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As an entrepreneur, we have a limited amount time, so building a business off of services has limits. Adding a productized service to our revenue stream can be extremely helpful. One way to break free from this model is by creating products. With your services repackaged as products, you’ll be able to scale your business and serve more clients without giving up more of your time. TutsPlus There are various ways to use productized services. For the November edition of Continue reading the post...

Being an influencer can go a long way to helping you promote your content. Really, it is a longer-term strategy. Being a guest can help you grow your content promotion. Jon Morrow used guest blogging to launch his guest blogging course. He captured 9,000 subscribers from a post at Problogger.  The post is the most popular article on Problogger and has over 500 comments. Kim Kaupe and Brittany Hodak became household names after appearing Shark Tank. The two had started Continue reading the post...

Today, in the Podcast Roundup, we are looking at three well-known podcasts that discuss the future of WordPress (and other good topics) and SEO. November Podcast Roundup 49 – WordPress and where it’s headed with Matt Medeiros – wpBuilds Nathan Wrigley interviews the interviewer. Matt Medeiros runs the Matt Report podcast and is heavily involved in the WordPress ecosystem. Aside from his podcast, Matt is partners in a design agency, Slocum, and has a plugin along with a host of other Continue reading the post...

Maybe one of the reasons I like the stories of entrepreneurs so much is that they do, indeed, read like a story. I’m sure that writers and screenwriters (for movies) use a little “literary license” to make it more entertaining and thereby forcing the story format to make it more interesting. Nevertheless, if you look at common story frameworks, you see it laid out when you watch a movie such as The Founder starring Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc. Entrepreneurs and freelancers Continue reading the post...

Using social proof on your website is a no-brainer. It is kind of like being linked to the “cool kids” in high school or being known by a celebrity. The effect is real and something you should tap into because people are more likely to purchase when they see the “proof” that your product is good from others. Wikipedia says, Social proof (also known as informational social influence) is a psychological and social phenomenon where people assume the actions of Continue reading the post...

Ever walked into a store and not be greeted or even seen a single sales associate? How did that make you feel?  In the town where I live, we have a chain restaurant called Moe’s Southwest Grill. It is similar to a Chipotle. One of the things that Moes does differently is that they greet everyone who walks in the door with, “Welcome to Moes!” One time I walked into a retail store close to closing time. I walked all Continue reading the post...

“If you build it, they will come.” Ray Kinsella, Field of Dreams Yeah. . .  no that won’t happen. I’m sure you have figured that out by now. Everyone keeps preaching that you should have content. Of course, by content, there are many different types of content, but blog posts seem to be the most popular form of content as many professionals know how to write. Regardless the form of content, you need to promote the content. Content promotion is often Continue reading the post...

Earlier today ManageWP announced on their Facebook page that “ It appears that ManageWP has been blocked by EIG (Bluehost & HostGator confirmed so far), resulting in EIG hosted websites showing up as disconnected.” At this point it looks as if these EIG hosted companies have blocked ManageWP’s IP address breaking the connection to their Dashboard. As a company we at MainWP hope this was just an accidental block and not something done intentionally by EIG to block GoDaddy (ManageWP’s Continue reading the post...

When it comes to project management for WordPress designers, it can be a difficult process to sloth through. There are so many project management tools on the market you can get carried away trying them all. Usually, when project management comes up with a web professional, I advise they decide what is important to their business. For example, do you have a team? How many do you have on your team? What needs do you have? It is quite difficult Continue reading the post...

In this month’s roundup, we are talking content. Specifically, 9 types of content that will fail. Also, we are looking at a list of “massive online publications” that use WordPress for their content platform. It’s October, a time for cooler weather, Halloween, and things scary. Today, we are going to look at ways to not create scary content featuring an article about content that will always fail. In addition, we will look at some massive online publishers and a new Continue reading the post...