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Marriage, family, And work: Managing for Happiness
Do you know David Henzel? I met David several years ago, and he was already someone to pay attention to. We were in Las Vegas at a conference and was already a serial entrepreneur working on the latest business he'd help co-found, MaxCDN. Listening to him talk at dinner that night, I knew I wanted more...
Why I love Heap Analytics (and why you should too)
Everything is different at scale. If I asked you to figure out how many people on your block (about 20 homes) had visited Disneyland in the last year, you might decide to go door-to-door and ask. But if I asked you how many people in your state had visited Disneyland in the last year, that...
Is the WordPress economy shrinking?
Is the WordPress economy hurting? Shrinking? I don't know if you have heard this from folks, as you've been talking or thinking. Maybe you run an agency that focuses on WordPress websites and you're starting to hear folks talk about, \"We're getting less leads. There's less folks who are asking for our work.\" You wonder,...
Becoming a better blogger
Becoming a better blogger is just like becoming a better guitarist There's no way you become a great (or even decent) guitarist without picking up a guitar, grabbing a music book, learning where the notes and positions are, and this is the most important part, practicing the guitar. You don't play the song the right...
Expertise can disconnect you quickly; Choose Vulnerability
The expert vs. the experienced learner... Let's say you're about to teach something to an audience. You step on the stage. And in that moment, you have to determine your tone. Will the tone be of an expert who's there to articulate and share information that ought to be trusted because of your experience and...
Inside Out vs. Outside In Marketing
For the last few years I've been coaching and working with companies to help them - from a marketing perspective or from a product development perspective - shift the defaults of their thinking. The shift is one I felt like I had made several years ago and was now ready to systematize it in both...
How to turn a blog post into video: using Content Samurai
Have you seen videos like these? The other day I clicked a link on Twitter to an article that was on CNN. When I got to the post, I noticed there was a video at the top of the page. It may have even auto-started, but that wasn't what surprised me. And I'll be honest,...
Evaluating the best WordPress LMS plugins of 2017
How do you choose from the best WordPress LMS plugins? A few years ago I decided to watch a show that I'd never heard about. It was called The Wire. I simply found it, decided to watch it, and then loved it. Like most people who discover something amazing, I rushed to recommend the series to some...
Email Gating for Videos: leveraging ConvertPlayer
Do you remember LeadPlayer? Long before there was the company and product Leadpages, there was another product that I purchased called LeadPlayer. It was a product developed by Clay (from Leadpages) and his lead developer, Simon Payne. It was the first product I purchased from those guys and I loved it because it made email gating...
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Learning Faster
There's never enough time. If you're like me, you know that there's always more things to learn. More stuff to master. Our jobs don't get easier they get more expansive. And while it's a wonderful thing if you're ready for it, most of us aren't ready for it. Remember when you were excited to just...
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