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Post X Traffic (Formerly Twitter): What Actually Works In 2026 How to actually get traffic from X (formerly Twitter) in 2026. The platform's changed... algorithm, incentives, the whole thing. Here's what still works, what doesn't, and how to…
Post What It Really Costs to Own a Website (And Whether a Maintenance Service Is Worth It) The true cost of owning a business website goes way beyond hosting. Here's the full math — and whether a WordPress maintenance service is actually worth it.
Post How “Over-Delivering” On My Email Newsletter Secretly Tanked My Open Rate I was surprised to find that my efforts to create a truly valuable weekly newsletter... was actually artificially HURTING my open rates. Here's why...
Post 5 Things People Will Pay The Most Money For Information is everywhere and getting cheaper by the day. In an AI-saturated world where infinite content gets produced on demand, what do people still actually pay premium prices…
Post How To Write Faster Without Losing Your Voice (10 Tips That Actually Work) AI changed the math on writing speed in a few short years. So why are most bloggers still slow? The bottleneck was never typing speed. Here are 10…
Post Is BBB Accreditation Worth It For Small Businesses? (Probably Not) I paid $600 for BBB accreditation back in 2009. I canceled years later. It made zero measurable difference to my business. Here's whether BBB accreditation is still worth…
Post Power Blogging Tips: 26 Fundamentals That Actually Move The Needle In 2026 Most blogging tips lists are 50-item dumps of advice that mostly hasn't worked since 2014. This is different. 26 fundamentals that actually move the needle for solopreneur bloggers…
Post How To Stop Feeling Overwhelmed As A Solopreneur (6 Strategies That Actually Work) Overwhelm isn't a function of having too much to do. It's a function of doing too many things without direction. Here are six specific strategies for cutting through…
Post The 7 Functions Every Business Has (And Why Most Solopreneurs Neglect At Least One) Every business has the same seven fundamental functions, whether you're a solopreneur or running a 500-person company. Most solopreneurs neglect at least one of them... and that neglected…
Post Theory Of Constraints For Solopreneurs: How To Find What’s Actually Killing Your Business Working hard but nothing's changing? The Theory of Constraints explains why... and gives you the tools to find what's actually holding your business back. Here's how to apply…
Post Why Most Online Businesses Fail (The Systems Problem) Most online businesses fail. Not from lack of information... from something more fundamental. Here are the three structural reasons, and how systems thinking solves them.
Post How To Run A Site-Wide Search & Replace On Wordpress Need to find and replace something across every post, page, and option in your WordPress site? It's safer than it sounds... as long as you use the right…
Post Why Most WordPress Homepages Fail (And How To Build One That Actually Works) Your homepage is some of the most valuable real estate you own. For most WordPress site owners, it's also one of the most wasted. Here's how to turn…
Post The Reason Why You Work All Day And Nothing Gets Done You worked all day and somehow nothing of substance got done. Sound familiar? There's a specific reason why this happens to solopreneurs over and over... and once you…
Post The Myth (And Danger) Of Posting To Your Blog Every Day "You need to post every day to grow your blog." It was bad advice in 2012, and it's even worse in 2026. Here's why daily posting is hurting…
Post Your Email List Isn’t Too Small. You’re Just Not Using It. Think your email list is too small to do anything with? It probably isn't. A small, engaged list will outperform a large, neglected one almost every time. Here's…
Post Fear of Marketing? Here’s Where It Really Comes From If you tell yourself you "hate marketing," it's worth asking where that feeling really comes from. It usually isn't about marketing at all... it's a self-limiting belief rooted…
Post The AI Hype Is Real… But So Is the Learning Curve AI isn't as easy as the YouTube hype makes it look. Here's an honest, plain-English look at the real learning curve — and what's actually working in my…
Post Blogging in the Age of AI: How Everything Has Changed (And Why I’m More Excited Than Ever) If you've skipped blogging because you didn't have time, that excuse no longer holds. AI has solved the production problem.
Post 8 Cold, Hard Facts About The Successful Online Entrepreneur The biggest barriers to building a successful online business aren't tactical. They're emotional. Here are 8 traits I've observed in people who actually make it.
Post How I Protect WordPress Sites Against Bots (Using Free Tools) Bots constantly probe WordPress sites for spam, abuse, and vulnerabilities. In this post, I break down a practical, layered approach to blocking them effectively… including how to stop…
Post Independent Analytics Review: A Better Way to Own Your Website Analytics I explain why I moved away from Google Analytics and other hosted tools in favor of Independent Analytics - and why data ownership, portability, and WordPress-native reporting ultimately…
Post 2026 Official Hosting Recommendation: How to Beat Premium WordPress Hosts on Speed and Price To optimize the performance of your website, your web hosting needs to be the right match for your particular needs. A "one size fits all" approach isn't efficient.…
Post Website Backup Strategy: The Best Ways To Stay Out Of Trouble With Proper Backups Of Your Website What are the best practices on backing up your WordPress site? Let's talk about backup strategy... and I'll go behind-the-scenes on how I manage backups for myself and…