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Remembering Alex King
Last night Alex King passed away. While very sad, his legacy will outreach what we're feeling today. The Name Alex King The name Alex King was the first one I learned in the WordPress community. To be clear, I didn't even know a community existed. It was 2005 and Google routed me to his website and...
Creating the Structure for an Online Course
\"We are like tea bags—we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.\" Creating an Online Course... The challenge people have, when it comes to creating an online course, isn't normally the selection of a tool or platform. I spent the week with the guys from LifterLMS, and I can assure you their...
The business problem many men don't have
Note, the issue below is not only a female thing. Men experience it too. The stories are illustrative, not proof. I've coached hundreds of folks—men and women—my opinion is based on that. Last week I was at BIF2015 This past week I was at BIF2015. It's a conference that's been going on for over a...
My next three eBooks...
The writing is almost done I'm excited to release, in the next couple of months, three new eBooks that I've been working on. Getting Started with Corporate Blogging A lot of times I hear people suggest to companies that they need to blog. But the advice stops there and most everyone I know gets stuck...
Five Reasons Entrepreneurs should consider WordPress
There are tons of cool technologies out there. Lots. But that doesn't make them the only option for entrepreneurs. WordPress brings a lot of benefits to Entrepreneurs I'm going to make the case that WordPress has a secure and central spot in the entrepreneurial landscape. See if you agree with me. 1. In the world...
Today anyone can create online courses easily
Unlike any time in history, people can now leverage their own experiences to create online courses for others without having to become a serious technologist. This isn't your grandpa's internet The first time I got into creating a computer-based training (CBT) course the solutions out there allowed me to take content, use software to turn...
365 Days with Crowd Favorite
Today begins year number two with Crowd Favorite. It's hard to believe 365 days have passed since I joined the company. When I took the job... When I took the job I had hoped to travel less. The quarter of my first year didn't feel like less travel, but I only just started traveling again after...
Is there a downside to Transparency Reports?
There are people who share their regular monthly revenues. Or others who do it yearly. And for some of those folks, I get it. It encourages their followers. It assures their audiences. It tells them that they're proof that the things they're selling can really work and make a difference. I get all that and...
Are you struggling with a hacked website?
I don't know if you know this, but websites get hacked every single day. It's big business for folks who use hacked sites to route traffic to the sites of their choosing. In case you didn't realize it, people do actually buy Viagra from websites that have Viagra ads all over them. Like I said,...
Five Things You May Not Know about GoDaddy
GoDaddy was on WPwatercooler Last week we had the GM of Hosting for GoDaddy and their evangelist both on the WPwatercooler show. If you don't know yet, WPwatercooler is the most watched YouTube show covering WordPress in a weekly 30-minute Google Hangout podcast. Over 4MM views on more than 150 shows isn't half bad, in...
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