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Quiz Creation in WordPress

wordpressJul 20, 2021

Can't I just use a form builder? Most people, when we're talking about building a WordPress quiz, just tell me they'll do the work in whatever form builder they already own. And you know that the modern form builders for WordPress are powerful. There are a ton of WordPress form plugins that can do a...

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Using WooCommerce for Agencies: Accepting Deposits

wordpressJul 19, 2021

He made two fantastic offers! The conversation I was in the other day was fantastic. The goal of our conversation was just to meet and introduce ourselves to each other. But in the course of 30 minutes I was impressed enough that I asked for his pitch. I was interested in buying. And when he...

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Leveraging Multiple Price Points

agency-adviceJul 18, 2021

The challenge with talking about pricing (and especially multiple price points) is that the conversation comes in the middle of a much larger discussion on product design. By the time you've built a new feature and want to know how much more to charge for it (if you're even willing to adjust pricing), we're already...

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WordPress Membership Sites - The Myth of Passive Income

membership-sitesJul 17, 2021

If you've been told that WordPress membership sites are an easy avenue for recurring revenue, somebody lied to you. They take work.

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If I Wanted a New House... (tips for product owners)

product-workJul 16, 2021

Everyone wants more leads and sales, including product owners Today I wanted to share some tips for product owners who are looking for more leads and more sales. That really should be every product owner out there, right? To do that, I want to invite you to step into a metaphor with me for a...

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When Experience Betrays Us

coachingJul 15, 2021

Can we talk about expertise for a second? In fact, more specifically, I'd like to talk about the problem with expertise. There is some great research by Gary Klein, which he shares in his book The Power of Intuition. It's not unlike what you may have read already in books like Blink and others that...

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Are You Building a Product for a Non-Existent Customer?

product-workJul 14, 2021

The conversation that was really hard to have The developer walked up to me at a technical conference and wanted to pitch me on their new product idea. If you're building a product, especially in the WordPress space, I'm happy to have this conversation with you. But this conversation got really hard, really fast. The...

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Adding recurring billing to WordPress? Check these 5 factors.

membership-sitesJul 13, 2021

You want to charge people money, over and over? You have options. Years ago I worked with a client to transform his offline business into an online business. It was a subscription business...

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The Product and the Offer are Two Different Things

ecommerceJul 12, 2021

Let's step into a supermarket When you step into a grocery store, you're going to buy crackers. Or milk. And the product has a price. It's very straightforward. The product and the offer are...

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Creating a Lightweight & Flexible Video Course

online-learningJul 11, 2021

WordPress is the ultimate No Code Platform Sometimes, when talking with people about online courses and the platforms out there, I hear that they don't want to choose WordPress because they don...

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