Tag: growth

How to Make Money as an Artist

Loyal Lounatics know that many of the lessons brought to the hotlou show were learned by building the Twig the Fairy business. In this episode, host hotlou discusses the essay that took 5 minutes to read, but immediately changed his life forever by teaching him how to make money as an artist. And subsequently helped …

Baader-Meinhof? I just learned about that!

You know that thing when you learn about that new thing and then suddenly you encounter that thing all the time?  There’s a term for it!  Lou and Mike discuss the Baader-Meinhof effect. And now you can expect to hear about it all over the place. Baader-Meinhof The Baader-Meinhof effect is a cognitive bias also …

The Strange Truth about Embarrassing Moments

This episode, host hotlou shares a brief story of one of those embarrassing moments everyone has had from over 25 years ago that haunts him even today.  Sound familiar?  Yup, we all have those moments that make us cringe for weeks, months, or even decades after they happen.  Turns out, this very common phenomenon has …

Surprising Ways to Get Email Replies

You’ve probably noticed it’s become socially acceptable for people to simply ignore your emails. It’s always happened to some degree.  But in the last 2 years, it’s become a bit of an epidemic.  This episode, hotlou shares some surprising ways he’s using to get email replies that he has field tested with great success after …

Should Getting 1000 Likes Take 60 Steps?

This episode, Mike is back in charge to revisit Dad Jokes Daily — an experiment that began several weeks ago. Mike and hotlou share what was done, the results so far, and how listeners might be able to leverage the same strategy in their pursuit of getting 1000 likes on Facebook. Dad Jokes Daily The …