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This week I spoke with google analytics consultant, Emily Patterson, about Facebook advertising. Although Emily specializes in helping large non-profits like PBS, and The Better Business Bureau make smarter website decisions by leveraging data from Google Analytics. She’s also very experienced in using Facebook advertising to fill the top of your lead funnel. So today […]

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In this episode, I spoke with freelancer and occasional digital nomad, Ashley Hunsberger. We discussed the biggest pros and cons of running a business online. During our conversation we talked about some of our favorite things (high on the list are freedom and flexibility) and also some of the not so desirable aspects of online […]

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I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with Dr. Susan LaCombe for several years. She’s a psychologist and therapist from Vancouver, BC who applies the theories of brain therapy in her work and online teaching. I don’t pretend to understand the inner workings of her therapy work, but I am intimately familiar with her […]

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I just heard that Shopify has decided to remove their official plugin from the WordPress plugin repository and stop supporting it as of June 30. They say that it’s pretty old and becoming too difficult to support. But not to worry, they also say the best way to embed product links on your site is […]

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This week I am pleased to have Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting as our guest. Dave has been podcasting longer than almost anyone in the business. In fact he was just putting the finishing touches on episode 563 of his School of Podcasting episode the day we spoke. Dave uses his highly informative […]

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I’m pleased to introduce my latest podcast called Membership Site Straight Talk.  This is something I’ve been thinking about doing for years and finally decided this is the time. I’ve been developing and supporting membership sites and online courses for several years.  Along the way I’ve met hundreds of very creative and dedicated entrepreneurs…pioneers really…who […]

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This photo was uploaded during a video I recorded to demonstrate how to install the new WordPress – Lightroom plugin.  I’ve been meaning to post it for a while so this was a good reason.  If you’re a Lightroom user with a WordPress site, check out this plugin.  It’s a real timesaver. Here’s a link […]

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​Here’s a video from writer Yuri Zalkow who certainly knows how to be creative when time is short.  He’s recently published a novel while holding down a full-time job and juggling family life.  And he also finds time to create these cool videos. Although he talks about using Mac tools to  streamline the writing writing process, […]

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With so many WordPress themes including rotating image boxes and other cool display tools, there are many questions about how best to size images. I’ve had a rash of questions about the best way to size images for some of these odd sized boxes. So I made a video that shows you what to watch […]

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