Pop quiz, hotshot: What’s the most important skill you must have in order to be successful as an entrepreneur, especially in an online business?  Is it salesmanship? Is it social media savvy, or SEO knowledge?  Is it writing and content…

Picture three men racing through a tall hedge maze. The first man runs off and begins following paths randomly, hoping to stumble upon the exit. The second man is more methodical. He puts one hand on a wall of the…

I used to think that successful people had it all figured out. If they wanted to make something happen, they knew exactly what to do. If they created a new product, it would be instantly popular and profitable. They knew…

We live a lonely life out here on the internet. Sure, we’ve got email and blogs and social media and Skype and the occasional contact via an actual phone, but in real-life terms we’re pretty isolated. We usually live far…

I like to use these Weekly Wrap intros to feature interesting industry news and tidbits, not to talk about myself and the cool things I’ve been up to. Note: All previous intros that violate this principle have been random coincidences…

A lot happened over the summer while the Wrap was on hiatus. One of those things was relevant to this here world of marketing and networking and connection and bon-bons… and that was the launch of the Google+ social network.…

I think there comes a time in every person’s life when he has to ask himself, “Am I most effectively doing what Copyblogger tells me to do, to the point of abdicating my free will and possibly granting its editors…

Here’s an actual conversation I had with Brian, which I may have paraphrased and/or written while getting a massage from a clown: Brian: “So, do you want to start writing the Wrap again?” Me: “Sure, sounds like fun. Are people…

It felt like the walls were closing in, the room growing smaller. My heart was hammering hard enough that I could see my pulse against the back of my eyes. I was having trouble breathing, an automatic function that was…

So today will be the last Wrap until summer ends, the kids go back to school, and Brian puts his shirt back on. So in honor of this being our season finale, I’m throwing the BIGGEST, BADDEST, ROOTIN’-TOOTIN’EST PARTY YOU’VE…

I’m trying to teach my kids to think independently. I guess it comes down to temperament and desire, but I’d love it if they decided to become entrepreneurs. But for now, it’d be enough if they just learned to follow…

Last week, I got flak for maligning Cleveland in my Weekly Wrap intro. As is the case when unfortunate faux pas are made, the incident caused me to do some serious introspection. I stopped thinking about myself and my own…

By the time you read this, if I’m lucky, I’ve been to Blogworld Expo in New York, having presented a blockbuster session which wowed crowds who, overwhelmingly grateful, lavished much affection and chocolate on me, and have returned, safe and…

I don’t mean to complain because I’m happy to have this gig, but honestly it’s kind of a rip-off that I do all this work on this wrapup and then realize that it’s going to run on the same day…

This week, I went to Target, bought a $30 desk, built a stand that would raise it 18 inches in the air, stuck my in-laws’ unused treadmill under it, and made myself a walking desk. (I know the monitor needs…

The other day while out riding my bike, I was accosted by three turkeys. I’m not kidding. The turkeys were crossing the road, and I was screaming down a hill at them. I hit the brakes but they didn’t flinch…

The other day, I was scheduling a teleseminar that I have on Monday, and I got totally paranoid again about time. Again. See, I keep missing calls because I’ll plan something for Eastern and the other person will plan it…

I can’t believe I missed my anniversary. Not my wedding anniversary, of course — we know from stand-up comedians that men never forget those — but rather my anniversary as writer of the Copyblogger Weekly Wrap. The first Wrap ran…

I always find myself having to explain what it means to have “internet relationships.” Last month, I went to South by Southwest. Next month, I’m going to Blogworld (I’m actually presenting at Blogworld, but sadly don’t have enough people “interested”…

A week ago yesterday, this post ran here on Copyblogger, all about how I’m actually a woman. Not coincidentally, a week ago yesterday was also April 1st, widely known as April Fool’s Day. So, the whole thing was the drunken…

My 6-year-old son has become completely obsessed with playing Super Mario Bros. on our Wii game system. A regrettable side effect is that I hear that music in my head constantly and now see everything in terms of Mario. For…

My name is Johnny B. Truant. You might know me from stimulating enterprises such as The Badass Project or my own infamous blog, or maybe even the Copyblogger Weekly Wrap. What you might not know is that I’m a woman.…

My birthday was on Wednesday (I turned 17 and my dad says I can drive his car to the prom – SCORE!), and I got about fifty billion of those little Facebook notifications of people writing on my wall to…

Last week, I was in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest conference. Which meant that I did absolutely no conferencing and instead just hung out with people and caught up with both old and new friends. One of those…

I had this weird dream last night that I was at the Copyblogger party at SXSW, and Brian was in a huff because he wanted a wizard at the party. So a guy dressed like a wizard shows up with…

I’m just now getting around to booking my flight and hotel for South by Southwest, but I’m excited to be doing it at all because it’s one of the best networking events of the year. And by “networking,” I of…

This Monday was Valentine’s Day, which is one of those rare days my wife Robin and I go out without the kids and then realize that we’ve forgotten how to converse without being constantly interrupted. So, in an attempt at…

I’ve been hard at work this week on Profitable Idealism, my new venture with Pace Smith, who coincidentally wrote Thursday’s post below. It’s all about combining altruistic, selfless motives with business aims, and so naturally it got me thinking…

So Copyblogger finally has a Facebook page. I suspect that this has to do with psychology more than public relations. I mean, sure, Copyblogger has a lot of subscribers. On Twitter, it has a lot of followers and gets…

This was a fun week for me. A group of cool people and I launched The Badass Project, getting underway by debuting our inaugural interview with Copyblogger’s own Jon Morrow. (NOTE: If you’re making assumptions about what a project with…

I took last weekend off. It was a mini-vacation with my wife, wherein the objective was to get away from the kids and dogs and “do nothing, in peace and quiet” for a while. Consequently, I discovered that I’ve become…