Marketing & Sales Ideas For Small Business Owners & Freelancers - WordPress & Shopify Trainer in Minneapolis MN

You lost me at…tools.

WordPress, Ghost, Facebook, Twitter, etc. All tools. The tools you use matter less than you think. In fact, it's better to avoid all conversation about tools!

You Can Only Focus on 1 Thing at a Time

It's been proven time and again (and a million times in my personal experience - just ask my spouse!), that you can only focus on a single thing at a time.

Why So Many Companies Make the Kneejerk Decision to Use Slack (Stupidly)

As you've no doubt learned, FREE is not free. There are always costs, particularly when mega for-profit tech companies promise "free". Slack's product continually undermines the very value it purports to bring to the world, all in the name of free!

How We Use Slack

Experience in multiple businesses tells me that Slack creates more problems than it solves. Here's how we use Slack at my WordPress company.

How We Use Basecamp

Managing projects can be a headache. Basecamp doesn't solve the human problems, but it's features can empower you to do better work and launch that next project on time!

3 Tips to Improve Your Next Company Retreat

Company retreats provide an amazing opportunity to build a stronger company. Here are 3 tips to help you get the most of your investment.

EOS Level 10 Meeting Template

Some EOS Level 10 (L10) meeting templates I use in the real world. These templates have helped me to become a better, wrangle conversations, and run meetings effectively.

Coffee Shops Are Obsessed With Credit Card Minimums (Plus 5 Ideas on How to Break the Habit!)

Coffee shops love enforcing minimum purchases on credit cards and are hurting themselves in the process. Here are 5 ideas to help you drop the "required minimum" habit.

How to Launch Your Website On Time

Website launches are notorious for being late and causing frustration to business owners. Here's my simple process for ensuring every website launch goes off without a hitch.

How To Forward Login Text Messages to Your Spouse Automatically for Your Amazon and Bank Accounts

What do you do when your spouse's phone is set as the "verification" phone on your bank account? You set up text message forwarding to make the problem disappear!

21 Ideas To Create More Profit in Your Freelance Business

21 totally free ideas to create more profit freelance business. Nothing complex - just some common sense things you can do to turn your freelance business around today!

“Now THAT was a good meeting!”

A single effective meeting can change the course of history for a company. Imagine if you could lead effective meetings EVERY DAY! You can, but it takes curiosity & practice. This article is a good place to start your journey to a more effective you.

Rigid Return Policies are Stupid

I offer a flexible, 110% refund on all my products. That's right: I'll pay you to leave for any reason within a reasonable amount of time with my Unlimited WordPress Support & Maintenance product, my Platinum WordPress Hosting product, and my WordPress Design,...

Why I’m Stopping My Pay-per-click Campaigns

I've had it with pay-per-click, organic SEO, & cold email marketing! I'm embarking on an adventure to do marketing a little differently.

Better Than Getting Things Done (GTD).

Business people laud the idea of "Getting Things Done". "GTD!" they call it. But it's complete garbage.

You’re killing me! How my SEO provider is asking me to fire them.

Here I am trying to give you money - the single core business process that exists in EVERY SINGLE business in the world. And you're making it hard to give you money. This is a true story of how an SEO company I hired continually f***s up our relationship: I'm...

Discover Your Next Business Steps: a Free EOS/Traction Class in Minneapolis

A few years back, I implemented a process called EOS within The Mighty Mo!, and it transformed my life (not just my business). I'm not saying there's anything special about EOS, itself, but actually doing the process highlighted all sorts of opportunities...

Here’s How My Thanksgivings Have Changed (for the better)

My Thanksgivings used to be a huge mess of client work, late nights, and stress. Here's how I changed all that.

Marketing & Sales Ideas For Small Business Owners and Freelancers