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What Walt Disney Didn't Do
I want to tell you a quick story for all of you building products out there. As someone who has been building products for more than two decades some lessons need repeating. This is one of them...
What Drives Your Roadmap?
A couple weeks ago I wrote about product roadmap themes. If you haven't read that, I strongly recommend it. I say that because today's post relates to that, and is a general warning to small product teams. It directly applies to the WordPress ecosystem where I spend most of my time, but this warning will...
Some Nonintuitive Lessons That Are Hard To Learn
I spent today in an all-day meeting With some very smart people, we worked on planning for the second half of the year, and did a lot of work to identify themes, areas of effort, strategies for prioritization, and more. And while we met, while we discussed things, it was clear to me that the...
Are Your Product RoadMap Themes Complete?
Whether you create a product roadmap or not is immaterial I know people who plan their products without anything written on paper. I know folks who use SaaS products, and others who use checklists. And these days the folks who do create plans often use roadmap themes instead of specific features to plan their work....
My Favorite Pricing Table Example
Pricing tables are a challenge I talk about pricing a lot with my coaching clients (and folks that reach out to me on clarity). So it won't surprise you that they often ask me to show them a pricing table example that I really like. I've told you already about the things I like about...
Going to Build Premium WordPress Plugins? Do This First.
Want to make money with premium WordPress plugins? WordPress powers more than 40% of the web - which is crazy! It's also 18 years old, which means you might think there's no more room left to grow. My math says otherwise. And if you've read that, maybe you're considering getting into the premium WordPress plugin...
Hate Marketing & Sales? Build The Narrative Into Your Product
I hear a lot of people saying they hate marketing & sales The other day I participated with a few folks on Twitter, talking about people who say they hate marketing & sales. If you don't follow Corey, Louis, and John, you really should. They lead swipefiles.co, SparkLoop, and Credo, respectively. I'm telling you who...
Are You Trying To Win? Or Just Not Lose?
I used to run a yearly innovation conference Years ago I worked for a company where, every year, we invited the top 20-30 employees (from about 120 folks) to a conference center for an innovation conference. I would spend months planning the conference, from the talks we gave to the team challenges. Every year we...
You Can't Afford The WordPress Plugin You Want
Eventually we all hear this request If you visit a WordPress or WooCommerce facebook group, you're likely to hear a request for a plugin that does everything. My answer often disappoints them. It doesn't exist. And if it did, you still can't afford the WordPress plugin you want. Let's start with a request. See if...
How To Build Your Personal Brand to Attract Better Clients
A personal brand isn't the same thing as being famous If you spend time googling, \"how to build your personal brand,\" you'll find a lot of examples in articles that have nothing to do with you or me. Using Michael Jordan, Koby Bryant, or Mark Cuban as an example is pretty much useless -as they...
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