By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Tools & Resources
Tools are great. They free up time, give you data to help you make better decisions, and often have oddly satisfying interfaces that are hard to resist.Problem? The good ones are deep within the jungle of app stores and listing websites with all their endless options. We’ve hacked through the jungle so you don’t have to. Here’s […]
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By Joel Widmer | Course of Action Podcast
Subscribe on iTunes Philip Rykwalder is one of the top cavers in the United States. He’s also the owner of Southern States Properties. He bought his first rental property in 2015 with $13,000 to his name, and in less than 2 years he went from knowing nothing about real estate to owning over 30 […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Tools & Resources
I bet you have a hundred marketing tasks on your to-do list right now.If you’re like me, you’ll plan to cross out 10 of those today, but only have time to finish half…. And then 15 more will fill their space.It’s an especially big problem for me because I’m marketing dozens of companies. I’m always looking […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Success
We ask ourselves questions almost every moment of the day. Every decision we make is an answer to a question. Every goal we set is fueled by questions. I love this quote by James Stephens: We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question […]
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By Joel Widmer | Tools & Resources
It’s no secret I love trying new business productivity tools and apps. If it saves time or automates a process, I’m in! Over the past few months, I’ve tested dozens of new productivity tools and wanted to the best ones with you in this post. Let me know your favorite tools in the comments below and which productivity tools […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing
Publishing a blog post often gets simplified into coming up with an idea, writing about it, and hitting publish. But as anyone who has a blog will tell you, it’s never that simple. Here is the process that we go through at Fluxe for our content and our clients’ content. I recommend you always take […]
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By Joel Widmer | Tools & Resources
Do you know how many hours you spend on email each week? Each day? How about the number of hours you spend on business development? Or reactive vs. proactive activities? I didn’t either until I started tracking my time. Because I wasn’t charging by the hour, I didn’t think time tracking was necessary. Boy was […]
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By Joel Widmer | Content Marketing , Tools & Resources
Think about the staggering amount of content you’ve created over the years. Think of all the emails you send and receive. (Need a reminder? Just check the total number of emails in your inbox.) What about work documents and client materials? (Look at all the Google Docs and Word files.) And we haven’t even gotten […]
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Over the last 5 years, I’ve been fortunate to be in several great mastermind groups with some incredible people. I can honestly say those groups have been the biggest key to improving my business and myself over the years. There is no one size fits all formula for a Mastermind. I’ve seen dozens of groups and […]
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