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Brand Management: Taking what's Given to You

Marketing & CommunicationsNov 7, 2012

Brand Management isn't easy, but I want to give you at least one simple tip that eludes most people.

Marketing & Communications

The Most Destructive Thing You Do: OverShoot

Product WorkNov 6, 2012

We all have opinions about the most destructive things we do, but rarely do we call the act of creation destructive. When you overshoot, you're destroying.

Product Work

Ideas are Free, Execution Costs

Marketing & CommunicationsNov 5, 2012

If you ask me to sign an NDA before you share with me your amazing idea, I will either laugh or sign. Doesn't matter to me. Ideas are free. Execution costs.

Marketing & Communications

How I'm Generous with WordPress

InsightsNov 4, 2012

Most people want to talk about \"why\" they give away some work for free, especially in the WordPress community. I want to share my strategies around \"how.\"

Insights

The Power of Genesis, The Friendliness of Catalyst

WordPressNov 3, 2012

If you love the Catalyst theme for WordPress but have heard great things about Genesis, from StudioPress, you don't have to choose anymore. Now use both.

WordPress

A/B Testing Done Wrong

Product WorkNov 2, 2012

There are tons of ways to do A/B testing the right way, so you can ignore this if you're doing it right. But how do you know? Come find out if you're good.

Product Work

This is no trick, it's all treat: Astrid Reminders

WordPressOct 31, 2012

If you want to engage customers once they've left your site, a call to action reminder is one of the most effective. There's a WordPress plugin for that.

WordPressBusiness Advice

E-Learning on WordPress Made Easy

WordPressOct 29, 2012

People have said that e-learning on WordPress is too difficult to do, and that you should look at other platforms. Here's how to do it in 20 steps.

WordPressOnline Learning

Designing the Perfect Pitch Deck

Marketing & CommunicationsOct 27, 2012

Everyone has their own take on the perfect pitch deck. This happens to be the way I think about it - from a sticky teaching perspective.

Marketing & Communications

Disagreement as an Expectations Management Technique

Agency AdviceOct 26, 2012

You already know the trick to successful projects is expectations management. I agree, and raise you the notion of strategic disagreements.

Agency AdviceMarketing & CommunicationsBusiness AdviceProduct Work

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