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  • What Do Successful People Do?

    If you're asking yourself the question: what do successful people do to achieve success, I'm about to dispel one of the big success myths out there, so keep reading. In almost every interview I get asked "What was the one thing that made you successful?"… or the sister question: "If you had to give someone…

  • How To Back Up Your Computer

    When it comes to data, there's nothing more important than knowing how to back up your computer, in case something goes awry. There are a number of different options for backing up your computer, but the most important part? You actually have to do it. If you keep putting off backing up your computer data,…

  • How To Streamline A Business

    If you're feeling overworked, overwhelmed, or just not as efficient as you know you could be… it might be time to learn how to streamline a business. Luckily, streamlining your business can happen in just three simple steps, but you need to start now before the process becomes insurmountable. Take a look at how I've…

  • How To Use Affiliate Links

    If you've been around the online marketing world for a little while, then you've probably figured out what are affiliates… but the question remains: how to use affiliate links, or how do these links work exactly? That's exactly what I'll be explaining in today's video tutorial! How To Use Affiliate Links - A Quick Demo…

  • Launching a Product? Here’s What You Can Expect

    If you're planning on launching a product online, then you ought to know what you're getting into. Product launches are a funny beast, they tend to take a lot of effort, bring a lot of rewards, and leave you wondering exactly what just happened. That's why I liken launching a product with riding a roller…

  • Multiple Websites Dilemma – Two Different Brands or Just One?

    I get asked regularly how it's best to brand yourself online when you have multiple passions and business ideas: multiple websites or just one? For that matter, when you start asking about starting multiple websites do you also start multiple branded social media accounts, too? This question arises when you have multiple interests, you're a…

  • Help Desk Systems: Could Your Business Benefit?

    Photo credit We're taking a look at help desk systems today! I talk a lot about e-mail overload and even how to make email fun, but what I don't talk about as much is the customer service side of email. E-mail is still a relatively young technology, but it's not the only technology that you…

  • Headway Theme Review: A Versatile Drag and Drop WordPress Framework

    I get a lot of questions asking me what theme I use and whether my site actually runs on WordPress, so I'm taking you behind the scenes in this Headway theme review. I've been making websites for 15 years now, and blogging for 10 (back when we called them "weblogs" and we updated static pages…

  • How To Test Your Website On Mobile and Other Devices

    In today's video I'm going to show you how to test your website. As you know I'm a huge fan of getting feedback on your website to make improvements with my Website Checkup Tool. There are a couple of other things that you might want to test on your website, and one of them is…

  • Introspection & Intention Setting: Ownership

    For the past few years I have been doing an introspective intention setting exercise at the start of the year. I love my strategic planning exercise to get really concrete and detailed about what I want to accomplish in the next year, and this intention setting exercise has a different way of guiding me along…

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