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To that end, here are the 17 best TV shows for entrepreneurs. Side note: If you’re a movie buff, I’d urge you to also check out my list of best movies for entrepreneurs and this list of best documentaries for entrepreneurs. Top 17 TV Shows for Entrepreneurs 1. Silicon Valley Image Credit: HBO Top 17 TV Shows for Entrepreneurs1. Silicon Valley2. Shark Tank3. Dragons’ Den (UK)4. Better Call Saul5. Planet of the Apps6....

In their brilliant book Traction, authors Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares reveal nineteen different traction channels and offer a three-step framework, called the Bullseye framework, to figure out which traction channel works best for your business. Of all the business books I’ve read over the years, Traction is one of those books that I keep revisiting. It’s also one of the most practical and actionable marketing book ever put to paper....

Successful email marketers make sure their emails are not just mobile-optimized, but also optimized for different email clients (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!, etc.). In this article, we’ll examine ways in which you can optimize your email campaigns for different email clients. But before we get into that, let’s take a quick look at the most popular email clients. The Top 10 Most Popular Email Clients Naturally, some email clients are way more popular than others....

Most content creators have a fair idea of the topic they want to write on and the keywords they’d like to use in their content. Wouldn’t you agree? But without researching keywords in your niche, it’s impossible to determine what queries people are typing into Google. That is why you need to spend some time doing keyword research. When it comes to choosing the right keywords for your content, don’t trust your gut....

Glad to announce that the total earnings were up by over 21% compared to last month, owing largely to deals and discounts offered by my affiliate partners on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s the best month I’ve had until date in terms of affiliate earnings, slightly exceeding the earnings in September. As always, before I reveal my full income report and net profit breakdown for the month, here are a few important highlights from November....

For many people, social media is used daily for entertainment, socialization, and even news consumption. It’s everywhere – and that’s a good thing for businesses seeking to grow. With over 53% of the world’s population on social media, it’s critical that your business has an effective social media strategy that helps you reach your intended audience. To help you get on track and plan your approach for the rest of the year, we’ve compiled a list of essential social media statistics so you know where to focus your marketing efforts and get the highest ROI....

Luckily, the Chrome Web Store has sourced a huge collection of extensions (or little helpers as we like to call it) that can significantly cut down the time you usually spend on tasks. Social media managers, for one, can surely benefit from productivity boosts with a little help from technology. Working smart is the new way to win. Start by checking out these 15 Chrome extensions that can help you operate on social media faster and better....

Because of its challenging nature, entrepreneurs are on a constant lookout for guidance and motivation. Whether it’s inspiring movies, insightful documentaries, or thought-provoking books, the right piece of content can spur us into action and push us closer to our goals. Thanks to the digital age, it’s now easier than ever to find online resources to learn new things and gain a new perspective on entrepreneurship. In recent years, TED talks have emerged as some of the best online resources for entrepreneurs....

Black Friday has finally arrived. This year, Black Friday will be on 25 November and Cyber Monday on 28 November. But the Black Friday deal bonanza starts on 21 November. I’ll be honest with you: This is how I feel during the Black Friday week, especially when AppSumo offers those tempting lifetime access deals. This whole week will offer the best opportunity for entrepreneurs, marketers, freelancers, and bloggers to snag great tools at throwaway prices....

To make the task of finding the overall best web hosting provider easier for you, we have listed down the 5 best web hosting providers that you should seriously consider while building the website for your business. All the web hosting providers listed here have a reputation for reliability (all of them have been in existence for quite some time), provide exceptional technical support, and are easy to use....

Then you need backlinks. As far as Google is concerned, they are a major indicator of trustworthiness, so they are a must for getting your landing pages higher. The more quality websites link to yours, the more reputable it becomes for search engines. In fact, quality links account for 30 percent of your page score in Google. Free Download: The Ultimate Guide to Link Building – 25 Actionable Strategies to Build High Quality Backlinks This doesn’t happen overnight, of course....

On June 20, Instagram made two big announcements: the first announcement was that the app had reached a milestone of one billion users (a huge achievement considering the platform was launched as a simple photo-sharing app less than a decade ago). And the second, far more important announcement was the unveiling of IGTV (abbreviation of Instagram TV), a new complementary app/feature for watching long-form, vertical videos on Instagram. At IGTV’s launch event, Kevin Systrom, Co-founder & CEO of Instagram, called it their most exciting feature to date and explained on the Instagram blog, “Just like turning on the TV, IGTV starts playing as soon as you open the app…Also like TV, IGTV has channels....

The only problem? There are way too many SEO tools to choose from. Even when you’ve narrowed down your choice to two tools, it’s a tough decision to make. This post is an attempt to make that decision easier for you. If you’re struggling to decide between Semrush and Mangools, you’ve come to the right place. Below is an in-depth comparison between two of the hottest SEO tools on the market....

Looking for the best AppSumo courses to grow your business? You’ve come to the right place. AppSumo is an online marketplace for entrepreneurs that offers exclusive discounts and lifetime subscriptions to top-tier SaaS tools and digital products. We have already covered the best lifetime deals AppSumo is currently offering (updated on a weekly basis) — check out the full list of the BEST AppSumo lifetime deals here. But AppSumo is more than just a daily deals website for SaaS products....

In this article, I list down 10 best business podcasts that are just as entertaining as they are informative. I know what you’re thinking: Entertainment and business don’t blend well together. The general consensus is that business podcasts are “boring” and “uninteresting.” In other words, in terms of podcast categories, they’d probably be at the very end of the spectrum of entertainment. But this list of best business podcasts is here to prove otherwise....

Google Penguin was first introduced by Google back in 2012. Its main purpose was to identify and downgrade sites whose link building practices violated Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. In the past, recovering from a Google penalty used to take a long time. The new update means that Penguin is now operating on a real-time basis. In other words, Google will be more responsive to corrective actions taken by site owners who were engaging in bad link building practices....

Chances are you spend a lot of time selecting the right images to enhance your blog posts, product pages, and so forth. But do you spend an equal amount of time optimizing your images for search engines? When it comes to image SEO, the most common tip you can find on the web is to fill in your alt text. That’s it. There seems to be nothing more to it....

The earnings were down by over 15%, from $5030.25 in September to $4251.59 last month 😔. As you can imagine, I’ll need to hustle more to increase my earnings in November. Before I reveal my full income report and net profit breakdown for the month, here are a few important updates from October. (To learn more about why I started maintaining monthly income reports, visit this page!) Content Creation As was the case in September, I spent considerable time last month updating old posts in a continuous effort to provide useful, evergreen content on the blog....

And, yes, in 2020, it’s finally confirmed — we should all say “Semrush”, and not “S-E-M-rush” or pronounce it in any other way. On top of a massive brand revamp, which better reflects the brand’s feel – it’s now brighter, wittier, and much more simple – Semrush also announced that the suite’s pricing will finally go up. I was actually wondering when that would happen, as the last price increase I can recall took place back in 2017....

So how do you master this important skill in SEO? By using top-notch keyword research tools that can assist you in identifying keyword opportunities to target. And one such tool is KWFinder – a popular SEO tool that allows you to conduct high-level keyword research and helps your website reach its full potential. Over the last few years, KWFinder has quietly grown in popularity and has become the de facto keyword research tool for many SEO professionals....