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My Freelancing Story Showcased as a Harpoon Customer Spotlight

22 February 2018

Since May 2017, I've been using Harpoon* to manage my invoices (automatic payment reminders), track my expenses, and project my future expected income (with dashboard charts). It…

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You're A Freelancer Who Lost Several Clients At Once. Now What?

21 February 2018

Freelancing is hard. The roller coaster is wearing. And then it happens. You lose several clients all at once for a variety of reasons. You experienced what it was like to survive…

Man Creating | Business Owner

The Top Challenges 28-55 Year-Old Self-Employed Married Fathers Face

19 February 2018

With $100 in credit at the real-time survey tool 1Q (referral link), I had the idea this past weekend to send an open-ended question to business owners as a way of exploring topic…

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How Google Responds To Blogging Breaks & Subsequent Publishing

16 February 2018

If you’ve wondered how search engines respond to breaks and the activity following them, my unique data below points to Google sending traffic to websites with active blogging and…

How My Most Googled Blog Post Unexpectedly Happened

14 February 2018

There are unexpected events along the blogging journey, and those ahead of me who share provide insight and inspiration to help me along. So here I am, doing the same. One of thes…

Catfish Living Makes Better Living

Doing This One Thing With Catfish Will Change Your Life For The Better

12 February 2018

Listen To This Blog Post Have you surrounded yourself with catfish? Wait, what?! That may sound like an odd thing to say, but it could save your life, or empower you to h…

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Videos: My Hot Sauce Eating Escalation Reaches THE END + the One Chip Challenge

10 February 2018

This page and its contents are hot! When eating super spicy sauces, please proceed with caution. Also, this page does include affiliate links to hot sauce products. I wrote previ…

How To Re-engage Those Dormant Contacts Before Your Hubspot Renewal

08 February 2018

Do you have an upcoming Hubspot renewal and wonder what do about those dormant contacts? With Hubspot (a powerful email automation software with amazing customer service support)…

Baby Montoya #5

It's Official. We're Expecting Our Fifth Child This Fall!

05 February 2018

We're expecting another kiddo this fall, and the Montoya household is going from four to five children! What would Matthew (from my twitter conversation below) have thought if he…

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My Goals as I Look Forward to the End of February 2018

02 February 2018

Month 2. Year 2018. After last month’s positive progress, and the lessons I learned, I’m looking forward to building upon this terrific start to the new year. Setting my…

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Lessons Learned Looking Back at the Month of January 2018

01 February 2018

Each month, I'm writing a blog post at the beginning (to look ahead) and right after it ends (to look back). These are part of my monthly reflection points. This will act as a reg…

Hot Water Coffee Filter - Qualify Leads For Sales People

Use This Marketing Step To Qualify & Prioritize Volumes Of Incoming Leads

31 January 2018

If you’re receiving a volume of daily leads and need a way to further qualify who should receive a prioritized response, I’ve got a simple approach to effectively help you make th…

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