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Be The Same You Everywhere
We Started CaboPress Tonight... You know I publish daily. You know that each post is meant to help you - whether you're an eCommerce merchant, an online learning or membership person, a product developer, an agency owner, or just looking for business advice. Most posts are 800-1200 words and share a single bit of advice....
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising with WordPress
What is Peer-to-Peer Fundraising? You've heard of crowdfunding, right? So what is peer-to-peer fundraising? It's like that but on steroids. In other words, Peer-to-Peer fundraising is a type of crowdfunding fundraising that lets tons of people create their own campaigns but aggregates all the funding to a single cause. If that sounds powerful to you,...
How Long is a Lifetime?
The other day I wrote about lifetime licenses. In the software world, and specifically in the world of WordPress, sometimes a plugin author will offer a lifetime license. And that's when you wonder, \"How long is a lifetime?\" There are several ways to answer this question. Technically, how long is a lifetime? The technical answer,...
Clayton Christensen, Milkshakes and the Work To Improve Your Product
How To Improve Your Product The research that Clay Christensen did, the milkshake work that lead to the \"Jobs to Be Done\" framework is pretty famous by now. But when you want to improve your product, it's worth looking at it again. Most of us know why we're doing what we're doing, right? So this...
Three Lessons for Non-Technical Founders
Non-Technical founders can navigate the initial challenges of a startup as much as anyone else but it's never easy - so here are three tips to help re-orient what you think you know.
The Way To Hire Right
The Truth in Technology Hiring right now is crazy. I'm not talking about people who don't want to work, or anything like that. I'm talking about the fact, in technology, that it's crazy to try to find talented folks right now because everyone's looking and the competition is hot! But sometimes we look the wrong...
The Best WordPress Theme for Bloggers
Confession #1: I'm Picky On this site I don't sell you a lot of stuff. Sure you can buy an eBook, or fill out forms for my coaching or public speaking, but the thing most people spend time doing on this site is reading my blog. So I'm perfectly happy writing about the best WordPress...
Did You Hear the LearnDash News?
The other day I wrote about the changing dynamics in the online learning and LMS space. I've been watching and working in that space since 1995, when we called it Computer Based Training (CBT). The Good Old Days Back then, and I'n not joking here, if you wanted a corporate training solution, you would hire...
Can a Solo Developer Exist in WordPress?
There's been a lot of talk about companies, hosting companies specifically, buying up plugins. With all the consolidation, people have started wondering, out loud, if a solo developer can still exist in the WordPress ecosystem of today. They note that there's no formal method for such a solo developer to monetize their efforts. And how...
Explain everything you know!
Watch this video. It's less than 5 minutes long. What was your response? Ok, I'm not talking about how expensive all that gear was. Think about the video you just watched another way. Answer this question. Would you rather: Hire him to set up things for you Go buy all the things and set it up yourself...
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