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Archives for December 2017

Planning vs. Playing

By Jared Dees

When someone introduces you to a new board game for the first time, it can sometimes take ten or twenty excruciating minutes of explanation before actually start playing the game. Finally, after what seems like forever, someone says, “Let’s just start playing. You’ll get the hang of it.” I suppose planning for a new year…

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December 31, 2017 Filed Under: On Entrepreneurship, Productivity

A Brief Blog Review for 2017

By Jared Dees

I have seen a bunch of articles with tips on reviewing your blog and website’s performance for the year. They all seem very complicated to me. I’m going to do something much more simple this year. I want to answer these questions: What worked? (What will I do more?) What didn’t work? (What will I…

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December 30, 2017 Filed Under: On Entrepreneurship

How much to charge as a speaker?

By Jared Dees

There are basically two ways to figure out how much to charge as a speaker: Find out what other, similar speakers are charging. The “Guess and Yes” Approach What are other, similar speakers charging? Reach out to other influencers and speakers in your space. Don’t be afraid to ask them what they charged when they…

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December 29, 2017 Filed Under: Author Tips

My 2017 Annual Project Report

By Jared Dees

Elon Musk keeps track of every minute he spends at work. He runs multiple billion-dollar companies in highly competitive markets. In addition to SpaceX, Tesla, and Solar City, Musk started yet another business in late 2016 called The Boring Company. He was asked in March 2017 how much time he spends on this new fourth…

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December 28, 2017 Filed Under: Monthly Reports, Productivity

Situation-specific SEO

By Jared Dees

SEO is “search engine optimization.” The idea is to create content that can be found on search engines. There is a problem with the way most people approach SEO. Too many people focus on keywords rather than context when it comes to SEO. It would seem as though SEO is all about ranking for keywords,…

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December 27, 2017 Filed Under: Marketing, On Entrepreneurship

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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