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Learn your own story, Then learn how to tell it

Marketing & CommunicationsSep 30, 2015

Do you know your own story? Have you learned how to tell it? A couple weeks ago in Dallas After three months at home, away from conferences, talks and events, I headed out to Austin and Dallas for meetings and a conference. While...

Marketing & Communications

Dripped Content And Notifications in WordPress

Membership SitesSep 30, 2015

There was a time when very few WordPress products supported content dripping. Today many do. Yet, they still struggle. The Call was for Dripped Content Some time in 2010 I experienced three distinctly different dynamics with online information that changed my thinking on dripped content. The first was that I started selling my first eBook on...

Membership Sites

Remembering Alex King

InsightsSep 28, 2015

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...

Insights

Creating the Structure for an Online Course

Online LearningSep 27, 2015

\"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...

Online Learning

The business problem many men don't have

CoachingSep 20, 2015

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...

CoachingBusiness Advice

My next three eBooks...

InsightsSep 18, 2015

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...

Insights

Five Reasons Entrepreneurs should consider WordPress

WordPressSep 17, 2015

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...

WordPressBusiness Advice

Today anyone can create online courses easily

Online LearningSep 16, 2015

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...

Online Learning

365 Days with Crowd Favorite

CoachingSep 15, 2015

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...

Coaching

Is there a downside to Transparency Reports?

Marketing & CommunicationsSep 14, 2015

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...

Marketing & CommunicationsProduct Work

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