This past week, I had the pleasure of reviewing David Siteman Garland’s latest course, Create Awesome Interviews.

As most of you may or may not know, David is the creator and host of the hit entrepreneurship show called The Rise To The Top where he interviews famous entrepreneurs and small business owners all over the world. And not only has he developed an extensive rolodex of famous people but he also makes a killing running his show through sponsorships and other streams of revenue.

Before I get started with the review, I just wanted to say that Create Awesome Interviews is somewhat of a misnomer. Sure, his course does teach you the ins and outs of how to interview people online.

But the bigger picture here is that his course teaches you how to expand the reach of your small business presence by networking and creating engaging conversations online.

In my eyes, …

I just wanted to start this review off by saying that I’m a big fan of Laura Roeder and everything she has accomplished with her online business these past several years. If you’ve never heard of her, you should check out her story by reading her guest post on my blog because she’s got a great story to tell.

And if you don’t feel like reading the entire article, here’s an executive summary. In a nutshell, Laura graduated from college and started out her entrepreneurial career by forming her own web design consulting business.

While this consulting gig was moderately profitable, the main problem with her business model was that she spent so much of her own time looking for new clients and catering to their needs that it became a chore to grow her revenues. After getting fed up with having to scramble for new business day …

Before I even begin my review of “Smarter Faster Cheaper” by David Siteman Garland, I just want to warn you that I’m biased. I’m biased because I’m a huge fan of David, his television show and what he’s accomplished. He truly has a unique talent for public speaking, writing and getting people excited about entrepreneurship. That and he’s genuine, down to earth and easy to talk to too. It’s no wonder that he has a huge following to show for it. So, when he sent me a copy of his latest book for review, I was more than happy to read it and spread the word.

David and I started our blogs at around the same time and I randomly met him when he left a comment on one of my articles. That one little comment led to an email conversation and before you …

I just wanted to preface this review by saying right off the bat that Charlie’s book is inspiring, well worth the read and the best part is that it’s absolutely free. In fact, at the end of this article, I will post a download link where you can download Charlie’s book immediately. Charlie also runs a blog called Charlie Hoehn’s Musings that you should check out as well.

These past few years have been tough for most people. The economy has been in the dumps and many of you have lost your jobs. Judging by my email inbox, several of you are just scraping by and a good number of you are taking a stab at being your own boss because you have no other recourse.

The job market has been especially tough on recent graduates of college. After all, why would anyone hire a college graduate …

When I first picked up “Built To Sell” by John Warrillow, I wasn’t sure what I was going to get out of reading the book. After all, even though my wife and I run a business together, we have no intention of selling it anytime soon. And because we aren’t selling, I never really thought about how much our business would be worth to a third party buyer.

But as I started reading the book, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this book is less about how to sell a business as it is about how to create an autonomous and scalable business that has a high growth potential. I guess these two things naturally go hand in hand, but I didn’t make the correlation based on the title of the book alone.

It just so happens that my wife and I are currently trying to scale …

As many of you who follow my email newsletter are aware, I recently switched my email marketing provider from Mailchimp over to Aweber and I thought that it would be interesting to compare the two services.

For all of you who are not doing email marketing for your business, you really should consider doing so. Having an email list or newsletter is the best way to mobilize your audience to take action. It’s also a great way to maintain an active community of readers/customers for your site. In any case, this post is not about trying to convince you to use an email marketing provider, but if you are in the market for one, this review may help you out.
What Initially Attracted Me To MailChimp
Honestly, what attracted me initially to Mailchimp was that they offer a trial period in which their service is free for up to 500 …

While I make an effort to read business related books on a regular basis, rarely do I ever come across a business book that is truly practical. For example, I can’t remember the last time I came out of reading any New York Times bestselling business book with a concrete and actionable plan that directly applied to me. In fact, I’ve become so accustomed to lumping most business books from the bestsellers list into the pleasure reading category, that I don’t ever expect to learn anything that I can directly apply to my current situation.

Don’t get me wrong, I love well written books that make me feel exhilarated and pumped up, but I tend to prefer books that make me get up and take action, especially ones that I can actually apply towards running a real business.

Thankfully, Smart Business Stupid Business is not your typical business book. …

There are many of us out there who are tired of working a day job. But thanks to the web, we can now actually do something about it while risking very little financially. In his ebook, Blueprint On How To Make Money With A Blog, Peter tells us his story on how he gained financial freedom through his popular blog Bible Money Matters.

Incidentally, if you have never visited his blog, I encourage you to check it out. He writes about a wide variety of topics focusing on personal finance and how to accumulate wealth.

About Peter
There is something special about Peter’s background story that especially resonates with me. Oh wait! I know why. Peter has his first child on the way and he now earns enough with his blog so that his wife can quit her job to stay at home with …

When I first saw the title of Adam’s new book, I thought to myself…”Why would I possibly want to unautomate my finances?” If I’m getting by with the status quo, why would I ever need to change things up?

The truth is that there are a lot of us who are just coasting through our financial lives and living from paycheck to paycheck. And because we still manage to get by, we tend to ignore all of the little things that negatively affect our financial livelihood in the long term.

In his book, Adam provides concrete steps and tutorials on how to “unautomate your finances”. In other words, he teaches us how to re-sensitize our financial lives, to start saving and to stop getting by with excessive debt.
Who Is Adam Baker and Why Should I Listen To Him?
For all of you who don’t know Adam, he …

Probably the number one question that I always get asked is “How can I earn some money on the side?” How do I find that special niche that will make me wealthy? How can I get the gears turning and make progress towards eventually becoming my own boss?

While my wife and I found the answer by opening our own online wedding linens store, I can tell you that it wasn’t easy finding our special niche and executing our business plan. It took a lot of trial and error, a lot of mistakes and a ton of perseverance to become successful. In fact without the proper guidance, my wife and I would probably still be sitting here spinning our wheels.

We wouldn’t have been able to make our goal of 100K in our first year of business if it weren’t for a bunch of books and a …

Even though I’m already in a happy place from both a personal and professional standpoint, I love to read self improvement books in my free time. Because no matter how good I feel about my life, there are always new ways to improve myself, to push myself and to test my limits. So when my buddy Tim sent me over his latest book, I jumped at the chance to review his newest creation.

I must admit, I was a little bit taken aback by the title when I first cracked open the book. “How To Be Rich And Happy” as the title of a book makes for a very lofty goal and sounds a little too good to be true, almost like some sort of get rich quick scheme. However as I began reading the book, I immediately realized the powerful message that Tim and John were …

Every entrepreneur knows that having the proper mindset is the single most important determining factor when it comes to the success of any small business. If your heart is not into the project or venture that you are working on, you are going to fail. If you don’t have the necessary motivation, then you are going to fail.

In fact, motivation and mindset are probably the most difficult aspects of entrepreneurship to instill in others. Thankfully, Dragos Roua does an excellent job of explaining how to obtain the millionaire mentality with his latest ebook 30 Sentences For A Millionaire Mindset. If you feel dissatisfied with your current situation, then this book will provide you with a framework to turn your life around.

For those of you who are not familiar with Dragos, he is a seasoned entrepreneur who started and sold a very successful internet business …

These days, television is all about sex, drugs and action more than anything else. There aren’t many educational shows at all let alone shows about entrepreneurship so I was pleasantly surprised to discover the hit show “The Rise To The Top” hosted by David Siteman Garland the other day via the web.

The Rise To The Top is a show designed to motivate you to pursue your passions and start your own business. There are only 2 episodes available thus far, but from what I’ve seen, the show has the potential to inspire and motivate aspiring entrepreneurs to take control of their own destiny. The show is tailored to 20-30 somethings but has broad appeal for viewers of all ages.
What’s In The Show?

The show covers a wide variety of entrepreneurial topics and always invites a guest speaker to tell his/her start up story. This guest entrepreneur is …