As promised here is the drawing for the book give away for participating in the survey!
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Andy and I have been friends for almost two years now. We first met through Free Agent Academy right after he launched his technology related business.
Andy is the personification of the statement, “Don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough”.
Andy gets stuff done. Constantly trying new ideas in his business nothing stands in his way. When you put yourself out there like Andy does there is a long list of people who will spend their energy telling you what’s wrong with what you are doing.
Andy doesn’t let this stand in his way. He knows that the path to success is littered with trial and error. While others stand in judgement Andy knows that with every idea, he is pushing his business and ultimate success forward.
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Whether or not they will admit it to you, many contractors have more free time now than ever before. Obviously it’s because we (past tense for me) aren’t as busy.
During the final year of my subcontracting business I had quite a bit of free time. I was starting Blue Collar Coaching at the time but it was slow going as I was trying to find myself in this new business venture idea.
During 2008, 2009 and 2010 I was reading about a book a month. Just right for a simple minded fellow like myself. Any more than that and my comprehension would likely plummet anyway.
Probably one of the biggest challenges you will face in just about anything you do is, ‘Is it good enough?”.
I fight this battle with every single episode of the Blue Collar Business Podcast. I do the show completely unscripted with the exception of a few notes (I can’t stand the sound of someone reading). I’m up to 48 episodes at the time of this writing and with the exception of the shows where I have a guest, I’m scared to hit the publish button pretty much ever time.
048 – Mobile Office: Instapaper, Evernote and Dropbox
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In this week’s show we cover three of my very favorite iPhone apps. Those being Instapaper, Evernote and Dropbox.
Instapaper is a very simple way to save web pages of any kind for later viewing.
Evernote is a very robust document creation and storing application. You can create audio files and upload pictures among other documents.
Dropbox is an incredible data syncing and backup service. You can get 2 GB of storage completely free and up to 10 GB free by getting others to sign up.
I also reveal some of the results of the survey I am running. This survey has revealed to me that A LOT of my audience is interested in technology and social media.
Do you feel the same way? If you do, or do not will you fill out the survey and let me know?
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Welcome to my own version of Twitter’s Follow Friday mania. I got kind of tired of how boring it is to just type “#FF” and a few user names with no real reason for anyone following me to actually follow someone I recommend.
I don’t get to spread the word about as many people this way but at least this way you get at least a more robust reason to follow somone I’m suggesting.
I’ve been following Rufs Dogg and his blog for the past several weeks. I got started because I had heard about “Let’s Blog Off” and decided to join. Rufus helps come up with the bi-weekly subjects and, with the exception of this week’s topic which was too hard for a simpleton like myself, does a very good job.
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I run into this debate quite a bit. Whether or not you should get a newer truck or an older one.
Older truck argument:
Pro: It doesn’t matter what you drive as long as you do good work.
Con: Customers will think you’re not successful and don’t have the talent to do their work with a high level of quality.
Newer truck argument:
Pro: Customers will be able to see that I’m successful and do good work.
Con: Customers will think you are overpriced and won’t want to use you.
I think both of these arguments have misplaced focus.
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As I mentioned on this week’s episode of the Blue Collar Business Podcast I am holding a survey of all my podcast listeners and blog readers.
I’m looking to get at least 50 responders and could really use your help.
I am also holding a give away if you complete the survey. The winner will be chosen (from a hat of course) on Friday the 20th and notified via email. I will be giving away a free copy of one of the following books.
Andy Andrews – The Traveler’s Gift
Daniel Lapin – Thou Shall Prosper: 10 Commandments For Making Money
Seth Godin – Purple Cow
John Jantsch – The Referral Engine
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I saw this week’s “Let’s Blog Off” subject and I knew I was in trouble. I have to be honest. I’ve spent very little time trying to figure out the difference between fact and truth. I guess that isn’t saying much for my intellect.
I always write my LBO content the Saturday ahead of the required release date and then just schedule it in WordPress. I really have no clue what everyone else is going to say. Chances are I’m going to learn a lot today, or, maybe I won’t learn anything.
Seriously, look at this quote by Aristotle on the subject.
“To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.”
I don’t have something quite so complicated and deep to share with you today. Rather, I have something quite simple.
047 – Where in the web do I start!
In this week’s show we dig even deeper into the concept of where to start with your online presence. With all the options including facebook, twitter and linkedin it’s hard to know where to begin. In this show I try to explain the difference between traditional job prospecting and online prospecting through blogging and social media streams.
I also call out to you the listener asking for you to fill out the current survey. It’s time to start taking action and do more than just listen. None of this advice is going to help you if you aren’t a person of action.
Will you help me by filling out the survey? http://bcrn.tv/survey
Don’t forget to be here on May 23rd as Kent Julian joins us live!
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