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Meet Syed Balkhi (by the numbers) and wish him happy birthday!
Do you know my friend, Syed Balkhi? No? He doesn't pay me to be his PR. I'm just so impressed with him and how hard he works, and how generous he is with his knowledge, that I want to make sure you know him. He's the guy behind List25.com, WPBeginner.com, and tons of WordPress plugins....
The Best WordPress Membership Plugin of 2015
This summer I went on a search... The idea was simple. Thirty plugin reviews in 30 days. I would first have to see if there really were more than 30 membership plugins. Truth: there are. By my limited research, there were over 45 different membership plugins for WordPress. But some are really new. Others are...
Learn your own story, Then learn how to tell it
Do you know your own story? Have you learned how to tell it? A couple weeks ago in Dallas After three months at home, away from conferences, talks and events, I headed out to Austin and Dallas for meetings and a conference. While...
Dripped Content And Notifications in WordPress
There was a time when very few WordPress products supported content dripping. Today many do. Yet, they still struggle. The Call was for Dripped Content Some time in 2010 I experienced three distinctly different dynamics with online information that changed my thinking on dripped content. The first was that I started selling my first eBook on...
Remembering Alex King
Last night Alex King passed away. While very sad, his legacy will outreach what we're feeling today. The Name Alex King The name Alex King was the first one I learned in the WordPress community. To be clear, I didn't even know a community existed. It was 2005 and Google routed me to his website and...
Creating the Structure for an Online Course
\"We are like tea bags—we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.\" Creating an Online Course... The challenge people have, when it comes to creating an online course, isn't normally the selection of a tool or platform. I spent the week with the guys from LifterLMS, and I can assure you their...
The business problem many men don't have
Note, the issue below is not only a female thing. Men experience it too. The stories are illustrative, not proof. I've coached hundreds of folks—men and women—my opinion is based on that. Last week I was at BIF2015 This past week I was at BIF2015. It's a conference that's been going on for over a...
My next three eBooks...
The writing is almost done I'm excited to release, in the next couple of months, three new eBooks that I've been working on. Getting Started with Corporate Blogging A lot of times I hear people suggest to companies that they need to blog. But the advice stops there and most everyone I know gets stuck...
Five Reasons Entrepreneurs should consider WordPress
There are tons of cool technologies out there. Lots. But that doesn't make them the only option for entrepreneurs. WordPress brings a lot of benefits to Entrepreneurs I'm going to make the case that WordPress has a secure and central spot in the entrepreneurial landscape. See if you agree with me. 1. In the world...
Today anyone can create online courses easily
Unlike any time in history, people can now leverage their own experiences to create online courses for others without having to become a serious technologist. This isn't your grandpa's internet The first time I got into creating a computer-based training (CBT) course the solutions out there allowed me to take content, use software to turn...
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