How James Clear Grew Passive Panda to Over 17,000 Subscribers

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

• Episode: How James Clear Grew Passive Panda to Over 17,000 Subscribers
• Website: The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
• Feed URL: https://unmistakablecreative.com/podcast/rss
• Duration: 01:03:36
• Published: 2013-03-20 09:00

James Clear is is somewhat of an anomaly in the online world. Most people are starting their business to escape the conventional path, and abandon their existing careers.  But James started his online business so that he could use the proceeds to pay for his dream of becoming a doctor. He previously appeared in the episodes How to Email Important People and Getting High Open Rates in Newsletters and Growing a Blog to 1,000 Subscribers in 3 Months. Here are some highlights from our most recent chat:

• The Pros and Cons of Getting an MBA 
• Why The Information in School is on a 10-15 Year Delay
• How to Deal with Your Constant Need for Permission 
• A mindset that Catapulted James to becoming an All American Baseball Player
• Why Improving One Area of Your Life Will Impact Others 
• Starting with the Desire of Your Audience
• What Resulted in the Branding/Naming of Passive Panda
• The Reason James Has No Interest in Earning Passive Income
• Why You Don't Want to Base Your Relationship With Your Audience on Making a Sale
• Key Promotional tactics that cause your Content to Spread
• How to Frame Pitches in a Way That's Beneficial to Other Parties
• The Importance of Custom Landing Pages For Your Guest Posts
• The Reason Caring is Essential
• How to Have Successful Products Even When You have a Small Audience
• The Difference Between Richard Branson and Other Successful People

Resources Mentioned Include:

• Why Everybody Should Lift Weights
• Nathan Barry
• JamesClear.com/BFM

Tweetable Insights Include:

• The best preparation for an entrepreneur is to be an entrepreneur (Click to Tweet)
• If you want to change world you can go do it. You don't need somebody to say you're ready (Click to Tweet)
• What makes a good leader or teammate is they always have your back (Click to Tweet)
• Start Before You're Ready (Click to Tweet)

James Clear is an entrepreneur, weightlifter, and travel photographer in 18 countries. He is the founder of Passive Panda, the easy way to do hard things. He teaches freelancers, entrepreneurs, and individuals how to earn more money, time, and freedom. He says good things happen to him for no apparent reason. You can follow him on twitter @james_clear. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes