Author: Tilen Mandelj

Sunday. We were invited to my cousins daughter 10th birthday. Was ok. My sons would say it was great. Great article on how people are immune to bad marketing. => How Seth Godin Would Launch a New Business With $1,000 And 90 Days to Spare p.s. Read Seth Godin on a regular basis. Do it.…

Did some Google ads, just for the kicks of it. To Avoid Criticism, Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing. ~ Aristotle (or maybe Elbert Hubbard?) One of the biggest mistakes that startups can do is to create the product first and thinking about marketing later. Don’t do that. Do you think that the hardest part…

Did some learning. This time Conversion Copywriting 101 from Joanna Wiebe. Highly recommend. Hired a proofreader. Team is getting bigger. Start using LSI Keyword Generator for…well, latent semantic indexing (LSI) keywords…(duh!) p.s. You don’t have the time to check on my website for new articles? Of course you don’t! Join my email and I will…

Do you use emoji in your email subject line and why not? My oldest had the piano lesson for the first time. Apparently a bigger talent than his dad… Suggested read: 30 Influencers Share How They Got Their 1st 1000 Subscribers (p.s. Don’t focus on 1000, focus on the first one, the first ten, the…

Yearly car maintenance. (~400€) Had 3 lectures to high school peeps. Warren Buffett acquired 99% of his net worth after he became 50. And you still complain about the slow progress of your career? (#pfff) p.s. You don’t have the time to check on my website for new articles? Of course you don’t! Join my…

When your son starts laughing like Janice from Friends. #priceless Bitchin sales letter. Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not. – Michael Dell, Dell chairman and CEO p.s. You don’t have the time to check on my website for new articles? Of course you don’t! Join my email and I will send you when…

We are getting rid of the pacifier for our 2.5 years old. It is going perfectly. I slept for 2 straight hours. My mom just subscribed to my newsletter. So proud. 🙂 What was Dove thinking? p.s. You don’t have the time to check on my website for new articles? Of course you don’t! Join…

Chilling Sunday. Unusual warm weather for this time of the year (20°C+). Started using Airstory tool (behind this tool is famous Joanna Wiebe from copyhackers.com) for the purpose of collaboration with several authors. I recommend! A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about – 1. What its product is. 2. Who its customers are.…

Daycare gathering. Went on a family hike. Exhausting. Pleasantly. Finally went to pay a visit to a friend that got her babygirl 2 months ago. When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.’ – Tom Preston-Werner, Github…

Friday the 13th. Main house chore today – the dishes….. Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once. – Drew Houston, Dropbox founder p.s. You don’t have the time to check on my website for new articles? Of course you don’t! Join my email and I will send you when something new…