Claude just started invisibly watermarking everything it writes, and the internet isn't happy about it. I dig into why the outrage is more complicated than it looks, plus why I'm quietly building my own "WordPress of AI."
How to actually get traffic from X (formerly Twitter) in 2026. The platform's changed... algorithm, incentives, the whole thing. Here's what still works, what doesn't, and how to make it worth your time if you're going to bother.
A guy on X bragged his AI prompt was about to make him "his next milly"... turns out the hype was hiding a genuinely useful trick. Here's what's actually happening inside the AI when you prompt it that way, plus why WordPress security patches have been coming fast and furious lately.
Found some old copywriting wisdom from 2006 that completely reframes why people actually stick with a newsletter, a blog, or a business for years. Turns out it was never about the content.
A study found the median blog lost 85% of its Google traffic to AI summaries... but some blogs are still growing. Here's the filter that separates them.
I spent the weekend getting an AI model running entirely on a spare PC in my office. No cloud, no subscription, nothing leaving the building... and it turned out to be pretty terrible. But what I found when I went looking for hardware that could actually do the job was stranger than anything the AI said to me.
I'm challenging myself to publish one YouTube video every day for 30 days — and this issue breaks down exactly why consistent outflow is the engine behind consistent income. Plus 12 WordPress news items including FluentCommunity 2.7, Fluent Player Pro, and the WP 6.0.1 maintenance release.
There's a new section on the site — News & Updates. Think of it as my version of a SaaS release notes page: a running record of what's being added, changed, or improved across Concierge and BMA. First post is up now.
Most membership sites don't fail after launch — they fail before anyone ever joins. This week's issue breaks down the real reason they stall, and what you need to nail down before you touch a single plugin.
Most people wildly underestimate what it actually costs to run a business website... and it's not just the hosting bill. Here's the real, all-in math — including your time — plus an honest look at whether paying someone to handle it is worth it.
This week is all about taking the stress down a notch. Inside: the revenue rollercoaster every solopreneur rides... and how I smooth out the ups and downs. Plus, the real math on what WordPress maintenance burnout is actually costing you.
This week's issue digs into the Gmail "clipping" trap that was quietly tanking my newsletter open rates… plus how I rebuilt my whole production process to fix it. There's a full news roundup in there too.
Turns out my longer, value-packed emails were getting clipped by Gmail … and quietly killing my open rates. Here's what was happening and how I fixed it.
Information is everywhere and getting cheaper by the day. In an AI-saturated world where infinite content gets produced on demand, what do people still actually pay premium prices for? These 5 categories of value are the ones that hold their pricing power — and they are more important now than they have ever been.
We're at the halfway mark of the year, so this issue is a mid-year gut check: five honest questions to run on your own business right now... plus a candid look at where my own numbers actually stand (including the revenue gap I'm staring down). There's a peek behind the scenes and the usual WordPress news, too.
David was once 100% in the online course business... and that model almost took the whole thing down with it. This week: why information itself lost its value, and the 2-3 business models smart solopreneurs are pivoting to now. Plus the WordPress news roundup and how to build custom tools for your site with AI.
New in the Solopreneur Toolkit... a pre-publish checklist that walks every post through the 8 phases that actually move the needle. Stop hitting publish and hoping. It's free inside the Toolkit.
AI changed the math on writing speed in a few short years. So why are most bloggers still slow? The bottleneck was never typing speed. Here are 10 tips for writing faster without letting AI hollow out the part of your work that actually matters: your voice.
In an inbox flooded with forgettable AI slop, how do you become the one email people actually open? This week's issue makes the case for the humble weekly newsletter as a solopreneur's single best marketing asset... plus a 48% traffic jump from my content audit, and using AI to fix double opt-in's biggest flaw.
I paid $600 for BBB accreditation back in 2009 and canceled years later ... it made zero measurable difference to my business. Here is whether BBB accreditation is still worth pursuing for a small online business, and the modern trust signals that actually move buying decisions instead.