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Episode 158: TMBA 158 (LBP135) – 8 New Year’s Resolutions Dec 27, 2012

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Dan and Ian are now back in Bali just in time for the New Year’s festivities. Between celebrations, they’ll be putting together their game plan for 2013 and setting some lofty goals for 2013.
The turn of the new year marks Dan and Ian’s fifth year in business which sparks a discussion on goal setting and identifying keystone habits. These help form their New Year’s resolutions where they’ll push past just talking revenue and business growth. You’ll hear about Dan’s professional aspirations, Ian’s plan to step up his business relationships and the pairs’ health focus that will inspire you to set some New Year’s resolutions of your own.

Episode 157: TMBA 157 (LBP134) – If It Makes You Money, You Shouldn’t Be Doing It (The SOP Episode) Dec 20, 2012

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Almost back in Bali! Ian’s heading to join Dan in Bali in just a few days for the end of the year. They’re going to take a look back at their businesses in 2012 and look forward at how to grow their businesses in 2013.

They’ve realized that in order to continue to scale, they need to get even more focused on creating documentation and standards of procedure. They took a look at the literature and brought their experience from their e-commerce company together to bring you a step-by-step guide to start creating SOPs that let you save your profits right out of the gate.

Episode 156: TMBA 156 (LBP133) – Deferred Life Plans and the Action Jackson Strategy Dec 13, 2012

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Dan and Ian are making plans to rendevous in Bali again. Dan is still there working on his book, while Ian is in Orlando avoiding the M3 service industry guys and spending time with his family.
Ian’s recent trip to a race prompted a discussion between the guys about deferred life plans. There’s a built in assumption that retirement is worth 30 years of investment, but is that true?

Episode 155: TMBA 155 (TTR24) – “If You Cannot Exercise This Kind of Control in Adult Life, You’ll Be Totally Hosed” Dec 07, 2012

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It’s time for another Tropical Talk Radio podcast, which gets published every Friday afternoon (Hong Kong time).

In this week’s episode Dan hands off the mic to a recording of David Foster Wallace’s commencement speech given in 2005 to Kenyon College in Ohio. It’s inspiring and thought-provoking. Give it a listen.

Episode 154: TMBA 154 (LBP132) – “The Imagination Economy” and Other Predictions for 2013 Dec 06, 2012

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Dan’s set a Sunday deadline for finishing his first book and getting it to a group of Beta readers. Ian and Dan have laid out the upcoming meetups for DCers with definite meetups in April (Europe) and October (Bangkok – #DCBKK) and a potential get together in the Phillipines in March.
In today’s episode Dan and Ian make some predictions for 2013 and beyond. Turns out, they think Seth Godin is a pretty smart guy.

Episode 153: TMBA 153 (TTR23) – The Rule of 6 (Plus 5 Sociopathic Tactics) Nov 30, 2012

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It’s time for another Tropical Talk Radio podcast, which gets published every Friday afternoon (Hong Kong time). Here’s the link to subscribe in Itunes if you haven’t already done so. In this week’s episode I respond to a few reader emails I received this week.

Episode 152: TMBA 152 (LBP131) – The Rule of 6 – And the 10 Commandments of Content Marketing Nov 29, 2012

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It’s getting late in the year and we all know what that means: Buck season. While Ian is stalking the big bucks back in San Diego, Dan’s writing binge in Bali continues.
Content Marketing is a hot topic in the internet marketing world right now, but what does content marketing really mean? Dan and Ian define what great content really is and show how you can use the Rule of 6 to spring load your content marketing efforts.

Episode 151: TMBA 151 (TTR22) – 4th Dimension Copywriting (and Why You Shouldn’t Bother with Keyword Research) Nov 23, 2012

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It’s time for another Tropical Talk Radio podcast, which gets published every Friday afternoon (Hong Kong time).

In this week’s episode I respond to a few reader emails I received this week.

Episode 150: TMBA 150 (LBP130) – How to Be a Happy Sociopath Nov 22, 2012

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Dan has adopted the Tim Ferriss book writing method and isolated himself from everything except Evernote. Ian on the other hand is tearing it up in San Diego and prepping for a motorcycle race.

In this week’s episode, Dan and Ian explore the benefits of being a “sociopath” (it’s not what it sounds like). Inspired by a Ribbonfarm post from Venkat, they discuss the relationship between sociopaths, the clueless, and the losers.

Episode 149: TMBA 149 (TTR21) – Spotlight Marketing (+ Have We Found the Community Marketer’s Secret Weapon?) Nov 16, 2012

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It’s time for another Tropical Talk Radio podcast, which gets published every Friday afternoon (Asia time). Here’s the link to subscribe in Itunes if you haven’t already done so. In this week’s episode I respond to a few reader emails I received this week.

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