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WBF Podcast Episode 4: Facing Your Toughest Critics

18. February 2010

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In the fourth episode of the Web Business Freedom podcast, learn about the toughest critics you will face when you're starting a web-based business or other venture.

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WBF Podcast Episode 3: Raising The Bar Through The Power of Leverage

30. December 2009

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WBF Podcast Episode 3: Raising The Bar Through The Power of Leverage

By definition, leverage is the ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens. In the real world, you can't always have 100% control, but by consciously leveraging certain things, you can gain more time, energy and influence. In this episode of the Web Business Freedom podcast, we'll look at 15 different ways to use leverage to improve your personal and professional circumstances.

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The Trouble With Transparency

11. December 2009

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The Trouble With Transparency

Social media is creating new “rules.” One of the thorniest stems from the idea of transparency. Oddly, social media is being held to a higher standard than other widely used communications tactics. And it’s making a lot of companies shy away from the benefits of social media, for fear of “breaking the rules.”

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WBF Podcast Episode 2: Fool’s Gold

27. November 2009

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WBF Podcast Episode 2: Fool’s Gold

In this episode of Web Business Freedom, I discuss get-rich-quick schemes online and other dead-ends to building wealth, whether online or offline.

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WBF Podcast Episode 1: Baby Steps

27. October 2009

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WBF Podcast Episode 1: Baby Steps

In the first podcast from Web Business Freedom, learn about about the roadblocks to success and steps you can take to start getting things done.

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Telltale Signs Of An Amateur Entrepreneur

19. October 2009

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Telltale Signs Of An Amateur Entrepreneur

Amateur Entrepreneurs are everywhere, and easy to spot. Check this list to understand what you need to have to get legit and be taken seriously.

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Who Inspires You? Here’s My (Partial) List

22. July 2009

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Who Inspires You? Here’s My (Partial) List

There are a lot of people I have to thank for my consulting company, Web Business Freedom. Ironically, none have a financial stake in it, nor did they help me directly conceive it or build it. But without the following people, I might not have had the courage to pursue my passion, or the strength to carry on when times got tough (which they certainly have been, repeatedly, during the past 12 months).

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Declaring Your Independence As An Entrepreneur

3. July 2009

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Declaring Your Independence As An Entrepreneur

Starting your own business takes a lot of guts. The irony is, at some point all of our ancestors were entrepreneurs. So a part of you, deep inside, knows you have the ability to run your own show. And your ancestors would likely be either highly annoyed or amused at your weak kneed waffling.

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How To Work From Home Without Driving Yourself (And Others) Crazy

4. May 2009

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Working from home is not always easy and in fact can present the average person with many hair-pulling opportunities, brought on by screaming kids, noisy neighbors, phone hogs and people who make off with your precious office supplies when you're not around. Learn how to minimize the distractions and stay focused if you work out of your house or apartment.

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This Is Your Brain On Twitter (Free E-book)

31. March 2009

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For those of you who are not yet familiar with Twitter, at first glance it can seem like a puzzling and pointless tool used by attention-deficient adults and prepubescent kids to flood the Web with a raging torrent of asinine announcements and useless updates. Fortunately, there's much more to it than that. Discover great uses for Twitter, from the free new e-book, This Is Your Brain On Twitter: A Business User’s Guide To The Fast-Growing Microblogging Phenomenon.

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