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How to Show Up in ChatGPT (I Mean, This Only Took Me FOUR MINUTES to Implement. 🤯) Need a New Headshot? I Tried Aragon AI (Before/After Photos + Honest Verdict) If Your Website Looks Like You Smeared a Bunch of Leftover Chili Meat on the Screen—You (Probably) Need This You Know the Long Email You Haven't Responded To Yet? Try THIS Sanity-Saving Inbox Trick. I Tested Which AI Model is the Best for Images. And, It's Not Even Clooooose. Scrambling to Pay Taxes? Would Rather Lick Mildew Sludge? Try Doing THIS. (It's Weird, But It Works!) This Tool Is Single-Handedly Making Online Business Fun Again (It's True, I'm Addicted) Every Problem You Have Is Now a Job Opening (So What Do You Find Yourself Bitching About?) 45% More Subscribers This Week! Here's What I Did Website Ugly? Bookkeeping Outdated? Content Creation a Chore? Here are 15 Things Claude Can Do to Give Your Business Superpowers Before Breakfast. Nobody Wants to Read a Potato. The Internet Is 90% Potato. Use Your Personality, for Vodka's Sake. AI Isn't Making the Internet Generic. AI Takes the Creative Kit and Makes Them *Nuclear*. 4 Things I Bet You Didn't Know About Sending Emails to Your List (Not Even You, Steve) Output vs Opinion: The Only Two Jobs Left in the World How to Use Claude Code to Redesign Your Entire Website The Invisible Cost of Shitty Design Claude Did My Bookkeeping. It Made One Mistake. Is "Intentionally Irrelevant" the Next American Dream? The Future of Email The #1 Skill of the Year The (New) Cost of Time Stop Trying to Eat the Buffalo 🦬 Exactly How I'd Build a (Fun!) $1M Wine Biz "Textbook Mouth" is the New Cringe A Field Guide to Pushy People, Lobsters, and Selling Online Your Sales Page Needs a Shower 🚿 The Farmer Who Hid from Paying Customers Weak Offer? No Offer? TRY THIS. The $182,000 Email (You Didn't Write, Dammit) Are You Getting Paid Enough? No Crying in Baseball, Ash! A Can of America's Sh*ttiest Beer Feces on the Subway, Mmmhhmmmmmmm Decapitated Muppet Vibes Cure for Not Being a Chicken Sh*t The $1,919.61 Email That Almost Made Me Amish Big, Old, Fat Hot Dogs Dear World: I’d Rather Be a Boob-Tart Than a Bittersweet Tragedy Puglia + Aperol Spritzes + Return to Happiness Dear World: Crock Pots Are F*cking Magical Wedgies, euthanasia & 2,456 unanswered emails Dear World: My House Wants to Sit On My Face Offline 💧 Dreams, Print Newspapers & Delightful Days Dear World: You Are Eating Your Zip Code Dear World: Please, I'm Begging You, Let's Shut Off Our Phones Dear World: The Kind of Hell You Choose Will Always Determine the Kind of Freedom You Have I Don't Want Your Email, Jack-OOOO Memorable as a Rice Cake = Broke Cakes Dear World: I Moved to the Country for "The Simple Life." It's Cost Me More Than Traveling the World Ever Did. Dear World: Rural America Isn’t as “Peaceful” as You Think Dear World: You’ve Never Had Hummus? Dear World: My 92-Year-Old Neighbor Died Need a Ballsy Brand Name? I Have Some Ballsy Advice You Want the Money? You Gotta Write. Dear World: You Were Born to Be a Lightning Rod Want Your Ambition Back? Put Yourself in the Right Rooms Dear World: Why Does Everything Have to Be "Worth It?" Dear World: I Paid $46,887 in Interest in Just Two Years. (Here's What They Don't Tell You About Mortgages.) Dear World: Being an Adult is Largely a Very Long Game of Trying to Not Get F*cked Over Dear World: If You're Thinking About Giving it All Up to Do Something Different, *This is for You* Dear World: Sometimes "Making It" Can Feel Dirty Dear World: The Internet Has Chlamydia Again Dear World: I’m Not Answering My Phone Dear World: I Have Been Baptized in Glitter and Bacon Grease Dear World: I Think I Gaslit Myself Into Productivity Dear World: Are You High? (And Other Things I've Been Wondering About Life) Dear World: Nobody Has Time to Do Laundry When You're Busy Making Yourself Come...Alive Dear World: You Should Be Rich as Hell Dear World: This Paint Color Looks Like Dehydrated Dog Puke Dear World: I Cut Through My Floor and Found Satan (His Name Was Water Damage) Dear World: I’m Starting a Wallpaper Company. No, I Haven’t Lost My Mind. You Don't Look Stupid: A Grown-Ass Guide to Self-Reinvention Ooooh, You Fool! How to Kill Your Imposter Syndrome With My FAVORITE Trick Ever 🔪 How to Find Your Next Big Love Affair With Life How to Do What You Love from Anywhere in the World Miracle-Gro Doesn't Sell Fertilizer (And You're Not Selling What You Think, Either) Every Time You Flake on Yourself, Your Brain Takes Notes “Sleep Is a Skill” Made Me Stand Up and Clap. Your Brand Name Should Do That. What a Fictional British Aunt Can Teach You About Selling Bedsheets How to Become Rich as Hell With Your Art You'd Never Name an Air Conditioner “July”—Which Is Exactly Why It Works Put “Jane Doe Needs Pasta” at the Top of Your Website. Trust Me. "You Need a Platform" (And Other Things We Secretly Hate Worrying About) The Netflix Show That Accidentally Explains Why Nobody's Coming to Your Business Branding Your Work is a Hilarious Cruel Punishment from the Gods How to Stop Forcing Sh*t Kia Called It “Nightfall.” Ford Called It “Black Appearance Package.” Guess Who Sells the Fantasy. Changing Careers When You’re Middle-Aged is Hard Because You Feel Like an Idiot The Disappearance of Your Nightdress (Or: Why Old Movies Are a Branding Goldmine) “Let's See If You Qualify”: The Pretentious Opt-In Trick That Actually Works The #1 Rule for Launching a Hot-Ass Successful Project: You Gotta Keep it *Simple* How Do You Sell a Bench for $45,160? I Think the Tulips Are Trying (And 18 Other Names Begging to Become Brands) This Lesson About a Woman Named Janet Will Help You Smash Your Newsletter Meet Me Where the WiFi's Bad: Yearbook Scribbles That Would Slaughter as Brand Names This Lesson About Friendship Will Help You Sell Way, Way More 🚀 Neighborhood Newsletter?????? Somebody Please Steal “Public Skate” Before I Start a Creative Agency Out of Spite This Lesson About Finding Your Voice Can Resurrect Your Soggy, Dying Career Ambitions The Bookshop That Only Sells Five Books (And Would Out-Earn Yours) This Lesson About Sandwiches Can Make You *Rich* Five Businesses I'm Giving Away Free, Including One About Hotel Minibars I Got My Yard Designed, and It Changed the Way I Do Business Start a Local Newsletter: The Ultimate How-to Guide Personality is the New Marketing People Talk About the Things They Love What the Smartest People Are Doing to Change Careers in 2025 Your Work Is Not Expensive—Your Work is Misunderstood 'The Quiet Passion': Is This Where Your Purpose Has Been Hiding All Along? 'The Shallow Hustle': Is Your Career Big Enough for You? Reinvent Yourself Using These Super Helpful Reframes (So You Don't Feel Like a Big, Fat Imposter) Starting a Newsletter, Darling? How to Get Un-Fricking-Stuck as an Adult Dear World: There is Only ONE Big, Fat Golden Rule of Country Living: Never Let The Pipes Freeze Learn With Ash: Set Up Your First Substack Newsletter With Me 💪 Dear World: LOOK, MY PORCH LIGHT IS NOW ON! THIS IS A SIGN! YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE! I WILL EAT YOUR UNBORN CHILDREN. 3 Things to Help You Do Work You Love from Anywhere This Year Can You Really Airbnb Your House While You Travel the World? I Am Eating Pickled Deer Heart Why Paid Newsletters Will Make You Poor (If You Don't Know This Math) Dear World: I Am Stuck in a Snowstorm & I Smell Like Voldemort’s Cousin How to Launch Your New Thing With *Joy* I Am Eating Alfredo Sauce in a Strip Mall 8 Things I'd Do *Today* to Build a Bingeworthy Newsletter Even Tina Fey Would Want to Read Dear World: I Have Farmhouse Tit Sweat. And Lemme Tell You About This Mold. 3 Ballsy Brand Moves (You Should Copy This Year) Dear World: I Am at an Event Called "The Dirt Squirts" Dear World: I Can’t Stop Thinking About How Different Life is in the Country Than in the City Bought the Wrong Fn Watering Can Dear World: I Can't Believe There's English Muffin BREAD Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Make & Sell Your Own Templates 9 Boundaries You Should Set With New Clients Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Sell a Monthly Subscription to Your Work Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Make & Sell Your First Online Course Dear World: I Am Learning the Lost Art of "Sucking It Up" Unconventional Career Idea 💡Become a Nostalgia Curator Dear World: I Have Theories About How to Change Your Life 23 Questions That Will Help You Decide Which Business to Start Unconventional Career Idea 💡Become a Local Relocation Consultant How to Work from Anywhere If Your Sales are Slow, You Need This Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Try the *New* Affiliate Marketing Dear World: I Have Become—Brace Yourself—an Outdoorsy Person 6 Secrets to Pricing Yourself Beautifully Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Start a Paid Newsletter (That Actually Pays) Dear World: I Am Doing Weird Hillbilly Things 'I Want to Sell Online Courses' Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Create a Fun Online Fan Club Unconventional Career Idea💡 Start a Modern Newspaper Dear World: I Think I Am Gardening 13 Reasons You Should Take Off Your Sissy Pants & Self-Publish Unconventional Career Idea 💡 Become a Mobile Wedding Writer 3 Scripts for Firing a Client Who's Just Not on Your Level Dear World: I Quit My Life 🔪 & Moved to the Woods 🏡 40 Things Every Grown-Up Needs to Make Good Money With Their Craft Dear World: I Am Going to Iceland to Eat Ram's Testicles The "Giant Squid" Method of Finding Your Niche Dear World: I Officially Plunged the Toilet of a Dollar General I Am Seriously Overthinking This 🔪 11 Ways a Newsletter Can Make You Rich 🔪 Dear World: I Am Standing in This Street With a Beer God, I'm Going to Explode Ask Ash: 'Why Would Anyone Pick Me? I'm Struggling to Figure Out How to Stand Out from the Crowd' Dear World: I Am Trying to Figure Out What to Do With This Dead Racoon Ask Ash: 'Should I Go Into Business With a Friend?' Dear World: I Am Really Not Sure About This Salad Ask Ash: 'Does Anybody Really Want to Be on Social Media Anymore?' Dear World: I Don't Know How to Be Normal Dear World: I Am in a Furniture Store and It Hurts How to Make Yourself MAGNETIC ⚡️ Ask Ash: 'Should I Be Asking Clients for a Deposit? How Can I Make It Less Awkward?' Dear World: I Have Questions About These Policies Dear World: I Am Waving at People All Wrong Ask Ash: 'I'm Scared to Death to Get on the Phone With Prospective Clients—What if They Say It's Too Expensive???' Dear World: I Am Trying to Mail This Letter Ask Ash: ‘We Want to Go Abroad for a Year, and Need Advice on How to Sustain Ourselves Financially.' Want to Write a Book? Here's Surprising Advice. Dear World: I Am Searching for My Youth in This Bar Ask Ash: 'I'm Recently Divorced and Find Myself Desperately Needing a Grand Advanture. How Much Does It Cost to Travel for 3 Months in Style?' You Can Make $100K Doing Almost Anything These Days Dear World: I Am in a Duel With This Toilet Ask Ash: 'I Don't Have Any Experience.' Dear World: I Don't Know How to Pay This Bill Ask Ash: 'I Am Worried I Am Old, Ridiculous & Irrelevant. The Idea of Putting Myself Out There is So Daunting.' Dear World: I Am Confused About People Ask Ash: 'I Want to Touch the Sky but Everyone Keeps Telling Me I Am Being Stupid' Dear World: I Have Gained 20 Pounds Since Arriving to America Ask Ash: 'I Want to Travel Italy. Learn How to Cook. People Watch in Courtyards. And Spend My Afternoons Writing a Book.' Dear World: I Am at a Truck Stop Diner I Needed to Go Offline to Be Happy Again Can We Really Follow Our Passions, or Are We Too F*cking Tired? Confession: I Did Not Like Living in Costa Rica "But, What's My Passion? What's My Thing???" Why Aren't More People Doing Remarkable, Interesting Work? Dear World: I Don't Want This Fucking Freezer Wanting to Make Money Does Not Make You Greedy: An Open Letter to Bitches Who Wanna Sell Stuff Online How to Rake in Big $$$ With Your Creative Biz Dear World: You Probably Need Some Goddamn Alone Time Say THIS to Get 759,000% More Money in the Door Before the Holidays A Conservative Considers Moving Abroad—But Then Gets Cold Feet How to Charge More Money for Your Time: A Guide for Introverts & Nice People Dear World: I Am Terrified of This Basement Dear World: I Do Weird Things in America When Your Job is Balls, But You Don’t Know What Else to Do Dear World: I Bought This House and Then Had a Stroke I Ripped Out an Entire Kitchen With My Bare F*cking Hands “I Write for 3 Hours a Day, Fucking Period.” Dear World: I Am Going to Be Murdered in This Garage Dear World: I (Still) Don't Want Kids Unconventional Career Spotlight: Make $100K+ With Online Courses Dear World: I Bought a Big, Weird House in the Countryside as a Woman By Myself On Getting the Nerve to Be HAPPY 15 Reasons Why Small Towns = The New Self Care Imposter Syndrome is Robbing the F*ck Out of Us All This is Robbing the F*ck Out of Us All What Happened to Popsicles, Fireflies, Laying in the Grass, and Letting the World be Miraculous??? You Can’t Ignore the Things You Know in Your Heart An Ode to Free Time & Faded Cut-Off Jeans: A Manifesto for Living Better and Working Less The Kind of Life Your Nervous System Loves Take the Risks You’ll Remember Forever Don’t Get a Job. Get an Obsession. It’s the Best Way to Be Happy With Your Work. I Don't Want to Have to Be "On"Anymore Dear World: I'm at a Cottage in the Middle of the Woods Finding Your Passion is a Bitch Go the F*ck Outside—The Internet is Screwing With Your Happiness Dear World: I Ate Tiny Little Sea Terrorists & Didn't Scream Can You Really Make Money Writing on Substack? Venice, Italy: Perfect if You Want a Fast-Moving Town Full of Life, Culture, Food, Fascinating People, and a Special Quality You Can't Find Anywhere Else Your Art is Worth Money (And Brains Are Assholes) I'm Drinking a 5-Pack of Beer Travel is the Closest I’ve Ever Been to God The Anxiety of Doing Anything Marginally Interesting With Your Life This Stupidly Cute Small Town Almost Made Me Move to Freakin' Illinois Galena, Illinois: Perfect if You Want Walkability, an Adorable Main Street, Historic Architecture, and Locals Who Actually...Wave??? How to Reinvent Yourself This Year (Hint: Trust the Things That Excite You) Small-Town Girl Goes to Starbucks & Learns Valuable Life Lessons Lincoln, Nebraska: Perfect if You Want a Buzzy, Lively, Mid-Sized Town With Great Food, Cool Buildings & Youthful Energy I Am Eating a Very Large Sausage The Curmudgeon's Pros/Cons to Costa Rica Castles, Cowardly Choices & Dangerous Opinions No Babies, No Regrets & The Myth of “Settling Down” Vomit, $7K Whoppers & The Adult Nomad Casserole, Granny Prayers & Freelance Fart Fumes Pricks, Workaholic Weird & Instagram Cockroaches The new digital nomad has 💰 💰 💰 She helps people write the book 📖 of their dreams—and she's earned a cool $250,000 💰 doing it in just 24 months 🌟 Working less 🥵, saving your sanity 🙏, and the guy who makes $250K sailing around the world ⛵️ He sails around the world on his boat ⛵️—and earns $250K a year writing SEO content 📝 Trusting your voice 📣, working while traveling 🛩, and the web designer who makes $500K/year 👩‍💻 This introverted web designer 👩‍💻 earns $500,000/year...without working herself to death 🌟 Here's her secret! A nomad cash flow trick, an obsession with Slovenia, and making $1.5 million writing recipes 🍝 🌮 🍕 This couple makes $1.5M a year writing recipes 🌮—and they do it all from their home in Hawaii 🌴 This artist makes a million a year 💰 drawing sketches on YouTube ▶️ Kicking Imposter Syndrome in the Nards Permission to Flake She earns $842,000 a year without an email list. 🤯 Here's how. The "Pig Farmer" Edition The "Don't Eat Bread Like a Heathen" Edition This Mom of Two Earns $960,000 a Year Showing People How to Make Clothes Online The "F*ck It, I'm Buying a Cabin" Edition The "Surprising Secret to Nomad Success" Edition The "Wine Pours, Awkward Restaurant Moments, and Packaging Your Services" Edition The "Whisky, Pasta, and WTF Should I Charge???" Edition The "Where the Hell Are We Staying???" Edition Tornado Warnings, Pepperoni Pizzas & Castles (THE USUAL) | NOTE: short, mostly links + one travel anecdote This Couple Needed to Turn Their Blog Into a Business: Here’s How I’d Turn Their Hot Topic Into Top Dollar The New Salary is Here: Soon, Digital Nomads Will Out-Earn the Average Professional—And Be a Lot Happier, Too The Cost of Not Traveling: Featuring Mexico City, Eyeball Tacos, and "Travel Karens" This Etiquette Consultant Needed a New About Page: Here's How I'd Make People Scream to Work With Her How to Do Email Marketing Without a Scuzz Hangover: Modern Ideas for Creators, Digital Nomads & Other Wonderful Humans Online 48 to Freedom The Romantic, Creative Spirit of Lisbon, Portugal—And Why This T-Rex-Hearted City is the (New) New York for Digital Nomads This Irish Tour Company Needed to Differentiate Themselves: Here's How I'd Go From Invisible to Un-F*cking-Forgettable The Real Key to Earning $250,000/Year as a Creator (And Why More People Aren’t) The Whole Wide World Isn’t Big Enough for You, Darling This Tattoo Artist Needed Less Overwhelm, More Money: Here's How I'd Grow the Biz Without the Burn Out Client Weird About Your Contract? Say This and They’ll Happily Sign (While Probably Hugging You) This London Tour Guide Needed to Scale Her Biz: Here's How I'd Add $250K to Her Bottom Line “F*ck Doing It All”: How Sharp-Toothed Maverick Grit Can Sell Your Products to Complete Strangers This Coach Needed a Fresh New Message That Stood Out: Here’s How I Took Her from “Same” to “Fame” in 15 Minutes Dreaming of Becoming a Digital Nomad? Here’s a $25,000 Reason Why You Should Take the Leap Searching for Meaning in Life? Psst, It's Hiding In Your EMOTIONS This Cake Designer Could Be Making Millions: Here’s How She Can 10X Her Income (And Make Us All Hungry) How to Stop Writing With a Stick Up Your Rump: A Foolproof Way to Add More Personality Without Being Unprofessional Does Your Writing Suffer from Overthinking? 3 Signs You Need to Trust Your Voice More—And Outside Opinions Less The Fear of Being Uninteresting (And a Crappy Plot Twist): Is Originality Actually Preventing You From Being Happy? This Bitch Got 600K Instagram in a Year: Here's How She's Making That Magic! (Middle Finger Fridays) Um, Hello: Your Newsletter NEEDS This New Feature 😲 (Game-Changer!) | NOTE: dated product-feature news, borderline ConvertKit is the BEST Newsletter Tool for Creators— And Here’s the (Surprising) Reason Why I Made $5M Self-Publishing Books Online—Here Are 7 Things I’d Do Differently if I Were Starting From Scratch in 2022 How to Prove Yourself to Non-Believers (& Other Dollar Store Peanut Trolls) Digital Creators Shouldn't Build a Team Unless They Like Babysitting......A Lot. Want to Earn a Damn Good Living as a Creator? Keep. It. Simple. Your Happiness 401(k): Are You Budgeting Enough Joy in Your Life? Burned Out? Doing This Daily Changed My Life 3 Mistakes EVERYONE Makes With Their Homepage Headline (That Can Seriously Flatline Your Messaging) How to Nail Your Friggin’ Message, Once and For All, Using This Trick The Magic Message Bootcamp x Ukraine—NOW OPEN Happiness, Being Your Damn Self & Starting the Business That Makes You Brave How to Market Yourself in 2022—And Make ALL The Clients Come to Your Yard “I Want More Adventure & Whimsy In My Life”—And the Worst Advice I Ever Read On Getting It It’s Okay to Be Done With Good Things Selling With Email—How to Transition from "Hello, Yay, Friends" to "BUY M' STUFF, BISH." What's the "Ash Ambirge" Method for Growing a Newsletter in a Meaningful Way? How to Add Urgency to Products Available All the Time (It's Possible!) Should You Automate Your Emails? My Surprising Answer How to Attract an Audience With a Bomb-Ass Content Strategy Plan How to Monetize The H#!! Out of a Blog The Freaking Formula to Printing Money (Even Though I Hhh—aaayyyyy—teeee Formulas) But, Where Are Le People??? [VIDEO] Try This Marketing Hack (+ James Bond Spy Tips) | NOTE: video-only email The Case for the Paid Newsletter (HUZZAH) Ash Talks Sexy About Email Opt-Ins—And Exactly What Yours Should Say Listen: Do What You Crave Without the Guilt. Travel to Italy. Enroll in That Workshop. Make Your Art Every Afternoon. And Hurl Yourself Into the Unknown—For This Is The Best ROI That Money Can Buy. You Aren't Being "Difficult" and You Aren't a Bother. You're a Professional Who's Got Their Shit Together. Bake a Cake and Shut Your Mouth: Or, How to Be Unhappy, Unfulfilled, and a Martyr to Your Own Life Your Aunt Judy's Ass Has More Perspective Than You or Me Right Now Big Money & Simple Ease: I Want to Prove You Can Have It All Without Spending It All No Control, No Sales The 3 Most Important Numbers Launch Unfinished Pleasure, Money, Newsletters & Emotions Writing, Houses & Hot Dogs: A Love Story On Not Thinking With Your Cultural Crotch You Can't Be One Thing Forever, My Darling On Being DONE With Your Work: A Guilt-Free Approach to To-Do Lists 16 Words That'll Help You Defeat Refund Bullies Over the Phone On Giving Refunds with Kindness (But Taking No Shit) How I Got an Interview On The Today Show!!! What I Said to the Journalist, Word-for-Word (Got Me Featured in Newspaper!) "But How Do I Get Exposure for My Little Biz?!" Welp, Finland's #1 AGAIN for World Happiness, Those Clever Bastards—Here's Why Read If You're Thinking, "I Want to Go Freelance, But Who the Hell is Going to Pay Me?!" On Having "Enough Experience," Portfolios (Yay or Nay?), And Getting Taken SeRiOuSlY. The Trick to Writing a Bangin' Resume, Punching Imposter Syndrome in the Mouth, and the Best New Podcast on The Block (NO, NOT MINE) You Know the Best Way to Sell a Service? GATEWAY DRUGS, MY FRIEND. Unintimidated HQ™️—My New Communication Company Inspired by Kamala Harris 💪 (A Really Good) Answer to, "How Do I Stand Out in a Sea Full of Competitors?!" Are You Making This Mistake With Your Lead Magnet? (It's Super Duper Common.) Why You Should Never Do Another Free Client Call Again "You're Too Expensive"—NONSENSE, KITTEN. Here's Your Reply. Free Email Template: Pay Your Invoice, Jerk Free Email Template: Switch Your Clients to Retainer the Easy Way I Was On BBC Radio London—ARE YOU DYING??? I Wrote a Book About Changing Careers—And Here's My Advice to Donald J. Trump, CAPS PIRATE III "Fuck It, Not Voting, Doesn't Matter"—And the Surprising Reason Why It Actually Does Right Now, Someone Out There is Admiring You, Greatly. You Don't Exist to Please Dipshits [New Podcast ?] Abortion, Guns, God & Pussies—And Is Civil War Inevitable? Decide What Really Fucking Matters to You Can You Be Educated and Ignorant? Should You Talk Politics in Business? Or Stay Neutral and Keep Your Mouth Shut? Talking Trash: How It Helped Elect the World's Most Dangerous President Why Donald Trump’s Crude Messaging Lands With Rural Voters—Despite Notorious Christian Values Can Americans Ever Like Each Other Again? A Note on Writing, Politics & What the Hell We're Doing Now The Hidden Shame of Entrepreneurship—And Why For Some People, It's Really Frigging Hard to Sell Themselves Is Your Bio Absolute Trash? It May Be Missing This Key Ingredient Start a Boring Business—Not an Innovative One. (Also Filed Under: Business Advice I Never Thought I'd Give.) Your Job is Not to Change the World Overnight, But to Be a Tiny, Torturous Drip on the Forehead I Unpublished My Business Facebook Page—And I've Never Felt So Liberated White Apathy and The Bullshit Argument That "They Could Help Themselves If They Really Wanted To" I Googled "How to Pit an Olive" and IT BLEW MY MIND. (You Need to Know This.) 5 Apps Every Creative Business Needs to Get Their Shit in Order (With Extra Love for Non-Planney Types) "The Money's Too Good to Give Up" and Other Nonsense I am GOING TO SPANK WITH A JELLYFISH 10 Things That'll Make You Go "Ooh, Oooh, Oooohh!" (Especially if You're in Online Business) A Virus Can Keep You Inside, But It Can't Keep Your Ideas There 1 Extra Sale Per Day = $3,000 Extra Per Month—And Here's How to Get It! Use a Deadline The Way You Use Condoms: Every. Freaking. Time. (And Other Sales Lessons You Need!) #REALTALK: Here's What Saved ~My~ Business HOLY OTTER URINE ON A DONUT! If You're Stressed About $$$, I'm Donating My Time to Help. Rec for Taxes (Save Us All) I'm Gonna Be on The Jenny McCarthy Show—YOU GOTTA TUNE IN! Can't Believe I Said This to JENNY F*CKING MCCARTHY Calling Anyone Who Wants to Write a Book! People Got PiSsSsED at Me Last Year for Promoting B-School It Doesn't Matter Where You Start. But Waiting to Start Will Kill You. What's Your Little Ball? (Not to Be Confused With: "Your Little Balls.") What Is It With Building Contractors? REALLY THO. (Plus a Lesson on Pre-Qualifying Your Clients Or Die.) I Tattooed My Eyelids! Or: On Just Showing the Friggy Frig Up Interview Me for The Middle Finger Project Book! 13 Reasons Why That Crafty D-Bag is Making More Money Than You Psst—Here's an Original, Thoughtful, Fun-Loving Holiday Script to Send Your Clients TODAY (So It Doesn't Look Like You Forgot!) A Hot Sales Tip, A Hot Marketing Tip, and a Hot Book Tip Walk Into a Bar The Commitment-Phobe's Guide to Making a Decision When The Grass is Always Greener and YOU CAN'T STICK TO ANYTHING. I'm The Least Spiritual Punk On the Planet NOW AVAILABLE, OMG: Pre-Order The Book! Pre-Order The Book! I'm An Excitable Thirty-Five Year Old Woman Who Can't Use Her Library Voice! OH HELL YEAH: Book Pre-Orders Open at 6:24am ET on Black Friday! The Secret to Getting Yo' Brilliant Ass Featured in a Major Magazine THE BIG BOOK COVER REVEAL! See Also: The Time I Tried to Convince You to Become a Serial Killer. How I Went From Fifteen-Year-Old Trailer Park Trash to Rich Bitch—And The Surprising Secret to My Success Disobedient Book of the Week: Don't Keep Your Day Job, by Cathy Heller Percentage Off or Flat Rate? Memorize This Bomb-Ass Trick The Tired Excuse That Women Need to Stop Making (Have You Ever Used It?) Pricing Your Stuff: THE DEEP, DARK SECRET YOU NEVER KNEW The Four Paragraph Email You ~Need~ to Memorize For When Clients Owe You Money (But You Aren't Sure What to SAY) The Halloween Email Your Clients Will LOVE (Hint: It's a Promo ~In Disguise~) How to Get Back to Feeling Like Your Old Self Again The 1% Rule for When You're Feeling Rather "MEH, SUCKS" About Everything and Everyone, Even That Hot Pastry Chef Introducing: The First Annual “Wipe Your Buns With $30,000” Challenge! (Haha, I’m Not Even Kidding.) "I Don't Know What I Want to Dooooo, And I'm Kinda Confused, and I'm Feeling Like a Flakey Little Fruitcake, Ash!" Unf*ckwithable Business If I Were an Internet Douche, "5x Your Revenue" Would Be The Title of This Post, LOL. UM, QUESTION: What are the Things You Hate, Actually *Giving* You...Homie? Updates! Books! New Classes! Speaking in London! (And a few fun rants.) Feeling Overwhelmed (And Who Friggin' Isn't?): Ask Yourself This Three-Word Question If You Ain't Feelin' Your Work Anymore: HONEY, BURN THAT ISH DOWN. The Easy, Eloquent, Smooth and Non-Salesy Way to Sell Your Clients MORE—Using One Simple Word YOU AREN'T CHARGING ENOUGH. Here Are Twenty Big, Fat Reasons Why. Ten Urgent Lessons Women Need to Learn About Making Money—Without Apology 29 Creative Ways You Can Find Some Extra Money on the Fly, In a Pinch, When You're Strapped and When You're All: SOS, Cash Flow Where'd You Go?! Ladies: DO NOT LET THEM MONEY-SHAME YOU You Have This GREAT IDEA, But You're Hesitant to Take the Leap. Could This Be Why? 9 Rookie Mistakes I Made When I Wrote My Very First Book Proposal (Don't Do This!) Answers to Your Questions About Book Deals + The Publishing Process! (Plus An Army Tank, The Nickname "Butch," and My Favorite New Compliment: CREAMY.) Writing a Book? Curious About the Publishing Process? Submit Your Q's Here! Biggggg Announcements! 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Paris, Wankers + Marketing for Local Business Owners When You Feel Like You Could Collapse + A Personal Favor The One They Don't Tell You About Working Online. Bad Words Included. Shh. How to Get More Clients and Stop Sucking at Business. And at Baseball. Maybe. Get More Clients + Customers: The One Step You Absolutely, Under No Circumstance, Aren't Allowed to Skip. Rahr. How The Fine Art of Turkey Calling Can Score You More Clients + Customers How to Get Clear on Your Target Market--And Never Have to Hunt for Your Next Gig Again Big Balls, Going to Hell + Other Serious Business Matters You Can’t Afford to Not Read Ditch The Blankie, Grab A Set of Balls + Get Your Life Back on Track Entrepreneurs + Marriage: Possible? Or Possibly Hopeless? How Dating Chilean Men Can Help You Succeed In Business. Kind of. And Why Bloody Noses Are Not Okay, Which Is Not Related to The Story At All, But You Should Read About It, Anyway. How I Lost $33,000 and Became a Money Asshole. Yes, Boobs Are Involved. Say No to Mullets, Drink More Vodka, Sing Loudly + Run The Damn Show Cut The Fat. Top 9 Ways to Deal With Business Overwhelm (So You Can Avoid Thoughts of Mass Murder) If You're Not Doing This, You're Leaving Money On The Table It's Okay If You Suck At This. Otherwise Called, "Permission to Suck." Otherwise Called, "Longest Blog Post Title Ever Because Obnoxiously Long Blog Post Titles Are Funny." I don't have a good title for this shit, but it'll help you get clients. Rah. Rah. The Stupidest Marketing Advice EVER--Exposed Like a Naked Baby Male Prostitutes and Product Launches. Sort of Related. But Not Really. The Gap Between Intention + Success. Your Mission: Ride 'Er Buck Wild Doors Now Open – Clients + Cash! LAUNCH: Clients + Cash and One Hell of a Party That You Can’t Miss Seduce Me And I'm Yours. Your Customer, That Is. Fear, Exposed – Featuring Illana Burk Resolutions Are For Chumps. I Choose Revolution. Fear, Exposed – Featuring Susan Finch Do What You Love (And Get Paid for It): The Missing Link Top 20 Reasons Why Travelers Have More Fun During the Holidays Your Art is Not Frivolous—It's Money Begging to Be Made You Don’t Need a Job, You Need Guts – NOW AVAILABLE! Are you in? Fear, Exposed – Featuring A Girl I Know. Me. The Greatest Human Tragedy of All: Us, Right Now Fear, Exposed – Featuring Danny Mannina The 67 Emotions of Unconventional Success Why I’d Rather Be a Mexican Immigrant Than a Corporate CEO VIDEO-Introducing TMFproject’s OPERATION: GET EXCITED Don’t Make Me Say Staycation Become a Corporate Drone in 30 Days or Less: Step-By-Step Instructions on How to Stop Thinking for Yourself, Kiss Ass Like a Pro & Wear Black Like a Champ Still Waiting for that Promotion? Learn How to Put Your Career & Life Back Into Your Own Hands, Once & For All Fear, Exposed – Featuring Jenny Foss The Woman Whose Ass We All Should Be Kissing Fear, Exposed – Featuring Claudia Peralta You (Still) Don't Need a Job. Meaningless Sex & Lifestyle Design: Sorry, Cutie, Last Night Didn’t Really Matter Lifestyle Design: The New Arch Enemy of Dry Cleaners Everywhere (And Possibly Your Mom, Too) Fear, Exposed – Featuring Polly Davies Fear, Exposed – Featuring Amy Bowman 25 Ways to Become An American Overnight (Without a Visa) You Don't Need a Job - You Need Guts A Beautiful Mess: A Personal Manifesto of The Human Experience There's a Problem With Settling for Less Than You Want: You Weren't Built for That A Conversation With An Immigrant on U.S. Life Does Risk Really Equal Reward? Only If You Redefine "Risk" Defiance or Defeat? You Pick. Beating, Stomping and Otherwise Assassinating The Voice In Your Head That Says "You Can't." Violently. Slugs, Angel Hair Pasta & Vespas, Or, The One Thing That DOES Define You In This Life How to Deal When the World Collapses Right On Your Face On NOT "Following Your Dreams" Why Stereotypes Piss Me Off (And How They're Ruining Your Life) The Real Value of Travel (Come Sneak Away to the Beaches of Costa Rica, If You Dare) Is It Your Own Fault? When Being in Control is a Disservice Do You Have The Guts to Be Creative? Why Rule Breakers Run the World Life Isn't As Serious As We Make It Out To Be How to Start a Revolution (Or 3 Ways to Change the World) Introducing the World's Newest Form of Religion The Surefire Way to Save Yourself from Mediocrity (That You Already Know, But Don't Do) Why We're All A Little Crazy: Uncertainty, Flower Petals, Shimmery Gold Dresses & A Personal Story The Lost Art of Quitting Get Your Own Picket Fence (Or Don't) : A Note on Relationships 2 Minute Guide to Reclaiming Your Life Shattering the Current Model of Reality Top 25 Signs You Need to Make a Change, Gain Self-Respect and/or Say No To Busch Light White Men Can't Jump, But They've Got Other Tricks Up Their Sleeves: The (Unearned) Privilege of Being White Why Circles Are Better Than Lines U.S. Concept of Time & Why It's Preventing You From Finding Your Passions Dream Zappers Part II: Why They Zap, Squash & Belittle Your Aspirations Hula Hoop Contest 2010! The Flip Side of Unconventional What Life Gets To Keep In Return: On Making Big Decisions Live Alive, Not Just a Life: Guidelines for Rebelling Against "Reality" How Societal Ideals Conflict With Societal Goals All Wants Are Not Created Equal Surprise Yacht Party, And You're Invited. (Bring Your Dancing Shoes) Your Language Is Holding You Hostage (And Why I'll Be Flying Obama's Private Jet As A Result) Education & Wage Slavery: Hand In Hand? Red High Heels, Slaughtered Pigs & Why Being Unsure Is A Good Thing Tired of Having A Neverending To-Do List? Use It To Your Advantage Is Lifestyle Design A Manifestation of Perfectionism In Disguise? A Self-Reflection You're Not Drunk, But Your Vision Is Still Blurred - One Reason Why Religion, Marriage & Even Education Sucks Fear, Exposed – Featuring Jenna Tros If You're Wrinkly, It Better Have Been Worth It. The One Thing That Can (And Will) Mess Up Your Life...If You Let It Rebellion is Sexy: One Really Big Reason Why You Should Do It Now The Smart Ass Guide to Dealing With Dream Zappers (Guest Post @ Free Pursuits) Dealt a bad hand in life? Learn How to Snub Your Circumstances & End Up With a Royal Flush 33 Tell-Tale Signs You're a Closet Lifestyle Designer