laws, and business plans by yourself is not only lonely, but can cause a lot of anxiety and sleepless nights. That's why one of the best things you can do when starting a business, is to find a community to join that can help guide you along on this intimidating but fulfilling path. Here are three benefits that entrepreneurs can experience by joining a strong business community.
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10% Overall Increase Monthly death rate in usa now

4/14/2020

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Well, it looks like the US has had about a 10% increase in monthly deaths overall with a lot of it in the tail end in the rolling last ~30 days (according to my conversation with Siri (highlight of my day))

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The Handshake is Dead

4/8/2020

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Will we Survive without handshakes?

It’s been three months going on three years since the global pandemic was declared. Everything, everywhere has been disrupted or put on hold, for everyone.

Not even Elon Musk could tweet himself and his Tesla factory out of eventual closure.

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Rev, the best and cheapest transcription

4/7/2020

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Say hello to Rev, who we use for transcriptions!  With the coronavirus storming everyone's business operations and hours, we wanted to share their update in case you need help transcribing your voice notes. 
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handshake Etiquette After Covid-19

4/6/2020

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Handshaking- how ironic that this is what our brand is named.
Coronavirus has made physical handshaking seem like you'll be literally maimed



Thankfully, in the virtual world, we can all give each other those handshakes.
We can also do more than sit at home with the muffins that everyone bakes.




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Trying to shake hands During Coronavirus Season

4/1/2020

 
Today, our of boredom and social dehydration, I had to leave the house in order to seek handshakes.  

Peep the video to see my highly decreased handshake ​success rate.
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