So a fair number of people advocate for making your passion your business. I think that's a bad idea, and I'll tell you why, but let's go the other direction first. Do you even have to like what your business does? Now, I'm not saying that you sho…
Admit it. We've all been there. Someone forwarded you a Grant Cardone or Gary Vee video and you said, "Stop with the #hustle content already." But then, at some point, when you got past the hate, for one reason or another you realized you might even…
Marketing is a job that's never done. There's always something that can be optimized or introduced or tried for the first time, knowing it might fail. What's important to realize is that in local services particularly, a lot of small operators are p…
One of the most frequently-recurring interactions on Twitter is people asking me, "how do I do what you did?" I love being able to share, which I often do in threads or private DM conversations. I thought it would make sense to share some of the bro…
My co-host for the Remote Local Podcast, Johnny Robinson, recently told me he spent $50,000 on joining a peer group that was focused on e-learning businesses. Fifty grand. After I picked up my jaw and he explained some of the other advantages he'd…
I recently had the chance to sit down with Dan Andrews, one of the brains behind Dynamite Jobs, an amazing remote job board. He's also the host of the Tropical MBA podcast (which, if you aren't already listening to, do it already!). Our conversation…
A few years ago I was pretty content with how my business was systematized. I had put EOS Lite in place, I was happy with the people in my business, and I had a clear path ahead of me. I knew what I needed to grow the company. But my personal life…
I’ve been running my business remotely for about nine years now and have been able to travel for about seven years since I quit my day job. How? By having a stellar tech stack that allows me to automate the majority of my biz. I&rsquo…
Earlier this year I shared some thoughts on the State of the Digital Nomad Life. I talked about the fact that there are still plenty of newbies hitting the scene, but that there had been a strong shift to the home base strategy during the pandemic. …
One of the great pleasures of hosting the Remote Local Podcast is the chance to learn from fellow entrepreneurs what they would do if they had to start all over today (that's a question I like to ask). In this article I'm going to link a few of thos…
If you haven't read Gino Wickman's legendary book Traction, stop reading this for a moment, buy it, then come back here and keep reading. Once you've read it, you get a sense of just how much simpler it can be to run a company, and how much more pow…
For those of you listening to my pod (and for those of you who aren't, check it out!) you've been hearing some Remote Local entrepreneurs come on and tell their stories, be it the one who started it all for me, Rohan Gilkes, or more recently Amar Gh…
So I recently went to an event in Playa del Carmen where I got to catch up with fellow location independent business owners and aspiring digital nomads. So much has changed in the last two years, but so much has stayed the same. Let's st…
As you grow your Remote Local business, you may find opportunities to grow through acquisition. While this can sound exciting, remember Warren Buffet's advice to be fearful when others are greedy. Let's start the process with the homewor…
So a saying in business that I really love is "begin with the end in mind." It's such a solid reminder of the power of intentionality. But I don't subscribe to that philosophy when it comes to building your business. I'm much more …
Some time ago I got to write an in-depth Starter Story about my MaidThis Franchise journey. Not everyone will be interested in the long story, so I decided to put together a shorter version of that article, with some links to other articles I've wri…
Ever wonder what it's like to be stranded on a desert island? Did you know people actually pay to do that? I did. That's why I did that a couple weeks ago. I didn't go planning to learn any business lessons. I was just there for my ow…
So, like everyone else, I used to dread dealing with angry customers. Until I realized that dealing with them effectively wouldn’t just be a plus for my business, but would be a life skill…a superpower. Now I preach about it all the t…
If you haven't already read part 1 and part 2 of this series, go back there first to get the most out of this final installment! So you've prioritized hiring, you've put together job ads that promote your culture and stand out from the rest of the …
In my last article in this series I made the case for the mindset that you need when creating and filling your hiring funnel. In this article I'll discuss five places we often use here at MaidThis Franchise, to great success. Websites Indeed Inde…
One of my more popular, "Wait, what?" reactions from fellow entrepreneurs is when I talk about spending equally on both customer and hiring funnels. But I really believe this. Let me explain. There's So Much to Lose $4000. That's…
One of the fascinating things about limiting beliefs is that they aren’t immediately obvious. They are woven into ways of thinking that run between conscious, subconscious, and unconscious frames of thought and can often go all the way b…
Yet another advantage of the Remote Local lifestyle is that you’re in charge of when you level up. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like you need to, like when that solopreneur life is giving you everything you want and need. And th…
While saying that your business is an asset might seem a statement of the obvious, the truth is that you can’t say it enough. To use a favorite animal analogy, a business should be like a cow, producing for you for years until you decide…
