About thirteen years ago I started working online. Since that time I’ve had dozens of people tell me they had an idea for “the next big social media site”. My response has always been “Forget it. There is no way you ... Continue Reading
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My Birthday & New Album
Today is my birthday. It is also my new album's release day. How cool is that? I am happy to be celebrating another year with you here on the blog. You've been with me a long time and I'm happy to have you here. It's ... Continue Reading
2020: The Breakdown
It's December 31st, 2020. One of the strangest years of my life is ending and I wanted to share a breakdown of some of what happened. Here you go. Music Two music releases. I put out two musical releases this year. ... Continue Reading
PIXLR: A Free Photoshop Alternative
I remember sitting down at a computer that was connected to the internet for the first time. I was living at my Mom’s house in a small town in Oklahoma. My youngest brother Zac had spent several weeks glued to the ... Continue Reading
Saving Creativity
I remember reading a story many years ago about a famous singer who closed his twitter account - with about four million followers. Most people thought he’d lost his mind and the move would hurt his music career. But in ... Continue Reading
How To Write Ad Copy (Using Your Spam Folder)
https://youtu.be/GredDfhdtnk Go here to watch it on Youtube. Do you ever get stuck coming up with new ideas for copy and headlines in your marketing campaigns? I have something for you. A never-ending stream ... Continue Reading
How To Make $10,375,987 Online Without Being an Expert At Anything
https://youtu.be/2zNjriYTqnk Okay Okay so that was a pretty sensational headline, but it got you here didn't it? But the story is 100% true. And it's been duplicated thousands of times over the years by people ... Continue Reading
Testing a Hands-Free Campaign Launch
For new online marketers, massive campaign failure is very common for one simple reason: They’re touching it too much. In my marketing forum, MadSociety.net we have members ranging from veteran super affiliates to ... Continue Reading
How To Deal With The Loneliness of Working From Home
I asked my Twitter and Facebook people to suggest some topics for the blog. Out of all the responses I got, only one topic had multiple responses, so I thought I’d write about it first. Here are the responses: #1. ... Continue Reading
Copywriting Shortcut: How To Write Copy, Even If You Don’t Know How
My phone beeped. It was a text from a friend who was also in the marketing game. He wrote: “How long did you spend writing the copy for that new campaign”? I had recently innovated an old-fashioned style of a ... Continue Reading