I recently filled out an online form in search of fishing camps in Ontario. What happens is I fill out the form, then they take my lead and mail it to all of their advertising partners (fishing camps). So within 48 hours of filling out the form, I have gotten about 50 fishing camps contact [...]

I’ve never told this story before. Not in a blog, or in one of my books, or to anyone really. I suppose I suppressed it. But I recently pulled it out of my memory bank because I was listening to a Chris Brogan podcast about why you should quit your job and it spurred this [...]

If you’re an author trying to find ways to reach new readers in this new world of self-publishing, then you know that it’s hard. This is why book discovery is the single most important issue facing new authors today. It’s something we all need to be aware of and something we should all be concerning [...]

One of my most popular things I’ve ever written. Now in infographic form. Please share if you like. Click image to enlarge. Like this? You can get more in my book Business Around a Lifestyle. Read the entire post at NFIB with comments.

Anyone who is in the business of marketing will tell you… The most difficult thing to do is talking about yourself. That could mean you, your brand, or your business. For years I’ve struggled with answering the question of “What do you do Jim?” And, “tell me more about yourself”. So much so I’ve hired [...]

You know how to write a ton of books? Co-author them with other people. Introducing a book I’ve been working on with co-author Sherrie Rose. It’s called The Webinar Way – The Single, Most Effective Way to Promote your Services, Drive Leads & Sell a Ton of Products. Published by my book marketing firm Digital [...]

It’s finally here. Part II of my book series Business Around A Lifestyle (How To Create An Amazing Online Business & Profit From It) is live on sale on Amazon and ready for your reviews. If you haven’t read Volume 1 yet, I would suggest you grab it here first, then move on to Volume [...]

I recently had the chance to interview the great John Jantsch, aka Ducttape Marketing guy, to talk about his new book The Commitment Engine. Below is the podcast interview. This is John’s third book, and I look forward to reading it. His first two books, are books I have read and I highly recommend. So [...]

Stop, before you read… a bribe. Go ahead and share my new company FunnerVids to your social network here, and get free access to my Online Video Toolkit 2.0 product ($99 value). Share it here. As I wrote in my HuffingtonPost piece a bit ago, explainer videos are the new infographics. Yes, infographics are usually [...]

I’m 41 today. Thank you all ahead of time for your birthday wishes. Chances are you’re reading this and I’m out waist deep in a river right now fishing for big trout. The power of wordpress scheduling. I wanted to post today a recap of what happened to me last year on my birthday. I [...]