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None of our businesses exist in a bubble. After doing some of my own research on money and our economy, I wanted to raise some attention to the bigger picture and how we can make our work today last into the future, despite coming changes.
A summary of 84 lessons that I have learned over the course of 20 years as an online entrepreneur, through highs and lows, and different businesses.
Major update for 2024… and what has happened such that I no longer recommend either one.
How do you become an authority in your niche? How can you do it without having to wait on others to recognize you? Here are 5 strategies to engineer instant authority.
A blog content strategy that makes efficient use of time, works for SEO, and helps you build traffic with less effort. I call it The Redwood Strategy.
Should you monetize your blog right from the beginning? Or should you wait to build up your audience first? Here’s my official answer…
A membership site has long been considered the “holy grail” of online business – mainly for recurring revenue. However, there are other reasons why I recommend you turn your blog into a membership site.
What if we could make every day as productive as the day before we leave on a vacation?
Which comes first for your blog: Traffic or monetization? It used to be that you had to build the audience before you could monetize. Is that still true?
Sometimes the best way to get the juices flowing for your own membership site is to take a look at others. Here’s 10 different membership sites, from different niches.
Got a nasty email from a reader or customer? Got a complaint? Maybe it is out in the public and you’re worried about the right way to handle it? This simple guide discusses the best ways to handle complaints in your online business.
The ad industry is broken. User privacy is being abused. Sites get deplatformed. Could the Brave browser and the Basic Attention Token be a potential solution – and a new option for blog monetization?
A blog doesn’t make money. If one wants to make money, you don’t start a blog in order to do it. Here’s some real-talk about exactly what makes money – and how.
Try these 10 best practices (backed by data) to get traffic from Twitter (without paying for it).
Many people read blog income reports. I even used to post my own. However, I stopped long ago. Here are the reasons why I stopped posting them… and why I think you should stop reading them.
How do you figure out the best price to charge for your digital product or service? This guide covers the psychology of pricing, how it affects conversion, how it affects YOU, and your relationship with your customer.
15 psychological triggers to help you increase conversion rates on anything – with examples and why they work.
The ‘Contact Us’ page is often an afterthought. However, done correctly, it can be an effective tool for driving sales and conversions. Here’s how…
How to move from blogging to true content marketing using some actual strategic planning. Craft your content marketing calendar with this ultimate guide.
How do you get blog traffic? How do you generate traffic when you’re first starting out? Which strategies are more effective than others? This guide goes into it – in detail.
What does a real blog monetization strategy look like? What’s the business model? This guide will walk you through the business model to make money blogging, step by step.
How do you decide which project or idea to work on first? What should you be spending your time on right now, given all that you have to do? This post gives a simple, numerical system to rank your to-do’s and determine what to do next.
How can you start a blog in a crowded market? Are you just too late? Here’s a different approach to enter a saturated market.
A complete guide to the 9 separate factors that go into crafting the perfect blog post – optimized to have maximum traction after you hit the publish button.
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