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  1. TropicalGuy

    Book Recommendations on Blogging

    BOOKS 
    thanks!!! :D
  2. TropicalGuy

    Make the awesome, ideal lifestyle everybody dreams of!

    IDEA 
    Thank you good sir! Copywriting is a great place to start, I'd recommend thinking less of yourself less as somebody who write copy and more as somebody who grows businesses. Your tool to do that is words: sales pages, lifecycle emails, blog posts, press releases, white papers, pick your poison...
  3. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    I see the issue, you defo should not be doing QC in your home country, this needs to be done in China and it shouldn't ship before it's completed. Do you have a budget for this task? PM it to me (per container) and I might be able to help you identify someone.
  4. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Cheers thanks!
  5. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Haha, to be honest the most important cold calls are generally partnership inquiries not cold leads. So calling website owners seeing if they'll help you sell your product, or scouring the phone book looking for people with extra square footage they are willing to sublease for under the market...
  6. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Thank you Sue !!!
  7. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    You Train thanks for being a fan! Your question is the million dollar question!!! I'm writing a book to try and solve it, but I'd go audience-first. Identify a (VERY SMALL AND SPECIFIC!!!) group of people who have a similar problem or desire and start helping them out. Further reading here...
  8. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Cheers +1 for Kaizen Way as well!
  9. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Yo! Cheers. I loved : Start with the Why and Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
  10. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Cheers sir. I also have an audible account-- for information, audio books are (generally) better than podcasts. Podcasts are more for infotainment + inspiration. That said: Start-Up School with Seth Godin Startups For the Rest of Us (Great bootstrapping marketing insights). Adsense Flippers...
  11. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Yes I have systems like you are describing for the key drivers of my business and personal life, including a writing diary, and many different creative "brainstorm sheets" for stuff like podcasts, lectures, and policy documents. Power of Habit is a must read book I agree. I've also ready "Work...
  12. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    haha gogiver a great question indeed. Here's the my daily framework. I travel every 30 days so I have separate routines for being on the road, but when I'm at home in Bali here's what I aim for: 7:45 AM - Wake up. Take shower. Two table-spoons of coconut oil. Drive bike to cafe, always in...
  13. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Hey Scott cheers and thanks for listening! If your cash flow isn't yet enough to let you quit your job, one approach to take a look at would be to dump all of your profits back into accelerated your key constraints. So you mentioned time and energy, but I'd find ways to get your money working...
  14. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Go ahead! Hope it works out for you, if it hurts your marketing in any way don't worry about the attribution. I'm here to help you kick a$$. Rock on.
  15. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Many are phone orders but it speaks more to marketing channels-- speaking of which, the most important blog post I ever wrote has 1 "like" on FB. Here it is: Announcing: The Tropical MBA Inner Circle Mastermind Group That post started what is now a six figure+ business. So getting people to...
  16. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Do you know what your budget is? Can you see ROI on full time design work? I'd build a relationship with somebody or Odesk, or better yet, hire somebody full time yourself. I have a fantastic full time web designer in the Philippines-- she does everything from development work, to some admin...
  17. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Hey Djax, Most of these products we've designed ourselves-- we use software called Solidworks-- and Ian's background was in Industrial design. Now we've got a full time industrial designer that creates new products for the company. We've also done some licensing and direct importing and stuff...
  18. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Hey man-- well done. I'm listening to it right now. You sound fantastic (better than mine!) and it's already funny as hell. Congrats man keep it rockin'.
  19. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    James I really appreciate you taking a listen! It's an honor to be able to do that. I used to rock around in my car listening to radio shows that would inspire me, and it's cool to be able to do it myself now.
  20. TropicalGuy

    Joined FL in late 2007 w/10K+ in CC Debt. Now biz averages 170K/month. AMAA

    NOTABLE! 
    Hey Djax, Thanks for checking out my site and for the kind words! Congrats on your quit date. You can live in Bali for 1K a month but it will cost you a lot of time to figure out how to get that done. If you really need to baseline, I'd recommend Chiang Mai or Nha Trang as the two top spots...
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