The trick to managing people smarter than yourself
Do you know I have a younger brother? I grew up the older brother in my family. My younger brother was only 15 months younger because there had been a strong chance I wouldn’t make it at birth and the ...
Three Zippy Courses features I wish they would add
Have you been thinking about building an online course? I write a decent amount of articles on online course creation simply because more and more, it’s the core questions I get on Clarity. It seems like every day people are ...
Load Testing WooCommerce Sites
In a webinar I was on recently, I talked about load testing WooCommerce sites. Yesterday I was asked if I had written about it and so, today, I can say that I have. What is load testing? Load testing means ...
What are product onramps?
Eighteen months ago I discovered this plugin that was a page builder for WordPress—from a long list of solutions I’d tried. I was writing a comparison post in October of 2014 and frankly, I’d never heard of Beaver Builder. A ...
Getting the order right on building new online courses
Are you getting ready to build new online courses? An academy of sorts? If so, there’s an order that you need to get right. When I answer calls on Clarity, normally what I hear from people is that they’re using ...
Have you embraced the full power of storytelling?
There’s power in your story The other day I was interviewed by my friend Carrie Dils on her OfficeHoursFM Podcast. We talked all about the power of storytelling—in business. I’m hoping it was practical and useful, as I didn’t spend ...
Installment plan support is needed in WordPress
If you’re running a membership site or online course using WordPress, you’ve likely noticed that installment plan support is kind of missing… What are Installment Plans? If you’ve ever wanted to buy something that cost more than you could afford, ...
Warning: Learn WordPress plugins before using them
Before putting them into a project, you should learn WordPress plugins—what they do, how they do it, and what you can do with them. “The Problem with Gravity Forms” I answered a call on Clarity where the person was frustrated. ...
What is predictive lead scoring?
We’ve all walked into a store looking to buy something… You walk into a store and you tell the person who’s in the store, let’s say it’s a Best Buy, you tell them what you’re looking for. “I’m looking for ...
The Problem in WordPress: Musings on Plugins And SaaS
The problem in WordPress isn’t what you think it is. It almost has nothing to do with code—and yet it’s all tied up in code and software architecture. The Problem in WordPress Notice I didn’t write, “The problem with WordPress.” ...