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Dec. 16, 2024

How to Defend Against AI Agents Hurting Your Business (474)

Marketing pros everywhere are talking about how AI can help you with your content creation to be more efficient and to be more profitable with your business. But what they aren't telling you is that AI agents in the future …

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Dec. 9, 2024

Your Why Is Holding You Back (473)

Did you accomplish your business goals this year? Sadly, most content entrepreneurs did not. It's possible that your business why is holding you back from success. Now is the time to get a new why. ----- Today's episode is brought …

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Nov. 18, 2024

Books as a Critical Business Strategy for Creators (472)

When you look at the most successful content creators on the planet, they generally have at least one, sometimes more, books that they published. How important is it? Let's discuss. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful....

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Nov. 11, 2024

It's How You React that Matters (471)

Regardless of what happened to you in the past week, there are quite a few people in your life who are hurting right now. The decisions we make in the next few weeks to few months can change our lives …

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Nov. 4, 2024

Selling Your Content Inventory in 4 Steps (470)

Most content creators are selling their newsletter, podcast and website inventory the wrong way. By taking a limited-inventory approach, you can sell all your open inventory in a very short period of time. ----- Today's episode is brought to...

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Oct. 28, 2024

Using Habits to Stop Creative Resistance (469)

Resistance is all around us, stopping us from creating great things. But one thing can stop the resistance. It's called habit...and creating habits is actually easier than you think. Let's find out more in this episode. ----- Today's episode is...

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Oct. 21, 2024

TikTok Is Killing Our Kids [and they know it] (468)

If you’ve been following my updates, you know how I feel about TikTok. What we feared was true is actually true. TikTok is significantly harming us and our children. And they knew about it the whole time. In this episode …

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Oct. 14, 2024

The Road Less Traveled [it takes less than you think] (467)

Unfortunately, most content creators don't make it as content entrepreneurs. Sometimes it takes a different perspective and a minute to look around. And...it takes less than you think to follow the road less traveled. ------- Like this episode?...

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Oct. 7, 2024

You Need More No In Your Strategy (466)

I’m sure you are creating and distributing content everywhere. But is that the right move? Maybe your strategy should be more about no, than yes. In this episode we dive into the research to see what is really working in …

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Sept. 30, 2024

Be More John Lennon (465)

Have you taken the time to go back and think about why you started the thing you are doing now? If not, or at least you haven’t for a while, this episode might help. Maybe John Lennon can show us …

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Sept. 23, 2024

Content Creator? Start Attending In-Person Events in 2025 (464)

The most successful content creators I know, the real, real content entrepreneurs, make it a point to get to events on a regular basis, speaking or not. Now is the perfect time to get your 2025 in-person events schedule in …

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Sept. 16, 2024

I'm Never Going Back to Graceland (463)

You can have the best product in the world, but if it's wrapped in horrible content or worse yet, nothing memorable, what's the point? My friend and I toured Graceland, the home of the King, and learned an incredibly valuable …

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Sept. 9, 2024

Thinking (and Acting) Like a Millionaire (462)

If you want to be financially independent, the formula is actually quite easy. It's just that 99 percent of Americans don't follow the plan. Make sure you do. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , or . See all Content …

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Sept. 2, 2024

What's Your 2025 BHAG? (461)

You might be doing all the right things with your content creation...but do you have your goals in order? Let's take a page from Jim Collins and review our BHAGs. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , or . See …

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Aug. 26, 2024

Do What NSYNC Just Did (460)

NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" is blowing up the Top 100 charts again...and this after 25 years. You might not think so, but their little content play with Deadpool and Wolverine can work for you too. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE …

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Aug. 19, 2024

How to Write a Crime Novel [Special Episode] (459)

Writing a crime novel was the most challenging creative and content event of my career. In this special episode, True Crime Reporter's Robert Riggs interviews me about my writing process for "The Will to Die" and how it was different …

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Aug. 12, 2024

3 Must-Do Book Launch Strategies (458)

There are three key strategies you need to employ if you want a successful book launch, and each one happens WAY before you ever publish the book itself. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , or . See all Content …

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Aug. 5, 2024

James Patterson Writing Tips (457)

James Patterson is one of the most successful novelists of all time. I had the opportunity to spend an hour with him and Mike Lupica this week and received a number of takeaways and writing tips. Here they are. ------- …

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July 29, 2024

What Is Your Worthy Cause Right Now? (456)

Entrepreneur and content creator Marcus Sheridan says the most important thing we can do with our content businesses (and our lives) is to find the simple purpose behind what we do. . . ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , …

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July 22, 2024

What's Important Enough to Change? (455)

In this more personal episode, Joe talks about organizing his family renunion and how it took a change of behavior to make it happen. He thinks you'll relate. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , or . See all Content …

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July 15, 2024

Your Newsletter Is Too Important (454)

Most of us aren't taking our newsletter seriously enough. Here are four things that can take your newsletter to the next level. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , or . See all Content Inc episodes at the . and …

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July 8, 2024

Do or Do Not...There Is No Supposed To (453)

As content entrepreneurs (and human beings) we need to take "supposed to" out of our vocabulary. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , or . See all Content Inc episodes at the . and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

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July 1, 2024

It's Time for Your Content Collaboration (452)

If you want to be truly successful as a content entrepreneur, you need to strategically place content collaborations into your content business. Here's one example. . ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on , or . See all Content Inc episodes …

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June 24, 2024

Life Is Short [special episode] (451)

A special episode of Content Inc. talking about my experiences with Alzheimer's disease, spurred on by "Remembering Gene Wilder" the documentary. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness...

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