In today's podcast episode is based on a reader question sent in by Debra. If I tell you that her business is in the home gardening niche and that it's a highly localized topic, you'll probably think that whatever's in this episode doesn't apply to…
Some of the web's most successful businesses swear by the lean startup method. I've also personally used this method and I've written about minimum viable products as one of the pillars of successfully starting an online business. In a nutshell, the idea is to create…
There's a certain mistake I have seen far too often, on far too many websites and it has to do with how you make your visitors and customers feel. The best way I can explain this is with an analogy. Watch the video below to…
As you can imagine, I get asked questions on a regular basis. It's something I actively invite through comments on this site as well as through the contact form. I love to get questions (and answer them) because it gives me a real view of…
If you want to build an amazing, huge business that will change the world, you should start by selling an ebook on a simple, single-column sales page. That might seem like strange advice, but watch the video below to see how starting with something simple…
In today's video, I have a rather unusual update for you: one of the great benefits of running a purely virtual, "all-online" business is that it gives you location independence. This is a benefit I've been making liberal use of in the past few years…
There are many tools you can use to measure your website traffic (see this roundup) and get varying degrees of data and insight about your visitors. For subscription based businesses, apps and some other business models, it makes sense to take things a step further…
Rob Cornish from Gain Higher Ground returns to our podcast to tell us about how he managed to take several months off (and travel the world), while his business still provides income. The talk we have with him takes a surprising twist midway through and…
On the Thrive Themes webiste, I recently published some sales pages and landing pages that... well, let's just say they aren't ideal. They may not be catastrophically bad, but if I look at the best sales pages I've ever created and compare that to these…
There's conflicting advice out there for an entrepreneur like you: on the one hand, we're told to never give up, to pick ourselves up and keep going after each failure and scramble over any obstacle in our way. On the other hand, we're told to…
Starting a business is tough and one of the most frustrating experiences you'll have as an entrepreneur is getting stuck and staying stuck. It can be heart-breaking to be in a situation where you're working as hard as you can, but it feels like you're…
Picture this: you've come up with an idea for a new product or service (or any kind of value based business) and you've decided you'll create a minimum viable product so you can test your idea against the real world market as quickly as possible…
