Mike Fix

Quantifying the impact of weather & climatology data on big business to build analytics grade, predictive models for BI, ML and Geospatial.

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@UnmaskTheSys Preach Rubio!! Say it loud!

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@FallRiverReport @MassGovernor @maura_healey Amazing how much she is proposing to "help people of MA" weeks before an election

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@HowieCarrShow New expense department. No one gets visited, department spends millions, chalked up as success that saved lives. Not allowed to audit.

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@DianaDiZoglio @MassAGO Please keep fighting! The corruption is everywhere! Road & bridge work that lasts decades. MSP at MassPort sitting in cruisers at every terminal collecting OT. The MBTA failures! Legislative bribery for past House Speakers & State Senators. Its non stop and has to be exposed!

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@TheCarolErskine @DianaDiZoglio @MassAGO Keeping pushing every avenue. The lack of transparency and willingness to even discuss an audit speaks volumes. Look at MA DOT road and bridge projects that go on for years, look at MassPort MSP sitting in cruisers collecting OT, look at the wasteful spending! Its everywhere!

[Iron Horse @ironcanary]

This is my favorite part of the documentary: Jimmy Page explaining to Jack White and The Edge how he got the sound for "Whole Lotta Love." He says ”it’s pretty rude” in his British accent !😆

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

72% voted for an audit! Why is your office playing games? @MassGovernor

[Maine Wire Jon @MaineWireJon]

Yeah…don’t pay attention to your gas and electricity bills.
Don’t pay attention to the cocaine delivery to my office.
Don’t pay attention to the Turnpike Plaza scandal.
Don’t pay attention to the costs of Home Base and the Healey Hotels….
All that matters is… Orange Man bad. 🤪
No, @MassGovernor is bad!

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@Mrcryptoxwhale @NoLimitGains @grok Done! Great content here

[ecomchigga @ecomchigga]

sat next to a guy on a flight who smelled like old money

rolex. tailored suit. reading a physical newspaper like it was 1987.

figured he was some finance executive or inherited wealth.

we got talking. I mentioned I sell stuff online.

he put down his newspaper.

"what kind of stuff?"

digital products. courses. ebooks. that kind of thing.

he smiled weird.

"I made $4 million last year selling a PDF about aquariums."

I thought he was messing with me.

he wasn't.

this guy is 61 years old. spent 30 years as an accountant. hated every second of it. retired at 55 with decent savings but nothing crazy.

his hobby was aquariums. had been keeping fish tanks since he was 12.

"my wife told me to start a blog so I'd stop boring her with fish facts."

so he did. wrote about aquarium stuff 3 times a week. water chemistry. tank setups. fish compatibility.

for 2 years nobody read it.

"I had maybe 50 visitors a month. all probably bots."

but he kept going because he had nothing else to do.

year 3, one article ranked on google. then another. then another.

suddenly he was getting 100K visitors a month. all people searching for aquarium help.

"I realized these people would probably pay for a complete guide. so I wrote one."

147 pages. everything about setting up and maintaining an aquarium.

priced it at $47.

first month: $6K
first year: $340K
last year: $4.2 million

from a PDF about fish tanks.

I asked about his marketing strategy.

"I don't have one. google sends people to my blog. blog mentions the guide. people buy it. I go play golf."

no email sequence?

"I have a newsletter. I send fish tips once a week. sometimes I mention the guide at the bottom. that's it."

no upsells?

"I made a second guide about saltwater tanks specifically. $67. people who bought the first one usually buy the second. that's my whole business."

no team?

"my wife helps with customer service. we get maybe 10 emails a day. most are just people showing us their tanks."

this 61 year old retiree built a bigger business than most "entrepreneurs" I know.

no ads. no funnel hacks. no growth strategies. no personal brand.

just mass expertise in one weird niche and patience to let it compound.

before we landed he gave me advice I didn't ask for:

"everyone your age wants to get rich fast. that's why most of you stay broke. I wrote about fish for 2 years before making a dollar. now I make more than I did in 30 years of accounting. speed is overrated. patience pays."

the plane landed. he grabbed his newspaper and walked off.

probably went home to feed his fish.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

A beautiful ocean and a more beautiful sunset 🌅

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@deadandcompany @SphereVegas Stoked!

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Hey @elonmusk I think this is a mistake. This mysterious account @didsmittyshowup won't let it post todays update of "no" because it thinks saying no over and over is a mistake. It's not a mistake. Its a new day just same answer. Please escalate.

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@goosetheband Brought my 17yr old daughter. She loved it! You guys absolutely rocked! @goosetheband #goosejams

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

Studs!

[Bobby Weir @BobWeir]

Happy birthday to my 'ol pal #PhilLesh!

📷: Natascha Weir

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@MacMasterWard5 Congrats Shawn! Well deserved for a man representing Melrosians!

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

@DJYoshi Go Army! Let's here #2 Bohemian Rapsody today at Michie Stadium.

[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

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[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

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[Mike Fix @FixMichael]

#HurricaneSally2020

[Reed Timmer, PhD @ReedTimmerUSA]

Flood waters continue to rise in Bay St Louis MS well ahead of #HurricaneSally. We are getting out while we can to reposition east toward the Biloxi area @RadarOmega_WX @MikeTheiss