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How Digital Ocean Cost Us Thousands of Dollars in a Single Day
Here’s the rub for me: My belief is that bad stuff happens, and you need to own it. Digital Ocean definitely did not own it in this case. I wonder how the original founders of Digital Ocean would have reacted had they been in charge… For example, wouldn’t it be nice if an actual human…
Read MoreAim for 2%
Forget about aiming for big profits and complexity. Hitting your 2% Freedom Quotient will likely cause more positive change in your business than any other metric.
Read MoreHow We Use Basecamp
Managing projects can be a headache. Basecamp doesn’t solve the human problems, but it’s features can empower you to do better work and launch that next project on time!
Read MoreThe Quickest, Simplest, Funnest Website I’ve Ever Built
Google has a really neat, sleak, lightning-fast website builder and it’s FREE! I can’t recommend it enough. Sure it doesn’t have many bells and whistles, but if you need a quick landing page, it might be the best option out there!
Read MoreWe're Closing For Christmas Week!
If you work for somebody else – be it a big company, small business, or non-profit – you are probably used to unplugged vacation time. But Freelancers generally do not set themselves up for that success. This year we’re taking Christmas week off!
Read MoreStop Selling WordPress Maintenance. Just Stop It.
One product nobody ever wants to buy is WordPress Maintenance. So stop selling it. Here’s what you can sell instead.
Read MoreLet’s stop shaking people down for their email addresses (link)
Now that I think about it, we have this weird philosophy in the USA that says, “Lets give marketers all of our data.” This would have never flown in a pre-digital era. Agh!
Read MoreI Spoke with the John Salley of Sales!
When it comes to receiving to sales calls, you want to hear Michael Jordan on the other end of the line, not John Salley.
Read MoreBiz Owners: Be careful with your word
Owners of businesses carry a special burden – merely speaking can cause unintended ripples in your company. Here’s a quick story where I learned (again – agh!) how my word as a business owner can cause employees to behave in unexpected ways.
Read MoreRigid Return Policies are Stupid
I offer a flexible, 110% refund on all my products. That’s right: I’ll pay you to leave for any reason within a reasonable amount of time with my Unlimited WordPress Support & Maintenance product, my Platinum WordPress Hosting product, and my WordPress Design, Refresh, & Launch product. I stand behind my products. I stand behind…
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