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    Microsoft Hates Us: Have You Moved To Linux? How Is It Over There?

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    Your question just gave me a painful flashback to the 1990's when Linux was all the rage in its various flavours. Lots of people were claiming it was better than Windows for various reasons. I remember building several PC's and spending hours applying different Linux builds. They always worked...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Last Week I published the new shopping video on my website to help people understand the purchase process. It's been interesting watching people interact with the shopping pages, and doing this helped me spot an issue with menus that needs to be fixed. The rush advertising job for a client was...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    With Christmas and New Year out of the way, it's back to full-on business. Last Week The big job over the Christmas period was migrating my website store off the FastSpring plugin, which has been retired. With the support of ChatGPT, I was able to write the code to build a shopping experience...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Put your videos on YouTube. Train the AI model that uses the videos. Build that WordPress site you were talking about, using a one-page design. Publish the AI model on the site so people can interact with it. Although all the content is on YouTube, people struggle to piece it together. It's...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    It's a hard one, and I've been in a similar situation myself. If your ad business can run itself without you, then sure, sell some courses. If selling courses distracts from your ad business, is it costing you money? If it is, unless the profit on the courses more than covers this, it's like...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Last Week I released the second hub page on my site. This was my must-do business improvement for the week. I also tackled the product page design, where I had discovered customers were becoming confused. This was a nice secondary improvement that I hadn't planned for. Now for the bad news...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    I think this is a very smart move and nothing more than automation. If you can create something now that saves you from having to repeat it later, then it's a win. I keep a Notebook (Microsoft OneNote) full of email replies and links to videos for answering common questions. I've found that...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Exactly. Some SEO types also call it a Pillar Content. I like to think of it as a hub page because it's a hub of information on a Topic.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    A Hub Page attempts to be a big source of content and links out to lots of both, but then has links to more in-depth reviews, tutorials, books and courses. It also attempts to answer the most basic questions, but then has links to more detailed articles on the subject. The aim is to rank the...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Last Week Along with launching my latest book I created the new hub page template for my website and released the first hub page. It was a lot more work than expected, but I'm making incremental improvements to the site and receiving positive feedback from my subscribers. This Week Release...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    You may find that it helps you clear your head and gives you space to focus on the most critical aspects of your business. It's always fun experimenting with different things, but if the numbers don't stack up...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Have you considered making this a joint venture with your eldest, rather than closing it down?
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    How do you decide whether to suck it up and learn to code or to rely on outside help to customize WordPress E-commerce website?

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    That's an interesting position. Regarding the customer not doing business with me, I don't find that customers are turned off at all. The checkout I use has my branding, and it's clear on my sales pages that FastSpring is handling the transactions. I also have full access to the customer data...
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    How do you decide whether to suck it up and learn to code or to rely on outside help to customize WordPress E-commerce website?

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    Why do you say digital tax and the need to submit your figures is fear-mongering? I'm interested. You only need to hit €8000 in annual sales in the EU to be liable for digital tax and need to make submissions. I would have thought with your being in Belgium, that it's a problem. In the UK we...
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    How do you decide whether to suck it up and learn to code or to rely on outside help to customize WordPress E-commerce website?

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    I used to use EDD. I liked it, but dropped it when I exceeded the levels that required me to register for digital taxes in Europe. That's when I moved to using the Shopify Buy button on my WordPress site. Even though the Buy Button is much more limiting than a Shopify store, it still provided...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Last Week My one thing was to audit my subscription process. That's done, and I identified multiple points for improvement. These are all now logged and ready to be worked on over the next 12 months. I'll try picking off one a week. This Week My latest book is back from editing, and I need to...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Last Week I completed my website audit - I didn't know you could do so much with Screaming Frog Software. ChatGPT opened my eyes to what was possible. It turns out I had 571 post pages. I found 49 with worthless content that was well out of date. Another 36 pages need to be merged into four...
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    You are an inspiration.
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    No problem at all. Yes, I am mentoring people, but in the area of photo editing, which is what I now teach and a complete turnaround from what I used to do. It probably takes up more of my time than it should, but it's a way of giving something back, and I enjoy it. Other than that, I like to...
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    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Thanks for the suggestions. I could do all these things, but I don't need or want to. When I closed my consultancy business, the intention was to retire. My current business was a sideline that I decided to grow to keep me busy. The fun for me is in seeing how far I can push things as a...

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