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Being Productive with the Pomodoro Technique | Treehouse Quick Tip

Pasan Premaratne ● December 24th, 2012 ● Start a Business | Tagged productivity ● 5 comments
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There are so many distractions that can prevent you from getting things done, from Twitter and email to Facebook and Instagram… The Pomodoro Technique allows you to manage your time and stay productive with just a simple kitchen timer. In …Continue reading →

Why Not Having Enough Landing Pages Is A Critical Mistake

Eric Siu ● December 6th, 2012 ● Business, Marketing, Start a Business | Tagged conversion rate optimization, landing page optimization ● 1 comment
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If you have a few landing pages, but they aren’t coordinated and they aren’t placed on your website in any particular logical order you need to immediately fix this problem. It’s not just a matter of strategy, it’s also a …Continue reading →

Want Blog Traffic? Stop Making These Content Marketing Mistakes

Eric Siu ● November 26th, 2012 ● Marketing, Start a Business | Tagged blog marketing, content marketing, marketing ● 4 comments
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Content marketing can be an asset to your company if its used well, but it can also become a gigantic liability if the execution is poor. When done well, content marketing will increase your traffic and increase the number of …Continue reading →

Running Your Business on Mobile

Dan Gorgone ● November 12th, 2012 ● Mobile, Start a Business | Tagged mobile business ● No comments
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As challenging as starting your own business can be, it can be just as difficult to keep your eye on your company’s day to day operations. But just as millions of people have embraced their phones and tablets for content …Continue reading →

Productivity is About Constraints and Concentration

Josh Long ● November 5th, 2012 ● Learn to Code, Make a Website, Start a Business | Tagged Featured, productivity ● 3 comments
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The fact that there is only so much time in a day is a sobering thought. Many times we are left scratching our heads after a long day wondering, “what did I even get done today?”. Saying “No” The one …Continue reading →

Do You Love What You Do?

Dan Gorgone ● November 1st, 2012 ● Marketing, Start a Business | Tagged Business, marketing, social media ● 3 comments
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During the Halloween season, my family enjoyed visiting the home of a professional designer of holiday light shows. Every year, he sets up an elaborate scene with flashing lights and other effects, and adds ghosts, skeletons, and zombies to the …Continue reading →

10 Sales Lessons That Helped Me Close Over $178,000 In A Few Months

Eric Siu ● October 26th, 2012 ● Business, Start a Business | Tagged chet holmes, cold calls, contact management, delegation, sales, ultimate sales machine ● 6 comments
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Sales cures all. – Mark Cuban When you’re starting a business, one of the most important things is cash flow. If you have no money coming in, you’re going to go broke eventually. A lot of people tend to avoid …Continue reading →

The Ultimate Resource

Josh Long ● October 16th, 2012 ● Learn to Code, Start a Business | Tagged productivity ● 11 comments
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In a world full of tools, frameworks, tutorials, articles, code editors, and Github, there is still one resource that is more important to the web professional than any other… time. Time is the ultimate resource. The problem with time is …Continue reading →

Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Web Business

Pasan Premaratne ● October 9th, 2012 ● Start a Business | Tagged Business, start a business, web business ● 2 comments
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If you have an idea or want to start a business today, the web is one of the best launching pads in mankind’s history. With much lower costs than building a brick and mortar store, a larger and more engaged …Continue reading →

8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic

Eric Siu ● October 4th, 2012 ● Business, Marketing, Start a Business | Tagged growth strategy, marketing, marketing strategy, seo, user acquisition, user growth ● 23 comments
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Let’s face it, if you’re starting a business, one of your main concerns is going to be growth. It won’t matter how great your idea is if you fail to gain any traction. In today’s world, there are countless strategies …Continue reading →

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