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Breaking into WordPress? Have a new product idea?
Six months ago, a friend asked me a question that put a bug in my brain. \"What if you created a course on breaking into WordPress?\" He knew that I had coached and consulted with several companies who were trying to break into the ecosystem and thought it was a no-brainer. I kept thinking about...
Have you heard of Pluginize yet?
My friend John joined WebDevStudios just a couple months ago and together they announced a new initiative to focus on products. As you know, if you and I have talked about service companies doing products, I've seen it fail way more than it's succeeded. So you'll see that I start my interview with that very question....
Five marketing strategies for ecommerce websites
Everyone worries about development—because they know it's hard work. Most people don't realize how hard marketing is. So you want marketing strategies for e-commerce websites... The other day I mentioned to some developers that if they had 90 days to launch a new product, assuming they weren't letting any of these reasons hold them back, I...
Five reasons you haven't launched a new product yet
Everyone has ideas & plans. The difference between you and everyone else, I hope, is that you will act. You will create. You will go past the initial ideas and move towards the more critical part—the execution of the plans and the realization of the ideas. But if you haven't started yet, I'm going to guess why...
Speaking without Notes: A Public Speaking Tip
People who present without notes are not magicians. They just know a few things others don't. The perceptions behind speaking without notes To get started, we should look at the reason why it might be worth speaking without notes. Here are three perceptions that are most important to me. There is the perception that the speaker is...
A code review can help your slow site
Is your site running slowly? There are an incredible number of resources available to help you determine what's going on with your slow site. If you've never used any of them, or don't know what's available, here's a quick list. Pingdom Tools: This site will let you put in your domain name (chrislema.com) or any...
Work less And make more money: is that really possible?
I find this topic of pricing fascinating I didn't realize it until today as I was updating a couple of pricing posts, but this will be the 41st article I've written on pricing in the last few years. If you've never read any of them, you may want to check them out. Some have focused on product...
POD: Selling on demand products without any inventory
Have you heard of Print on Demand? Last week I spent a few days at the Drew Estate Cigar Factory with my buddy Steve. While we were there, we met some great folks from Houston—all customers of my new favorite cigar store, Stogies. One of them had a great idea for a t-shirt and merchandise...
The roadblocks to hosting partnerships
Every week or two I get on a Clarity call with a product company that is sure they're a perfect match for a particular (or any) hosting company. On most of my calls they want advice on approaching these hosting companies. Sometimes they want me to do the introductions for them—as they're not known, and...
Building high performance teams? What can SWAT teach you?
Are you focused on building high performance teams? For SWAT commanders, it's a life and death dynamic. Making the Team When it comes to SWAT, making the team is not easy. Maybe it's because there are tons of folks applying for a limited number of roles. But that's only part of it. The real challenge...
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