Use Storytelling and Statistics to Illustrate Results When Timothy Sykes hired Neil Patel to increase his website traffic, Neil did what he was hired to do. The number of visitors from Timothy's emails to his landing pages increased by 26%. But that was not the big win. What was really interesting, Neil says, is that [...]
Make your bio sticky, clear, and short Photo by ismagilov on iStock The best elevator pitch I ever heard was from Cory Huff. Cory has a website called theabundantartist.com, and when I met him at Pioneer Nation, I said, “What do you do?” He replied, I help people sell their art online. Sticky, clear, and [...]
Have you felt Zoom Fatigue within the last month? If you’ve been meeting with people remotely — your family, your co-workers, your team or your community — via Zoom, then I think it’s safe to say the answer is ‘yes.’ These meetings aren’t necessarily boring, but without any novelty or variety in the place we meet, it’s easy [...]
My next Masterclass, Remote Culture, Communication, & Collaboration, is divided into three parts: Remote Culture Remote Communication Remote Collaboration (The agenda is in the title! Why didn't I think of this before?) If I was smarter, I would have named this Masterclass Remote Connection. At the center of Culture, Communication, and Collaboration is Connection. Over the [...]
Do you work for yourself? Are you your own boss? Do you make all the decisions in your business? Then you are probably a Solopreneur. The easy definition of a 'Solopreneur' is: a person who sets up and runs a business on their own. After 10 years of working with Solopreneurs, I've found they generally [...]
What is a Solopreneur? Solopreneurs are the kinds of people who value flexibility and autonomy. People who prefer to guide their careers by the kind of work they want to be doing, instead of the work that a manager tells them to do. A Solopreneur might employ freelancers or contractors, or even have a [...]
The new Gutenberg editor is the future of WordPress. I've decided to take Gutenberg for a spin in advance of the core update. Since WordPress website design is the foundation of my business, I'm always testing the latest tools and upgrades in advance, for two reasons: a) I want to make sure it doesn't break [...]
I've decided to get clear about what I do. For years, the unofficial feedback I get from people is, "I'm not entirely sure what it is you do, Caelan - but I know it has something to do with computers!" I've heard this so many times, so consistently over the years, it's been [...]
I took almost a year off of this blog, and there were many reasons for my absence. The biggest reason is: during 2016 I pivoted my main brand three times. Pivot 1: BeTheBetterDad.com Pivot 2: WellnessWebsiteDesign.com Pivot 3: StellarPlatforms.com Pivot One Internally, I still call this project Father Fitness, even though it went [...]
Yourname.com is owned by somebody else. Does that mean you are exiled from the internet? Of course not! This is an opportunity to get clever about how to shoehorn your name into a website URL. Here are three options: Option one - Check the other TLDs. Around the world, .com is seen as the most 'reputable' [...]