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I help people with email marketing, but I write about a lot more.
How Do I Become An Email Marketing Manager?
On occasion, I'm contacted by people on LinkedIn who say "I'm looking for advice on how to become an email marketer." I first think... "Why don't they want to become something cool?" Then I reflect on the benefits a career in email marketing has afforded me. I've met...
Typeform – My Favorite Survey Tool and Email Template
I have had a crush on Typeform ever since I became a customer about 12 months ago. I've stuck with them through a price increase and can't picture leaving them. Note that I'm not getting paid in any way to write this (although that would be nice). What is Typeform?...
Best Tools To Sell Your Own Digital Products – SendOwl vs. Sellfy vs. Gumroad vs. Payhip vs. Podia vs. SamCart
*This post was updated in August 2023. Contains affiliate links.*Why this post exists In 2014 I was desperate for a tool to help me sell stuff online... specifically digital products like ebooks, videos, audio files, etc. for an English as a Second Language website I...
Can you be in two places at the same time?
As I bounce up and down in my kitchen, I am soothing a baby to sleep with my left hand and blogging with my right. I know I can't actually be in two places at once, but can you be a present dad and an active entrepreneur/blogger/artist at the same time? If my baby...
It happens every time.
The last time I had a baby, I wrote an English as a Second language book for business people. This time, I have... gotten a new job started a blog (this one) launched another English training side project thought of another good business idea that I'll do if I ever...
Stop Thinking of Ways to Spend Money You Don’t Have
Stop thinking of ways to spend money you don't effing have! Me, On a Particularly Rough Day Do you ever do this? For year and years, I would keep a post-it note stuck to my computer monitor at work. For the average onlooker, it looked like scribbles, but to me,...
Read moreIf I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter I don’t wanna tell ’em that I didn’t give my all
The Avett Brothers, Gift For Meldody Anne
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter I don't wanna tell 'em that I didn't give my all The Avett Brothers, Gift For Meldody Anne
Why Josh of All Trades?
*Original post from 2015 is unchanged, I've added some commentary in orange to reflect my current thoughts. Why did I choose Josh of All Trades? I built this site to catalog my journey from a good employee who works for large companies and sits in cubicles to someone...