Reverse To-Do List

The Daily Hustle I am a list builder. I break projects down into their most granular tasks and write them down in a to-do list on an old school scrap of notebook paper. If you look around my desk, folded and tucked neatly reused as bookmarks into books on my shelf, and in my round file cabinet (aka the trash), you'll find them everywhere. Using to-do lists is reinforced everywhere on the web. The tech industry, in particular, is obsessed with the cult of productivity and to-do lists. There are posts on the 5 best to-do list managers, not-to-do lists, and there are apps for that. The Read more

Why Conferences Matter

A Cynical Conference Veteran's Perspective In the Internet Marketing industry you can go from newbie to conference veteran easily in a year. One, there are so many of them and two, internet years go twice the speed of dog years. Gearing up to Affiliate Summit West I told myself if it wasn't for the fact I had promised to speak on a panel, I wouldn't have gone at all. As a salty conference veteran of 3 or so years, I thought I knew everyone I needed to know and could garner the information provided just as easily by staying at home Read more

Local Lead Plan Review

What is Local Lead Gen? This review assumes you know the basics of Local Lead Gen. If you don't, the first few links in my Local SEO Resources post will get you started. Local Lead Generation How-To Earlier this year Chad Frederiksen (CDFNetworks.com) wrote "Local Lead Plan: A Comprehensive Guide to Running a Successful Local Lead Gen Business." I received the launch email, put it on the back burner while I was doing projects, and totally forgot about it until October. So, like you, I thought “if I can get a list of 83 niches and Adhustler's Local Online advertising series free, why would I Read more

DIY MBA Reading List

Drawing heavily from the Personal MBA and infusing books that are either 1) directly applicable to building a web-based business or 2) have been personally recommended, here is the list in subject-matter Read more

Scaling Local Lead Gen

Good Local Lead Gen info to be found in this game of twitter telephone. Read more
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DIY MBA Reading List

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Amanda in Education | 14 Comments

 

Priceline Jay Walker's Library

Jay Walker's (of Priceline.com) Library

If you missed it, in yesterday’s post I decided I’d call out Will Hunting’s idea of getting a business education, for free, with what was available to you at the library. (Or, in my case, what’s been lingering unread on my bookshelf and at the library).

Today I’m outlining the books that I plan to read. A few notes:

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An MBA for $1.50?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Amanda in Education | 9 Comments

The Good Will Hunting Theory of education.

Back in ’97 you may remember this little movie with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon that netted them an Oscar for screenwriting. One of the film’s most brilliant lines, the kind that has stuck with me in the intervening 13 years, is at the end of this scene:

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