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What's harder than writing code?
Coding a WordPress plugin is hard I know that people like to say that everything in WordPress is easy. It's not true. Many things are difficult when it comes to WordPress. Developing a following who read your blog—that's hard.Getting your site to look like the original theme you bought—that's hard.Submitting your first patch and getting...
Why it makes sense to hire small agencies
I can still remember one of the first times I sold enterprise software to an enterprise client. They were a very large and well-known financial organization and I was sitting in a meeting with their senior technical staff. I was young and nervous at the meeting until I asked a question and heard the answer. \"What's...
WordPress plugins and auto-renewals
Several years ago I sold my house to a friend. I did all the normal things you do when selling your home—from switching the water and gas to my friend to canceling services like cable. When my wife and I bought our new home, we did all the normal things you do when buying a...
Why I recommend ConvertKit to Infusionsoft users
Most of my conversations about Infusionsoft end up sounding exactly the same. And it's not the fault of InfusionSoft. Have you ever talked to someone about Infusionsoft? If you're anything like me, you now know that there are only two kinds of people in the world - people who haven't tried Infusionsoft yet, or people...
Breaking into WordPress? Have a new product idea?
Six months ago, a friend asked me a question that put a bug in my brain. \"What if you created a course on breaking into WordPress?\" He knew that I had coached and consulted with several companies who were trying to break into the ecosystem and thought it was a no-brainer. I kept thinking about...
Work less And make more money: is that really possible?
I find this topic of pricing fascinating I didn't realize it until today as I was updating a couple of pricing posts, but this will be the 41st article I've written on pricing in the last few years. If you've never read any of them, you may want to check them out. Some have focused on product...
Building high performance teams? What can SWAT teach you?
Are you focused on building high performance teams? For SWAT commanders, it's a life and death dynamic. Making the Team When it comes to SWAT, making the team is not easy. Maybe it's because there are tons of folks applying for a limited number of roles. But that's only part of it. The real challenge...
Are you using WordPress for coaching?
If you're using WordPress to run a coaching program of any kind, I want to know about you. What do you mean coach? A lot of coaches, trainers, and others putting content online (or creating courses) often need two different dynamics on their sites: Content that all their students can/should watch (like video content) Content...
The trick to managing people smarter than yourself
Do you know I have a younger brother? I grew up the older brother in my family. My younger brother was only 15 months younger because there had been a strong chance I wouldn't make it at birth and the doctors told my folks that if they wanted a healthy (and normal) child, they should...
This is hard: Raising your prices
Years ago I was coaching a young entrepreneur that was just getting started with her business. As we talked about all the different things that go into running your first business, we landed on the topic of price. Her response to me was something I've since heard several more times. I can always raise my...
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