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Membership SitesHow To Create An Affiliate Program For Your Membership Site With WordPressAn inside look at exactly how to set up a powerful affiliate program for your Wordpress-powered membership site that is simple to manage and easy for your affiliates.
Sales & ConversionHow To Use A Blog (Properly) To Market A Local, Offline BusinessA lot of people think of blogs for marketing an online business. But, how useful is a blog for an offline business? Do they work? Are they worth the work?
Content CreationBlog Post Frequency: How Often Should You Post To Your Blog For SEO?How often should you publish a new blog post? What is the best blog post frequency for SEO? The answer might not be what you expect…
Traffic GrowthHow Do I Get My Blog Noticed On Google?How do you get a new blog noticed by Google? This video post walks you through how to set your blog up properly with Google… and then what to do from there.
How To Create Beautiful Blog Posts That Will Stand Out From The Crowd (And Convert) With Thrive ArchitectMost blog posts look like a big wall of text. Boring! Or, to make them look better requires a host of plugins and shortcodes. Here’s how using Thrive Architect as a blog post editor solves the problem.
Getting StartedHow To Pick Domain Name: Tips, Tools And Strategies (And Common Questions Answered)How do you pick a domain name for your blog business? This guide covers the best practices and tools and answers common questions on how to pick domain name.
Email List BuildingRightMessage Versus ConvertFlow: Onsite Retargeting To Personalize The Marketing On Your BlogWhat if your blog actually changed based on who was visiting it? You might get way more opt-ins and sales, right? It is called onsite retargeting. And we’re looking now at two tools which do it: RightMessage and ConvertFlow.
Site BuildingHow To Change The Domain Name Of Your Wordpress Blog (Without Hurting SEO)How can you change the domain name for your Wordpress blog, without having to move your site, and without damaging your SEO rankings? This tutorial will walk you through it.
StrategyOur Businesses Don’t Exist In A Bubble. Some Thoughts On Money, Our Economy, And The Bigger PictureNone 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.
Business & Entrepreneurship84 Lessons From 20 Years As An Online Entrepreneur (Updated)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.
Email List BuildingThrive Leads Vs OptinMonster: A Non-Biased Comparison Based On Real World UseMajor update for 2024… and what has happened such that I no longer recommend either one.
Traffic & ConversionInstant Authority: 5 Simple Strategies To Becoming A Leader In Your Niche (Without Depending On Others)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.
Content CreationContent Strategy For Blogs: How The Redwood Strategy Works To Get Massive Traffic To Your Blog With Less EffortA 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.
Getting StartedWhen Is The Right Time To Monetize Your Blog?Should you monetize your blog right from the beginning? Or should you wait to build up your audience first? Here’s my official answer…
Membership SitesMembership Sites: 6 Reasons Why You Should Turn Your Blog Into A Membership Site To Make MoneyA 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.
ProductivityThe Simple Secret To Getting More Done In Less TimeWhat if we could make every day as productive as the day before we leave on a vacation?
Getting StartedWhich Comes First: Traffic or Monetization? (How Everything Has Changed)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?
Membership SitesMembership Site Examples: Get Some Ideas From These 10 Membership SitesSometimes 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.
Business SystemsHow To Handle Complainers And Rude Emails To SupportGot 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.
Brave Payments: Could This Be The Future Of Monetization For Content Creators?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?
Getting StartedReality Check: A Blog Is Not A BusinessA 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.
Getting StartedThe Danger Of Reading Blogger Income ReportsMany 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.
Sales & ConversionPricing Strategy: The Non-Marketer’s Guide To Figuring Out What To Charge For Your Digital ProductsHow 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.
Sales & ConversionConversion Triggers: 15 Psychological Buttons To Help You Get More Customers, More Opt-ins, And Higher Click/Open Rates15 psychological triggers to help you increase conversion rates on anything – with examples and why they work.