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Nicholas Bandy

Nick Bandy has 11 years of experience helping businesses grow bigger with better marketing. His system is built on the the classic fundamentals of influence and human nature, and guided by digital best practices (and coffee).

What if Upwork proposals cost as much as H1-B visas?

Just saw yesterday that H1-B visa application fees jumped up to…  $100,000.  That’s…a lot.  If you don’t know what an H1-B visa is, basically it lets US companies hire foreign talent “when they aren’t able to find similar talent domestically.”  Quotes around that last part because…well.  Anyway…  If Upwork, for example, wants to hire an

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Hidden dangers of assuming you know what clients want

I’m sitting beneath the shade of a lemon tree, tucked away in a quiet alcove of the Generalife—the Alhambra’s former summer residence, garden, and orchard.  If that sentence didn’t make any sense to you, that’s because I’m on vacation with my wife and daughter…sightseeing our merry way across Spain.  The Alhambra is a sprawling Moorish

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The Black Dog: How to Handle Isolation and Depression as a Freelancer

Today we’ve got a stellar reader question…my thoughts follow. ###  Nick,  I am already enjoying reading Upwork Domination. As regards your question:  If you could snap your fingers and eliminate ONE business issue, what would it be?   The one business issue I am struggling the most with is self-motivation, probably some aspect of that is

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Baby’s first mugshot

I’m sifting through our mail this afternoon, doing the typical ‘dump 99% of the envelopes in the trash but save the Birkenstock catalog and the coupons for a 3.9-star pizzeria I’ll never visit’ ritual when I spot something new and exciting…  Department of Homeland Security!  Great. I’m on a government watch list…again.  🙄  Oh wait,

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Personalization isn’t personal—the cold email conundrum

Saw this gem of a line on Reddit earlier:  “Come to the conclusion that most “personalized” emails aren’t personal. They’re just templates with variables.”  Oh MAN get this guy a Pulitzer Prize!    I’m not kidding, this is some “what if Socrates studied cold emails” magic right here.  Anyone with a business email gets bombarded

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Wait, WHO’S your daddy?

I’m sitting in a sweltering Saigonese coffee shop—probably 8 years ago—trying to finish a sales letter for some long-forgotten dating guru on how to…never mind.  But…  The strange couple to my right is making it very hard to concentrate.  “DA-dyyy, I’m back!” the girl purrs, plopping into the wooden chair across from her man.  She’s

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