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The Triumvirate of Positioning, How to Create Referrable Moments What's your favorite positioning (Make Money Online: Episode 18)

You have $38 and need to get to Hong Kong in 18 hours. How you respond determines what kind of business you get to run.

You're incompetent and don't deserve to be a consultant. Except you're great. How do you resolve that?

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Nick interviews Kai about what he does, what outreach / digital public relations is, how he started his business, the type of projects he's worked on in the past, and the types of projects he wants to work on in the future.

It's one thing to be totally awesome at traveling. It's another thing to travel a lot. But how do you preserve your client relationships while traveling?

SeatGuru KnowRoaming Kai's Recommended Suitcase Nick's Suitcase Sandqvist Lightweight (Nick’s backpack when traveling) Timoni’s blog post on her uniform The Minimalist Packing List Minimalist Travel from Miss Minimalist JR Liggett’s Global Entry The Wirecutter’s Travel Gear Nick’s folding hangers Muji, for toiletry cases “All Caps”

The Pepsi Gravitational Field. Kurt's pricing page. Draft's application.

Freebies are tough. Give away too much and you decrease your value to clients. Don't give enough away and you're stuck without enough prospective clients. Today Nick and I discuss the ups and downs of both sides. Violet Hour at Home.

Kai and Nick discuss incorporation, taxes, and insurance and give you, dear listener, a bit of advice on the steps you should take to secure yourself in these three areas. Needless to say, neither Kai nor Nick are lawyers, accountants, or insurance brokers and are not qualified to give legal, tax, or financial advice like a qualified professional. All information in this episode is simply our personal opinions. For best results, you should consult a lawyer, accountant, insurance broker, or bookkeeper local to you with knowledge of your industry.

Links: – How to build an online community using Slack: https://blog.freelancersunion.org/2015/09/30/how-build-online-community-using-slack/ – Nathan Barry on mastermind critiques & retreats: http://nathanbarry.com/unsolicited-advice/ – Jane Portman, recapping our mastermind’s retreat: http://uibreakfast.com/commandments/ – The book our mastermind co-wrote: http://independentconsultingmanual.com

Yes, the system is fundamentally stacked against you and there is nothing you can do about it. Yes, you are abetting a series of societal problems that are probably larger than you – and which you are probably too busy in your own life to address. No, there’s no way to know whether you’re doing the right thing. Yes, there will be a dog – eventually. No, the dinner parties won’t get any better. Nor will your friendships. But the house is something. Your stuff looks better in it. Block everyone who doesn’t understand. Links: Cara Smulevitz, who will be helping us get a dog. This depot. No. Just no. Amazon Prime, which nickd uses now. nickd’s realty team: Frank Mitrick (realtor), Ed Collins (broker), Dorothy Culhane (lawyer). Reach out to all 3 and say nickd sent you. Gusto. Get on payroll or don’t get property ever, full stop. Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love if you would leave a review on iTunes

http://riskinformation.com nickd's Revise Weekly Mojca Mars's Master Facebook Marketing Kurt Elster's Ecommerce Hacks Weekly Alan Weiss's Common Sense Consulting Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes

Show Notes Revise Weekly A humble weekly newsletter about fish Rev, our preferred transcription service Sell Your By-Products Making the clackity noise (Merlin Mann on writing) Amy Hoy and 30x500 (The best course out there on building products) Grateful Dead Discography Dark Star, by the Grateful Dead

Positioning 101: Why positioning is important? The mental aspects of it? Refining your positioning: deleting 2/3rds of your website ThePositioningManual, a wonderful book on positioning by Philip Morgan The Triumvirate of Positioning positioningcrashcourse.com Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes

What would your job look like if you didn't have computers? https://thebillfold.com/a-story-of-a-fuck-off-fund-648401263659#.55djaynk2 Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes