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Founder Stories: “Beautiful Business Models” and Dotcal

At Terrain, we can’t get enough of win-win business models.  Which is why we’re so excited to share the entrepreneurial success story behind a product that maximizes wins for entrepreneurs, online professionals, and freelancers all around. Dotcal, the only design-first scheduling platform, transforms your mundane, run-of-the-mill booking page into a creative, personalized, and brandable experience […]

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Business Tips

Tools For Building Lead Magnets That Convert

In online business, a prospect’s email address is every marketer’s most coveted piece of information. But how do you convince them to share it with you? That’s where lead magnets come in. A lead magnet is a valuable offer or resource that you share with a prospect in exchange for their contact information. It could be […]

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What Entrepreneurs Need To Know About Web3

Web3 is increasingly being touted as the future of the internet. To put it simply, Web3 is a catch-all term for the vision of a new and improved internet, based on blockchains, cryptocurrencies, NFTs and decentralized finance, which gives power back to the users in the form of ownership. As an online business owner, you […]

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Learner Spotlight

Why Deborah Thinks Terrain Fills A Gap In The Course Industry

About Deborah Deborah is a B2B freelance technical writer, SEO content writer and copywriter. She has been freelancing since 2019 and specialises in email and sales copy, blog posts, web content and technical writing.  Key Challenges As a freelance content writer, Deborah’s primary challenge was upskilling. She says, “Even if you are a creative writer, […]

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Business Tips

Why we can’t stop talking about Dotcal – the only design-first scheduling platform

As a creative entrepreneur, online business professional, or freelancer, you already know how much first impressions matter. It’s why you built an impeccable website – with gripping copy, on-brand designs, glowing testimonials, and compelling CTAs.  But what about second impressions? When prospects land on your meticulously designed website and hit the “book a call” button, […]

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Terrain

The Win-Win-Win: Living our Values

Terrain has been through a few different evolutions since our December 2020 beta launch, but one thing that’s remained consistent throughout our pivots is the win-win-win. Everything we do at Terrain needs to be a win for our community, a win for the planet, and a win for us as a business. Revenue Share We […]

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Monthly Wrap Up: May 2022

Welcome to our Monthly Wrap Up! We’ve been busy this month, so let’s dive right in. Through our partnership with Eden Reforestation Projects, we’re now planting a tree for every review you leave on a course on Terrain. 🌳(Yes, even a bad one) Reviews are important because they give us feedback on the type of content we’re creating, […]

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Business Tips Growth & Marketing

How To Grow Your Business As A Solopreneur

So you finally quit your boring, dissatisfying, soul-sapping 9-5 job (or you’re just about to).  And you’ve been thinking about going out on your own. But you can’t start your own solo business by simply taking a leap of faith into the deep unknown. It’s important to get all the facts, do your research, and […]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Crypto, NFTs, and the Ethereum Blockchain

Web3 is all the rage at the moment. Everyone’s talking about it, but if you’re looking in from the outside, it can seem incredibly complicated. Web3 is the result of a number of growing trends in technology: increased focus on data and privacy, a desire to remove control from monopolistic tech companies like Facebook (aka […]

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How To Create A Professional Email Signature

Want to know one of the most overlooked places to market your business? It’s your email signature. As a business owner, your email signature is more than just a name and title scribbled at the bottom of your email. In fact, it’s a key opportunity to promote your brand, establish credibility, and build trust with […]