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Business & Entrepreneurship

  • What Is A Productized Service? Should You Start One?
  • How I Optimized My WordPress Admin To Turn It Into A Business Command Center
  • Smart Survey System: Your Guide To Using Surveys To Grow Your Business
  • Branding And Product Names: Changes In My Business And Why
  • Is Your Online Business Protected Against The Unexpected? 6 Points Of Online Business Self-Reliance And Digital Sovereignty
  • 84 Lessons From 20 Years As An Online Entrepreneur (Updated)
  • The Blogger Code Of Monetization
  • How To Grow Your Online Business… Especially When You’re Short On Time
  • 6 Strategies To Avoid Overwhelm And Actually Grow Your Business
  • A Word On Gratitude
  • On Being A Problogger… And A Dad
  • The Circles Of Life – Which Are You On?
  • The Power Of Minimalism And How You Can Apply It
  • It Is About Lifestyle Design
  • Just Got BBB Accreditation. But, Does It Matter Anymore?
  • The Society of Mediocrity And Your Role As a Blogger
  • Self Employment Vs Employee: Which Actually Provides More Financial Security?

Business Systems

  • How I Optimized My WordPress Admin To Turn It Into A Business Command Center
  • FluentBooking Review: Why This Scheduling Plugin Stands Out Above The Competition
  • How To Set Up Domain-Based Email For Your Business (And Why I Quit Gmail)
  • How To Handle Complainers And Rude Emails To Support
  • How To Avoid The Most Common Pitfalls While Growing Your Online Business
  • The 3 Metrics I Track Every Day And Use To Predictably Grow My Business
  • How Much Time, Effort, And Money Does It Take To Build A Six-Figure Online Business?
  • How To Grow Your Online Business… Especially When You’re Short On Time
  • Key Performance Indicators: Growing And Managing Your Online Business by The Numbers
  • An Open Letter To Those Struggling To Get Started In Online Business
  • My Personal Lessons of 2014 – And Looking Ahead to 2015
  • How To Successfully Grow Your Business, According To An Ancient Chinese Military Strategist
  • The 7 Stages of Building An Online Business [Infographic and Guide]
  • What Happens When An Online Business Owner Disappears For 3 Weeks?
  • How To Handle The Confusion And Overwhelm That Goes With Starting An Online Business
  • After 16 Years Of Running A Tech Site, It Is Time To Part Ways
  • In Order To Successfully Monetize Your Blog, You Must First Forget What You Think You Know.
  • The 10 Commandments Of Online Blog-Based Business
  • How To Answer The Dangerous Question For Entrepreneurs: What Do You Do?
  • What Does Success Mean For A Blogger? Income… Or Being Famous?
  • How Pinterest Exposed The Problem With Internet Marketing Training
  • How To Fine-Tune Your Blog’s Effectiveness [Case Study]
  • How To Have Your Business Stand Out – And Flourish – In A Sea Of Competition
  • Applying A Lesson From Apple To My Business
  • The “Third Rail” of Internet Marketing And Blogging… That Few Tackle Head On
  • Forget About Internet Business. It’s Just Business.
  • Why The “Make Money Blogging” Niche Is Broken
  • If You’re Going To Bother Blogging…
  • Time For A Change
  • SHOCKING: 56% of Bloggers Do No Email Marketing. Why Not?
  • What The Blog Statistics You Track Say About You…
  • 7 Colossal Mistakes Bloggers Make – And It Is KILLING Them
  • The Blogger Code of Ethics

Content Creation

  • How To Do A Blog Content Audit (Without Nasty Spreadsheets). My Custom System For Managing Content In Wordpress.
  • Blog Content Strategy: How To Structure Your Entire Blog (So It Will Actually Work)
  • Branding Guide: The Exact Components Of Branding, Personal Brand, And How To Determine Your’s
  • Blog Categories Done Smartly: How To Define Your Blog Category Structure To Make More Leads And Sales
  • Core Web Vitals: The Dummies Guide To Increasing Your Scores And Satisfying The Google SEO Overlords
  • Perfect About Page Formula: Create A Conversion-Focused About Page With This Template
  • SEO Optimization: The Ultimate Guide To Search Engine Optimization For Bloggers
  • Blog Post Frequency: How Often Should You Post To Your Blog For SEO?
  • Content Strategy For Blogs: How The Redwood Strategy Works To Get Massive Traffic To Your Blog With Less Effort
  • Content Marketing Strategy: Plan Your Content Calendar In Advance (Plus Template + Worksheet)
  • Anatomy Of The Perfect Blog Post: A Complete Guide To Ideal Blog Post Structure And Formatting
  • The 6 Core Pages Of Your Blog – And How To Tweak Them To 2X Your Conversions
  • 58+ Headline Formulas: The Ultimate Non-Copywriter’s Guide To Writing Headlines That Get The Clicks
  • Money Levers #3: Rethinking Traffic And How To Get It
  • Categories vs Tags: Actual Conversion-Focused Strategy For Organizing Your Blog Posts
  • Help! I Have Nothing To Post To My Blog!
  • 10 Hard-Learned Podcasting Lessons I’ve Learned After 3 Years Of Recording (Sorta)
  • How To Help Save The World Using Your Social Media Account
  • 6 Content Marketing Strategies You Can Learn From Glenn Beck and The Blaze
  • 7 Word Question That Gives You Endless Blog Content Ideas
  • A Quarterly Editorial Calendar Template (And How To Use It)
  • An In-Depth Guide To Developing And Planning Your Quarterly Editorial Calendar For Your Blog
  • Backup Buddy Review: Powerful Wordpress Backup Plug-in
  • A Video Review Of Aweber
  • Video Review Of OptimizePress
  • Blogging Fast: 8 Simple Tips For Writing Faster
  • 50 Rapid Fire Tips For Power Blogging

Email List Building

  • Re-Engagement Emails: How To Create And Execute A Re-Engagement Campaign And Win Back Cold Subscribers
  • 7 Things You Can Do In Less Than A Few Hours to Grow Your List More Effectively
  • Email Deliverability: The Simple Guide To How To Ensure Your Best Deliverability Metrics
  • Subscriber-Only Content: How To Ensure Only Your Subscribers Can Get Your Lead Magnets
  • FluentCRM Review Update: Is It Ready For Me To Switch Over?
  • RightMessage Versus ConvertFlow: Onsite Retargeting To Personalize The Marketing On Your Blog
  • Thrive Leads Vs OptinMonster: A Non-Biased Comparison Based On Real World Use
  • What If You Emailed Your List Every Day? (A Different Look At Email Frequency)
  • Ultimate Guide To Building An Email List: List Building That Works And Makes You Money
  • How To Create 2-Step Opt-ins In Your Blog Posts Using Thrive Leads
  • 15 Things About Drip That Made Me Switch From Ontraport Marketing Automation
  • How To Increase Your Blog’s Optin Rate Without Creating Any New Content
  • 7 Effective Lead Magnet Ideas To Build Your List (That Aren’t “Ebooks”)
  • How To Have A Targeted Opt-in Form For Each Blog Category
  • The 7 Criteria For An Effective Lead Magnet (And Why You Shouldn’t Make That Big-Ass Ebook)
  • How To Deal With Subscribers Who Don’t Confirm Their Email Subscriptions
  • Email List Building: Should You Always Offer A Freebie To Build Your Email List?
  • The Mechanics Of Email List Giveaways – How Do You Set It Up?

Getting Started

  • How to Choose the Best WordPress Theme in 2025: A Smart Guide (No Developer Needed)
  • Why Wordpress? Why Not Wix, Weebly or Squarespace?
  • Online Business Startup Costs: How Much Should You Expect To Spend To Start A Money-Making Blog?
  • Finding Your Blog Niche: How Exactly Do You Narrow Down Your Niche?
  • How To Set Up Domain-Based Email For Your Business (And Why I Quit Gmail)
  • How Long Does It Take To Make Money With Your Blog? (My Answer To This Common Question)
  • Blog Launch Plan: How To Launch Your Brand New Blog From Scratch, In 14 Steps
  • How To Pick Domain Name: Tips, Tools And Strategies (And Common Questions Answered)
  • When Is The Right Time To Monetize Your Blog?
  • Which Comes First: Traffic or Monetization? (How Everything Has Changed)
  • Reality Check: A Blog Is Not A Business
  • The Danger Of Reading Blogger Income Reports
  • How To Build And Monetize A Blog In A Crowded Market (A Strategic Launch Plan)
  • How To Avoid The Most Common Pitfalls While Growing Your Online Business
  • How To Make Money In The Personal Development Niche (And Why Many Don’t)
  • Why Today Is The Day You Should Stop Blogging
  • 10 Steps I Would Follow To Start Over And Build My Business From Scratch in 90 Days (Updated)
  • Find Your Niche: The Ultimate Guide To Choosing A Profitable Blog Niche That Works For You
  • How Much Time, Effort, And Money Does It Take To Build A Six-Figure Online Business?
  • 6 Biggest Mistakes Bloggers Make When Choosing Their Niche
  • Why Following Your Passion Is Bad Advice

Marketing Automation

  • Re-Engagement Emails: How To Create And Execute A Re-Engagement Campaign And Win Back Cold Subscribers
  • Smart Survey System: Your Guide To Using Surveys To Grow Your Business
  • Email Deliverability: The Simple Guide To How To Ensure Your Best Deliverability Metrics
  • FluentBooking Review: Why This Scheduling Plugin Stands Out Above The Competition
  • How To Increase Your Email Open Rates And Get Your Emails Delivered
  • Lead Magnets With BeeHiiv: How To Deliver Them And Set Up Your Automations
  • BeeHiiv Integrations: How To Connect Your Own Forms To BeeHiiv (Using The API)
  • BeeHiiv Review: Why I’ve Decided To Switch My Newsletter(s) Over To BeeHiiv
  • Is Your Website Annoying To Your Visitors?
  • How To Clean Your Email List And Ensure Good Delivery Rates From A New Sender
  • FluentCRM Review Update: Is It Ready For Me To Switch Over?
  • Building Your Email List Via A Free Membership: Why You Might Want To (And How)
  • FluentCRM Review: A Look At Marketing Email Automation Inside WordPress
  • Marketing Automation CRM… Inside Of WordPress? Would It Work?
  • Mailchimp vs Aweber vs ConvertKit – Comparison Of Email Marketing Tools For Bloggers
  • ConvertBox Review: The Good And Bad Points Of This Opt-In Software And How It Compares (UPDATED)
  • What If You Emailed Your List Every Day? (A Different Look At Email Frequency)
  • 15 Things About Drip That Made Me Switch From Ontraport Marketing Automation
  • Should You Use Double Opt-In On Your Mailing List? Pros, Cons, And A Potential Better Way

Membership Sites

  • FluentCommunity Review: Can This Be A Replacement For BuddyBoss?
  • WooCommerce Setup: The Settings I Use For Almost Every Site I Build
  • BuddyBoss Hosting: What’s The Hosting For A Buddyboss Membership Site
  • Should You Offer A Lifetime Membership To Your Membership Site? Don’t Make These Mistakes…
  • Video Hosting For Your Membership And Online Courses: How To Securely Embed Videos And Ensure Protected Access
  • Membership Site Community: Should You Have One? Best Platform?
  • Membership Site Domain: New Domain, Sub-Domain Or Same Site? How To Avoid My Mistakes.
  • How I Built A Service Credit System For My Membership Site
  • The Ultimate Blueprint To Building Your Membership Site
  • When Is The Right Time To Start A Membership Site?
  • Thrive Apprentice 4 Review: Thrive Suite Just Grew Up
  • How My Membership Site Is Built: The Tools & Plugins I Use To Power My Business
  • The Most Powerful Membership Site Plugin For Wordpress That Often Gets Overlooked
  • BuddyBoss Blog Layout: How To Easily Create Custom Blog Post Templates
  • Big Update To My Membership Site – What I Did And Why
  • Presto Player Review: Could This Be The Video Player You Always Wanted For Sales Videos And Online Courses?
  • Building Your Email List Via A Free Membership: Why You Might Want To (And How)
  • How To Customize Your Login Screen With Thrive Architect
  • Why 2021 Is The Year A Membership Site Becomes More Important Than Ever (And It Has Nothing To Do With Monetization)
  • LearnDash Review: Is It The Right Solution For Your Online Courses?
  • BuddyBoss Theme Review: Could It Be The Perfect Membership Site Theme?
  • WP Fusion Review: 7 Cool Things You Can Do With Your Membership Site With This Plug-In
  • How To Make Member Announcements And Promotions In Your Membership Site Easily – Using ConvertBox
  • Membership Site Setup: The 4 Main Components Of The Membership Site Tech Stack (And What I’m Now Using)
  • Why I Am Switching Away From MemberMouse For My Membership Site
  • A Fresh 2020 Review Of Wishlist Member: How Does This Membership Site Plugin Stack Up Today?
  • Thrive Apprentice Review: What’s It Like To Build An Online Course With This Tool?
  • How To Use Gravity Forms To Create Free Memberships With Membermouse
  • How To Create An Affiliate Program For Your Membership Site With WordPress
  • Membership Sites: 6 Reasons Why You Should Turn Your Blog Into A Membership Site To Make Money
  • Membership Site Examples: Get Some Ideas From These 10 Membership Sites
  • How To Make Money With Udemy (The Right Way)
  • How To Sell A Recurring Membership Site Subscription
  • MemberMouse Review: The Good and Bad After 5 Years Of Using MemberMouse For My Business
  • How To Turn Wordpress Into A Powerful Training Portal, with WP Courseware
  • The Story of My First Membership Site
  • Forget This One Thing, And Your Membership Site Will Fail
  • Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business
  • What You Need To Create A Membership Site
  • Why I Switched Away From Wishlist Member

No Category

  • An Update On Concierge Services: How It’s Going And What’s Changing
  • How To Separate Your Email From Your Web Hosting (For Best Web Hosting)
  • Awesome Support From ConvertKit. I Want To Acknowledge Them Publicly.
  • Consumer Alert: Tricky and Pushy Marketing In The WordPress Economy
  • How To Run Marketing Automations As A Video Is Watched In Wordpress
  • WP Social Ninja Pro Review: This Is NOT Just Another Social Media Plugin
  • The Most Powerful Membership Site Plugin For Wordpress That Often Gets Overlooked
  • Why I Switched From Thrivecart To WooCommerce
  • How Many Wordpress Plugins Are Too Many? Surprising Answer…
  • AI Copywriting Tools – Why I Just Say No
  • Real Talk On Recent Pivots At The Blog Marketing Academy (And Why)
  • My (2021) Home Office Setup For Blogging And Content Creation
  • How To Cut Your Dependency On Big Tech (And Why You Might Want To)
  • ConvertBox Review: 15 Pro Strategies Using ConvertBox To Grow Your Business And Make More Money
  • RV Blog Update: Lessons From My First Facebook Boosted Post [10XChallenge]
  • How To Use ConvertBox To Engage And Segment Existing Subscribers
  • New RV Blog Stats! Update On My Email List Metrics, Blog Traffic, And Epic Bounce Rate Change [10XChallenge]
  • Do I Have An Unfair Advantage As I Try To 10X My Blog Traffic?
  • First Step: Resurrecting A Dormant Blog From The Dead [10X Blog Traffic Challenge]
  • 10X Blog Traffic Challenge: A Long Overdue Update On Starting An RV Blog From Scratch
  • How To Make Member Announcements And Promotions In Your Membership Site Easily – Using ConvertBox
  • A Fresh 2020 Review Of Wishlist Member: How Does This Membership Site Plugin Stack Up Today?
  • Why And How I Switched My Optins From Thrive Leads To ConvertBox
  • How To Use Gravity Forms To Create Free Memberships With Membermouse
  • ConvertBox Review: The Good And Bad Points Of This Opt-In Software And How It Compares (UPDATED)
  • How To Create An Affiliate Program For Your Membership Site With WordPress
  • How To Create Beautiful Blog Posts That Will Stand Out From The Crowd (And Convert) With Thrive Architect
  • No BS: How To Choose The Right Web Hosting For Your Online Business
  • Brave Payments: Could This Be The Future Of Monetization For Content Creators?
  • The Danger Of Reading Blogger Income Reports
  • How NOT To Deal With Refund Requests (Hint: Don’t Be Like eFax)
  • The Future Of Online Business: Cryptocurrencies And Why I Believe You Should Be Accepting Bitcoin.
  • Why So Many Bloggers Recommend Bluehost or Hostgator Hosting (And Why I Don’t)
  • An Update On My Hobby RV Camping Blog. Full Stat Breakdown. (RV Blog Report #4)
  • 7 Weeks In… Status Report On The New RV Blog [RV Blog Report #3]
  • 22 Days After Starting A New Blog From Scratch – A Status Report [RV Blog Report #2]
  • Follow Along While I Start Up A New Blog From Scratch (RV Blog Report #1)
  • 23 Random Observations After A Month On The Road In Our RV
  • Hitting The Road! Preparing My Online Business For Life In An RV.
  • Behind The Scenes Update, My Screw-Ups, What’s Coming Next…
  • My Daily Template For More Focus and Higher Productivity
  • The 2 Things To Ask Yourself on Every Blog Post You Write
  • What’s the Most Important Thing To Test In Your Marketing?
  • Blog Posts Aren’t Dead. But, They’re Dying.
  • The One Question You Must Ask In Order To Monetize Your Blog
  • Why I’ve Switched Over To WP Engine As My Web Host
  • Lessons Learned After Running a 30-Day Blog Series
  • 4 Factors You Can Use To Close The Sale
  • How To Get Great Call To Action Boxes On Your Blog
  • How To Make Your YouTube Channel Art Within The Guidelines
  • What Should You Do With Your Blog Homepage?
  • What Is A Content Delivery Network? (CDN)
  • How To Share Secure Logins With Your Virtual Assistant
  • Top 8 Mistakes Way Too Many Blog Owners Make – Are You?
  • How Internet Marketers Are Misleading People With Tiny Email Lists (And How To Recover)
  • When Is The Right Time To Ask For The Sale?
  • Should You Be Bummed When Somebody Unsubscribes From Your List?
  • Super Easy Tip For Higher Open Rates On Your Email List
  • How To Use Email Segments To Get Higher Open Rates
  • Do Pop-Ups Still Work?
  • Why I Use And Recommend Gravity Forms For Wordpress
  • Does Social Media Violate The 80/20 Rule?
  • The Changing Landscape of Email Marketing
  • Why Periodically Deleting Email Subscribers Makes Sense [Subscriber Re-Engagement]
  • 6 Uncommon Techniques For List Building
  • Why Story-Telling Is The Super Glue For Your Blog
  • How To Find and Hire Writers For Your Blog (The Complete Guide)
  • Is Your Email List Really Small? Read This Now.

Podcast

Productivity

  • The Realities of Blogging For A Living – What Is It Really Like?
  • 7 Strategies On Balancing Family Life, Online Business, And Working From Home
  • The Simple Secret To Getting More Done In Less Time
  • What To Focus On: A Simple, Numerical System For Ranking Your Ideas And Figuring Out What To Do, When
  • Focus Mapping: An Exercise I Perform Every Morning Before I Get To Work
  • A Productivity Tool That Has Transformed My Work Day (HINT: It Isn’t Software)
  • Starting An Online Business: 6 Dangerous Habits That Can Sabotage Your Success
  • 101 Productivity Hacks For Online Entrepreneurs (Based on 23 Years Of Experience)
  • How To Be A Total Newbie To Online Marketing And Not Screw It Up [CASE STUDY]
  • How To Grow Your Blog Effectively Via Podcasting
  • Can An Online Business Support The Life You Really Want?
  • The Rice Krispies Guide To How To Package Your Blog Content To Get Read
  • The Entrepreneurial Cycle, How Businesses Are Created And Destroyed, And My Huge Takeaway From 2013
  • 6 Strategies To Avoid Overwhelm And Actually Grow Your Business
  • 55 Lessons About Online Business I’ve Learned Over 15 Years
  • The Academy Business System – A Graphical Illustration Of An Information Marketing Business
  • Introduction To The Theory Of Constraints (And Applying It To Growing An Online Business)
  • The 3 Reasons People Fail In Business
  • A Sad State Of Affairs
  • Rant: Is “Lack of Jobs” Really The Problem?
  • How To Execute Your To-Do List MUCH Faster
  • The Fallacy Of Waiting For The Right Time
  • How To Avoid Angry Customer/Reader Emails To Support
  • The Power Of The Mastermind Group – Dismiss This At Your Own Risk
  • How To Secure And Safeguard Your Online Business In An Uncertain Economy
  • A Stupidly Simple, Yet Powerful Technique Of Keeping Laser-Like Focus On Your Business Goals
  • How I Write and Send An Email To My Email List Within 60 Seconds Using Tools & Systems
  • 3 Huge Wastes Of Time And Money When I Started My Business [Reader Question]
  • Is SEO Dead? And, Did Google Disavow Kill It?
  • Where Should You Spend Your Time When Expanding Your Blog and Business?
  • How To (Expertly) Use Evernote To Be A Better Blogger
  • The Reason Why You Work All Day And Nothing Gets Done
  • But, I’m Not A Tech Person
  • It is Time To Shit Or Get Off The Pot
  • The Myth (And Danger) Of Posting To Your Blog Every Day
  • The #1 (Self-Created) Barrier To Entrepreneurship (And How To Solve It)
  • 7 Ways To Lengthen The Blog Post Lifespan
  • 15-Step Blogger Checklist: Before You Hit The Publish Button [Downloadable]
  • Reality: Click-Through Rates On Banners Suck. What To Do?
  • How To Get A Big Whiteboard On A Small Budget (Less Than $20)
  • 5 Failures and Take-Aways From 2011 [A Retrospective]
  • How Long Does It Take To Start Making Money Online?
  • What The Wrong Internet Marketing Mindset Looks Like
  • Increasing Productivity with Home Office “Feng Shui”
  • Wreck Diving On A Sunken Boat Wreck – And How It Helped My Business
  • Your Big “Why” – And Why Not Having One Is The Path To Failure
  • What Many People Forget About “Making Money Online”
  • 7 Ways To Get Endless Ideas For Your Blog Posts
  • This One Simple Calculation And Metric Can Make The Difference Between Success and Failure
  • How to Accomplish Anything, Succeed At Anything, And Be Awesome.
  • How To Handle Negative or Annoying Feedback (Without Blowing Your Lid)
  • 8 Cold, Hard Facts About The Successful Online Entrepreneur
  • Are You A Business Opportunity Seeker?
  • Declaring War On Distractions And Lost Productivity
  • A Word On Gratitude
  • The Circles Of Life – Which Are You On?

Sales & Conversion

  • What Is A Productized Service? Should You Start One?
  • 9 Tactics For Autopilot Social Proof: How To Get Testimonials On Automatic
  • How I Built A Service Credit System For My Membership Site
  • How To Create Powerful Order Forms Simply (Without Needing A Shopping Cart)
  • Using Simply Schedule Appointments To Build A Powerful Scheduler Right Inside Wordpress (No Third Party Calendars!)
  • Perfect About Page Formula: Create A Conversion-Focused About Page With This Template
  • ThriveCart Review: Is It Any Good? Does It Rise Over Other Shopping Cart Alternatives?
  • Top 11 Blog Monetization Strategies, Ranked In Order
  • How To Use A Blog (Properly) To Market A Local, Offline Business
  • Pricing Strategy: The Non-Marketer’s Guide To Figuring Out What To Charge For Your Digital Products
  • Conversion Triggers: 15 Psychological Buttons To Help You Get More Customers, More Opt-ins, And Higher Click/Open Rates
  • Blog Monetization: The Exact Business Model Proven To Make Money Blogging
  • The Web As You Knew It Is Dying – And This Is How It Has Changed Everything For Bloggers and Marketers
  • Case Study: How This Mental Health Blog Can Make More Money (By Removing Banner Ads)
  • The Fastest (Often Overlooked) Way To Making Money Online
  • How To Sell Without Selling: Making Money Without Being A Pushy Salesman
  • How To Get Social Proof When You Don’t Have Any Testimonials
  • 15 Different Countdown Timer Tools To Drive Urgency On Your Sales Pages And Emails
  • The 6 Core Pages Of Your Blog – And How To Tweak Them To 2X Your Conversions
  • Increase Your Income By Increasing Your Prices (Money Levers #6)
  • How To Execute A Flash Sale (Money Levers #5)
  • The Foundation Of Real Blog Monetization: The Blog Profit Funnel (Money Levers #4)
  • Money Levers #2: Creating A New Offer Using The Product Idea Checklist (And Selling It Before You Make It)
  • Money Levers: The Levers You Can Pull To Generate More Revenue As Needed
  • How I Would Market And Sell Web Development Services If I Were Still A Web Developer
  • 5 Reasons Why Banner Advertising Is The DUMBEST Way To Monetize Your Blog
  • How To Figure Out What Product You Can Build For Your Audience
  • 7 Ways To Use Your Autoresponder to Get More Traffic And More Money
  • How I Monetized A Technology Blog And Turned It Into A Six Figure Business
  • Stop Trying To Make Money Online
  • UTM Parameters In Plain English: How To Expertly Track Which Traffic Sources Are Actually Converting
  • The Second List: How (And Why) To Set Up Your Blog For Retargeting
  • Blog Monetization Case Study – Increasing Revenue From A Fashion Blog Turned Mommy Blog
  • Does Ending The Price In 7 Really Matter?
  • The Only Way To Test A Product Idea Is To Charge Money For It
  • Case Study: How This Nutrition Blog Increased Revenue 10X (And How To Take It Even Further)
  • The Blog Monetization Business Model [VIDEO]
  • Naming Products, And The Introduction Of The Monetization Lab
  • Monetization Case Study – How This Food And Nutrition Blog Can Get More Opt-Ins And Sales
  • 8 Strategies To Improve Conversion Rates From Your Blog Posts
  • 8 Months Into Your Blogging, And Still No Idea How To Monetize? (And Why I’m Pissed Off)
  • This ONE Little Shift In Your Blogging Approach Can Make The Difference Between $19 and $5982
  • Hate Marketing? Consider This.
  • The 4 Minimum Tools You’ll Need For Your Online Business
  • How To Organize Your Calls To Action And Use Them On Your Blog
  • Can Blogging Generate Enough Income To Quit Your Day Job?
  • Is It Still Possible To Make Decent Money With AdSense?
  • The Story of My First Membership Site
  • Forget This One Thing, And Your Membership Site Will Fail
  • Recurring Income: Why You Need (And Want) This For Your Business
  • From Product Idea To Launch In 24 Hours
  • The #1 Lesson of Blog Monetization (And Internet Business) Which Almost Everybody Gets Wrong
  • Don’t Chase Chump Change On Your Blog. Think Bigger.
  • When NOT To Buy A Marketing Product (11-point Checklist)
  • Blog Monetization Overview – My Presentation (And Slides) From Blogworld New York
  • Why I No Longer Offer Hourly Consulting (And Why Hourly Billing Sucks In General)
  • Which GOP Presidential Candidate Has The Best Website? (For Conversions)
  • What’s Working Now – Secrets From The World Of Affiliate Niche Blogging
  • The #1 Reason Your Product Or Service Isn’t Selling
  • We All Start Somewhere – The Story of My First Product
  • How “Blog Monetization” Is Just Completely Wrong
  • How To Make Money With Webinars Without Making Products
  • 6 Reasons You Should Be Doing Webinars
  • A Technique To Sell Without Selling
  • Why Nobody Cares About Your Offer
  • 9 Tips For Maximizing Adsense Revenue
  • How To Keep Members Once They’ve Enrolled (Member Retention)
  • How To Market Your Membership Site
  • What To Put Into Your Membership Site (Free Versus Paid)
  • 5 Things People Buy And Will Pay The Most Money For
  • What High Gas Prices, Inflation And A Falling Dollar Mean For Your Online Business
  • Forget About Selling Ebooks. Here’s Something Better…
  • Lessons From XXX: What Porn Can Teach Us As Bloggers, Marketers And Business Owners
  • Optimizepress Review – After Using It On Two Sites
  • Affiliate Marketing 101 For Bloggers
  • How To Sell Ads On Your Blog

Site Building

  • How to Choose the Best WordPress Theme in 2025: A Smart Guide (No Developer Needed)
  • How To Host Your WordPress Blog In A Sub-Folder, Hosted Separately
  • My (Unfortunate) Experience With WP Grid Builder
  • 9 Tactics For Autopilot Social Proof: How To Get Testimonials On Automatic
  • WooCommerce Setup: The Settings I Use For Almost Every Site I Build
  • How To Clean Your Options Table For Better WordPress Performance
  • xCloud Hosting Review: Good Enough To Switch From Cloudways?
  • BuddyBoss Hosting: What’s The Hosting For A Buddyboss Membership Site
  • Why Wordpress? Why Not Wix, Weebly or Squarespace?
  • Rocket.Net Hosting Review: I Switched And Here’s What I Think
  • Web Hosting Change: Moving From Cloudways To Rocket And Here’s Why
  • Video Hosting For Your Membership And Online Courses: How To Securely Embed Videos And Ensure Protected Access
  • FluentBooking Review: Why This Scheduling Plugin Stands Out Above The Competition
  • Stop Using Thrive Suite. This Sucks.
  • BeeHiiv Integrations: How To Connect Your Own Forms To BeeHiiv (Using The API)
  • How To Automatically Import Posts From Multiple Sources Into One Site
  • How To Create Online Courses On WordPress Without An LMS Plug-in
  • How To Show Your Site Analytics Inside WordPress (Without Big Tech)
  • How To Build A Calculator Form Easily Without Any Coding
  • Choosing An Ecommerce Platform For Your Online Business (And My Only Recommendation)
  • Blog Bounce Rate: What Is It And How Do You Reduce Your Bounce Rate?
  • The Challenge Of Converting From A Page Builder To Gutenberg Blocks For Your Whole Site
  • Page Builders Vs Gutenberg Blocks: Why I’m Switching Away From BuddyBoss To Kadence Theme
  • Why I Stopped Using Google Analytics (And What I Use Instead)
  • How To Reduce WordPress Block Editor Bloat For A Faster Editor
  • How To Organize Your WordPress Media Library Into Folders
  • How To Create Powerful Order Forms Simply (Without Needing A Shopping Cart)
  • Premium Wordpress Themes & Plugins For Free: What is a Wordpress GPL Club? Are They Legit?
  • 4 Core Principles For Choosing Software and Plug-ins For Your Site
  • Plain English: Cloudways PHP Version Deprecation & EOL. What Do You Do?
  • Using Simply Schedule Appointments To Build A Powerful Scheduler Right Inside Wordpress (No Third Party Calendars!)
  • How To Easily Accept Crypto Payments On Your WooCommerce Site (Coinbase Commerce Versus Crypto.com)
  • Thrive Automator Is Out Of Beta. And Here’s Why That Matters…
  • Elementor Cloud: Worth A Look? And Why Are They Launching This?
  • Thrive Apprentice 4 Review: Thrive Suite Just Grew Up
  • How To Clean A Bloated WordPress Media Library
  • Fluent Support Review: First Look At An Integrated Customer Helpdesk Solution For Wordpress
  • How To Delete Custom Field Data From Wordpress (Without PHPMyAdmin)
  • Switching To FluentCRM: Here’s The Process I Used To Switch From Drip
  • First Look At Thrive Automator: Will This Solve The Long-Standing Issue With Thrive Suite?
  • Wordpress Document Library: How To Cleanly Embed PDF Files And Create A PDF Library
  • Wordpress Security Plugins: Is It Really Necessary To Use Security, Malware, Or Spam Plugins?
  • Cloudways Migration Tutorial: How To Migrate Your Sites To Cloudways Hosting (Step-by-Step)
  • Building Your Online Business Platform: Taking Payments On Your WordPress Site Versus Third-Party Platforms
  • How To Set Up Custom Post Templates (No Coding Required)
  • Gravity Forms Vs WP Fluent Forms: Which Is The Better WordPress Forms Plugin?
  • How To Integrate ConvertBox With FluentCRM
  • Thrive Suite Review: Real Talk About Thrive Themes And How It Compares To Competitors
  • FluentCRM Review: A Look At Marketing Email Automation Inside WordPress
  • Cloudways Hosting Review: Is It The Best Host For Your Money?
  • Why I Switched My Wordpress Hosting From WPX Hosting To Cloudways
  • Blog Sidebars Are Dead: 310% Better Conversion Rate Without A Sidebar
  • I Have Officially Switched To Thrive Theme Builder. Here’s What You Need To Know…
  • Converting An Established Site To Thrive Theme Builder. Here’s How It Went…
  • Thrive Theme Builder Review: Hands On With The Brand New Visual Theme Builder From Thrive Themes
  • Google Analytics For WordPress: Best Plugin Recommendations And The Hype Of Paid Pro Versions
  • Divi Builder Review: A Brutally Honest Look At This WordPress Theme Builder
  • ThriveCart Review: Is It Any Good? Does It Rise Over Other Shopping Cart Alternatives?
  • Thrive Architect Vs Elementor: A Hands-On Comparison From A Long-Time Architect User
  • Do You Really Need Cookie Consent Notices On Your Blog?
  • Why I Switched Hosting Away From WP Engine… To WPX Hosting
  • How To Change The Domain Name Of Your Wordpress Blog (Without Hurting SEO)
  • How To Create A ‘Contact Us’ Page That Invites Conversions And Generates Sales
  • How To Use A Global Header And Footer On Thrive Architect Landing Pages
  • Blog Layouts: Is YOUR Blog Designed According To These Conversion Blueprints?
  • Profits Through Simplicity, How I’ve Simplified My Online Business, And When To Buy New Business Tools
  • Why I Can No Longer Recommend Bluehost Web Hosting (I Owe An Explanation)
  • 5 Reasons Why Banner Advertising Is The DUMBEST Way To Monetize Your Blog
  • How I Build My Sales Letters And Landing Pages Using OptimizePress [VIDEO]
  • How To Set Up A One-Stop Dashboard For All Your Important Metrics
  • UTM Parameters In Plain English: How To Expertly Track Which Traffic Sources Are Actually Converting
  • Google’s Next Update Will Be Bigger Than Panda. Here’s How To Avoid The Slap.
  • The Marketer’s Guide To How To Leverage Your Blog Categories
  • A Simple Solution To Running Lots Of Wordpress Plugins Without Sacrificing Blog Performance
  • The Tech Center, Specifically For Bloggers And Online Marketers
  • Which Landing Page Creator Is Best For You?
  • The 5 Second Method To Creating A Staging Area For Your Wordpress Site
  • How To Increase Your Wordpress Security, with WordFence
  • Wordpress SEO: The SEO Plug-in I Recommend
  • How To Run A Site-Wide Search & Replace On Wordpress
  • How To Create Real Scarcity With Wordpress Sales Pages, with Scarcity Samurai
  • How To Show Related Posts Without Impacting Server Load
  • How To Turn Wordpress Into A Powerful Training Portal, with WP Courseware
  • Gravity Forms – Elegant Forms for Wordpress
  • My Search For A Good Customer Help Desk System
  • How To Create Quick, Quality Videos With Your iPhone
  • How To Increase Your Site Speed By Blocking or Controlling Search Bots
  • How To Move A Wordpress Blog To Another Web Host
  • How To TurboCharge Aweber Beyond Built-In Capabilities [AW Pro Tools]
  • Why I’m Switching From Aweber To Ontraport Office AutoPilot
  • Thinking Outside The Box: Opt-in Form Placement
  • The Search for a Good Small Business CRM
  • Are You Hosting With GoDaddy? Time to Switch.
  • How To Place Opt In Forms Strategically On Your Site Without Knowing Code
  • Why I Recommend OptimizePress (Pros and Cons)
  • Why I Use And Recommend Aweber Over Other Solutions (Including Mailchimp)
  • Why I Recommend Elegant Themes
  • How To Keep Your Social Media Buttons From Showing Zero After A Domain Change [Wordpress]
  • How To Start A Podcast: An In-Depth Guide From Planning to Launch Day
  • How To Send Mass Email Without Subscribing To The Likes Of Aweber or Mailchimp
  • Godaddy Review: Why I Recommend That You Don’t Use GoDaddy
  • How To Place A Video Opt-In On Your Wordpress Homepage
  • How Much Stuff Should Go UNDER A Blog Post?
  • How To Create a Custom Page Template In Wordpress

Strategy

  • What Is A Productized Service? Should You Start One?
  • Smart Survey System: Your Guide To Using Surveys To Grow Your Business
  • Top 11 Blog Monetization Strategies, Ranked In Order
  • How To Use A Blog (Properly) To Market A Local, Offline Business
  • Our Businesses Don’t Exist In A Bubble. Some Thoughts On Money, Our Economy, And The Bigger Picture
  • Case Study: How This Mental Health Blog Can Make More Money (By Removing Banner Ads)
  • Online Marketing 101: Do You Need A Blog In Order To Make Money Online?

Traffic & Conversion

  • Growing Your Blog In 30 Minutes: 10 High Impact Tasks You Can Do To Impact Your Blog In Only 30 Minutes Per Day
  • SEO Optimization: The Ultimate Guide To Search Engine Optimization For Bloggers
  • Blog Post Frequency: How Often Should You Post To Your Blog For SEO?
  • Instant Authority: 5 Simple Strategies To Becoming A Leader In Your Niche (Without Depending On Others)
  • Blog Traffic: The Ultimate Guide To Increasing Your Blog Traffic
  • Blog Monetization: The Exact Business Model Proven To Make Money Blogging
  • The Blogger Code Of Monetization
  • Ultimate Blog Promotion Guide: 10 Smartest Things You Can Do to Promote Your New Blog (UPDATED)

Traffic Growth

  • How To Do A Blog Content Audit (Without Nasty Spreadsheets). My Custom System For Managing Content In Wordpress.
  • Ultimate Guide To Blog Comments: Best Practices For Handling Comments On Your Blog In The Modern Era
  • Core Web Vitals: The Dummies Guide To Increasing Your Scores And Satisfying The Google SEO Overlords
  • SEO Optimization: The Ultimate Guide To Search Engine Optimization For Bloggers
  • How Do I Get My Blog Noticed On Google?
  • Which Comes First: Traffic or Monetization? (How Everything Has Changed)
  • Twitter Traffic: 10 Best Practices To Actually Get Traffic From Twitter
  • Blog Traffic: The Ultimate Guide To Increasing Your Blog Traffic
  • The Web As You Knew It Is Dying – And This Is How It Has Changed Everything For Bloggers and Marketers
  • Ultimate Blog Promotion Guide: 10 Smartest Things You Can Do to Promote Your New Blog (UPDATED)
  • How NOT To Ask For A Guest Post On Somebody’s Blog (6 Fun Examples)
  • The Second List: How (And Why) To Set Up Your Blog For Retargeting
  • 10 Hard-Learned Podcasting Lessons I’ve Learned After 3 Years Of Recording (Sorta)
  • Google’s Next Update Will Be Bigger Than Panda. Here’s How To Avoid The Slap.
  • Focusing On SEO and Social To Get More Blog Traffic? Here’s Why You’re Wasting Your Time.
  • Monetization Case Study – How This Food And Nutrition Blog Can Get More Opt-Ins And Sales
  • How To Make Your Interview-Style Podcast Blend Into the Scenery And Get Noticed By Nobody
  • The “Deadly Quartet” For Rapid Audience Growth And More Traffic
  • The Traffic Building Formula
  • The “Secret Sauce” To Increasing Traffic And Making Sales (HINT: So Simple, People Usually Forget)
  • Is Social Media Your Only Traffic Building Strategy?
  • Finding New Traffic & Readers – Traffic Methods Ranked In Order of Effectiveness
  • 23 Tips To Using Social Media To Drive Traffic To Your Blog
  • How To Get a Blogger To Promote Your Product

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