Leslie Leftley

“The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy” (Cal Newport, Deep Work, p. 14, italics author’s).

I decided that the topic may have been to vague for most people, and so I’ve extended it to stimulate your imagination.

Here’s your schedule for the the week: Monday (2 hours); Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, you get 90 minutes.

How will you spend your time?

There’s a web site and app called Coffivity that will give you the sounds of a coffee shop without you actually having to be in one.

You can choose between times of the day, too.

Whatever you call it, Les, you have to be able to write persuasively; and it can’t be a hard sell.

If people feel that you’re the protagonist, they’ll defend their position, and they won’t buy.

You have to get alongside of them. They have to feel that you know what they’re thinking, and that you agree with them.

You don’t have to be a…[Read more]

I hated HostGator. They made it incredibly difficult to do anything except send them money.

I was with BlueHost for years. Then a friend offered to put my sites on his server for free. So now I’m with SiteGround.

SiteGround’s customer support seems to be better than BlueHost.

70% of my request have been unanswered.

I’ll leave them there.

No harm done and, when it’s important, they might reply.

And so far, apart from showing a little extra interest, accepting or not accepting a friend request has made very little difference in this forum.

Sean’s suggestion to read the book ONE THING changed how I do things. Now I don’t have a list of 20 things but just 1 to make me feel like I accomplished something worth while. And it is amazing when you do things that way how often the one thing gets done and you can move on to something else that would probably be tomorrow’s one thing and you…[Read more]

After today’s coaching call, it’s to review my comments in PP and a lot of messages that you and I have had, and figure out a system that encompasses the big ideas as much as possible.

Then codify it, write a book, and get this show on the road!

Many years ago, I read that no one really predicts how people will use technology. For example, you may recall (or read) that Bill Gates said something along the lines of no one ever needing more than 64 MB of memory. (Something like that.)

Now couple that with the well-known psychological principle that “you get the behavior that you…[Read more]

Sean is right…Google doesn’t care about YOU…Google cares about Google’s bottom line. But it all then goes back to a couple things.
If you create content that benefits your readers, Google will rank you and you’ll benefit along with your readers. And…even though Google might have ads that show up ahead of your organic search engine your…[Read more]

Great thread…hopefully making those who read it look further into whether what they offer is worth what they hope to make. Jen is right that everyone needs a clearly defined niche and a unique hook, but as Sean replies, even if what you offer isn’t as “awesome” as some other ‘cup of coffee’ in the same niche, as long as your tribe trusts you…[Read more]

Great Question Julia,
It invokes true thought and should make anyone who reads it really think through their site(s).
I however, have 2 questions (maybe suggestions) for you.
Have you intentionally made it difficult for people on you site to get your guide? Most squeeze page sites are simple with no scrolling and easy to see that there is only…[Read more]

Bruce- Your latest comments are very true but most marketers don’t think of the value of their time so keep ‘spending a dollar (in time) to save a dime’. If you have zero money it can be a way to get started but after you’re started, your area of expertise is not ‘everything’. Spend a little to save a lot (of time which is money). Great post.

Great job getting started, Jen!

And the “settled” feeling is worth so much for your success and momentum.

Mark

I will keep you in my prayers.

Yes Jen, the video I’m referring to is the small one of YOU inside the larger one of your screen. It is not at all that YOU are too big but that the video of you covers up a pretty significant amount of your screen. I’m not sure what software you’re using but the size is usually just a click and drag the corner resizing just before you render…[Read more]

Thanks, Dana.

I’m always interested in a new tech offering.

Mark

Robert,
This must be old home week, I’m back myself after a lapse.
Hope you’re doing well.

Les,
Thanks so much for the response, and the friends request! I did go in and accept.
I appreciate what you’re saying, about finding an honest review community. I would like to find that, but figured, I have to start somewhere. Til today I had a YT channel with videos with no likes, and only a few views. Gotta get the ball rolling somewhere (at…[Read more]

Steve,
Yes, thanks so much for visiting the channel and giving my first YT comment! 😀

Oh, I have no qualms admitting it’s far from perfect! I have a long way to go, but then again, it’s also completely new territory for me. I always shied away from videos and did screencasts instead, so the “video-within-a-screencast” seems like the perfect…[Read more]