hosted by: I'm extremely happy to welcome Tim Ferriss back to the SPI Podcast! Tim is an unofficial mentor of mine and a huge inspiration for the Smart in Smart Passive Income.
He was with us in November of 2012 in Session #51, but a lot has happened since then and it was great to catch up to see what he was focusing on.
We cover a plethora of topics in this session, including his brand new #1 ranked podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, why he started one, how he's been experimenting with it and what he's been struggling with.
We also spend a good portion talking about productivity, experiments and split-tests that he's currently running online, and what he would do if he had to start over in business today.
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Today's Guest
Tim Ferriss
I'm extremely happy to welcome Tim Ferriss back to the SPI Podcast!
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You'll Learn
- Why Tim started a podcast of his own, and his strategy for being different and maximizing his results.
- The challenges Tim has faced since wanting to start a podcast over 2 years ago, and why it took him so long.
- The important question Tim always asks himself does when he acquires a new skill.
- The 20% of things Tim is doing to get 80% of the results for his podcast.
- The exactly guinea pig experiments Tim is running right now and the results he's hoping to find.
- Tim's first look into optimizing email capture on his site, and why he's never “built his list” up until now.
- Why Tim did not launch a multi-million dollar sports nutrition business along-side his book, 4-Hour Body.
- A simple trick to see if someone is split testing on their website (25:30 mark)
- Tim's pricing strategy, and why he doesn't play “in the middle.”
- The interesting fact about why people don't take action, even though the recipes for success are right there.
- The truth about what the 4-Hour series is about (and it's not about accomplishing things in 4-hours)
- The formula for how people can become more productive, today.
- What Tim would do if were to start over.
- And more!
Resources
- The Blog of Tim Ferriss
- The Tim Ferriss Show on iTunes
- Tim Ferriss on SPI Podcast Session #51
- The 4-Hour Work Week [Amazon affiliate link]
- Pat's Free Step-by-Step Podcasting Tutorial
- Audiotechnica ATR-2100 Podcasting Microphone [Amazon affiliate link]
- Muse Examples on Tim's Blog
- Gumroad.com
- Boomerang for Gmail
- Getting Started with Smart Passive Income
Podcast Transcript
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