WP Edge Issues from 2018

Every issue of my weekly newsletter, going back to 2017. What I'm building, what's changing in WordPress, and what I'd do about it.

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180 issues from 2018

#234Dec 31, 2018
One of my own big realizations…
One Of My Own Big Business Realizations Are you pretty good at coasting through life? I must admit… I am. I’m VERY…
#233Dec 21, 2018
6 Trends For Bloggers To Know for 2019
5 Trends To Be Aware Of As We Head Into 2019 As we are about to say goodbye to one year and…
#232Dec 19, 2018
A new approach to banner ad revenue
A New Approach To Banner Ad Revenue I’d like to start out by recommending a documentary to you. You can watch it…
#231Dec 17, 2018
Google Chrome drops the hammer on abusive experiences
Google Chrome drops the hammer on abusive experiences Google is rolling out a new update to Chrome – version 71. And while…
#230Dec 14, 2018
Starting a new business without spending money?
Can You Start A New Business For Free? Today, I wanted to share an opinion that goes to the mindset of some…
#229Dec 12, 2018
Should you have a blog sidebar?
Should You Have A Blog Sidebar? You may have noticed that I’ve done a lot of switcheroos when it comes to my…
#228Dec 10, 2018
Doing a content audit – part 4
Content Audit Part 4 – Evaluating Your Old Blog Posts In our last couple issues, we got a little nerdy to be…
#227Dec 7, 2018
How to find how much your blog posts got shared
In our last issue of The Daily, I shared with you how to get ahold of two sets of data about your…
#226Dec 3, 2018
How to export all your blog post data
Let’s continue talking about doing a content audit on our site. This is where we go back into the archives of our…
#225Nov 30, 2018
I’ve deleted 35% of my blog posts
Have you ever done a content audit on your blog? If you’ve written a lot of blog posts and the answer is…
#224Nov 28, 2018
All those salesy emails last week
You mighta noticed, but there was quite a lot of salesy email being sent in the last week. The whole Black Friday…
#223Nov 23, 2018
Doing a Content Audit (and deleting blog posts)
Last week, I did a combination Lab Workshop + Office Hours session for my Lab members. Usually these are separate things, but…
#222Nov 21, 2018
A Word on Gratitude
My new post: The Danger Of Reading Blogger Income Reports My friends, tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S. And it is…
#221Nov 20, 2018
Ready for Gutenberg?
You may have been hearing about the new editor for Wordpress coming down the pike: Gutenberg . I’ll be honest with ya……
#220Nov 16, 2018
Lack of tech skills? (part 2)
In the last issue, I talked about many people’s outright refusal to hire anybody to handle technical issues that are holding your…
#219Nov 14, 2018
Lack of tech skills?
Sometimes we do have constraints that bump right up against our lack of skills. Common for many in this business is lack…
#218Nov 12, 2018
Shiny objects
In our last issue, we met Bob. Bob set out to start up his own online business, but ended up drowning in…
#217Nov 8, 2018
Let’s meet Bob
We’ve been talking here for the last few issues about certain “bad habits” that people do which end up sabotaging their potential…
#216Nov 5, 2018
What you pay attention to
In my last issue, I talked about how comparing yourself to others can lead to you focusing on the differences. And all…
#215Nov 2, 2018
Behind the scenes
“Man, they appear to be doing so well. What’s wrong with me?” This is a pretty common thought to a lot of…
#214Oct 31, 2018
Prison rules
You ever seen the movie Shawshank Redemption? FANTASTIC movie. Hard to believe it was made 24 years ago now. Anyway… If you…
#213Oct 29, 2018
Re-thinking podcast norms
In case you hadn’t seen yet, I have recently relaunched the Coffee Break Blogging podcast . As such, I’ve been revisiting and…
#212Oct 26, 2018
Selling from your heels?
The other day, I was reviewing somebody’s front-end offer. The central portion of the landing page for it was a video of…
#211Oct 24, 2018
Using Twitter
My relationship with Twitter has changed a few times. Like a lot of bloggers, I used it. Built up a following, and…
#210Oct 22, 2018
List Building Challenge #10 – Building a quiz
Years ago, I was a web developer. This was something I did on the side along with my tech blog. And, I…
#209Oct 18, 2018
List Building Challenge #9 – Special treatment for mobile
Mobile traffic is a really big deal these days. So many people are browsing our sites on mobile devices so it is…
#208Oct 17, 2018
List Building Challenge #8 – Opt-in form placement
Alright, after talking about using paid traffic to magnify your list building for the last couple issues, let’s go ahead and bring…
#207Oct 15, 2018
List Building Challenge #7 – Giving them a second chance to opt-in
In the last issue, I talked about how I used a simplistic Facebook ad campaign to radically speed up the growth of…
#206Oct 12, 2018
List Building Challenge #6 – Real campaign, real metrics
Today, I’m going to share another strategy to build your list much more effectively. In fact, it works very, VERY well. It…
#205Oct 11, 2018
List Building Challenge #5
So, in our last issue, we established that building a dedicated squeeze page for your lead magnet is going to help you…
#204Oct 9, 2018
List Building Challenge #4 – 10X Better Conversions
OK, I’m guessing that you’ve had to use a screw before. Maybe building something… or just assembling furniture. Hell, maybe you have…
#203Oct 8, 2018
List Building Challenge – Action #3
Building your email list is always a marathon, not a race. It is a constant effort and something that you’re always doing.…
#202Oct 5, 2018
List Building Challenge – Action #2
If you’ve not yet read my flagship blog post on The Redwood Strategy , I recommend you do now. It should be…
#201Oct 3, 2018
List Building Challenge – Action #1
“Subscribe to our Newsletter” is quite possibly the dumbest call to action ever to litter the internet. It might have worked back…
#200Oct 1, 2018
A list building challenge
On Friday last week, I talked about the changing nature of online paid traffic… and how Apple is going to begin putting…
#199Sep 28, 2018
Apple’s death blow to Facebook?
Not sure if you heard about it, but Safari (Apple’s web browser) is dealing a death blow to third-party tracking cookies. And…
#198Sep 25, 2018
When things didn’t work…
A lot of the internet marketer “guru” types out there put off this impression that their business only goes one direction: UP.…
#197Sep 20, 2018
Real talk about recurring revenue
In my last issue, I talked about how I’ve been able to travel my butt off this year. And the “secret” has…
#196Sep 18, 2018
Traveling for 5 months… and business…
As you may know if you’ve been getting The Daily for a little while, my family and I have been traveling for…
#195Sep 13, 2018
Nike and that ad
So, last week, you probably saw people venting about the Nike ad. Yes, I’m talking about the ad with Colin Kaepernick. Some…
#194Sep 11, 2018
Are you too serious?
Have you ever been in a super hurry to get somewhere in your car? Suddenly, every light seems to turn red at…
#193Sep 7, 2018
Niche difficulties?
When I get back to Florida, I’m going to hit the ground running on several fronts. And one of them is that…
#192Sep 5, 2018
Avoiding tech hell
It can feel like swimming upstream sometimes trying to build an online business when you feel like you’re constantly being kicked in…
#191Aug 30, 2018
How to make a logo for your site (the easy way)
One super important component of your branding is your LOGO. It’s pretty obvious, but I haven’t really talked much about it because…
#190Aug 27, 2018
How to use white space on your blog layout
Let’s continue talking about the use of color on your blog’s design. In the last issue , I talked about what different…
#189Aug 23, 2018
Your blog colors and what it says about you…
In this little series we’ve been doing here in The Daily for the last many issues, we’ve been talking about branding and…
#188Aug 21, 2018
How to craft your unique value proposition
What makes you unique? What’s your unique selling proposition? In our last issue, we continued our discussion on branding. We got to…
#187Aug 16, 2018
What makes up your blog branding?
Over the last few issues of The Daily, we’ve talked about what a brand is. A brand is an IDEA… a FEELING……
#186Aug 13, 2018
When branding conflicts
Let’s continue our talk about branding and “personal brands”. In the last installment, I talked about the importance of being congruent with…
#185Aug 9, 2018
How to start branding yourself
Alright, so we talked about the overall guiding principle about your “personal brand” and how it should align around a visualization of…
#184Aug 8, 2018
More on branding… and Frank Kern
In our last issue, we began talking about branding and one’s “personal brand”. And I made clear that what a brand is,…
#183Aug 3, 2018
What is a brand?
I’ve seen a lot of blog owners get really twisted up over the idea of their brand… or their “personal brand”. But,…
#182Aug 2, 2018
No-pitch money-makers to your list
Have you ever run out of things to send to your email subscribers? Even better… you’d like to send something out to…
#181Jul 31, 2018
Overpriced offers and scams
I got an email the other day – and yes, I am still fielding emails from everybody while I’m traveling around the…
#180Jul 26, 2018
Are you being perfectionist?
My wife and I were staining our kitchen cabinets and giving them a totally new look. The originals were the old-school “honey…
#179Jul 24, 2018
Garbage in, garbage out
Being out traveling right now, it gives perspective on some of the things we often do day to day. Also some of…
#178Jul 20, 2018
How best to manage your promotional time
The idea of “promotional time” is not likely something most people consider. People do, though, sometimes consider those things you do to…
#177Jul 19, 2018
Strategically using blog content in promos
In the last issue, I started off with some super-obvious things you need to do after you hit the publish button on…
#176Jul 17, 2018
What you do after you hit publish
So, you write up that blog post. And you publish it. But, then what? Do you just publish it, cross your fingers,…
#175Jul 16, 2018
How to directly influence your SEO without luck
We’ve been talking a lot about SEO in the last many issues of the Daily. And we’ve talked about a lot of…
#174Jul 12, 2018
Blog security… and SEO
You may have heard that securing your blog with SSL can have an effect on your search engine rankings. And yes… this…
#173Jul 11, 2018
Taking my business on the road
Today, I thought I would take a temporary break from our ongoing series on SEO and your blog traffic. See, today is…
#172Jul 10, 2018
Does your site work on mobile?
Does your blog work and look good on mobile devices? It should. Sites that don’t adapt to mobile screens suffer greatly in…
#171Jul 6, 2018
Your site’s speed
OK, next up we’ve got to talk about some technical things which will very much affect your blog traffic. First up… Site…
#170Jul 5, 2018
Grammar crazies… and SEO?
OK, my friendly grammar people. You know I luv ya. 🙂 As a guy who writes as much content as you know…
#169Jul 3, 2018
How to get more backlinks
We’ve been covering various factors that will positively influence your Google rankings. So far, we’ve talked about: Tweaking for higher click-throughs from…
#168Jul 2, 2018
Make em’ SHARE
As we mentioned in this series earlier, Google isn’t something you need to fight. Your goal and their’s should be the same.…
#167Jun 29, 2018
Make em’ STICK (for more traffic)
Yesterday, we talked about scroll depth as a key indicator that your site is ticklin’ people’s fancies. And the more you wet…
#166Jun 28, 2018
Make em’ SCROLL
Let’s continue talking about how to tweak your site for more traffic from Google… by optimizing for human beings. Now, answer me…
#165Jun 26, 2018
Tweaking for Google
Yesterday, I talked about the fact that there are 2 components to modern SEO: On-Google optimization to entice people to click through…
#164Jun 25, 2018
Google is watching
Today, we’re going to begin to breach the topic of Google SEO and how it works. We’re not really going to be…
#163Jun 22, 2018
What if you don’t have much of an audience yet?
So, yesterday, I talked about how I hate keyword research. And I talked about how I keep my ear to the ground…
#162Jun 21, 2018
I hate keyword research
I’m going to let you in on a little secret… You might think that as a “professional blogger” (some might call me),…
#161Jun 20, 2018
How SEO has evolved (and why your rankings dropped)
In the “old days”, optimizing for search engines really was mostly a deep-dive into literal words. Meaning, you put those keywords on…
#160Jun 19, 2018
Struggling with Google rankings?
Yesterday, I shared with you the 7 word question. And I got some replies from you guys with things you guys are…
#159Jun 18, 2018
The 7 word question
There’s a simple 7 word question that can really help you with your blogging and your content marketing. This question is one…
#158Jun 15, 2018
I’m a fake
Few years ago, bloggers had a really big conference. It used to be called Blogworld, then it was renamed to the New…
#154Jun 14, 2018
Just ship it
Being a perfectionist is extremely counter-productive. And it is bad for business. Might seem weird to say, but think about it… I…
#156Jun 13, 2018
Being disagreeable
Today, I’m going to step off the reservation for a minute. We’re not going to talk about blogging… or business. I’m going…
#155Jun 11, 2018
Finally, they built it
Since I’m doing some work internally on the website, there’s something I’ve begun to use in Thrive Architect that I thought was…
#154Jun 8, 2018
More than one lead magnet? Yes.
OK, there’s clearly much more to talk about when it comes to real list building. But, this week has been all about…
#153Jun 7, 2018
A strategy to help you NAIL your lead magnet
This week we’ve been talking about lead magnets. And, the last few issues were a wee bit long. I know this is…
#152Jun 6, 2018
Brainstorming awesome lead magnets
Yesterday,I talked about the 7 criteria for an effective lead magnet. If you missed that issue, you can view it right here…
#151Jun 5, 2018
7 Criteria For An Awesome List Giveaway
OK yesterday, we talked about bad lead magnets. The ones which don’t work very well. Today, I want to talk about GOOD…
#150Jun 4, 2018
Bad lead magnets (the top 2)
Let’s talk about lead magnets. Again. Why? Because, while we’ve talked about it many, many times… I still see MOST people doing…
#149Jun 1, 2018
Perhaps I can sell this for $7 (bad idea)
Today, let’s talk a bit about designing your sales funnel and what goes where. If you like making money, then listen up.…
#148May 31, 2018
Killing your business by accident
As you likely know (due to the onslaught of privacy policy updates last week), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now…
#147May 25, 2018
When you sell ~ The Daily x
OK, here’s our 5 stages of customer awareness again, for review… Today, we move into PRODUCT AWARE. When one is at this…
#146May 24, 2018
Custom Awareness (Part 3 of 5) ~ The Daily x
Back to our customer awareness scale. We’ve talked about the hardest of all: unaware. Then, we talked yesterday about where most of…
#145May 23, 2018
Stage 2, where our work usually begins
Alright, back to our 5 stages of customer awareness. We’re doin’ some good ol’-fashioned marketing 101 here in the Daily. 🙂 Yesterday,…
#144May 22, 2018
The hardest people to reach
Yesterday, I began talking about the 5 stages of customer awareness. Our job with our marketing (and it is true for all…
#143May 21, 2018
Swiped from a $279 book
Today, I’m going to start a series for this week talking about some core marketing concepts. While I’ve seen this concept in…
#142May 18, 2018
I messed up the name of my business?
Let me start off with a little confession… There are times I wish I hadn’t named my business the Blog Marketing Academy…
#141May 17, 2018
Getting started. Don’t think about the blog.
So, yesterday, I posted the link to the Daily subscriber survey again. And, one of the things that came up, once again,…
#140May 16, 2018
Stop following gurus, think for yourself
I was talking to somebody recently who was trying to market a small, local service business. Doesn’t matter the niche, but point…
#139May 15, 2018
Announcing new pilot program
Building up an online business is a rather lonely experience. Sure, there are a lot of online communities around it. There’s a…
#138May 14, 2018
Are you creating… or coasting?
A few years ago, I realized something. I’m also reminded of it time and time again. See, at the time, I still…
#137May 10, 2018
Saying no to good ideas (and it’s OK!)
Productivity is often about deciding what does – and does NOT – show up on your to-do list. That’s what I said…
#136May 9, 2018
Productivity “hack” (counter-intuitive)
My friends, today we change the topic. 🙂 No more GDPR stuff. Today, I want to talk a bit about how I…
#135May 8, 2018
Finally, my opinion on the GDPR
I don’t talk politics around the Blog Marketing Academy. For pretty obvious reasons. I know I have people from all viewpoints here.…
#134May 7, 2018
People can view/delete their data? (GDPR)
One of the more technically complicated aspects of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the issue of allowing visitors to…
#133May 4, 2018
Does your list building change in a GDPR world?
All of us do email marketing. Or at least, you should be. 🙂 If you’re not, seriously… what the hell?! Anyway… GDPR…
#132May 3, 2018
That dreaded privacy policy and GDPR
OK, so we’ve been talking about this exciting, enthralling and downright SEXY topic of… the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR). I…
#131May 2, 2018
Doing a data inventory (for GDPR)
OK, let’s continue on this truly FASCINATING topic of the GDPR! [cough] Hey, it might not be the sexiest of topics, but…
#130May 1, 2018
Do’s and don’ts for GDPR compliance
This whole GDPR thing makes me go cross-eyed. 🙂 But, I”m wading through things to try to make it simple. Today, let’s…
#129Apr 30, 2018
Let’s talk about the GDPR
OK, I have to admit it. I’ve been putting off looking into the GDPR. But, it is time to have a more…
#128Apr 27, 2018
When’s the right time to start a membership site?
When is the right time to begin your own membership site? It certainly is a popular business model. In fact, it is…
#127Apr 26, 2018
About the personal development niche
Ready for some more “real talk” about niches? (Note, if you missed yesterday’s real talk about niche selection, go back and read…
#126Apr 25, 2018
Choosing your niche (important)
One of the things I end up having to do with a lot of new students to the Blog Marketing Academy is…
#125Apr 24, 2018
One of my BIGGEST frustrations
I’m going to share with you one of my biggest frustrations. See, at the core, I am an educator. My job is…
#124Apr 23, 2018
So, did you do it? :-)
So, how’d you do with the weekend exercise I left you with on Friday ? Did you do it? If you’re clueless…
#123Apr 20, 2018
Do this over the weekend
Yes or no leads to flow. Maybe messes the whole thing up. If you missed the previous issues that explain what I…
#122Apr 19, 2018
The symptoms of “maybe”
Yes or no leads to flow. Maybe messes the whole thing up. This week in the Daily, I didn’t really set out…
#121Apr 18, 2018
We’re basically like a computer program…
We know having time limits and deadlines work when it comes to making sales. It causes people to sh*t or get off…
#120Apr 17, 2018
One of my top productivity secrets…
Yesterday, I talked about the power of the deadline when it comes to making an offer. It is sorta marketing 101, really.…
#119Apr 16, 2018
Those doors were about to close…
So, we were in Paris makin’ our way around town. And, by far, the best way to get around is their subway.…
#118Apr 6, 2018
The Future of Monetization (10 of 10)
OK, one last part of this whole series on internet trends, how it affects us, and the future. In the last one,…
#117Apr 5, 2018
The NEW Internet (9 of 10)
Alright, today, I’m going to talk about something which isn’t exactly actionable to you. Unless you’re interested in investing or something. See,…
#116Apr 4, 2018
It’s getting harder to cheat (8 of 10)
So, yesterday, I talked about building up permission-based audiences. A community of people who WANT to hear from you. I think it…
#115Apr 3, 2018
Use this while you still can (7 of 10)
Last week, I mentioned a possibility. A possibility that, one day, we’d need to have express permission from people in order to…
#114Apr 2, 2018
Facebook immunity (6 of 11)
Last week, I talked about some big, overriding trends that I believe will affect all of us moving forward – and even…
#113Mar 30, 2018
The new fog of war (5 of 11)
There’s one last trend I want to mention here. One that affects the stage we play on, but it’s rather different than…
#112Mar 29, 2018
Cambridge Analytica and… you (4 of 11)
Cambridge Analytica. It’s all over the news. It’s been called a “data breach” and people are pissed at Facebook. Because Trump. Or…
#111Mar 28, 2018
Careful with Facebook (3 of 11)
OK… today let’s talk about Facebook. Facebook has been all over the news lately, what with this whole Cambridge Analytica thing. Perhaps…
#110Mar 27, 2018
Google kills the internet? (2 of 11)
It’s funny, it just occurred to me that this series here in the Daily is kinda like Spaceship Earth at Epcot. Only…
#109Mar 26, 2018
How things have changed (1 of 11)
I’m a bit of an old man. Well, in “internet years”. 😉 See, I got started in this whole online thing in…
#108Mar 23, 2018
Are you using a slider on your homepage? Stop.
OK, to end off the week of talking about various geeky matters of site speed, I want to talk to you about…
#107Mar 22, 2018
Do you need managed Wordpress hosting?
Today, let’s talk hosting. After all, we’ve been talking about your site speed this week, and hosting is right there at the…
#106Mar 21, 2018
Managing your WP plugins (3 rules + a hack)
Speedy blogs satisfy the Google gods. 🙂 And, so far this week, we’ve been talking about some ways to speed up your…
#105Mar 20, 2018
Another easy speed BOOST for your Wordpress site
I’ve got another slightly geeky (but still easy) hack you can make to give your blog another speed boost… Yesterday’s issue of…
#104Mar 19, 2018
Is your Wordpress jammed up with old plugin trash?
OK, let’s get practical to start off the week here. And a tad geeky. 🙂 Last week, I was working on my…
#103Mar 16, 2018
My top 5 productivity tools I use constantly
Working for yourself requires some self-discipline. There’s no boss hovering over you to keep you on track. There’s rarely any strong deadlines…
#102Mar 15, 2018
The lessons from my first “challenge”
If you’ve been with me for a little while, perhaps you remember my 30 Day Blog Transformation Challenge. In fact, judging from…
#101Mar 14, 2018
So much to do! Where to start?
In my recent survey to you fine folks here in The Daily, I asked about your biggest challenge. And, I got quite…
#100Mar 13, 2018
Look at that!
Today is the 100th issue of The Daily. It started out as a grand experiment. I didn’t know what the impact would…
#99Mar 12, 2018
What’s in YOUR sidebar?
There’s a small trend going around in the world of blogging to simply get rid of the sidebar altogether. Personally, I like…
#98Mar 9, 2018
Getting a job?
It happens from time to time, since I get a fair amount of email. The summary version is this… A person is…
#97Mar 8, 2018
THE DAILY #97
Sometimes I talk about these little side topics, almost in passing. And I end up getting readers from them. For example, had…
#96Mar 7, 2018
THE DAILY #96
In online business, everything is a test. And to that end, I’m going to give something a “go” here on The Daily……
#95Mar 6, 2018
How to choose what to focus on
So, tell me if this sounds familiar… You have a ton of ideas for your blog and your online business. Since you…
#94Mar 5, 2018
A personal request
OK, here’s why today’s Daily is going to be short and sweet. Because, I want to turn the tables and hear from…
#93Mar 2, 2018
A little hack for your blog posts (and SEO)
To end off the week today, I’m going to give you a little tip that you can implement over the weekend (if…
#92Mar 1, 2018
Facebook kills a website
Not sure if you saw this story, but it was on Business Insider… Facebook’s algorithm has wiped out a once flourishing digital…
#91Feb 27, 2018
How to quickly test a new product idea
At the Summit I was just at in Texas, one of the co-founders of Outdoorsy (a peer-to-peer RV rental company) spoke about…
#90Feb 26, 2018
Why I skipped the Traffic & Conversion Summit this year
This week, there’s a big conference (actually 2 of them) going on for the online marketing industry in San Diego. One of…
#89Feb 23, 2018
When a subscriber gets mad at you for promoting
I once had a subscriber to The Daily get pissed at me because I linked to something in The Lab which wasn’t…
#88Feb 22, 2018
Affiliate marketing – not a REAL business?
I am here at the RV Entrepreneur Summit in Texas. And I was talking to a guy who came all the way…
#87Feb 21, 2018
How to help save the world
The Effect Of The Traditional Media · How To Exercise Some Social Media Responsibility
#86Feb 20, 2018
A conversion-focused Contact Us page [Part 3]
#5 – Set Proper Expectations · Final Thoughts
#85Feb 19, 2018
A conversion-focused Contact Us page [Part 2]
#3 – Include Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) · #4 – Provide Multiple, Frictionless Contact Options
#84Feb 15, 2018
A conversion-focused Contact Us page [Part 1]
#1 – Keep It Personal · #2 – Show Them A Photo Of Who They’re Talking To
#83Feb 14, 2018
Blog posts that sell
Today, what I’m gonna talk about will be relevant for those of you doing affiliate marketing on your blog. But, before we…
#82Feb 13, 2018
Don’t cut. Promote!
Businesses big and small will occasionally go through down times. Times when the money isn’t flowin’ quite like it usually does. When…
#81Feb 12, 2018
The Blue Ocean Strategy
On Friday , I talked a bit about my current thoughts on my business plan for my RV blog. And I wanted…
#80Feb 9, 2018
No money in the RV niche? (RV BLOG REPORT)
Today is “work on the RV day”. Which is a normal occurrence when you own one. 😉 We’re taking off to head…
#79Feb 8, 2018
But, you’re not an expert on anything! How the hell…
Starting up an online business from scratch is… pretty freakin’ hard. 🙂 I mean, I’m not gonna BS ya on that. It…
#78Feb 7, 2018
My new sushi restaurant (and a lesson)
We live in a suburb of Tampa, Florida. It used to be a fairly quaint area with farms and a few neighborhoods.…
#77Feb 6, 2018
Why blogs will never die – and the ad wars
Last week, issue #73 of The Daily talked about blogging in Facebook’s world. I talked about how you cannot rely on Facebook…
#76Feb 5, 2018
Is cussing on your blog (or email) bad?
I got an interesting email last week from a reader. She was nice as could be, but she basically told me that…
#75Feb 2, 2018
So, what happened to my RV blog?
If you’ve been with me for a little bit, you know I’m kinda into RV travel. I own a big 36-foot motorhome…
#74Feb 1, 2018
Stopped blogging for 30 days. Here’s what happened…
I’ve talked about The Redwood Strategy many times. It is my personal approach to blogging. In short… Instead of cranking out new…
#73Jan 31, 2018
Blogging in Facebook’s world
Every time Facebook makes a little noise, marketers everywhere do the “freak out” dance. I find it funny every time it happens.…
#72Jan 30, 2018
You get more of what you measure
The other day I was talking with my wife. See, we homeschool our kids. Not for any religious reasons or anything… just…
#71Jan 29, 2018
Does all your content have to be original?
Most people make blogging take too long. Me? I’ve been blogging for 20 years now. Been making my living at it for…
#70Jan 26, 2018
Blogging vs content marketing
Just because you have a blog doesn’t mean you’re blogging. … because if you’re trying to build a real business, then you…
#69Jan 25, 2018
If you read one book all year…
As I said in yesterday’s email, it is easy to choke on ideas. And my job is to help my students with…
#68Jan 24, 2018
Pure gold!
It is easy to choke on ideas. Especially if you read alot. Blogs, books, etc. (oohh… I need to say something about…
#67Jan 23, 2018
Tool shopping?
The Lab Community forum is a pretty cool (and active) place, but I was going in there this morning to answer questions…
#66Jan 22, 2018
Buh-bye blog sidebar (again)
Sometimes, I change my mind. Like, this weekend, I set out to buff/polish the motorhome and remove oxidation off the fiberglass. I…
#65Jan 19, 2018
How to do blog post feature images
You ever looked for an item you want to buy on Craigslist? Or Facebook Marketplace? Or, try to sell something on there?…
#64Jan 18, 2018
Taking inventory of your blog content
One thing about The Daily is that I want it to be applicable and relevant to you. While not EVERY issue is…
#63Jan 17, 2018
Do your blog post headlines kinda… suck?
If you’ve been with me for awhile, you know I’m a bit of an RV nerd. RV traveling is kind of a…
#62Jan 16, 2018
A (new) way to think of blog categories
Today, we’re going into talking about content and your blog. And how to make your blog better and more effective. And today,…
#61Jan 15, 2018
Do you even need a blog?
I wrote 41 posts for the whole year. And, a majority of them were revisions, not whole new posts. (see The Redwood…
#60Jan 12, 2018
Clean your closet (seriously)
At the beginning of The Roadmap , Lab members go through some training on productivity before diving into the business stuff. The…
#59Jan 11, 2018
Still my favorite productivity tool
So far this week, I’ve talked about my little black notebook and the focus maps. And yesterday, Google Calendar. But, these aren’t…
#58Jan 10, 2018
How I use Google Calendar
So far this week, I’ve talked about my little black notebook and the focus maps. Well, I also use one of the…
#57Jan 9, 2018
The Focus Map
FOCUS is the most important asset that we have as entrepreneurs. And you’ve got to guide it. When you really think about…
#56Jan 8, 2018
The simplest productivity tool I have
Today, I’m going to share with you a productivity tool that I use. It isn’t electronic. It isn’t software. And it costs…
#55Jan 3, 2018
6 steps in 2018 (not your normal new year’s email)
So, today, I wanted to share a plan with you. A simple plan. Not some “new years” motivational email about your goals…

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