For all of my U.S. subscribers, Happy Labor Day. Hope you enjoy the day. I know a lot of you probably have the day off. My wife does. But me? Yeah, I’m laboring. 😜 So, let’s just dive right in, shall we? Featured This Week How To Increase Your Email Open Rates And Get Your…
Welcome to a new week…. and issue #493 of this newsletter. Little crazy when you think about it. When I started this newsletter (under a different name), I never really thought about the fact that one day I’d be writing my 500th issue. And yet, we’re getting close to that point. Anyhoo… This last week,…
Welcome to the How To Step Into Your A Game course, formerly known as Time Master Formula. This is a course on time management and getting more done. This course is a little different than the usual fare here at the Academy. Applying this data to your life and business will introduce order and reduce overwhelm, allowing you…
Well, I’m a tad later than normal pushing out this week’s newsletter. But hey! Least it is still Monday, right? 😇 This issue will be a wee bit nerdy. Last week, I went ahead and (mostly) finished up and launched the new video library at the Blog Marketing Academy. It is a big reorganization of…
I had an interesting situation to deal with for a client. His main website was hosted somewhere else on a proprietary system, yet he wanted his WordPress blog to look like it was part of the same website. He wanted his blog to show up in a sub-folder despite the fact that it was hosted…
How much does it cost to start up a new online business? What should you expect to pay? Here are my recommendations and what you can expect. FULL POST: Online Business Startup Costs: How Much Should You Expect To Spend To Start A Money-Making Blog?
Good morning and happy Monday. 😇 Around here, all the kids are going back to school today. Which means the “cheese wagons” will be out in force. 😂 But, since my kids are homeschooled, not a lot changes on this end. Saturday, we went to a local theater to watch my daughter play the role…
Aweber is one of the longest-running email marketing hosts out there. They were among the first. In fact, it was the very first email marketing provider I used in my career. While I no longer think Aweber is the best solution for blog owners looking to develop and grow their business, it remains a very…
I tried to use WP Grid Builder and ran into a snag. I couldn’t get the facets to appear correctly. Not sure what I was missing, I reached out to the developer for support. It didn’t go well at all. This is my REAL experience trying to actually use WP Grid Builder.
In this video, we’ll begin building a basic membership site from scratch. And we’ll use this test site as the basis for showing you the mechanics of making your membership site work. To begin, we’ll install the plugins that we will be using.