Dealing with Creator Failure I’m almost finished with the audiobook Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The main characters are video game designers, so this book is more than appropriate for any content creator. The ups and downs of creating something are palpable. Without giving anything away, the creators ...

This week is the official launch week for Epic Content Marketing, second edition. If you’d like to help (of course you do), please buy or share with your marketing or business friends this week. It is much appreciated. But…you ask…how did EPIC2 happen? Isn't one version of Epic enough? A little over a year ...

I've Done Enough This video from Jim Carrey made a real impact on me. If you go to the four-minute mark, watch the next 60 seconds. Carrey, after an illustrious film and comedy career, says, “I have enough. I’ve done enough. I am enough.” Life is short. Make the decisions that ...

On Moving Forward Sometimes you have to temporarily go left or right to ultimately move forward. While on holiday I was running a five-miler along the beach. About a mile into my run, there was a blockade. On the right, a pile of seaweed too large to leap over (not ...

Super Early Bird Prices go up on Friday for Creator Economy Expo. If you create content for a hobby, side hustle, or full-time for yourself or your company, you need to join me in Cleveland May 1st to 3rd. Bar none, the best speaking lineup we’ve put together in my 20 years ...

Savannah Bananas Owner to Keynote at Creator Economy Expo A few months ago I read a book about someone who changed the entire formula of what building a business looks like. That book was called "Fans First" by Jesse Cole, owner of the Savannah Bananas baseball team. The Savannah Bananas are ...