The "Other Riffs" Chronicles

  • Thanks for subscribing … RockYourDay is coming soon!

    Apr 8, 2008

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    Peeps, the new blog is coming soon, just getting some kikcing images finished up.

    Keep your eyes on the prize … it won’t be long!

    Dave

  • I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

    Apr 6, 2008

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    Sure, I’m dating myself here with an A-Team reference in the title, but I don’t care. :-) Since I’ve started along the freelance writing path, I recognize the value of having people who can send work …

  • Christine O’Kelly Is Officially On Notice

    Feb 15, 2008

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    The word is out on FreelanceFolder that I’ve put Christine O’Kelly on notice for giving me the freelancing bug.

    No sooner did I plunder through her eBook to find ways to sell more of my coaching programs than I had a whole bunch of freelance copywriting come my way. Coincidence? Magic? Hell no, I just did what she said on page 17. I just didn’t expect it to get me all the work I could handle for 2 weeks straight.

    Now, if you know me well, you’ll know that the only thing tastier to me than helping myself to a nice tall pint of Guinness is helping myself to a stream of cash that I’ve been leaving on the table without even knowing it. But the taste of freelancing lucre has made me hungry for more, but not necessarily at the “get my feet wet” rates I’ve been using these last two weeks.

  • 8 Business Stats You Should Double In 2008

    Feb 6, 2008

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    As I mentioned yesterday in How to Double Your Sales (Over and Over Again), an easy way to improve your overall sales is to find a bottleneck – an area of your business where you’re not very efficient or effective …

  • Christine O’Kelly Made Me Do It …

    Feb 4, 2008

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    If you’ve been reading this blog for long, you’ve probably seen the interview I did with Christine O’Kelly (selfmadechick.com) where she talks about how she built a 6-figure freelancing business by using a few simple principles.
    If you’ve been reading her blog, you’ve seen that she just released …

  • Hear Dave Learn: Chris Haddad On How to Improve Copy

    Dec 4, 2007

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    I got on the phone last night with Chris Haddad (of One Way Spikes Of Doom!) fame, and he totally schooled me on my web copy. Gave me a whole new outlook on how I’m positioning my product, and I’ve learned a ton …

  • December Challenge Lesson #1 – Stop Thinking Hours, Start Thinking Results

    Nov 28, 2007

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    This is the first post in Dave’s December Challenge series – if you haven’t heard about it yet, read the intro here.

    If you’ve been wishing for more hours in the …

  • Updates, Heads Up And Being A Digg King

    Oct 22, 2007

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    I don’t know what planets aligned in just the right way, but it’s been a Digg-able month for me. I’ve been fortunate enough to land three articles on the Digg.com front page in the last few weeks and it’s generated a lot more traffic than I’m used to.

    Digg’s Been …

  • Why You Should Always, Always Keep Planting Seeds

    Sep 13, 2007

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    Got a call yesterday from a (long ago) coaching client with a major product coming out in October. Turns out word’s been getting around about the behind-the-scenes project management support I’ve been doing for online marketers and I’m being tapped to help make sure this launch goes as smoothly …

  • How Would You Have Done 2006 Differently?

    Dec 15, 2006

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    Can you change the past?
    Unfortunately, you can’t (well, at least as far as I know). All the mistakes you made in 2006 regarding how you handled your time, what kinds of things dominated your schedule … they’re all said and done. You don’t get a do-over, no …