Category: Business
Long-Form Content is the Future
The world wants to cram as much content into our brains as possible. People complained about tv ads, and now they watch 30-second clips on Tik Tok. When traveling one day, I watched someone scroll through Tik Tok for over an hour straight. What kind of value did this person obtain from this hour? Long-form…
YouTubing vs. Your Job: How Do You Like Your Grind?
We live in an exciting time where the average person has more financial choices than ever. You no longer have to work a 9-5 job to succeed in this world. Many kids and young adults dream of being YouTubers; however, it’s an illusion. Becoming a successful YouTuber requires more upfront work than most jobs on…
Starting a Business with One Hour a Day Available
Time is the most valuable resource on this planet. We spend our lives trying to buy freedom from the workforce; for most people, we call this retirement. One of the cruel ironies of life is that we can buy our freedom much sooner by spending more time earlier. Sounds confusing, right? You need assets to…
What is Your Creative Ability?
I love talking about one’s ability to be creative. The reason behind my passion is that I never believed I was creative. I joined the military directly out of high school in 1999 and spent the next 21 years grinding to the top. The world meant for me to be a rigid military-type person, or…
Down-sized? Time to Start an Online Business
As the recession approaches, mass layoffs will become more common. We are already seeing major corporations making significant cutbacks to personnel. Are you at risk of losing your job? Whether you believe your job is safe is not the point. Relying solely on your job for income is risky. Luckily, there are many ways to…
Welcome to Writing: Start Here If You Love The Grind
So you want to be a writer, huh? Writing is one of the most amazing things you can do in your life. You are expressing your values using words as a medium. According to “The Independent Homeschool,” writing is the toughest of the 3 R’s (reading, writing, and arithmetic). You must make countless decisions just…
Create Content Daily 2: The Magic of Compounding Creativity
I’ve been creating content daily for over 2.5 years, which has changed my life. I cannot remember a time when I woke up and didn’t write something. Creating something every day expands your mind into realms you could not have imagined. Your brain wants to create; the universe designed it to create. Modern education slowly…
5 Takeaways from “How to Write a Novel”
“How to Write a Novel” by Joanna Penn gives us an in-depth look at the fiction writing process. I am not a fiction writer yet, but it’s good for me to understand the differences between fiction and non-fiction writing. To create a successful story, you need a character, in a setting, with a goal that…
Forever Valuable: The Magic of Evergreen Content
So you want to be a content creator, right? Creating content is one of the best ways to push your brain to its limit. But you don’t have to throw things at the wall to see what sticks. You can create content that you can slowly build upon over time. The more content you make,…
FIRE Writer: Retire & Write
I never dreamed of becoming a writer. I planned to retire from the military and work another government job. Along the way, I realized that working for someone isn’t always the best solution. One magical day, I read “Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing,” where Robert Kiyosaki said that you could create income-producing assets from your…
5 Takeaways from “60 Days to LinkedIn Mastery”
“60 Days to LinkedIn Mastery” by Josh Steimle is a masterpiece on how to build an audience. He focuses on LinkedIn mastery in his book, but the general concepts you can use anywhere. Growing an audience is tough, especially if you don’t know the particulars of each platform. I have a small number of followers…
Pumpkin Spice & Royalties 2
We live in an amazing time where anyone can make supplemental income from royalties. We can use these royalties for anything we want in life, plus leave them to our children for 70 more years. The fall season is when we need additional royalties because it’s the time we spend the most money. Black Friday…
Retire Rich, Retire Comfortable with a Business 4
The world as we know it is changing. We are transitioning from the industrial revolution 9-to-5 mindset to a creativity & production-based society. Soon, going to work and sitting in your cubicle will no longer net you a paycheck. You’ll have to produce an innovative product for your bosses to review—and it must add value…
Blogging is Tough: Commodity vs Content Blogs
I often list blogging as one of the best ways to make passive income, and I genuinely mean it. However, I’ll tell you a little secret: Blogging is tough! You have to imagine the internet as a world much larger than our physical Earth. Even on Earth, it is tough for people to notice one…
Passive Income Road Trip #7: Automated Business
You probably don’t know that I was born and raised in San Diego because I usually tell people I am from Arizona or Florida. Nothing against San Diego or California, but I feel more comfortable in smaller places. I arrived in San Diego today, and I remembered why I left. I am not a fan…
Passive Income Road Trip #6: Royalties
Wow, I don’t remember Yuma, Arizona, being so hot. As I pulled into this magical city, my thermostat read 106 degrees. Yikes. Yuma is one of my favorite places on Earth and the first place I truly felt at home in my life. My wife and I bought our first home here in 2008 and…
Start a Sports League Towards Passive Income
Do you love sports? Does your area lack a sports league? Are politics getting in the way of your children having fun? Well, start your own league. Yes, you can do it. People, I woke up one day and said I wanted to be a writer. This month, I sold 50 books on Amazon without…
5 Takeaways from “Business for Authors”
“Business for Authors” is another wonderful book by my favorite author, Joana Penn. Inside the book, she details her journey as an author-entrepreneur. I, too, am striving to be an author-entrepreneur, so this book immediately took hold. Many authors do not want to deal with the business side of publishing and releasing books. This may…
The Magic of a Sales Funnel
You just started a food truck business, so how do you get people to buy your product? Welcome to the magical worlds of sales funnels. Every business has a sales funnel to convert a “stranger” into a “customer.” They then want that customer to become a repeat buyer and spread the news via word-of-mouth advertising. …
Start a Tutoring Business towards Passive Income
The education system sucks! Why beat around the bush—let’s call a spade a spade. However, there is no one to blame for the results of the public system. Rarely can you adopt a system to train people en masse. Every one of us learns a different way, and we need more focus on how to…
