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Friday Links, vol. 6

Friday Links

The week in Internet. Useful resources for creative professionals.

Tools

  • Lucid Chart is a tool for flowcharts and diagrams
  • Cushion is out of beta. Freelancers, check it out (especially if you get “too much work”)
  • Micro Snitch detects whether your mic/camera are secretly being used
  • Check out what [Industrial] Design Students had to use in centuries past

Techniques

  • Amy Porterfield drops some serious calendar-fu in her latest podcast episode.

Habits

  • The Pope’s 10 Tips for a Happier Life

Everything Else

  • Neuroscientist John Kounious argues deadlines encourage productivity, but destroy creativity
  • Are you a “Full Stack Designer“?
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My Two Favourite Podcasts to Learn Online Marketing

My Two Favourite podcasts for Online Marketing

There are approximately 3 billion blogs and podcasts that discuss Online Marketing. (OK, 3 billion is a slight exaggeration) Along with perennial topics like weight loss, personal finance, and dating, it’s one of the most popular subjects available for scrutiny. And like most diet plans or dating schemes, they’re crap.

I’ve listened to a great number of podcasts over the years. Some have been amazing, some have been total garbage, and most are somewhere in the middle. Perhaps the host is indeed an expert, but he doesn’t express himself in an approachable way. What happens more frequently is that the hosts will talk about their own successes, and interview other successful people, but don’t build that bridge between their millions and your first $40. After a while, all the noise blends together.

Fortunately, I have discovered two shows which consistently provide great content and where the hosts genuinely approach the subject matter through the very practical lens of “This stuff is hard, but it’s not impossible. You can do it.”

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