Podcast appearances and mentions of curtis mchale

When you invite the co-founder of WordPress on your podcast, you never know exactly where the conversation will take you. Starting with the basics of WordPress and WooCommerce, twists and turns took us through open source, blocks, eCommerce and the world as it is today. We not only hear about the tools, but some personal reflection from Matt tops it all off.

When you invite the co-founder of WordPress on your podcast, you never know exactly where the conversation will take you. Starting with the basics of WordPress and WooCommerce, twists and turns took us through open source, blocks, eCommerce and the world as it is today. We not only hear about the tools, but some personal reflection from Matt tops it all off.

Contemporary Coworking, Prolific Podcasting, Subscriber Segmentation, and More in Process Hacker News Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got contemporary coworking, prolific podcasting, subscriber segmentation, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/contemporary-coworking-prolific-podcasting-subscriber-segmentation-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/. Enjoy! Events Catch Jenny Feinberg in the Castro Art Walk in San Francisco, as she showcases her vibrant, expressive paintings on August 1. Seerfest 2019 is a one-day digital marketing event on October 3 in Philadelphia, where April Dunford will be a speaker. All sales from the tickets will go to Hopeworks Camden, an organization set up to help the youth of Camden, New Jersey achieve technology skills and job opportunities. Media In a world where working remotely at home is starting to be more common, why is coworking still valuable? You’ll hear about it in an interview with Alex Hillman on the Building Remote Teams Podcast. On the Inspired Money Podcast, you can find out more about Engel Jones and how he launched his record-setting podcast with the goal of having thousands of meaningful conversations with folks. Bill Wooditch pays a visit to the Breakfast Leadership Podcast to discuss his book, Fail More, and how failures can be used as foundations. In an interview with Bloomberg, Safi Bahcall discusses why he thinks Richard Branson and Elon Musk have outdone NASA. Writing Why do you need to segment your subscriber list and what’s the best way to do it? Brennan Dunn has come up with a beginner’s guide to help you out. When your boss betrays you it can change our career outlook, and most times, it’s for the worse. In a new HBR article, Ron Carucci offers ways to avoid the risk of becoming someone you don’t want to be. Some folks still prefer physical books over ebooks, and Curtis McHale is one of them. He also names a few book titles important enough to buy in hard copy. Recommended Resources Sean Ellis, who was referenced by Vinay Patankar and Maneesh Sethi, is working with Itamar Gilad to present the Breakout Growth Workshop in Barcelona on October 1. The event hopes to accelerate value delivery and achieve breakout growth for both new startups and established companies. On October 3, TEDxSan Francisco will be featuring a wide range of speakers, including Lauren Kunze, who was mentioned by Loic Le Meur, and Kimberly Bryant, who inspired Michelle Kim. Here is a list of interesting UX folks you can follow on Twitter, and one of them is Laura Klein, who was recommended by Rich Mironov in his Hack the Process interview. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Online Fundraising, Founder Dating, Hiring Professionals, and More in Process Hacker News Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got online fundraising, founder dating, hiring professionals, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/online-fundraising-founder-dating-hiring-professionals-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/. Enjoy! Events The Resource Alliance has announced Ann Mei Chang as a keynote speaker at Fundraising Online 2019, a free virtual conference from June 12 to 13 that will focus on digital fundraising, engagement, and emerging tech trends. Media What qualities are emerging leaders missing? Ron Carucci shares his thoughts on the Growth Mindset University Podcast. On the Leadership from the Core Podcast, Ashley Goodall separates fact from fiction about conventional leadership ideas. Dr. Anna Lembke sits down with Lisa Dale Miller on the Groundless Ground Podcast to expose the truth about the inadequacy of modern psychiatric treatment, opioid overprescribing, and ineffective chronic pain treatment. Writing Founder dating helps potential co-founders find each other and determining whether they are a good fit before creating a startup together. Ricky Yean shares a few founder dating rituals which might help you find your perfect co-founder match. If you’re wondering what podcasting equipment to try, check out this post from Alex Cespedes, in which he shares the tools he uses to record his show, Or So I Thought. While you’re there, sign up for his new weekly newsletter featuring eight things worth sharing. On the basis of a survey taken last March, Rich Mironov has put together a new blog post to answering the questions product leaders ask about their careers. In running a business, when should we do it ourselves and when should we hire help? In a new blog post, Mark Silver suggests two areas where we might be better off putting ourselves in the hands of professionals. Drawing on his experiences a professor, Daniel Coffeen shares a story about his personal experiences dealing with the fear and loathing of academia and its harsh reality. Recommended Resources The Boss Mom Workshop, a seven-hour intensive workshop centered on business and launching programs, is coming to Baltimore, Maryland on July 18. Boss Mom Dana Malstaff, who is followed by Maria Dismondy, will be leading the workshop. Improve your website’s conversion rate with Paul Boag’s one-day London workshop on September 10. Curtis McHale is a fan of Paul Boag’s show, Boagworld. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Chatbots, Bitcoin Prices, Lead Generation, and More in Process Hacker News Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got chatbots, bitcoin prices, lead generation, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/chatbots-bitcoin-prices-lead-generation-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/. Enjoy! Events This year from June 7 to 8 in Atlanta, Summit 21 is hosting a conference for Black women centered on entrepreneurship and leadership, and their roster of speakers includes Nicaila Matthews-Okome. Build your community and learn from the world’s top content creators, including Sarah Cooper, Brennan Dunn, Pat Flynn, Nathan Barry, Jeff Goins, and more at Craft + Commerce, happening in Idaho from June 7 to 10. Pat, Nathan, and Jeff were mentioned by Hack the Process guests Nicaila Matthews-Okome, Omar Zenhom, Paula Jenkins, Justin McGill, and Curtis McHale. You can now register for the Mindfulness and Trauma Conference for presentations by Rhonda Magee and other leaders about how to heal trauma through the practice and science of mindfulness. The event will run from August 2 to 4 in Rhinebeck, New York. Media Our latest Hack the Process guest, Maneesh Sethi spent part of his entrepreneurial journey living in caves, and on the Optimal Living Daily Podcast, he shares how he did it and how he fights distractions in daily life. Chat bots can be helpful for your web visitors, and Omar Zenhom has a new podcast episode about the benefits and disadvantages as he breaks them down. Nicole Holland guests on the Marketing Speak Podcast to reveal how you can generate leads by leveraging your podcast. And on Conversations with Carrie, Nicole shares more of her entrepreneurial adventures as well as her weight loss journey. Get to know Mallory Wisong, virtual assistant to Paula Jenkins and a certified life coach. Find out why she believes in leaving room for the unexpected, and how it can lead to incredible things on the Jumpstart Your Joy Podcast. The Coin Mastery show returns after a few months with a new video from host Carter Thomas. Crypto investors can discover the latest Bitcoin price trends and hear about the path to $30K. Writing The Computer Science Teachers’ Conference, where Sasha Ariel Alston took part as a speaker, wrapped up last May 4, and they’ve published a post that covers all the lessons learned. Recommended Resources Some seats are still available for the first FlynnCon1, an in-person conference from July 26 to 28 in San Diego, California run by Pat Flynn, whose podcast has been mentioned by Nicaila Matthews-Okome, Omar Zenhom, and Paula Jenkins. Can you get rich while investing none of your own cash? Apparently, you can, according to Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, whose writings inspired JuVan Langford. Listen as Robert compares investing your own money to leveraging other people’s money on The Rich Dad Channel. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Slow Goals, Video Storytelling, Knowing Emptiness, and More in Process Hacker News Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got slow goals, video storytelling, knowing emptiness, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/slow-goals-video-storytelling-knowing-emptiness-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/. Enjoy! Events At Transform ‘19 in San Diego from May 8 to 9, digital marketers will learn how to grow their brands by understanding online reputation, event management, and customer experience strategies. Tiffani Bova will be featured as the keynote speaker. LinkedIn Toronto is gathering a panel of video storytellers and marketers, including Tara Hunt, at Storytelling: Presenting Live and Online on May 14 to discuss how they use stories and videos to build communities and online influence. Laugh the night away with Sarah Cooper and other female authors at Women Authors of Comedy Night, a fundraiser by Women’s Media Group on May 15 in New York. Dorie Clark, an author and marketing consultant Nicole Holland and Ron Carucci mentioned in their interviews, will also be at the event. Media WEYV is a relatively new service that allows you to listen to music and podcasts and read magazines and ebooks while supporting the creators. WEYV’s CEO and our latest guest on Hack the Process, Stephanie Scapa, guests on the How I Built It Podcast to discuss the effective business model they used, their pricing plan, and more. To get the life you want, you have to be ready for a long-term commitment. In the newest episode of Personal Development Without the Fluff Podcast, Guy and Ilan Ferdman encourage you to enjoy the long, slow process of reaching your goals instead of taking shortcuts. Join Byron Morrison in his free five-day planning, productivity, and focus challenge. Just register, join the Facebook group, and learn how to structure your day for success! Writing As parents, yelling at our kids can be unhealthy. But we can avoid it by understanding three reasons that lead to yelling, shared by Heather Chauvin. Find out how to set up a mastermind group by reading this recent blog post from Ryan Waggoner. Improve your chances of success in building a full-stack startup by considering these seven factors proposed by Ricky Yean. Did you miss out on Omar Zenhom’s talk at Microconf? If so, here’s a recap of what he discussed about bootstrapping a Saas product. Recommended Resources Enjoy five nights of immersion in mysticism and peace at Living Compassion’s Blessed is the Knowledge of Emptiness from May 27 to June 1. Living Compassion was founded by Cheri Huber, a prominent figure in meditation and Buddhism who was mentioned on Mike Massy and Kate Swoboda’s episodes of Hack the Process. You can make a living from podcasting. To learn more about the role podcasting can play in content marketing, listen to this chat between Colin Gray of The Podcast Host and Paul Boag on The Boagworld Show. Curtis McHale recommended Paul Boag’s podcast. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Big Thoughts, Inspiring Acts, Social Proof, and More in Process Hacker News Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got big thoughts, inspiring acts, social proof, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/big-thoughts-inspiring-acts-social-proof-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/. Enjoy! Events The Women’s Foreign Policy Group, together with CulturalVistas, is featuring Ann Mei Chang on May 2 in New York for their Author Series to enlighten the audience about accelerating impact with social innovation. On May 4 in New York, you’ll find Sasha Ariel Alston presenting a workshop at the CS Teachers Conference – For Teachers By Teachers, an event that promotes unity among teachers in NYC. Empower yourself through voice expression! Join Mike Massy in Beirut, Lebanon for the Voice Matters Workshop, a six-day program for voice coaching and self-healing from May 6 to 8 and May 13 to 15. Media Our latest Hack the Process guest, Safi Bahcall paid a visit to The Tim Ferriss Show to explore the topic of thinking big and share the ideas found in his newly-published book, Loonshots. What are the benefits of coworking? Tune in to this interview with Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz on the Marketer of the Day Podcast to find out what they have to share. Chris also recently published an informative post on Medium about Opportunity Zones legislation and how the tax incentives affect small businesses. The late rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle inspired many folks, including Nicaila Matthews-Okome who shares her journey in the first quarter of 2019 and quotes Nipsey in her latest podcast episode: The Highest Human Act is to Inspire. Writing Social proof is a psychological phenomenon which encourages people to copy the actions of others. Tom Corson-Knowles teaches how, by using social proof in marketing, you can grow your business, and he breaks down the types of social proof in his latest blog post. Are you in need of a few business books to spark that lightbulb moment and drive you into action? Alistair Clay lists 47 of the best small business marketing books so far for 2019. Recommended Resources The Boss-Free Virtual Summit is an eight-day online gathering of some of the finest coaches, entrepreneurs, and authors coming from a variety of industries, starting on April 30. Some of the participants will be Jeff Goins, Pamela Slim, Aaron Walker, Dorie Clark, John Lee Dumas, and Natalie Eckdahl. These speakers were all referenced by previous Hack the Process guests, including Curtis McHale, Pace Smith, Engel Jones, Nicole Holland, Ron Carucci, Tom Morkes, Nicaila Matthews-Okome, and Maria Dismondy. The proposed changes to Medicare Part D will likely take away valuable medications required by Americans living with HIV. Join forces with Tez Anderson, mentioned by Frank Strona in his campaign to protect this program and the health of folks affected by HIV. If you can’t join author Julia Cameron live for one of her in-person writing workshops, you’ll be glad to know that Julia has introduced The Right to Write Video Course. Heather Chauvin, Loic Le Meur, and Jay Wong are all fans of Julia’s books. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Plugins are pretty self-explanatory, but choosing the right ones for your website can be another story. How trustworthy is WordPress’ review system...or any review system for that matter? On this episode Micah and Josh look at the ins and outs of choosing plugins and handling reviews, and Micah hunts for a WPMU DEV 1-star reviewer.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTThis episode is brought to you by Forminator!From basic contact forms and surveys to interactive polls with real-time results and “no wrong answer” Facebook-style quizzes, Forminator is the WordPress form builder for, well, everyone.Use this link to get Forminator and all of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.Featured Links:“Which WPMU DEV Hero Are You?” Forminator-powered quiz"WPMU DEV - Terrible Usability" - Curtis MchaleFeatured Interviews:John Abner, co-owner of Bia's Pet StopSusannah Wollman, creator of O! Susannah!Curtis McHale, business coach at curtismchale.caTimothy Bowers, COO at WPMU DEV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If the feast and famine cycle is something you are going through, I would encourage you to take a look at the Stop the Cycle course. Stop the Cycle is where Curtis McHale and myself pull back the curtain on our own sales processes that have let us build 6 figure business without 60-hour work weeks. If you haven’t already done so, and this is something you have interest in, go to Stop The Cycle - https://rezzz.com/stop-the-cycle and register now. It is $199 now, but will go up on Black Friday.

In the last 5 episodes, I shared with you a course called Stop the Cycle where Curtis McHale and myself to be delivered to you on November 30th at 3:30 PM EST. If this is something you have interest in, go to Stop The Cycle - https://rezzz.com/stop-the-cycle - and register now.

This is part 5 in a 5-part series called Stop The Cycle where I ask you a question and you’ll get an actionable item to take away with you at the end of the show to help your sales and marketing so that you are on the way to stop having the feast and famine killing your business. What if you only talked with high-quality leads that viewed you as an expert? You want people to respect you, right? You want to be valued as the expert in the conversation, right? What are you as the expert doing to facilitate that? Experts ask the right questions, they try to ask the right questions early on in the process. If knowing what the right questions to ask is something you have been trying to figure out, you aren’t alone. Which is why Curtis McHale and myself have built a workshop called Stop The Cycle. During the workshop, Curtis and I pull back what we’ve done in our sales processes that have let us build 6 figure businesses without 60 hour work weeks. If you haven’t already done so, head to https://rezzz.com/stop-the-cycle/ to learn about the details of the workshop and all the resources for you and how you will stop the feast and famine from killing your freelance business.

Romantic Music, Uncomfortable Conversations, Finding Purpose, and More Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got romantic music, uncomfortable conversations, finding purpose, and more. It’s been a year since we started publishing Process Hacker News, and I’d love to know what you like about it and what improvements you’d like to see. Please feel free to add a comment or send a note and share your thoughts! For all the links, check out the show notes at: http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-11-13-process-hacker-news-romantic-music-uncomfortable-conversations-finding-purpose-and-more/ Enjoy! Launches Check out the soundtrack created by Mike Massy for the new romantic comedy film, Khabsa! Events On November 16, catch Jon de Waal among the speakers of TEDxTacoma in Washington, as they explore bridging the gap between military and civilian families. Curtis McHale joins forces with Jason Resnick for Stop the Cycle, a workshop designed to help freelancers learn how to get clients, which goes live on November 30. Curtis’s upcoming book, The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Started, is also now available for preorder on Amazon. Media The Dervish and the Mermaid Podcast has been around for five years, but they are now saying farewell. Tune in to Kyeli and Pace Smith’s final episode as they conclude their podcasting journey with what they call their 10 house rules. Writing This past week more than 100 women were elected to congress in the United States of America. In a new Forbes article, Ron Carucci explains why this is great for everyone. Tiffani Bova’s book, Growth IQ, has won another award; this time from the 2018 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards. Congratulations! More awesome news from Sasha Ariel Alston who is featured on the cover of Role Model Magazine’s fall-winter edition. Way to go, Sasha! Why do you need to make room for uncomfortable conversations in the workplace? Read about Michelle Kim’s fight for diversity and inclusion in a Glass Door interview. Did you know that you can reach out to your customers thru text messages with Avochato, a software startup co-founded by Alex De Simone? Well now it’s possible to automate customer text messaging with Avochato’s new Zapier integration. Quizzes can be part of a great marketing strategy, and Josh Haynam can tell you the ten best quiz topics to use of when trying to create your own quiz. Recommended Resources On the Hack the Entrepreneur Podcast, whose host Jonny Nastor was recommended by Alistair Clay, hear how Tibor Laczay of Zenni Optical co-founded his company with his wife and how they went from their garage to one of the biggest glasses manufacturer in the world. Catch feminist Gloria Steinem, who inspired Jenny Feinberg at Lesley University’s Boston Speaker Series on November 19 and 28. Sam Altman, President of YC Group, talks about choosing projects, creating value, and finding purpose in a new episode of the Y Combinator Podcast. Y Combinator is a startup accelerator firm co-founded by Paul Graham, referenced both by Ankit Shah and Ricky Yean. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

This is part 2 in a 5-part series called Stop The Cycle where I ask you a question and you’ll get an actionable item to take away with you at the end of the show to help your sales and marketing so that you are on the way to stop having the feast and famine killing your business. What if you could have your sales process running 24/7 scouring the web for opportunities? You need to have a process in place for you to jump on opportunities when they happen. This is a much more proactive approach. If this social media is a distraction for you and you find yourself using sales as an excuse to be on it you aren’t alone. If you’ve always wanted to leverage automation, but don’t know where to start with it. Curtis McHale and myself have built a workshop called Stop The Cycle. During the workshop, Curtis and I pull back what we’ve done in our sales processes that have let us build 6 figure businesses without 60 hour work weeks. If you haven’t already done so, head to https://rezzz.com/stop-the-cycle/ to learn about the details of the workshop and all the resources for you and how you will stop the feast and famine from killing your freelance business.

This is part 1 in a 5-part series called Stop The Cycle where you’ll get an actionable item to take away with you at the end of the show to help your sales and marketing so that you are on the way to stop having the feast and famine killing your business. When you are deep in project work, it’s so easy to let your marketing slide. We’ve done it, those client problems you’re solving mean money right now. It’s not today or tomorrow that will hurt when you are heads down on a project and not marketing your business. It’s next month or 3 months from now. If this is something you are finding difficult, you aren’t alone. Which is why Curtis McHale and myself have built a workshop called Stop The Cycle. During the workshop, Curtis and I pull back what we’ve done in our sales processes that have let us build 6 figure businesses without 60 hour work weeks. If you haven’t already done so, head to https://rezzz.com/stop-the-cycle/ to learn about the details of the workshop and all the resources for you and how you will stop the feast and famine from killing your freelance business.

Rentable Fashion, Courageous Parenting, Effective Moonlighting, and More Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got rentable fashion, courageous parenting, effective moonlighting, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-10-02-process-hacker-news-rentable-fashion-courageous-parenting-effective-moonlighting-and-more/ Enjoy! Launches Congratulations to Rent the Runway for opening up a standalone shop in San Francisco! The fashion startup, where Hampton Catlin is VP of Engineering, lets members rent special occasion clothing for a monthly subscription fee. Events Some seats are still available at Integrative Thinking for Leaders on October 5 in Toronto, where Jennifer Riel will teach participants to use differences to create new options. Media Teens can be tough to manage, but you can listen to some tips from Psychologist Dr. Ken Wilgus as he shares his knowledge about effective parenting of teens in the newest episode of the Groundless Ground Podcast by Lisa Dale Miller, As a guest on the Raiseology Podcast, Kate Swoboda discusses the courage habit and how it applies to the challenges of being a parent. On the Building A Business That Lasts Podcast, Gavin Zuchlinski talks about Acuity Scheduling’s history and growth, and how the appropriate work attitude can support learning and decision-making. Curtis McHale compares running a business to running a race, and sheds light on what happens when the going gets tough for a business. In Tiffani Bova’s Let’s Be Clear interview at Dreamforce 2018, she shares the wisdom learned from the thirty companies she talked to for her book, Growth IQ. Writing Got a full-time job? Ryan Waggoner recommends you try moonlighting as a freelancer and provides several great reasons why in his updated article. If you’ve been exercising and eating well, but these healthy habits are leaving you worn out, Julian Hayes II suggests eleven possible reasons in his recent article. As a Mindfulness Instructor, Andrew Nance shares some ways to use performing arts to help children express emotions instead of acting out. On Quora, Rich Mironov gives his thoughts on the challenges of product acquisition for a large tech company, as opposed to new product development. Recommended Resources Tony Robbins is a motivational speaker who was mentioned as an inspiration by Byron Morrison, Jay Wong, Adam Siddiq, and Luis Congdon, and on his recent podcast episode, he chats with author and leadership expert Sam Walker about what it means to be a true leader. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders can register now for the Black Girls CODE Computer History Museum Enrichment Event on October 28 in Mountain View, California to learn about designing and coding. Kimberly Bryant, the founder of Black Girls Code, was recommended by Michelle Kim. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Mindful Americans, Overnight Success, Positive Feedback, and More Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got mindful Americans, overnight fame, positive feedback, and more. For all the links mentioned, please check out the show notes: http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-09-04-process-hacker-news-mindful-americans-overnight-fame-positive-feedback-and-more/ Enjoy! Awards Creating Great Choices: A Leader’s Guide to Integrative Thinking, written by Jennifer Riel and Roger Martin, made it to the list of finalists for the National Business Book Awards. Jennifer is also teaching a ten-day practical guide to integrative thinking email course on Highbrow. Events Wisdom 2.0 brings you Mindfulness in America from October 21 to 22 in New York City. The event, to be hosted by Anderson Cooper, will feature speakers who are prominent in the mindfulness community including Jon Kabat-Zinn, Arianna Huffington, and Rhonda Magee. Mindfulness teachers are welcome to join the Mindful Educators September Retreat in San Francisco on September 22, where Andrew Nance is one of the speakers. Media While on vacation in Portugal, Truly Social Podcast hosts Tara Hunt and Carlos Pacheco got to have a chat with the comedy success The Portuguese Kids about their beginnings and how it took them 15 years to achieve “overnight” viral fame. Nicole Holland was recently filmed in conversation with Jason Hsiao at Animoto headquarters talking about how to focus your marketing on your edge over the competition–which is yourself! On the latest episode of Personal Development Without the Fluff, brothers Guy and Ilan Ferdman explain the reason why peace of mind comes from intuition and not intellect. Writing Steve Goldbach delivers some market-disrupting ideas in a recent interview for the National Center for the Middle Market. Feedback is not the same as criticism, and in Kimberly Wiefling’s latest article, she offers some tips and tools for giving feedback in a positive way. The Art of Focus, a new book by Curtis McHale, is now out and on sale! If you’d like to know more about time management and focus, grab your copy now. Recommended Resources Falling Awake, the latest book by Jon Kabat-Zinn, is now available! Jon is a prominent leader in the world of mindfulness who is followed closely by Rhonda Magee, Bill Duane, and Lisa Dale Miller. The Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute led by Chade-Meng Tan, who was referenced by Bill Duane, is helping future-proof kids in Bhutan by providing emotional intelligence training in their schools. What’s the difference between an assumption and a hypothesis? Tristan Kromer, mentioned by Rich Mironov, published a blog post on this topic. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Fast Food Humor, Scheduling Social Media, Lies, Lies, Lies, and More Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got fast food humor, scheduling social media, lies, lies, lies, and more. For links to all the resources mentioned, please check out the show notes: http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-08-21-process-hacker-news-fast-food-humor-scheduling-social-media-lies-lies-lies-and-more/ Enjoy! Events Interested in learning how to run events of your own? On August 23, Andi Galpern is hosting a webinar called Ask Andi, where she will answer queries about putting together events and growing a brand. Join Rhonda Magee, George Mumford, and Rose Pavlov at Mindfulness for Social Justice from October 5 to 8 in Garrison, New York, where practitioners will learn how mindfulness can help them address issues in the community. Rhonda also offers a more in-depth explanation about mindfulness and social justice in a blog post she published. Catch Sarah Cooper at Martech 2018 in October at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, an annual conference focused on marketing, tech, and management. Also, recent news about a mother giving birth at Chick-Fil-A also inspired Sarah to publish a hysterical guide comparing maternity services at fast food chains. The Silicon Valley Engineering Leadership Community, organized by Kimberly Wiefling, is featuring the principal of Critical Change LLC, Thea Singer Spitzer, at Collaborate to Achieve Amazing Things on September 20 in Palo Alto. The event, hosted by Ron Lichty, will be focused on team collaboration. Fundraisers For Jina Anne’s 35th birthday, she invites you to celebrate life by donating to the clean water campaign for Charity:Water she put up to help provide clean and safe drinking water to people all over the world. Happy birthday, Jina! Media Lies, lies, lies. As he launches season two of his Rendition Podcast, Alex Cespedes shares three short stories about lies and their effects. A new episode of the Groundless Ground Podcast by Lisa Dale Miller reveals how embodied cognition and embodied mindfulness can be explained, with philosophy professor and writer Evan Thompson. Listen to Alex Hillman tell the story of how he began coworking in Philadelphia and how he founded Indy Hall on the Philly Who Podcast. There is a difference between training like a power lifter versus training like a bodybuilder. Let Malek Banoun help you figure out which one is best for you in his newest vlog. There are so many ways social media have changed our lives, but not all of them have been positive. Curtis McHale tells us the reasons why he doesn’t schedule time for social media on The Smart Business Show. Recommended Resources Not feeling the thrill when working on certain skills? Amy Hoy, podcast partner of Alex Hillman, offers some tips on learning new skills you’re not passionate about. Marques Brownlee talks Tesla and tech in an interview on his Talk Tech show with Elon Musk, who is a prominent resource mentioned by a number of guests, such as Tom Morkes, Omar Zenhom, Ricky Yean, Loic Le Meur, and Alex de Simone. Scott Anthony discussed Leadership Lessons from the Trenches of Disruption in a recent Talks at Google presentation. Scott is a strategic advisor mentioned by Ron Carucci. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please send me a note to let me know what processes you’re hacking, and how Hack the Process can help.

We talk a lot about the concept of deep work here at Asian Efficiency, which is all about maximizing your intensity of focus so that you can produce excellent work and be more productive. But that assumes that you have time to focus on your important projects, which for many people is a luxury they […]

We talk a lot about the concept of deep work here at Asian Efficiency, which is all about maximizing your intensity of focus so that you can produce excellent work and be more productive. But that assumes that you have time to focus on your important projects, which for many people is a luxury they […]

Today’s guest is Curtis McHale. Curtis is a husband, father, web developer, and business coach (you can find him at curtismchale.ca and SFNDesign.ca).

This season is all about the freelancer and business owner. We sometimes forget the origin stories of why we do what we do. We often feel alone sitting behind our laptop and think we are the only ones struggling or succeeding. We’ll chat with some amazing, creative, and brilliant business owners about their defining moments in life, some struggles they faced and how they overcame them, learn unique strategies of running a freelance business, and of course have some laughs too. We talk to Justin Jackson, Curtis McHale, Philip VanDusen, Paul Jarvis, Carrie Dils, Vincent Pugliese, Matt Inglot, Val Geisler, Bridget Willard and more! Head over to http://liveinthefeast.com to subscribe and never miss an episode.

Mindful Veterans, Scalable Sales, Training Wheels, and More Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got mindful veterans, scalable sales, training wheels, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-july-10-2018-mindful-veterans-scalable-sales-training-wheels-and-more/ Enjoy! Events Get your giggle on with Sarah Cooper at the Laughing Buddha Comedy Showcase at the Triad Theater in New York on July 24. Woman veterans can now enroll in the upcoming Veteran’s Path Anchor Program which begins on July 15. In this four-month program in Colorado, vets can expect to learn and practice mindfulness tools that can support them in their daily lives. Bill Duane is the Vice Chairman of the Board at Veteran’s Path. Awards Congratulations to Jennifer Riel and Roger Martin for winning in the strategy and leadership category of Emerald Publishing’s Awards for Excellence 2018 with their article, An Integrative Methodology for Exploring Decision Choices. Launch RightMessage by Brennan Dunn is launching RightAsk, which is a great way to survey and segment your audience. Media If time is constantly an issue for you, listen to an interview with Curtis McHale as he shares some secrets for making the most of your limited time on The Productivity Show. Discover how to build an effective scalable sales process from this Close.io webinar featuring Steli Efti, Mike Sutherland, Mike Paladino, and Vinay Patankar. Get some tips on side hustling and stock trading from investor Tela Holcomb, who was interviewed by Nicaila Matthews-Okome for the Side Hustle Pro podcast. Nicole Holland guests on the Marketer of the Day Podcast with Robert Plank to discuss interviews that convert, targeting the proper audience, and building your network. Writing What do McDonald’s and Petco have in common? A sales-increasing marketing technique you can learn from! Luis Congdon writes about an effective marketing tactic that you can use for your business. Recommended Resources Akimbo, a podcast by Seth Godin has a new episode in which Seth talks about juggling, bicycles, and training wheels and how all these apply to life. Alex Cespedes and Tara Byrne are both fans of Seth Godin. Congratulations to Kimberly Bryant, one of Michelle Kim’s influences, for being honored at the annual McDonald’s 365Black Awards, which gives recognition to individuals who have had a positive impact on the African-American community. Tune in to Grow Your 1099, a podcast hosted by Josh Jones and Mitchell Levy, who was referenced by Kimberly Wiefling. Mitchell himself takes the guest chair in the latest episode, sharing details about his work-life balance. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Ever wonder why some people seem to get so much more done than others? We all have the same 24 hours in a day, so what makes some people super-productive while others just can’t seem to get things done? In this episode, we dive into the strategy of timeblocking and how high-achievers use it to […]

Ever wonder why some people seem to get so much more done than others? We all have the same 24 hours in a day, so what makes some people super-productive while others just can’t seem to get things done? In this episode, we dive into the strategy of timeblocking and how high-achievers use it to […]

Hosting Teas, Urgent Sales, Thriving Creatives, and more in Process Hacker News from Hack the Process Podcast Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got hosting teas, urgent sales, thriving creatives, and more. Enjoy! Events Tea with Strangers, founded by Ankit Shah, is hosting several events this month! See if anyone is hosting a tea time in your area, and make some new friends. From September 20 to 21, the Agile Greece Summit 2018 will feature some great speakers, and Rich Mironov will take part to speak about the need for user validation. You can listen to George Mumford, Rose Pavlov, and Rhonda Magee explain mindfulness for social justice at a three-day conference of contemplation and compassion from October 5 to 7 at the Garrison Institute. Books The cover of Sarah Cooper’s upcoming book, How to be Successful without Hurting Men’s Feelings, has been revealed, and the book is now available for preorder! Media Season 2 of the Double Your Freelancing Podcast is out! In the newest episode, you’ll hear host Brennan Dunn chatting with Dustin Robertson, the CMO of Drip Automation Software. Listen to what Curtis McHale thinks of Dan Zadra’s book, Where Will You Be Five Years from Today?, on his book review podcast, Should I Read It. Side Hustle Pro just released an interview with author, speaker, and Essence Senior Editor Charreah Jackson, in which host Nicaila Matthews Okome chats with Charreah about her new book, her side hustles, and more. In the newest episode of In the Trenches, Tom Morkes welcomes Deadline Funnel CEO Jack Born, and they get into the topic of increasing sales by using scarcity and urgency. Writing Find out the research process used by LinkedIn’s Sunny Patel in this article from Andi Galpern. The most recent Hack the Process guest, Jennifer Riel got asked ten questions in an interview with Kurt Manwaring of From the Desk. Recommended Resources An event for women leaders is taking place in Irvine, California. You can now register for BizChix 2018 Live: Leadership for Women Entrepreneurs happening in November, which will be led by its CEO, Natalie Eckdahl, one of the influences mentioned by Maria Dismondy. If you’re in New York City on June 20, catch Jeff Goins, an author and speaker recommended by Curtis McHale, as he talks about his book, Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age. If you’ve got a tough job, but you want to succeed in high-stress situations, tune in to this new podcast episode by Tim Ferriss, who has a number of followers among Hack the Process guests, including Michelle Kim, Omar Zenhom, and Alex Cespedes. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got PR misconceptions, talent strategies, book reviews, and more. Enjoy! Media Increase your focus dramatically by asking yourself this question that Jay Wong has for you. Doing things differently may just help you find your way to success. Listen to how Josh Haynam adjusted his process and approach until his company became a hit on the Make It Snappy Show. Curtis McHale has been publishing book reviews on his podcast, Should I Read It, and his most recent review is of a book by Michael Hyatt titled Your Best Year Ever. Listen in! Pamela Wasley advises entrepreneurs to be strategic with talent on the Absolute Advantage podcast. Writing In honor of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, and Transphobia, Michelle Kim has written a little reminder for the LGBTQI community. What are the three common customer misconceptions about public relations? You can find out from an article written by Ricky Yean. A personal story about how a friend cheated him for money is shared by Luis Congdon, and he reveals the lessons he learned from this unfortunate experience in his latest Entrepreneur article. Michelle Dale gets more personal in her recent blog post and tells about the true story of her path to confidence and self-discovery as a digital nomad. The founder of Burning Man, Larry Harvey, recently passed away, and Loïc Le Meur wrote a post in his honor. Recommended Resources One of the folks that Michelle Kim looks up to, Kimberly Bryant of Black Girls Code, has been honored at Silicon Valley Forum’s 21st Visionary Awards. Congratulations, Kimberly! Are you working your schedule or is your schedule working you? Find out on this episode of the Here and Now Toronto Podcast with guest Eric Termuende, a workplace expert recommendation made by Tara Byrne. Amy Hoy, referenced by Alex Hillman, has written a blog post ranking nine ways to make software-as-a-service (Saas) customers hate you. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got cat herders, retreats in Egypt, integrative psychiatry, and more. Enjoy! For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-april-24-2018/ Books Discover great tips on productivity from Curtis McHale’s new book, Analogue Productivity. Events Hey, virtual assistants, what’s better than a virtual assistant retreat? A virtual assistant retreat in Egypt! In October, [Michelle Dale] and Danielle Greason are hosting a retreat in El Gouna, Egypt for virtual assistants and online service providers. Media The latest Hack the Process guest, Byron Morrison, has a new video up about the Thought Freedom Technique, which helps you free yourself from negativity. In the newest Groundless Ground Podcast episode, Lisa Dale Miller explores the subject of integrative psychiatry with Jose Calderon-Abbo, MD. When you’ve hit a plateau in your workout routines and aren’t getting results, try these tips by Hack the Process guest Malek Banoun. In a new episode of Mom Is In Control, Heather Chauvin goes deep into how she is dying to be a good mother. Josh Haynam was nearing burnout until he finally reached $1 million in annual revenue. He reveals all that and more to Ryan Robinson on The Side Hustle Project Podcast. If you’d like to know how affiliate marketing can grow your business, listen to Tom Morkes discuss that on the Peak Performers Podcast with Thor Conklin. Writing Present yourself well, and gain confidence in the process. You can find some useful tips from Frank Strona. Want to learn how to be a good writer? Read the writing habits of successful authors shared by Tom Corson-Knowles. Recommended Resources Elizabeth Smart, a New York Times best-selling author who was once kidnapped for nine months, reveals how hope heals on The School of Greatness Podcast with Lewis Howes, a great influence on Malek Banoun and Paula Jenkins. Grab your copy of Herding Cats: A Sarah’s Scribbles Collection, recently released by Sarah Andersen, one of Sarah Cooper’s favorite cartoonists. If you’re frequently comparing yourself to others and it’s becoming a bit unhealthy, Nicole Culver, referenced by Nicole Holland, suggests four ways to avoid comparison traps. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got joyful insects, fearless beauty, conscious parenting, and more. Enjoy! For all the links, check out the show notes: http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-april-10-2018/ Events On April 14, Ron Lichty will be interviewed by Marcus Blankenship, where Ron will speak about the manager’s role in Agile. You can also register for Intro to Agile: Managing Teams for Faster Productivity which will be led by Ron on April 30 in Seattle. Media Mark Silver reflects on Passover, liberation, and tight places in a recent video he published. Beauty shouldn’t compromise safety, and Sidehustle Pro guest Melissa Butler proves that with her product line, The Lip Bar. Host Nicaila Matthews interviews Melissa about her cosmetic journey from the kitchen sink to Target shelves. Parents and teachers, teach your kids the value of empathy through active listening. Maria Dismondy has some good tips for you. Building a business and giving up employment seems to be everyone’s goal, but Adam Warner co-founded FooPlugins and still went out to get a job. Curtis McHale chats with Adam about living the dream while being employed on The Smart Business Show. Everyone would love to learn the secrets behind juggling a 9-5 while building a business on the side. Omar Zenhom reveals the steps he recommends bon the $100MBA Show. Don’t you wonder why ants are so determined? Paula Jenkins talks about her observations on how ants practice joy every day on the Jumpstart Your Joy Podcast. On the Business Owner’s Freedom Formula Podcast, Pam Wasley shares her knowledge about starting, scaling and selling a business. Writing Process Street, a process checklist tool founded by Vinay Patankar, was used in a case study with Megaventory. If you’re interested in advanced supplier management, read on! Marketing automation sequences can help you keep in touch with your clients. Josh Haynam, founder of the quiz builder, Interact, writes about this topic. Recommended Resources Parents are invited to register for two programs led by Dr. Shefali Tsabary, A Deep Dive into Conscious Parenting from April 20 to 22 and Silent and Guided Meditation Retreat from April 22 to 25. Heather Chauvin follows the work of Dr. Shefali. On Book Marketing Mentors, Author Jeff Goins, recommended by Curtis McHale, shares how to use the best of Michaelangelo’s top entrepreneurial skills. Jeff is also joining the speaker line-up of The Thing, a workshop that helps you make your ideas into reality, happening in Orlando Florida from May 16 to 20. Wim Hof, mentioned by Tara Byrne, is one individual with mind-blowing accomplishments in the area of personal physical development. There’s a new video which features Wim Hof’s superhuman training by Vishen Lakhiani of Mind Valley, who was recommended by Michelle Dale. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got reclaiming confidence, purpose & legacy, not-so-free video games, and more. Enjoy! For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-march-20-2018/ Launches The newly-launched RightMessage by Brennan Dunn just published their feature roadmap. Interested in seeing what they can do for your website? Request a free demo! Events DC folks, come check out Nicaila Matthews on Let’s Talk Entrepreneurship by SheSaysDC on March 22, where she’ll be among three panelists to talk about their beginnings, their careers, and their struggles. Work at Indy Hall, founded by Alex Hillman, during Open Hall on April 9 with free day passes and catch the live acoustic performance of Saint Anytime which will go down at 7PM. You’ll find Rich Mironov back in Dublin, Ireland again on April 11 for Managing Stakeholders and Priorities, a one-day workshop for Product Managers. Everyone who attends gets a copy of Rich’s The Art of Product Management. Learn about Reclaiming Confidence on March 23 through a free workshop with Paula Jenkins. Media Stephen Hawking inspired many people, and Heather Chauvin is one of them. Listen to her episode about purpose and legacy on the Mom Is In Control Podcast. Carter Thomas was recently on the Bad Crypto Podcast, talking technical analysis. Crypto followers can also subscribe to Carter’s YouTube channel at Coin Mastery to stay on top of cryptocurrency trends. In the latest of episode of The Dervish and the Mermaid, you can listen to Kyeli and Pace Smith‘s take on why free video games are not free after all. Writing When your projects are finished, it doesn’t just end there. Find out the three things you need to do when you finish a project in the newest article from by Curtis McHale. Recommended Resources View from the Top founder Aaron Walker, whom Engel Jones recommended following, will take part in 3-Day MBA 2018, where the secrets and processes of the featured business folks will be uncovered. Boost the credibility of your page using these tips from Live Your Message founder Marisa Murgatroyd’s blog. Nicole Holland went through a program of Marisa’s. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Process Hacker News for February 5, 2018 For all the links, or to join the mailing list, check out the full show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-february-5-2018/ Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got meditation retreats, funding good tech, boosting sales, and more. Enjoy! Launches RightMessage, a new automated content personalization tool, just launched, and Brennan Dunn could use your help in spreading the good news! Milestones Fund Club, which was co-founded by Ashe Dryden, was able to raise $7800 in January to help bring back ThurstHQ, a safe dating app that lets queer people of any gender connect online. You can support Fund Club too! Events Thanks to Kimberly Wiefling for sharing news about the Women of MENA in Technology Conference which features women of Middle Eastern and North American backgrounds in tech. It’s happening at Oath in Sunnyvale, California on February 10. Join Lisa Dale Miller for a day of meditation on February 10 at Equanimity: Freedom Beyond Identity and Preference in Santa Cruz. Awaken clarity and experience results by joining The Elevation Effect, a two-day gathering for men that will be led by JuVan Langford from April 28 to 29 in London. Media Our most recent guest on Hack the Process, Mike Massy, just uploaded a new video recording of his song, Qalbi. Give it a listen! Sarah Cooper dreamed of being a comedian but ended up with Plan B: working for Google. Hear her talk about her career detour and her upcoming book on the Recode Decode Podcast. Writing Process Street by Vinay Patankar has published some new blog posts by Benjamin Brandall and Ben Mulholland on simple process creation methods and lean manufacturing principles for quality results. Google Alerts can help boost your sales. Find out how with step-by-step examples in this article from LeadFuze, founded by Justin McGill. Recommended Resources The annual Wisdom 2.0 Conference is coming up this month, from the 22nd to the 24th of February in San Francisco. Guest speakers include some Hack the Process recommendations such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jack Kornfield and Chade Meng-Tan. They were people who influenced Bill Duane, Lisa Dale Miller, Rhonda Magee, and Loic LeMeur. When designing an interface, how do you understand the needs of users? Paul Boag, a resource mentioned by Curtis McHale, may be able to help you figure that out on the latest episode of the Boagworld podcast. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a rating in iTunes, and a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

In this episode, we dive deep into the topic of analog productivity. Mike is joined by Curtis McHale, a Dojo member and business owner who has been running a successful web software consulting business for 6 years and helping others do the same for the last 2. Curtis is also the creator of the Analog Productivity […]

In this episode, we dive deep into the topic of analog productivity. Mike is joined by Curtis McHale, a Dojo member and business owner who has been running a successful web software consulting business for 6 years and helping others do the same for the last 2. Curtis is also the creator of the Analog Productivity […]

For all the links in this episode, check out the show notes at: http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-december-11-2017/ Media Having trouble getting started? Here are 5 Businesses You Can Start Today from the latest $100 MBA episode by Omar Zenhom. From working with motivation guru Tony Robbins to being a host of her own podcast, Amy Porterfield tells In The Trenches podcast host Tom Morkes about her career, social media marketing, and how to build a digital product empire. Listen to social media marketing expert David Schloss as he describes overcoming adversity with Luis Congdon on the Thriving Launch podcast. Wow! Carter Thomas’s Coin Mastery just hit over 60,000 subscribers! In his newest episode the trading value of Bitcoin compared to US dollars is explained as well. Join up to learn more about cryptocurrency trends. Many businesses struggle before they start to do better. Gavin Zuchlinski, reveals why wanted to end Acuity Scheduling before its breakthrough and why he didn’t in an interview on Tribe of Entrepreneurs. Writing Have you ever tried Lucid Dreaming? Leade.rs founder, Loic Le Meur, shares the knowledge he’s gathered from the book Lucid Dreaming: A Concise Guide to Awakening in Your Dreams and in Your Life by Stephen LaBerge. Accidents can be damaging both emotionally and physically, but Frank Strona’s got some tips on what to do after an injury. Simply paying for Unconscious Bias Training for your employees isn’t enough to make it effective. But you can read several recommendations by Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Michelle Kim about how to prevent it from backfiring. Survey Can you spare three minutes of your time to fill in a survey for Upbeat PR, the new startup from Ricky Yean? Besides doing PR for your firm, he might be able to hook you up with a press page too! Recommended Resources The List, a technothriller written by J. A. Konrath, is now free for a limited time only! Tom Corson-Knowles found inspiration in J. A. Konrath’s words. To avoid feeling disappointed by the outcome of what we do, we should measure the process, not the results according to Jeff Goins in his latest motivational podcast episode. Curtis McHale mentioned Jeff on his epissode of Hack the Process. If you’ve never heard of Kolbe Assessment and how it’s used to discover your innate strengths, listen to Natalie Eckdahl’s interview with Andrea MacKenzie of Lead with Harmony. Maria Dismondy spoke highly of Natalie in her own interview here at Hack the Process. Sarah Andersen, creator of Sarah’s Scribbles and recommended by Sarah Cooper, speaks about the power of comics in her interview on NYLA Talks. Note: Process Hacker News will be taking a brief hiatus for the holidays, but will be returning next year. If you want to make sure you don’t miss an issue, along with special items that are exclusive to mailing list members, be sure to sign up and join the Hack the Process community!

Process Hacker News for November 20, 2017 Welcome to the Process Hacker News, a quick weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. For links to anything mentioned in this episode, please check out the show notes, and to join the community and receive expanded updates weekly, sign up for the mailing list at HacktheProcess.com/contact/. For all the links in this episode, take a look at the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-november-20-2017/ Events Interested in supporting diversity and inclusion? The last AlterConf SF needs sponsors! Don’t miss out on this conference by Ashe Dryden happening on December 10. Connecting with your audience can be difficult, but cracking a joke isn’t easy either. Maybe you can pick up some tricks from Sarah Cooper by attending her talk in Chicago for the kick-off of Modus World Tour on December 6. Writings You’ve probably heard the phrase “just empty rhetoric,” but have you ever wondered why rhetoric has such a negative reputation? Absorb some of Daniel Coffeen’s thoughts in his most recent blog post. Can you succeed as a Product Manager even though you’re an introvert? Product Management Expert, Rich Mironov has a good answer to that question. Media The most recent Hack the Process guest, Maria Dismondy was also interviewed Katie Davis of The Institute for Writers. Listen in as they talk about support for writers. Fear can hinder anyone, so how do we deal with it? This week Pace Smith and her wife, Kyeli, have a discussion about Futzing Without Fear in The Dervish and the Mermaid podcast. Frustrated with Facebook’s algorithm changes? Tara Hunt just published a new video that will teach you how to survive the ever-evolving Facebook. Tom Corson-Knowles released an interview with Ricci Wolman, Founder & CEO of Written Word Media, where they discuss all about online book marketing strategies When we’re in the middle of running a business, sometimes it’s hard to know what to focus on. If that sounds familiar, tune in to Curtis McHale’s interview with Brent Hammond on managing your energy. Products For those interested in online marketing, Mark Silver is offering a special platform bundle with three home study products and personal feedback. Learn more about the offer by checking out the link. Recommended Resources Tim Ferriss will be at Barnes and Noble on Union Square in New York for the launch of Tribe of Mentors on the 21st of November at 6PM. Tim has been a great influence on a number of Hack the Process guests, including Michelle Kim, Omar Zenhom, Alex Cespedes, Vinay Patankar and Malek Banoun Jay Conrad Levinson is offering early bird tickets to Guerrilla Marketing Global Summit, which will happen from the 3rd to the 5th of May next year. Jay was mentioned as a resource by Nicole Holland. Having values is key, even when it comes to business. Patrick Campbell chats with Kyle Porter on the importance of values-driven growth. Justin McGill named Patrick as one of his resources. Thanks for listening to this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. Go to hacktheprocess.com for links and details, or to sign up for the mailing list for expanded updates. And please leave a rating in iTunes, and a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking. This has been M. David Green for Hack the Process.

Process Hacker Updates Awards This week a couple of our Process Hackers were recognized in the media: Jay Wong has been named as one of the Top 40 Millennial Influencers to Follow in 2018 by New Theory Magazine. Check out who else is on the list! Previous Hack the Process guest Tom Morkes has been noted as one of the 7 Top Motivating and Inspiring Mentors of 2017, alongside other noteworthy publishers including vloggers Casey Neistat and Gary Vaynerchuk, by self-mastery coach Johnny from the Motion-Effect blog. Publications Several Process Hackers published new blog posts and podcast episodes this week: If you want to know what the hardest part about starting a new business is, get it straight from Leade.rs founder, Loic Le Meur in his recently published Medium article. An Artist’s Benediction is a new Medium post by Jenny Feinberg where you’ll find some words of inspiration and commitment. Read on to find out more about how she approaches her art. If you’d like to develop a tough attitude, read Curtis McHale as he dissects Angela Duckworth’s book Grit, and see how the book is divided into three main questions and answers. Being healthy while still being productive at work don’t always feel like they can go hand in hand, but this essay about five easy habits by Julian Hayes II might change your mind. Want to be an expert in Artificial Intelligence or at least look like one? Perhaps you can by employing these hilarious tips by Noshaba Khan on Sarah Cooper’s blog. Events One of our Process Hackers is participating in a live event you might want to check out: What Use is Mindfulness in the Face of Injustice? Learn more about how mindfulness can transform our society by joining this retreat with Rhonda Magee and Jon Kabat-Zinn on December 1 and 2 in New York. Contests And one of the Process Hackers is running a contest: This week Dr. Kesha Moore is giving away a Woman’s Success Package written by women, for women. Just answer a simple question before November 17 for a chance to win three books by Brene Brown, Valorie Burton, and Kesha herself. Recommended Resources And here are a few updates from people our Process Hackers have recommended following: Have you heard of STATION F, a huge startup campus set in Paris? Read all about Brian Solis’s experience and even watch the video as he explores this formerly abandoned train station to show how it has transformed into a glorious new venue for tech startups. Brian was one of the resources mentioned in Tara Hunt‘s Hack the Process interview. If you’ve already gotten over the challenge of starting a business, you may be looking for The Trick to Scaling a Business. If so, you can learn a lot in the newest episode on Entrepreneur On Fire, where John Lee Dumas discovers how Nikitas Tsoukalis grew his business 80% every year. Tom Morkes, Nicaila Matthews, and Nicole Holland all told Hack the Process that they found inspiration thru John Lee Dumas’s podcast. That’s the Process Hacker News for this week. Be sure to sign up for the mailing list, where I’m planning to share expanded updates along with all the links. And if this has been helpful, it would be great to hear back from you!

FS 260: Ari Lamstein on Making Money From Open Source  This week on The Freelancers’ Show the panelists are Philip Morgan, Curtis McHale, Jonathan Stark, and Reuven Lerner. Special guest Ari Lamstein is here to discuss how to make money from Open Source. [00:02:05] Introduction to Ari Ari is a trainer and consultant who specializes in teaching the R programming language. He wrote Chloroplethr, which is an R package that makes it easy to make Chloropleth maps in R. [00:03:45] Chloroplethr A presidential map is a chloropleth map that expresses value for states using just one color. Other things that can be measured using a chloropleth map would be population, disease rates, and unemployment rates. The package that Ari wrote makes it easy to write maps in the R language, which is why Chloroplethr is spelled as one word. [00:05:26] How did you get into Open Source R? Ari worked as a software engineer in San Francisco. In 2013 he discovered the R programming language while trying to figure out how to do analysis of data at the real estate company where he was working. All the company data had a spatial component to it. Charts were not enough to analyze this data because they were trying to understand geographic patterns. In 2013 R didn’t have the ability to do exactly what he wanted so he wrote his own package. In 2014 he released it to the R community. [00:08:04] Where you doing this on your free time? His company was very generous. During Innovation week, which happens once a quarter, he was able to choose a project to work on. He chose this and was able to do it both during Innovation weeks at work and free time. [00:10:30] Monetizing Chloroplethr On February 17, 2015 everything changed. 2013 he was Learning R, in 2014 he had the skills and it seemed like an open field. Scheduled to give a talk about Chloroplethr and he got an email at work saying he was laid off due to his company being acquired by another. He knew he had to figure out how to make money from Chloroplethr. In December he monetized Chloroplethr by self-publishing a course and made $3,500 during the launch. After that he got a training and consulting lead. [00:14:05] Did you try other approaches to monetization along the way? Was the course the first stop? Nothing worked as well as the course did. [00:15:19] What other things did you try? He closed blog posts asking for people to hire him in 2015. Now he tells customers he does not provide free support for Chloroplethr but tells them about a $49 bundle a month he sells. [00:17:14] Not Offering Free Support There are a lot of free opportunities in the R community; free programs are not hard to find. There is a split of what people in the R community think about not offering free support. Other experienced developers in the Open Source community want to learn how to monetize their own projects. There are also a lot of hobbyists. They are spoiled by having access to a lot of free stuff, so they have been vocal about not liking that they have to pay for support. It's been surprising for him. It is good for market research. Unanswered stack overflow questions can show the opportunity that developers have in the Chloroplethr world. There is a high demand but no supply for expertise. It also points out the disparity between people taking action that involves paying money verses their need for that solution. [00:39:30] If someone is starting from scratch and they had a project they wanted to monetize? The best advice Ari got was from Nathan Barry’s book Authority. In the book is a marketing strategy called audience building. Ari recommends that developers create audiences based around their project. There are three tactics he recommends for how to monetize R packages. He created an acronym for these tactics: the Best Darn System (BDS) for monetizing an R package. B = Build an email list of people who are interested in your package. D = Deliver free training to your email list. S = Sell a training product to your list. Ari explains the need for an email list is because of the need to be able to initiate contact with people. Even though Twitter is active for R developers, engagement rates for email are better than Twitter. People have a hard time believing it because they think email is spam. He tries to get people comfortable using email as a marketing channel. The most popular thing he has done online is to create a free email course called “Learn to map census data in R.” The course teaches people how to use Chloroplethr how to map census data in R. He had 600 people sign up for the course in a few days. [00:45:05] Do you regret not having made Chloroplethr commercial? No. He feels it is one of the most interesting things he has done in his career and loves that the R community has so much free stuff. The only change he would make would be to know what he knows now about sales and marketing when he first started. [00:47:20] Did you ever have your employer claim ownership of anything having to do with Chloroplethr? Ari had to speak to his lawyer when he wanted to release Chloroplethr. The package system made it a special case. He had to file it under an Open Source license. The company’s lawyer wanted it to be under a BSD 3 license, which it was eventually released under. Ari’s employer owns the copywrite but the license is a BSD 3. That is unrelated to the product that was actually sold. Picks Reuven: Raymond Hettinger's talk Philip: Audio Technica Mic Bossjock Studio Jonathan: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield www.caddyserver.com/pricing Curtis: Dave Ramsey Podcast  Total Money Makeover  Profit First Ari: http://www.censusmappingcourse.com Profitable Portfolio Blueprint Links www.arilamstein.com 

FS 260: Ari Lamstein on Making Money From Open Source  This week on The Freelancers’ Show the panelists are Philip Morgan, Curtis McHale, Jonathan Stark, and Reuven Lerner. Special guest Ari Lamstein is here to discuss how to make money from Open Source. [00:02:05] Introduction to Ari Ari is a trainer and consultant who specializes in teaching the R programming language. He wrote Chloroplethr, which is an R package that makes it easy to make Chloropleth maps in R. [00:03:45] Chloroplethr A presidential map is a chloropleth map that expresses value for states using just one color. Other things that can be measured using a chloropleth map would be population, disease rates, and unemployment rates. The package that Ari wrote makes it easy to write maps in the R language, which is why Chloroplethr is spelled as one word. [00:05:26] How did you get into Open Source R? Ari worked as a software engineer in San Francisco. In 2013 he discovered the R programming language while trying to figure out how to do analysis of data at the real estate company where he was working. All the company data had a spatial component to it. Charts were not enough to analyze this data because they were trying to understand geographic patterns. In 2013 R didn’t have the ability to do exactly what he wanted so he wrote his own package. In 2014 he released it to the R community. [00:08:04] Where you doing this on your free time? His company was very generous. During Innovation week, which happens once a quarter, he was able to choose a project to work on. He chose this and was able to do it both during Innovation weeks at work and free time. [00:10:30] Monetizing Chloroplethr On February 17, 2015 everything changed. 2013 he was Learning R, in 2014 he had the skills and it seemed like an open field. Scheduled to give a talk about Chloroplethr and he got an email at work saying he was laid off due to his company being acquired by another. He knew he had to figure out how to make money from Chloroplethr. In December he monetized Chloroplethr by self-publishing a course and made $3,500 during the launch. After that he got a training and consulting lead. [00:14:05] Did you try other approaches to monetization along the way? Was the course the first stop? Nothing worked as well as the course did. [00:15:19] What other things did you try? He closed blog posts asking for people to hire him in 2015. Now he tells customers he does not provide free support for Chloroplethr but tells them about a $49 bundle a month he sells. [00:17:14] Not Offering Free Support There are a lot of free opportunities in the R community; free programs are not hard to find. There is a split of what people in the R community think about not offering free support. Other experienced developers in the Open Source community want to learn how to monetize their own projects. There are also a lot of hobbyists. They are spoiled by having access to a lot of free stuff, so they have been vocal about not liking that they have to pay for support. It's been surprising for him. It is good for market research. Unanswered stack overflow questions can show the opportunity that developers have in the Chloroplethr world. There is a high demand but no supply for expertise. It also points out the disparity between people taking action that involves paying money verses their need for that solution. [00:39:30] If someone is starting from scratch and they had a project they wanted to monetize? The best advice Ari got was from Nathan Barry’s book Authority. In the book is a marketing strategy called audience building. Ari recommends that developers create audiences based around their project. There are three tactics he recommends for how to monetize R packages. He created an acronym for these tactics: the Best Darn System (BDS) for monetizing an R package. B = Build an email list of people who are interested in your package. D = Deliver free training to your email list. S = Sell a training product to your list. Ari explains the need for an email list is because of the need to be able to initiate contact with people. Even though Twitter is active for R developers, engagement rates for email are better than Twitter. People have a hard time believing it because they think email is spam. He tries to get people comfortable using email as a marketing channel. The most popular thing he has done online is to create a free email course called “Learn to map census data in R.” The course teaches people how to use Chloroplethr how to map census data in R. He had 600 people sign up for the course in a few days. [00:45:05] Do you regret not having made Chloroplethr commercial? No. He feels it is one of the most interesting things he has done in his career and loves that the R community has so much free stuff. The only change he would make would be to know what he knows now about sales and marketing when he first started. [00:47:20] Did you ever have your employer claim ownership of anything having to do with Chloroplethr? Ari had to speak to his lawyer when he wanted to release Chloroplethr. The package system made it a special case. He had to file it under an Open Source license. The company’s lawyer wanted it to be under a BSD 3 license, which it was eventually released under. Ari’s employer owns the copywrite but the license is a BSD 3. That is unrelated to the product that was actually sold. Picks Reuven: Raymond Hettinger's talk Philip: Audio Technica Mic Bossjock Studio Jonathan: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield www.caddyserver.com/pricing Curtis: Dave Ramsey Podcast  Total Money Makeover  Profit First Ari: http://www.censusmappingcourse.com Profitable Portfolio Blueprint Links www.arilamstein.com 

FS 259: Anthony English on Making a Radical Change in Positioning  On this episode of the Freelancers’ Show panelists Jonathon Stark, Curtis McHale, Philip Morgan, and Reuven Lerner talk to special guest Anthony English. Anthony discusses making a radical change in positioning. Tune in to learn more about this topic!  [00:02:30] Introduction to Anthony Anthony has an IT background working with mid-range systems. He has recently been transitioning into being a business coach. [00:03:31] Who do you work with and what kind of advice do you give them? Anthony works with people who are service professionals and highly technical but not necessarily in IT. They all share similar characteristics. They feel like they can’t sale, hate networking, and do not know how to translate their skills to clients. The first advice he gives professionals is to stop talking about their technical skills to clients because it only takes seconds to prove to the client that they are expert in their field. The questions they should be focusing on instead are: why does the client care? What problem are you solving for them? Anthony says that professionals are taking customers from point A to point B. The client needs to see how you will get them there. [00:14:50] How did you move from IT consulting to business coaching? Anthony still works in IT a little but states that companies do not put money into upgrading them. He was working with big companies and through agents originally, but when he tried to go on his own people companies told him they were used to paying $40 an hour. This rate was outsourced to companies in India and they wanted him to match that price. Anthony was not able to do so. He thought he should learn different skill sets but then he read Jonathan’s tweet about coding being the least valuable part of your existence, which made him decide to go a different route. Another reason was that he saw that business owners could be in different fields: there was no vertical. In talking to them he found out what their frustrations were quickly. This made him see that he could do that for service professionals and could teach them how to talk to their clients. [00:17:45] Was there ever an advantage to being Australian? How did that work and change over time? The size of the companies he works with have millions of dollars invested in outsource companies. He can’t have a conversation with them about that. The companies are frustrated and know it’s not working but they can’t change it. [00:18:35] Is there an industry norm to use outsourced body shops? There is an industry norm for the bigger companies such as banks. For smaller companies they could not see the value of doing anything other than keeping lights turned on. [00:19:15] What was your first sign that your value was now diminished by other alternatives? When Anthony actually worked in the business, there was a lot of nervousness from people who had been working in the industry for ten to fifteen years. He saw seemingly irreplaceable employees being replaced easily within a week, showing the dispensable nature of people. Also, people were trying to find any new work, even without knowledge of what they were doing. That is when he realized “the writing was on the wall.” [00:23:00] How do you get clients to trust you? Building trust happens fast. Anthony is not sure if it is his personality or a skill. LinkedIn has been a successful method with connected with clients for him. He has made it client focused instead of focused on his own skills. He changed his headline from “IT Specialist,” to “Business Coach. I’m going to get you better leads.” He has sent leads with pointed comments about what they are doing well. This has helped people respond very positively to him, wanting to connect. [00:36:24] Has additional LinkedIn profile views led to more leads and more business? Anthony’s LinkedIn profile views are up 50%: he has a larger number of people viewing his profile every week. It has given him more leads. It is too early in the process to know whether it has given him more business. He has found new businesses are connecting with him. It has led him to build many relationships. Anthony makes a point to connect with point to reach out to connections of those people who like his posts. He sends personal comments along with invitations, who almost always respond to him. [00:39:21] What kind of people use LinkedIn? A large number of people do not check their profiles. Service professionals mostly use the social media platform. [00:48:00] Understand Your Clients Anthony’s advice to professionals is to worry less about tactics. Instead, learn to understand clients and how to sale. That is the Achilles heel for those with a technical audience. Anthony urges professionals to learn how to understand and talk the language of their clients. Picks Jonathan iPad  https://jake-jorgovan.com/blog/a-simple-hack-to-generate-more-leads-on-linkedin Curtis  All Weather Pen Philip The Consulting Pipeline Podcast Reuven Das Keyboard  Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign  Anthony trinityperspectives.com.au

FS 259: Anthony English on Making a Radical Change in Positioning  On this episode of the Freelancers’ Show panelists Jonathon Stark, Curtis McHale, Philip Morgan, and Reuven Lerner talk to special guest Anthony English. Anthony discusses making a radical change in positioning. Tune in to learn more about this topic!  [00:02:30] Introduction to Anthony Anthony has an IT background working with mid-range systems. He has recently been transitioning into being a business coach. [00:03:31] Who do you work with and what kind of advice do you give them? Anthony works with people who are service professionals and highly technical but not necessarily in IT. They all share similar characteristics. They feel like they can’t sale, hate networking, and do not know how to translate their skills to clients. The first advice he gives professionals is to stop talking about their technical skills to clients because it only takes seconds to prove to the client that they are expert in their field. The questions they should be focusing on instead are: why does the client care? What problem are you solving for them? Anthony says that professionals are taking customers from point A to point B. The client needs to see how you will get them there. [00:14:50] How did you move from IT consulting to business coaching? Anthony still works in IT a little but states that companies do not put money into upgrading them. He was working with big companies and through agents originally, but when he tried to go on his own people companies told him they were used to paying $40 an hour. This rate was outsourced to companies in India and they wanted him to match that price. Anthony was not able to do so. He thought he should learn different skill sets but then he read Jonathan’s tweet about coding being the least valuable part of your existence, which made him decide to go a different route. Another reason was that he saw that business owners could be in different fields: there was no vertical. In talking to them he found out what their frustrations were quickly. This made him see that he could do that for service professionals and could teach them how to talk to their clients. [00:17:45] Was there ever an advantage to being Australian? How did that work and change over time? The size of the companies he works with have millions of dollars invested in outsource companies. He can’t have a conversation with them about that. The companies are frustrated and know it’s not working but they can’t change it. [00:18:35] Is there an industry norm to use outsourced body shops? There is an industry norm for the bigger companies such as banks. For smaller companies they could not see the value of doing anything other than keeping lights turned on. [00:19:15] What was your first sign that your value was now diminished by other alternatives? When Anthony actually worked in the business, there was a lot of nervousness from people who had been working in the industry for ten to fifteen years. He saw seemingly irreplaceable employees being replaced easily within a week, showing the dispensable nature of people. Also, people were trying to find any new work, even without knowledge of what they were doing. That is when he realized “the writing was on the wall.” [00:23:00] How do you get clients to trust you? Building trust happens fast. Anthony is not sure if it is his personality or a skill. LinkedIn has been a successful method with connected with clients for him. He has made it client focused instead of focused on his own skills. He changed his headline from “IT Specialist,” to “Business Coach. I’m going to get you better leads.” He has sent leads with pointed comments about what they are doing well. This has helped people respond very positively to him, wanting to connect. [00:36:24] Has additional LinkedIn profile views led to more leads and more business? Anthony’s LinkedIn profile views are up 50%: he has a larger number of people viewing his profile every week. It has given him more leads. It is too early in the process to know whether it has given him more business. He has found new businesses are connecting with him. It has led him to build many relationships. Anthony makes a point to connect with point to reach out to connections of those people who like his posts. He sends personal comments along with invitations, who almost always respond to him. [00:39:21] What kind of people use LinkedIn? A large number of people do not check their profiles. Service professionals mostly use the social media platform. [00:48:00] Understand Your Clients Anthony’s advice to professionals is to worry less about tactics. Instead, learn to understand clients and how to sale. That is the Achilles heel for those with a technical audience. Anthony urges professionals to learn how to understand and talk the language of their clients. Picks Jonathan iPad  https://jake-jorgovan.com/blog/a-simple-hack-to-generate-more-leads-on-linkedin Curtis  All Weather Pen Philip The Consulting Pipeline Podcast Reuven Das Keyboard  Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign  Anthony trinityperspectives.com.au

Fairness in Pricing Do you have questions about fairness in pricing? This episode features a discussion of this topic between Jonathan Stark, Curtis McHale, Philip Morgan, and Reuven Lerner. Tune in to learn more! Do you think it’s fair for someone to charge you more for a product than they charge other people? Reuven’s answer is that it is fair, but annoying. He wants to feel as if he has gotten a good deal, which is based on price for him. It’s fair to charge different people different prices, but he wants it to be to his advantage. 
Jonathan’s take on this is that people are bad at absolute value. Is thing worth X? He argues that value should not be based on price, but instead on value. He does not believe that the word fair can be applied to pricing at all.
 Curtis suggests some people equate fairness and value. He buys locally and will pay more sometimes at local stores, because he sees value in that. This is called the “feel good feeling.”
 Philip describes that he has two decision-making skills when it comes to price. The first is that money is not infinitely available, which he dislikes sometimes because he feels like it holds him back. Then there’s a no brainer category where if something has value to him, he doesn’t compare price. But he does have a threshold where he refuses to overpay, much like Reuven.

####How do you calculate overpay?
Philip suggests that there’s a feeling that he can figure out what the lowest price that a product sometimes gets sold for is and what overpaying would be for that product.  Jonathan doesn’t compare the price he is given to what other people spend on the same product. He personally determines the value that he will get out of the product. Philip suggests that the value depends on situation. Jonathan, who says that it has no value to him so he will not pay much for it, gives an example of a screwdriver. He still won’t shop around to find the cheapest one – just the cheapest one for him. 
####Two Types of Consumers: Maximizer and Satisfier   Curtis explains the difference between the two different types of consumers. A maximizer has to find the best price no matter what. For instance, if they buy a pair of jeans but then see a cheaper pair of jeans, then the value of the purchase made decreases. A satisfier has the mindset that if he finds a product that is cheap enough for them, they don’t think about the purchase again. Jonathan has never heard of these terms before, but based on the descriptions, these are the two types of people he hears from through emails.  Why does this topic matter? Because, as freelancers, you will set prices for products and services so there is a need to be aware that those two camps exist. Jonathan thinks the best clients are the ones not looking for the cheapest price, which are the satisfiers. He calls these the value shoppers because they are looking for the best product. Curtis agrees that maximizers create the “race to zero” – they lower your price quickly. One group of people will be angry no matter how you sell, so just pick how you are going to do it and stick to that path.
 Can you sell to both groups? Reuven believes that you can sell to both groups although it is challenging. He doesn’t believe many have the luxury of choosing what types of clients they work with yet. The proposed solution is to create a monopoly of a market of one; to differentiate yourself so there’s no other business to compare yours to. Philip suggests that pricing is a big part of the overall positioning of products. There are low-end and high-end brands that are controlled by price differentiations. 
He uses BMW as an example. They couldn’t drop the price to $20,000 all of a sudden. Consumers would not be happy because it would no longer be a status symbol or a high-end brand. Value-pricing It will be difficult to do value pricing well if you believe that there is fairness in pricing. While there is no scientific evidence to support this belief, Jonathan sites that his experience from clients has informed this belief. There appears to be a correlation between people who believe in fairness in pricing and their ability to value price. Because these people believe they are being unfair with their prices, they lower their prices, which make it tough for them to make money. He suggests for these people to attempt to offer products as services instead and establish set prices. This pricing point may be a better fit for these types of people’s personalities. 
####Relationship between the price set for something and your brand. Philip tells a story about a Hi-Fi Man, a Chinese company that makes headphones. They made headphones in the one to two thousand dollar range. The quality was known as less than what you paid by people when they first came out. In the last six months, they introduced a product priced at six thousand dollars. The reaction from people was very negative. There is a relationship between brand and a company that can justify a price - they couldn’t. Questions are asked when this happens. What does this mean for freelancers? Some freelancers decide they are going to price every service as the same thing out of fairness to their clients. But it wouldn’t be nice or fair to charge different clients different amounts of money for the same work. Every client wants a different result. Hourly billing is bad for everyone. People should set prices they are comfortable with selling to their clients. They should be self-aware of their pricing and know what kind of buyers they want to attract. Picks Curtis Are you a satisficer or a Maximizer Jonathan Leviathan Wakes Phillip My Dad Wrote a Porno Podcast Reuven How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future

Fairness in Pricing Do you have questions about fairness in pricing? This episode features a discussion of this topic between Jonathan Stark, Curtis McHale, Philip Morgan, and Reuven Lerner. Tune in to learn more! Do you think it’s fair for someone to charge you more for a product than they charge other people? Reuven’s answer is that it is fair, but annoying. He wants to feel as if he has gotten a good deal, which is based on price for him. It’s fair to charge different people different prices, but he wants it to be to his advantage. 
Jonathan’s take on this is that people are bad at absolute value. Is thing worth X? He argues that value should not be based on price, but instead on value. He does not believe that the word fair can be applied to pricing at all.
 Curtis suggests some people equate fairness and value. He buys locally and will pay more sometimes at local stores, because he sees value in that. This is called the “feel good feeling.”
 Philip describes that he has two decision-making skills when it comes to price. The first is that money is not infinitely available, which he dislikes sometimes because he feels like it holds him back. Then there’s a no brainer category where if something has value to him, he doesn’t compare price. But he does have a threshold where he refuses to overpay, much like Reuven.

####How do you calculate overpay?
Philip suggests that there’s a feeling that he can figure out what the lowest price that a product sometimes gets sold for is and what overpaying would be for that product.  Jonathan doesn’t compare the price he is given to what other people spend on the same product. He personally determines the value that he will get out of the product. Philip suggests that the value depends on situation. Jonathan, who says that it has no value to him so he will not pay much for it, gives an example of a screwdriver. He still won’t shop around to find the cheapest one – just the cheapest one for him. 
####Two Types of Consumers: Maximizer and Satisfier   Curtis explains the difference between the two different types of consumers. A maximizer has to find the best price no matter what. For instance, if they buy a pair of jeans but then see a cheaper pair of jeans, then the value of the purchase made decreases. A satisfier has the mindset that if he finds a product that is cheap enough for them, they don’t think about the purchase again. Jonathan has never heard of these terms before, but based on the descriptions, these are the two types of people he hears from through emails.  Why does this topic matter? Because, as freelancers, you will set prices for products and services so there is a need to be aware that those two camps exist. Jonathan thinks the best clients are the ones not looking for the cheapest price, which are the satisfiers. He calls these the value shoppers because they are looking for the best product. Curtis agrees that maximizers create the “race to zero” – they lower your price quickly. One group of people will be angry no matter how you sell, so just pick how you are going to do it and stick to that path.
 Can you sell to both groups? Reuven believes that you can sell to both groups although it is challenging. He doesn’t believe many have the luxury of choosing what types of clients they work with yet. The proposed solution is to create a monopoly of a market of one; to differentiate yourself so there’s no other business to compare yours to. Philip suggests that pricing is a big part of the overall positioning of products. There are low-end and high-end brands that are controlled by price differentiations. 
He uses BMW as an example. They couldn’t drop the price to $20,000 all of a sudden. Consumers would not be happy because it would no longer be a status symbol or a high-end brand. Value-pricing It will be difficult to do value pricing well if you believe that there is fairness in pricing. While there is no scientific evidence to support this belief, Jonathan sites that his experience from clients has informed this belief. There appears to be a correlation between people who believe in fairness in pricing and their ability to value price. Because these people believe they are being unfair with their prices, they lower their prices, which make it tough for them to make money. He suggests for these people to attempt to offer products as services instead and establish set prices. This pricing point may be a better fit for these types of people’s personalities. 
####Relationship between the price set for something and your brand. Philip tells a story about a Hi-Fi Man, a Chinese company that makes headphones. They made headphones in the one to two thousand dollar range. The quality was known as less than what you paid by people when they first came out. In the last six months, they introduced a product priced at six thousand dollars. The reaction from people was very negative. There is a relationship between brand and a company that can justify a price - they couldn’t. Questions are asked when this happens. What does this mean for freelancers? Some freelancers decide they are going to price every service as the same thing out of fairness to their clients. But it wouldn’t be nice or fair to charge different clients different amounts of money for the same work. Every client wants a different result. Hourly billing is bad for everyone. People should set prices they are comfortable with selling to their clients. They should be self-aware of their pricing and know what kind of buyers they want to attract. Picks Curtis Are you a satisficer or a Maximizer Jonathan Leviathan Wakes Phillip My Dad Wrote a Porno Podcast Reuven How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future

Curtis McHale has some interesting takes on relationships, communication, boundaries and knowing how to optimize and handle these to help your business grow.

Have you ever spent a crazy amount of time writing a proposal for a prospective client, only to have them say no? Or even worst, go completely dark on you and not respond at all? Curtis McHale shares his sales process and the approach that he takes to write super short and sweet proposals, only a page and a half long. And even better, he collaborates with the clients on these proposals, so that by the time the client receives the proposal, they have had a significant part in its creation and are completely on board with moving forward. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode114

On today's episode of The Freelancers' Show, Philip Morgan, Curtis McHale, Jonathan Stark, and Reuven Lerner discuss Productized Service Buildup with Nathan Lee. Nathan is an expert software developer, who has been in the industry for more than 15 years. Tune in and learn about his unique offerings now as freelance developer!

On today's episode of The Freelancers' Show, Philip Morgan, Curtis McHale, Jonathan Stark, and Reuven Lerner discuss Productized Service Buildup with Nathan Lee. Nathan is an expert software developer, who has been in the industry for more than 15 years. Tune in and learn about his unique offerings now as freelance developer!

Erin Flynn has mastered something we've ALL encountered at one time or another... how to deal with nightmare clients. Not only does she help you grow your freelance business but how about how to handle those clients that make you want to quit what you're doing? (Kinda makes you want to send her a virtual hug already, doesn't it?). I was fortunate to connect to Erin through a mutual friend, Curtis McHale (who I had on the podcast a couple months ago). Erin does a lot more than just help you deal with nightmare clients (although of course, that was one of the things I had to delve deeper into. We've ALL been there and have that crazy story of working with someone that made our lives a living hell). Erin has built up her own business (design and websites) and is growing it through a membership program (which she has a free membership also) and courses. I love it. Erin has been involved in web design since she was 13 and building Sailor Moon fan sites (the beauty of growing up with technology, huh?). After college, she went out and got a job (like we're all 'supposed' to do) and ended up hating it. She hated it so much that she literally just quit one day (something I know many people would love to be able to do). Fortunately, she's figured out the freelancing space and is sharing her knowledge and skills with other people so you can avoid some of the mistakes she's made. She's now transitioning to an agency and has tons of training available to help you grow your business and position yourself as an expert. Questions I Asked Erin I always want to know what led someone down the entrepreneurial path. Have you always worked for yourself? What brought you here? What is your current business? You have courses & workshops, did you start with services? Let's talk about Nightmare Clients. What made you decide to offer help with this? I love the "screen, prevent, fire"... can you explain what that is? You also have a membership for growing your business. Can you share a little bit about the Unstoppable Expedition? What would you recommend to someone who wants to start a membership? What's on the horizon for you this year? What You're Going to Learn How Erin approaches everything in her business How a conversation on Twitter turned into a community on Facebook How her communication skills led to her first product that sold a few hundred right out the gate Why positioning yourself as the expert is key when starting a new project Why Erin thinks you should work with a couple nightmare clients (hint: boundaries) Where to Connect with Erin Website | Twitter | Facebook

Curtis McHale shares his insights and experiences on membership sites and value based pricing. Most developers don't find a niche they love and can best serve, but Curtis has done just that. The post Building membership sites and value based pricing with Curtis McHale appeared first on Online Course Coach.

Curtis McHale is a returning guest on the Matt Report. In this return appearance on the Matt Report, Curtis shares how and why his rule of no weeknight TV watching, reading business books, finding clients that view hiring a WordPress developer as an investment, and being candid with clients about understanding software bugs has helped double his income. Communication is the essential factor to having a successful local or remote outsourcing relationship. If you decide you want to use a source from a place like Elance or oDesk, you need to set up a solid process to find the qualified individual. As an experienced developer Curtis has a sweet spot for plugin documentation. A plugin with great documentation is a valuable gem. While auto-generated documentation is not enough. Listening Options Itunes:subscribe to MattReport Stitcher:subscribe to MattReport Viewing Options (Enjoy the unedited intro! ★ Support this podcast ★

I've had the chance to talk to some really smart and down to earth people lately. Today's guest, Marcus Couch of WordPress podcasting fame (though don't say that around him), joins us to chat about the ups and downs of running your own business. From landing large national client's with hundreds of websites, to losing ten's of thousands of dollars betting on the wrong partner. This episode is about as real as it gets, narrated by a guy who knows his stuff. Enjoy! Interview with Marcus Couch Listen to the audio version I'm just a member of the community. ~ Marcus Couch I wanted to open up with that quote, as it paints the picture really well about our friend Marcus. I joked at the top of the show (as we WordPress podcasters do) and mentioned that he was the Simon Cowell of WordPress podcasting. Marcus parried and stated he was just a member of the community — not a celebrity. He's doing things for the love of the software and for the love of the job. It inspires him, allows him to create and he can do all this while making a living. I relate to this very well , as I'm sure you do too. So many of us get caught up in the money and the “fame” of a startup that we burn out or find ourselves not loving what it is we do. Curtis McHale recently wrote a post about this that you should read. Hard lesson learned There's a point in the episode that things get real. Really real. This is another lesson I sorely relate to — as I fear some of you have learned as well. I couldn't write about it on this post to do it justice, so you'll just have to listen. I can say, pick the right partners and hire the right people for the job — it could cost you more than you think. You can find Marcus Couch at his website, marcuscouch.com Join the Pro community!  Last week Carrie Dils posted a great article and at the end, we're offering up a chance to win a free year of Matt Report Pro. Go on over and leave a comment for your chance to win. Want to dive right into the fun? Members-only content Free Lesson Friday Private forums Free “stuff” monthly much more Join Matt Report Pro! ★ Support this podcast ★

I had the chance to interview one of my favorite WordPress personas on Twitter Curtis McHale. I've been following Curtis for a while and just love the type of content he puts out. If you make a career out of using WordPress or a Freelancer in general you should read his blog and follow him on Twitter. If you want to learn how to scale from the small $500 sites, raise your rates, and fire your bad clients — continue on to watch the interview! Watch the interview with Curtis McHale Listen to the audio version Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners How to become a better freelancer and find the right clients with WordPress developer Curtis McHale. Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window As you will learn in this interview, he's a self proclaimed “great ranter.” He expresses his thoughts, opinions, and experiences loud and clear. He also has the clout to backup his hard work ethic and passion for WordPress development. Hailing from outside of Vancouver Curtis makes a living developing WordPress sites and apps — he's stopped by for an interview to share his thoughts with the rest of us. If you like what he had to say, please thank him! Thoughts on episode #2 of the MattReport This is only my second interview and I'm viciously studying other mediapreneurs out there to improve my content. I'm not happy with my lack of asking the right questions, talking too much, and rushing the guest into new segments without feeling that the last question was properly expanded upon. I've still got the um's and ah's and I hope to start working on those. If you like or don't like something I do in the interview, please let me know in the comments! ★ Support this podcast ★