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Five Years of Product Development with Liquid Web

wordpressDec 3, 2021

5 Years with Liquid Web This week marks five years of designing and building products for Liquid Web. It's crazy how fast five years have gone by, while at the same time, it's easy to feel like I've been with a hosting company forever. In case you missed it, a couple of months ago we...

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Disable Repeat Purchases on WooCommerce

ecommerceDec 2, 2021

Can I Tell You a Story? I went to a website this last weekend - Black Friday Cyber Monday - and I bought a software license. One of those licenses that costs a good amount of money, but is worth it because they're offering a nice sale. Then I logged into \"My Account\" and what...

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Event Tracking for LearnDash

wordpressDec 1, 2021

What is Event Tracking? Every time you do something online, you're likely being tracked. Now, that can sound ominous, but it doesn't have to be. If someone is tracking you to sell that behavior to others, that's what I would consider bad. But if you're using event tracking for anonymous personalization, it might be considered...

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A WordPress CRM Feature Request

wordpressNov 30, 2021

I've Been Testing WordPress CRMs You may recall that I wrote about the comparison criteria for WordPress CRMs a month ago. Today I want to share with them the one wish I have for them. Yes, this is an open letter to them. :) Specifically, I'm talking to: FluentCRM, Autonami, Groundhogg But I'll likely chat with Bento...

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Coming Up With Product Ideas

business-adviceNov 29, 2021

Would You Like 5 Ways to Come Up With Product Ideas? I'm often asked for advice on product development. How do you come up with good ideas? How do you know if an idea is any good? How do you decide which ideas you'll pursue. If you've been building products for any period of time,...

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Creating the Perfect Membership Site for Coaches

coachingNov 28, 2021

Are You Providing Coaching for Clients? If you're providing any kind of online coaching for your clients, you've likely faced all the same challenges I have. So when a friend emailed me and asked how to build the perfect membership site for coaches, I thought, I know the answer to this. But the more I...

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Are You Willing To Suck?

insightsNov 27, 2021

I Turned 51 Today Today I begin my 52 year around the sun. That's just another way of saying I'm getting older and today was my birthday. I spent the day in Disney's California Adventure with my wife and two kids. Then at night, I had a casual dinner with one of my best friends...

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Celebrating What's Important

insightsNov 26, 2021

Tomorrow I'll turn 51. Thankfully, I have all the gifts I could ever want. The friendships I've made have not only sustained me but been blessings in my life over the last pair of decades. But life wasn't always this good. In my twenties I was hungry - eager to make my mark on the...

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Lifetime Discounts for GoWP

wordpressNov 25, 2021

Lifetime Discounts Are Amazing There are a lot of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that are sitting in your inbox. I'm sure a few of them are going to be great. But there's one you may not have heard about. It's an offer for lifetime discounts for GoWP. When it comes to offers, most...

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There's Power in Empathy

marketing-communicationsNov 24, 2021

Mirror Neurons Imagine a monkey that is angry. Now imagine you can monitor his brain. You see what fires and what doesn't. Ok, you've got it mapped. Now imagine that he sees another monkey who is upset. And before you know it, the same parts of the brain are firing off - as if the monkey...

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