Forbes has a few thousand contributors (i.e. unpaid writers) who write for their publication for free. There are tens of thousands more who want to write for Forbes, who would even pay to write for Forbes, but have been rejected. During the next 12 months Forbes will likely receive several thousand applications from aspiring contributors, and all
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Update: There has been so much demand for more information on how to become a Forbes contributor and how to leverage it to grow your business that I launched a masterclass in 2017 with 20 spots–it sold out. We’re now launching the second round and we expect it to sell out as well. Here’s some
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If you feel awkward and socially ill-at-ease going to marketing conferences, try this to completely change your experience and make the next one epic. 1. Make a list of everyone who will be at the event that you want to get to know. 2. Follow each person on social media. 3. Reach out to each
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Want a super easy way to get a ton of views on a LinkedIn post? Tell your story. I normally get a few hundred views on anything I post on LinkedIn. But then I posted this little story about how my agency opened an office in Hong Kong. It’s up to almost 40,000 views and has
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Good heavens, it’s amazing how many podcast equipment lists I read through and yet STILL I ended up having to buy more and more stuff as each time I bought a new thing, it turned out I needed some other thing to go with it. Here’s the entire list of everything I use–if your podcasting
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Ever had a good idea which, when executed, didn’t come off quite as you planned? I thought I had discovered a clever way to get Gary Vaynerchuk‘s attention, and perhaps get him to speak at Influence Summit 2017, our virtual event all about building a personal brand, public speaking, writing, PR, marketing, social media, etc.
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This post is partly in response to an email I received from a reader who says: Hi Josh, I have no idea how or why I started receiving your emails, but I love them. As a creative entrepreneur, I have grown and gained considerable success and happiness over the last 3 years and fast. During
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Let me tell you a story. In 2013 I got the opportunity to write for Forbes. That led to opportunities to get my writing into Time, Mashable, TechCrunch, Inc., and 20 other publications. In 2015 it led to a book deal for Chief Marketing Officers at Work which was published in 2016–Success Magazine event called
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The problem with a lot of webinar software reviews is that they’re written by people who know what they’re doing, but if you’re about to launch your first webinar then you don’t know what you’re doing, and sometimes getting advice from an expert isn’t that helpful. I have no problem admitting what others won’t: I
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Desperation is the mother of creativity, or so the saying goes. Add to desperation a healthy dose of a desire to do big things, things that require money, and I was in a tight spot. It was a Wednesday, and I was coming to the realization I had bills to pay, and I wasn’t going
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