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The Appeal of the Diversified Solo Founder

If audio is your thing I recently discussed this on my podcast Yarn Solo here. For most of my career as a founder I haven’t been particularly interested in being a “Solo Founder”. My first foray into business was building websites and elearning tools for companies from 2006 to 2013. I worked for myself, at […]

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Viral on TikTok! Our first video got 600k views WTF?

I’ve been creating content online for over 15 years. Hundreds of blog posts, 6 books, hundreds of podcasts, loads of videos, 10,000+ posts on social media and I still struggle to create content that grabs people’s attention. The best I’ve done is a few thousand views on an article or a podcast episode. I’ve also […]

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Rethinking what a lifestyle business is

I had this question from my friend Ben this week in response to my weekly email. “WPMaster seems fairly close to freelancing, with you doing the work, and you’ve only mentioned team as a backup. I’ve noticed some people being judgemental of others’ businesses, like “it’s not a business, it’s a job”. Would love to […]

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I wrote 20 articles in 1 day with the help of free AI tools (The Results)

Today I wrote 20 articles with the help of AI to help kickstart the blog for my new WordPress Support business WP Master. The plan was to do 4 blocks of 2 hours straight and aim to do 5 articles in each block, check out this morning’s post here to see the full plan. Here’s […]

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20 articles in 1 day using free AI tools (The Results)

Today I’m attempting to write 20 articles in 1 day. The plan is to do 4 blocks of 2 hours straight and aim to do 5 articles in each block, check out this morning’s post here to see the full plan. Here’s a quick video of me making a start and the process I’m following. […]

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20 articles in 1 day using free AI tools (The Plan)

This article was published on the morning before the experiment started, check out the results post which I updated throughout the day. Back in 2013 I went on a 2 week program in the Philippines, the original Tropical MBA Build a business retreat. We essentially had 2 weeks to try to build a business with […]

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MRR vs One off jobs – which is more profitable

Having recently kicked off my new WordPress support business WP Master, I’ve been sharing content around the subject on my weekly email list. Last week I got a reply asking the following question: “Is it more profitable to structure a business so it’s recurring each month, or basing it around projects or one off jobs” […]

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WP Master Business Plan and First Update

Last week I decided to go back to my roots in WordPress and start a WordPress support business, WP Master. I wrote about it here: Why I’m starting a lifestyle business after almost 17 years chasing startup glory I’m going to be putting together monthly updates as part of the process of building this business […]

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This week I got 2 customers direct from one article and it restored my faith in content marketing

In March I started writing on this blog again after not putting an article on here for 18 months. I’ve really enjoyed getting back into my personal content. I’ve had some great engagement from people on some of the articles, and traffic has increased as well (see the full results here). At the same time […]

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Results from getting back into blogging again

Back in March after an 18 month hiatus, I started blogging again on this site. I was creating content for my other business Black Hops but I had let this site fall by the wayside. Here are some of the results so far after making a decent effort to write here once a week. This […]

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