It’s actually day two and 5.31 pm. But I really feel like writing. Even though I wrote 1.5k words earlier. Having finished up my ‘52k words’ project around a month back – I’ve been looking for another writing project I can sink my teeth into. This is it. Blogging just for the sake of…
I’m back with day 2 :p Glad to be doing this with you folks. So right now it’s Sunday 9.10am: I’m sitting at the hub by Premier Inn next to West Brompton station: And check the upload speed of this place: It’s better than the internet I have at home (or in…
It’s Deepak Shukla here. Starting my attempt to publish one piece of content every single day. It’s Saturday the 22nd of February, the time is 540 AM and I want to finally begin my journey of ‘journaling’. Made my 430 AM start today 🙂 Of producing content every single day – and aiming to write…
What Ted and Tedx talks are: What’s the difference between a Ted and Tedx talk: What is the ACTUAL benefit? Publicly Privately How I became a TEDx speaker: Preparation for the event: My advice to you on becoming a Tedx speaker: Watch a couple of Tedx talks Research upcoming TEDx events Tips on how to…
Let’s play a little game. What’s the first thing you think of when I say ‘Michael Jordan’? Basketball right? What about ‘apple iPhone’? Steve Jobs. This automatic association is a result of the successful personal brands these individuals have established for themselves. Your personal brand is made up of the expertise and experiences that define…
There is one hard truth in business you can’t escape. Even if you have the best product in your niche, or offer the best service that previous clients have raved about potential new clients can’t buy a thing from you unless they know about you, which is why marketing – and marketing 24/7 – is…
Airbnb has grown, globally, beyond the expectations of almost everybody, including that of its founders, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, who hatched the idea in 2007 when as broke California students they couldn’t pay their rent, but has a spare room they could let out for a little extra cash. Now there are over 1,000,000…
You’ve probably heard it before, cold email is nothing but glorified spam. This is the line used by almost everyone who is not a fan of cold email prospecting. Usually because they have tried it before, failed and refuse to accept the possibility that someone else might succeed where they couldn’t. The fact is that…
There is an American TV show – or was it’s cancelled now – that I used to watch on one of the various streaming services I have too many subscriptions to called Burn Notice. It was (is) cheesy and melodramatic, especially as the intro starts off like this: “You’re blacklisted; when you’re burned, you’ve got…
Link building. It’s time consuming, often confusing and sometimes downright tedious. Plenty of even the most “expert” of content creators just wish that it wasn’t necessary, that the search engines would start paying less attention to who is linking to a piece. But that is not going to happen in the foreseeable future. Links are…
You’ve spent weeks, no months, building the perfect prospect list. You spent days researching every name on it. You’ve segmented the list, written great cold email copy and brainstormed an amazing subject line. Your cold email campaign is all lined up to go. There’s one last thing. When should you send it? I’ll bet you’d like to…
Have you ever tried asking a complete stranger out on a date? It’s scary, it’s risky, but if you’ve ‘got game’, and take the right approach, things might work out (well. you might get to buy them a drink at least.) Believe it or not, the same goes for cold email. Your success depends on…
If you’ve ever sat down and wondered exactly why SEO matters so much then sit back and let Deepak Shukla, one of the top SEO consultants in London provide a simple, straightforward explanation. The vast internet is awash with blog posts First off, let’s take time to think about the internet or world wide web…
At Super Bowl time in the US, TV advertisers pull out all the stops and pay millions for a 30 second or maybe one-minute spot. This past Super Bowl Amazon went even further and paid for a minute and a half to advertise on behalf of their AI voice assistant, Alexa. If you missed the…
No matter how much you work on your website, network on LinkedIn and boost the SERPs visibility of your digital properties – all of which you should do – there will come a time when it is time to present yourself to the world as a representation of that business. Maybe you need to secure…
Here’s a question I’ve heard a lot. Why are you so big into LinkedIn Deepak? Why don’t your do more Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or (insert trendy new social network here) The fact is, I have profiles on most of the major social networks. And I post to a few. But the thing is, while Facebook…