Are You Learning The Wrong Lesson?
That Time I Got Caught Shoplifting I had a tiny allowance growing up. It’s not like I needed the money for anything. I’m talking about pre-driving age. So the money was just for fun stuff and snacks. But I felt…
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Three Little Tweaks To Convert More Customers
When you want to convert more customers sometimes you need a big, brand new strategy. But what if you could drive greater conversions with a few little tweaks? Today I want to share three little tweaks that will convert more…
How To Write a Comparison Post
Writing a Comparison Post A bit ago I told you there were some pages missing from your website – especially if you were selling products. These “VS” pages are the comparisons between your product and all the rest out there…
Creating Your Own Event
In 2013 I Created CaboPress A few years ago I wrote about the strategy behind my CaboPress conference. And then I reviewed the results of these strategies. Tonight I got home from running the first version of the Skip the…
How Much Is Your Business Worth
How Much Is Your Business Worth? The simple answer to this question is, as much as the right buyer will pay. But asking how much is your business worth is a complicated answer with a ton of different (and applicable)…
What Who Why How
Helping You Message Better I have written a lot, over the last few months, on how to help you message effectively. It’s about how you articulate your domain expertise. It’s about learning to tell stories effectively. I have shared with…
Designing New Products? Try Constraints!
What if you could create an information product (you know, like an eBook) in a single sitting? Crazy, isn’t it? But I just recently watched a webinar where the presenter explained how he did it. His rationale? Once he got…
Life is Poker not Chess
Life is Poker not Chess The entire day today I’ve had this sentence running thru my head. “Life is poker, not chess.” It’s because I’m reading Annie Duke’s Thinking in Bets again. I read it when it first came out,…
The Mistake Too Many Plugin Developers Make
Have you ever painted your home? About a year ago we moved into our new home in Houston. The house was great but had three different colors on the walls. The first thing we did was to pick a color…
The Value of Domain Expertise
My first startup (and what we got wrong) I was recruited to my first startup (a small San Francisco-based company) from Berkeley Lab. Happy building some very early web applications without any thought of venture capital, I was a kid…