DIGITAL STARTUP SOCIETY BLOG

Most leaders started out as followers. Leadership comes from mastery of a concept or idea and inspiring and motivating others to achieve a common goal. Good leaders have spent significant time in the trenches and never stop, even after they’re promoted.    Being a leader means more than being the boss. It requires a willingness to take on more responsibilities than the team and to be willing to work just as hard, if not harder. Sadly, leadership can get a bad name. The imagery of someone sitting at a desk with their feet up while others do the work that...

“The people with the greatest love, not the most information, will influence us to change.”- Bob Goff   Bob Goff is the New York Times best-selling author of the book Love Does. His quote reminds us that it isn’t what you know that matters as much as how you behave. You may have all the knowledge in the world on important subjects which will make you an expert, but if you don’t have the social skills to lead others with love, you won’t be very effective.    Goff shared a story in a blog post about Galileo, a scientist who...

Some people set out for leadership. They want to be in a leadership role and take charge. Other people find themselves in leadership roles reluctantly. They don’t necessarily see themselves as leaders but circumstances or necessity dictates that they’ve got to step up and lead. Either way, both potential leaders bring more than positive skills to the plate.    We’ve all got habits that we need to break. Too much fast food. Binge watching Netflix and other habits don’t always serve us. Leaders have bad habits too, even when they are leading others. Breaking bad habits can make you a...

Being a leader isn’t something you take on and off like a coat. Leadership skills and operating from a leadership perspective is something leaders do on and off duty. That’s because the skill sets that make a great leader also make great   Spouses Parents Community partners Volunteers AND Mentors   Great leaders don’t go to work and put on their leadership hats only to take them off when they leave. Great leaders lead in all that they do. They lead by how they    Solve problems Approach conflict Prioritize their schedule  Treat people in their lives  AND  Much more! ...

It’s super-amazing that we’re at the end of this 30-day Finetuning Your Marketing Challenge. Over the last 30 days, you’ve learned how to finetune your funnels, the importance of tightening up your backend, improved your offers, and grew your passive income. And this was all done by adjusting your email marketing, fixing your website, and mapping out your marketing funnel with the right products and services for your customers throughout their buying journey.    Let’s take a quick walk down memory lane and browse through all the different topics we covered over the past 29 days.    Here’s a quick...