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  1. Vance

    Austin, Texas.

    MEETUPS 
    Thanks for posting, looking forward to the Meetup this week, would be great to get a Mastermind group going!
  2. Vance

    How do you keep yourself motivated on doing something?

    HOT! 
    Your reasons for absolutely needing to accomplish your goal, HAVE to be bigger and better than your reasons for not doing it. Sit at your desk in your office at 2:30am, looking at a pile of bills including IRS and a forclosure notice on your house and you'll find a way. Have money in the bank...
  3. Vance

    Atlas Shrugged

    BOOKS 
    I was introduced to Fountainhead and Atlas 20 years ago in my mid 20's. None other than the late bodybuilder Mike Mentzer mentioned they were a "must read" while he was interviewed by Bill Phillips of Bodyforlife fame. This is before BFL was even a twinkle in Bill's eye, back in the good old...
  4. Vance

    BigCommerce Rest In Peace (Alternatives Re: Price Increase)

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Changing platforms is a PITA, and all companies know this. So yes they'll still collect revenue but at what cost? Will be interesting to see the outcome. Good luck in your switch, I've been out of the E-commerce space for quite some time so unfortunately I can't help on recommendations on a...
  5. Vance

    BigCommerce Rest In Peace (Alternatives Re: Price Increase)

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    The goal of Bigcommerce since at least 2011 was to go public at all costs. They've propped themselves up with massive VC money and looks like the boys are wanting to collect and speed things up. Everyone I know who worked there back in 2012 has quit or been fired. Good luck in your switch...
  6. Vance

    Think & Grow Rich is Utter Crap Compared To This Book

    BOOKS 
    Think and Grow Rich is really the setup for the Law of Success volumes. IMO the latter is a true masterpiece and he was describing what Men throughout the ages had done in the past (mystery schools), unlocking many parts of the mind. Like anything else this can be taken too literally, especially...
  7. Vance

    Why I'm Dropping Out Of College

    EXECUTION 
    I never went to college. Hell I barely graduated High School with my 2.1 GPA. I was bored to tears in school. I did however embrace "self-education" at the age of 19 and have never stopped. Now three successful businesses later I should finally hit a 7 figure income this year. It wasn't me...
  8. Vance

    Austin, Texas.

    MEETUPS 
    I'm in North Austin just South of Louis Henna.
  9. Vance

    Well... I'm officially a Millionaire

    GOLD! 
    Congrats Grumpycat, you figured out in 23 years what it took me 44 to learn and apply! Keep the hammer down and don't look back. And you completely hit the nail on the head with the world's distractions. I find this the most difficult for people to comprehend. They all agree "okay, you become...
  10. Vance

    AMA about PPC Advertising. Google Adwords, Facebook Ads, whatever...

    MARKETING AMA 
    Eskil, Just came across this thread, thanks for the great advice! I haven't gotten a chance to read it all yet but I will, however I was wondering if you had any recommendations for someone looking to generate quality insurance leads (niche market, but still competitive) via PPC, perhaps on...
  11. Vance

    Inbound Marketing Via Hubspot Rather Than SEO?

    MARKETING 
    Having learned and performed SEO for about 4 years now on my insurance websites, I've decided to switch gears and go for a major branding effort on the web. I will still rank sites via SEO to sell leads off of, but in all reality what that essentially comes down to is scamming Google on a daily...
  12. Vance

    Fastlane AMA: James Altucher; Startups, Publishing, Bloggin More...

    EXECUTION NOTABLE! 
    I must admit, prior to this thread I had never heard of James Altucher. I'm now 1/2 way through his book "Choose Yourself" and one of the great things I'm picking up from the book is, James Altucher doesn't seem to give a sh*t whether I've heard of him or not. And I'm pretty convinced he never...
  13. Vance

    Fastlane AMA: James Altucher; Startups, Publishing, Bloggin More...

    EXECUTION NOTABLE! 
    Thanks James. Your insight makes me appreciate my Amazon Prime membership fee. The book arrives tomorrow! (You may use this testimonial as you wish) I try to relate my successes and failures to Maxwell Maltz's theory of our self-image. When I look at my background and growing up, including my...
  14. Vance

    Fastlane AMA: James Altucher; Startups, Publishing, Bloggin More...

    EXECUTION NOTABLE! 
    James, Thanks for coming on here and for helping out with your great advice. I'm about to order your book and dive into your blog. I seem to be in the same pattern that you were in with the ups and downs of business. Though my numbers aren't in the millions, they might as well be because...
  15. Vance

    SEO is dead... or is it?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I always found the debate of white hat vs. black hat amusing. The righteous white hate wearers always love to claim how pure they are. Define Black hat? Sure there were things like cloaking that were pretty obvious, and naturally throwing 10,000 XRumer links in a day at a site is obvious...
  16. Vance

    SEO is dead... or is it?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Learning SEO was the greatest thing I could have ever done. And I forced myself to learn it after spending tens of thousands of dollars on idiot scammers who talked a great game but didn't truly know SEO. I'm in a niche that is a great product, but everyone else has it. SEO is the only thing...
  17. Vance

    Sales

    HOT! 
    Interesting thread. I've been in sales 20+ years, in fact it's all I've ever done. I've always been a top producer and in more than a few roles I've had the company ended up changing the pay structure always resulting in screwing the people who were actually producing the income. I remember when...
  18. Vance

    Forced onto Fastlane road by previous choices I made

    If you absolutely must get your pilot's ratings then if I were you I'd get a job at FedEx Express as soon as you can, even if it's as a Part Time handler. I worked there as a courier back in the early 2000's and they reimbursed me for my instrument rating and part of my commercial license...
  19. Vance

    I Could Use Some Facebook LIKES

    I just got 1045 FB likes and 2500 Twitter followers on Fiverr for $5 each, seriously that's the way to go. Just be sure to search by "rating" and go for the more well-respected people offering this.
  20. Vance

    Private Pilot license?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Hi all, I'm new here and just delving in, but saw this post and thought I'd comment. I'm a private pilot with instrument rating, as I was training for my commercial license when 9/11 happened. A lot of great info above, especially regarding the flight sim for your computer. Used correctly this...
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