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One of my favorite sayings is ‘The best marketing is invisible. The worst marketing becomes invisible."‘
The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing. It feels…natural. The worst...
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Last week I was talking to my buddy and he brought up Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 True Fa...
Two conversations have changed how I view self-promotion and selling myself.
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The first came years ago. I connected with a woman at a conference we were both speaking at. She was running a highly succes...
Last week’s issue sparked a lot of valuable feedback. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and as a result I am going to make a slight shift in the content moving forward.
Much of the content here has been focused on teaching you how...
August was a huge month, let’s start with the big news:
A sincere and very heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Backstage Pass over the last 27 months. If anything, the fact that I am now a Bestseller should serve as an exampl...
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