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I got hacked because of Ramit Sethi: A dead honest review about his Call to Action course

My heart was beating out of my chest.

My hands were trembling.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, but there it was, clear as day…

I had spent days on the prowl, trying to follow the data trail before it got cold. I knew someone was trying to game the system and find a backdoor onto my server. What I didn’t know is that he was already there. After thousands of attempts masked by fake IP addresses and forged accounts, he had finally found his way in.

My course and my content was being downloaded and shared to strangers around the world.

The course I had slaved over for months. The course I built with my sweat and blood, … Read more >

Instantly Stand Out with the Blue Donut Strategy

How do you stand out in a sugar-sauced world, where candy coatings get their own candy coatings and everyone under the sun is fighting to make their offer sweeter, juicier, and better?

You’ve got something good to offer.

You’ve got something important to do.

But what good does it do, if you can’t get noticed? Now the good news is, it takes a lot less than you think. But the better news is that the fix doesn’t just make you stand out. It explodes your market.

Here’s a true story…

When I was a little kid, my mom used to make donuts with blue frosting about once a year. She knew I loved anything blue, and I could never get … Read more >

8 Ways to Make Blogging a Snap Even If You Failed High School English

There are two types of people in the world: Those who love blogging. And those who don’t.

Either way, if you’ve ever found yourself banging your head against a wall, watching the clock tick away in front of a screen in the role of a scribe, then here’s a little something for you…

When I heard this from Christine Tremoulet, I knew I had to share it.

It’s a trick she uses to make blogging way easier…

Instead of writing in your browser interface, open up Facebook, and type in a message as if you were sharing something in a status update and you had something to get off your chest. Then, when you’re done, instead of posting it, … Read more >

How to Corner Your Market

There are two ways to do business.

Both can work, but only one can get you explosive growth.

This just came up yesterday by way of Brandy, an ExtraBold reader. She’s at a bit of a crossroads, and here’s what she said:

“I’m thinking of specializing in boudoir. I love it…I’m passionate about it, but scared to death that I’ll #1 fail, #2 miss other sessions…. advice?”

So, two things…

First, we have inner voices for a reason. If you love something, it’s your body sending a signal to your brain, saying, “Hey, let’s do this.” Don’t worry about the fear stuff. Fear is just what happens when you break through the wall of the unknown.

But how boring … Read more >

Getting Clients is Costing You

I’m calling bullshit.

You don’t need secrets. You don’t need insta-clients. You don’t need the tech treadmill. What you need is much more important.

See, there are two types of people in the world…

The first type we saw in the movie Up.

Like the dog that screams out “Squirrel!” at the first sight of anything shiny and new, this person chases the chase.

And trust me when I say our drug drip culture will plunge the needle deep into the pleasure circuits of your brain, selling you on faster, better, and easier, while it pries the cash straight out of your wallet.

So you get stuck looking for solutions outside of yourself.

Maybe education. Maybe apps to organize your … Read more >