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The Value of Domain Expertise

Agency AdviceAug 1, 2021

My first startup (and what we got wrong) I was recruited to my first startup (a small San Francisco-based company) from Berkeley Lab. Happy building some very early web applications without any thou...

Agency AdviceProduct Work

Building Landing Pages with the Block Editor (Gutenberg)

WordPressJul 31, 2021

Landing pages used to be owned by the Page Builders The power of WordPress page builders, like my favorite Beaver Builder, were most brilliantly demonstrated on landing pages. Building landing pages...

WordPress

The Art of Telling Stories

Marketing & CommunicationsJul 30, 2021

Have you seen the \"Land of Land Rovers\" commercial? Tonight we're going to talk about the art of telling stories, but there's no better way to do that than to show you a great example. I don't kno...

Marketing & CommunicationsProduct Work

Product Overshoot

Product WorkJul 29, 2021

Have you ever owned a Swiss Army Knife? Tonight I want to talk about product overshoot. But to do that I have to start with a question: have you ever owned a Swiss Army Knife? If you've ever stepp...

Product Work

Three WooCommerce Hosting Mistakes You're Likely Making (And How to Fix Them)

eCommerceJul 28, 2021

Traffic Creates Issues Every now and then I jump into a WooCommerce facebook group. And not surprisingly, there's someone in there asking about WooCommerce hosting. Who should I use? What do you th...

eCommerce

The Art of Lead Generation: What Top Business Owners Do Differently

Agency AdviceJul 27, 2021

The art of lead generation I talk to business owners every single day. Sometimes they own product companies. Other times they run agencies. But they fall into two categories. The first want to keep...

Agency AdviceBusiness AdviceProduct Work

Driving WooCommerce Conversions

eCommerceJul 26, 2021

So I'm thinking out loud today. Ok? It's Monday. So that means we're talking about eCommerce and, more specifically, WooCommerce. This post is my external processing about driving WooCommerce conve...

eCommerce

5 Strategies for Using Images in Your Presentations

Marketing & CommunicationsJul 25, 2021

You may be creating presentations again Depending on what you do for a living, and how your state or country is doing with Covid, there's a chance you're going to start creating slide decks again f...

Marketing & Communications

On Giving & Getting Advice

InsightsJul 24, 2021

Today marks 17 years that I've been married to Melissa Lema - an incredible woman. In fact, friends of mine - upon meeting her - quietly let both of us know that were we to separate, they'd all (1...

Insights

Do You Have a First Party Data Strategy?

WordPressJul 23, 2021

You've likely heard that third party cookies are going to die, right? Look, I know it's Friday night. I'm already at a resort for this weekend because it's my 17th anniversary with my wife. So what am I doing writing a blog post right now? Well, I write daily. That's why. But why such a...

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