As a content creator, most of what I’ve done on the web isn’t all that great. But I can point to a few places on the web that have it going on, and it puts a smile on my face. One such place is my Cool Serial Facebook group, and I’ll explain how it got … Read more
A business arch-enemy is a powerful construct. I heard of this idea first from Jeff Atwood, one of the founders of the programming behemoth Stack Overflow. (He, in turn, heard it from 37Signals.com about BaseCamp, likely penned by David Heinemeier Hansson.) The website that Stack Overflow loved to hate was Experts Exchange. (Experts Exchange added … Read more
Medium is a pretty civil place. Probably the paywall has something to do with that. Occasionally, though, people spout off in the comment section. Christina Piccoli wrote about her experience with her first angry commenter. The commenter had had bad experiences with making money online and was having nothing to do with either her Road … Read more
When I started my efforts to make money online in the early 2000s, I promoted various multi-level marketing opportunities. Traffic exchanges were a common tool. Using a traffic exchange was a bit like watching TV with someone else changing the channel every twenty seconds. A bunch of network marketers, forcing their sites on other network … Read more
Post-vacation email overwhelm is never fun. It’s a downer to see “Unread (664)” staring back at you. It’s not for lack of trying to keep up We went on a cruise this past summer. Not knowing how to cruise or what cruise internet connections were like, I paid for an extra device on wifi during … Read more
Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes these mistakes are private, and sometimes they’re very public. Most are somewhere in between. Maybe your spouse sees it, or your team at work sees it. The exposure goes up when you’re taking on a higher level of responsibility, as with a group lead, project lead, or manager role. And missteps … Read more
Sunk costs are painful. So much money, so much time, for so little return. I’ve been doing email marketing since 2010 I started using AWeber in 2010. Switched to Robly around 2015 or so (yeah I’d forgotten that one too), then MailChimp in 2017, and finally ConvertKit in 2022. (Note: I’m pleased with ConvertKit. They … Read more
If ideas are a dime a dozen, sometimes they might as well be a million dollars as rare as they seem! That’s why creators are always in search of ideas for posts, videos, art, music, whatever. As a musician, it makes sense to me that I can riff off of other creators. What is a … Read more
Once in a while an article shows up that is so timely that it demands an article in response. I had just revised an article on my main blog to include an updated realization about how I’d start a website today. I had been a hardcore “you need to own your stuff” kind of guy … Read more
Not one week after saying I needed to form a habit journal more, I was going to let it slide. I was in our bedroom, sitting in my chair at about 1:15 AM with my phone doing Wordle and Connections. (How many bad habits can you count there?) I really should get my journal and … Read more