Older articles from my WordPress era. This content may be outdated but might still be useful.
Now, the WP Agency Summit is officially over... what a ride this has been. I am yet to do a full recap of the event on my blog, but one thin...
If you’re running a WordPress service agency or build websites for a living, you’re likely familiar with the so-called “feast & famine”...
Welcome to WP Mastery Weekly #13! I'm proud to share a case-study of my collaboration with WP Buffs this week, got a deal from Cloudways for...
Hey there!I apologize for not sending my weekly newsletter on Monday as you're used to - but that had a good reason.Yesterday, the renovatio...
Welcome to WP Mastery Weekly #13! I'm proud to share a case-study of my collaboration with WP Buffs this week, got a deal from Cloudways for...
This week I have to keep the intro short. My wife and I are preparing for a big renovation, we're redoing my home office and therefore have...
Running a WordPress service agency is tough. You have to master client acquisition and project delivery, so you can keep your clients and se...
Hey, this week you can use this newsletter to revise your maintenance contracts (or set them up if you don't have any), so that your recurri...
Hey, hope your weekend was as fun as mine and that you're heading into a great week! My best man came for a visit, we went to an Oktoberfes...
This week, the focus is all on podcasts - or so it seems. I came across multiple fantastic episodes on scaling your agency that I've collect...
Wow, the speaker list for the WP Agency Summit is finalized now and I couldn't be more happy. In December, I'll deliver a free virtual confe...
This Saturday, my wife and I celebrated our first year wedding anniversary. Incredible that it has been one year since we got married and ha...
Hey, hope you're having a great week! I apologize for not sending WP Mastery Weekly on Monday this week, but I sure think that the tradeoff...
Website metrics that matter are those that give you a competitive edge. They tell you exactly if your website strategy is working or not. Th...
Finding the best WP image gallery plugin is a tough task. If you search "image gallery" in the WP plugin repository, you'll find 171 pages w...
There are countless WooCommerce image size plugins for you to choose from, but how do you pick the right one for your shop? My team and I a...
Understanding how to make WordPress load faster is a must for every website owner, as the loading time massively impacts the perceived quali...
You might have noticed that I shifted my business entirely to loading speed optimization services. I'm not building any more websites. In t...
Yesterday, I read a Facebook status update by John Corcoran that inspired this post. He wrote: [caption id="attachment_5445" align="alignc...
These three scheduling tips have been life-savers for me recently. It took me five years to learn that blocking time is one of the fundament...
A few weeks ago, I felt lost in the variety of WordPress themes and page builders. There just are so many to choose from... It's tough to f...
I got the following affiliate marketing basics from one of the world's leading affiliate marketers, Matt McWilliams. We did an interview tog...
You might ask why I'm writing about affiliate marketing for web designers. How on earth is that related to WordPress?! As you'll see in thi...
So, you're blogging but not getting email subscribers? Welcome to the club! It's easy to think that, with the right WordPress lead generatio...
You got a business idea, but how do you tell the world? Can you use a cheap WordPress hosting company to take it online? Or do you need to i...
You may have heard about the upcoming GDPR changes, which will bring much more attention to WordPress compliance in May 2018. As a develope...
Today, I want to share how I organize the WP projects I work on and delegate the tasks to my team. We found a pretty solid workflow that wor...
In 2017, I completely messed up my online marketing and left tens of thousands of dollars on the table. Most of my projects came from my ne...
In the midst of 2016, I had an interesting conversation with a friend who's a local realtor. He explained that he would love to put more eff...
Every single person you look up to and admire, has made countless number of mistakes, and failed many times, too. But what if I told there...
Adding a reading progress bar to WordPress enhances the user experience for your readers. You can get more social shares with it, too. To m...
Intro: This post is a guest post by my friend Jason Amunwa. Jason worked in UX and developed SaaS products like Hello Bar (yes, t...
This tutorial shows you how to add any widget to a page or post in WordPress. It's quite simple if you just know the tools. I recently had...
Recently I encountered a situation which made me think I should disable WordPress comments or leave them on. A friend of mine shared one of...
Did you upgrade to WordPress 4.6 already? And do you use automated WordPress updates? I upgraded my entire WordPress multisite network toni...
Yesterday was the day I've been working towards for the past weeks; I finally launched the website redesign of WP Mastery. It has been a ma...
Many of you asked me to do a WordPress cloud hosting review, so here you go. I'm hosting my WordPress sites with Cloudways for well over a...
Hey, today I've got a tip from WP Engine's founder Jason Cohen for you. It's related to how WordPress categories can help you improve the us...
Hey there! This tutorial will show you how to add the Facebook Like Box to WordPress in three simple steps. As I'm rebuilding the WP Master...
While WordPress is the most popular and arguably the best CMS platform for businesses and bloggers, it’s not without its flaws. In today’s w...
There are lots of wildly distorted ideas about what WordPress can or cannot do. Ask any professional WordPress developer; it really rubs us...
Brian Gardner - briangardner.com / @bgardner Brian is the founder of StudioPress, the company that created Genesis - one my favorite WP th...
At the time of writing this post, there are 42,888 WordPress plugins available in the official directory. How the hell are you supposed to k...
It’s a new year, and it’s time to talk about the must-have WordPress plugins for 2016. Many of my clients plan to revamp their WordPress si...
When you're building a website from scratch, there are many mistakes to me made. Let me go through three of the most important things you ne...
A landing page theme is a special type of WordPress theme, designed for only one purpose: to make people take action on your site. You can,...
This is a guest post by Felix Tarcomnicu. He wrote for Entrepreneur.com, NBC News, Huffington Post and many more. And now I'm proud to publi...
I hope you're doing well! I'm writing this email, because of the tragic news of the passing of Scott Dinsmore, founder of Live Your Legend....
Life coach websites are tricky to build, as life coaches usually help their clients in various areas of their lives. That's why life coach...
Facebook custom audiences are a powerful marketing tool, as they allow to run retargeting campaigns. Retargeting campaigns show ads to thos...
I'm proud to announce that I'm building my signature program right now, the WP Mastery Club. This post is meant to give you an overview of...
I published an updated version of this article for 2019 here. This tutorial shows you how to change WooCommerce product image sizes, to mak...
Many entrepreneurs attribute a lot of their success to attending conferences. More specifically to the relationships they build at those eve...
You can start an Internet business fast. What about starting one in seven days? That's what I did last week, together with my buddy Jay. W...
You're about to discover a plugin that fixes 404 Page not found in WordPress automatically, and that allows you to set your own redirects....
Do you want to build a WordPress membership website? Then you certainly want to avoid these five mistakes I made. Let me explain: You can...
"What's a good SEO strategy for online business?" is a question I get asked quite a lot. And for a good reason. Having a solid SEO strategy...
The foundr magazine is everywhere these days, and any online business owner can learn valuable lessons from foundr founder Nathan Chan. He'...
I learned five tough lessons from building a funnel with WordPress, more specifically a new funnel for the WP Summit. Why a new one? Well,...
Today you'll get insights into what I call my online business toolkit, the tools I use to leverage my WordPress sites for lead generation an...
As a content creator, you know that promoting your brand is essential to success. But with so many options out there, it can be tough to dec...
Did you know that 50% of mobile searches are conducted to find local results and that 61% of those searches result in a purchase? This stati...
So many entrepreneurs (including myself) make a huge mistake when starting a new business: they don't spend enough time on validating their...
Successful business ideas most often involve selling products or services. And most often successful business ideas allow high leverage of...
Did you know that 222 million websites use WordPress? You might wonder what that has to do with the title of the post: Everything. Since...
Adding Google Fonts to WordPress can be a great way to have your website stand out against your competitors. Some themes already embed Goog...
Having an author box on your WordPress site is crucial to give your visitors an idea of who you are, who’s running the website. I didn’t ad...
Just as there are thousands of WordPress themes you can choose from, there are thousands of WordPress plugins you can install. Some of them...
Sticky sidebars are those sidebars that stay on top of the page when you scroll down. You can see them on several really big blogs, like Sm...
1. Choose The Right Platform Before you can start using WordPress for your blog and business, you need to decide on whether you want to host...
One of the major advantages of WordPress is, that redesigning a WordPress site technically is quite easy. Doing a proper redesign that grows...
Getting your WordPress retina ready is crucial, as more and more devices with retina displays come on the market. Especially when you're us...
A content marketing plan is a guide that outlines your content strategy. It includes your goals, the methods you will use to achieve them,...
We all have people we follow, people we admire, and people we model. For me, one of those influencers is Natalie Sisson, the Suitcase Entrep...
Let me share a quick story that I need your feedback on: Yesterday I had a chat with two very close friends and fellow online entrepreneurs...
Note: This blog post is the second of two posts, explaining the background behind the WP Summit and the massive impact it had on my online b...
Note: This blog post is the first of two posts, explaining the background behind the WP Summit and the massive impact it had on my online bu...
Looking for Internet business ideas to start your online business? Look no further, I'll break down the most popular and most successful on...
The first method in this series on making WordPress load faster by reducing image file sizes. I'll show you 4 methods to optimize images for...
I've got a very important lesson to share with you today. A lesson that really hurts me, yet is too important not to share it. I'm closing...
This episode is the kick-off for a series on optimizing the loading speed of WordPress. I want to help you make your WordPress site faster,...
This post is all about WordPress on mobiles and leveraging the ever-growing mobile market. I catch myself more and more reading blogs on my...
I'm joined by Jason Amunwa, Director of Product at Digital Telepathy. It's been almost a month since I published the last episode of JK TV....
Hey friends, it's been a while since I've published the latest JK TV episode, even though I said that it would be a weekly show. I haven't b...
This is a guest post by Søren from Todaycrowd.com. Søren has compiled a list of lifestyle entrepreneurs (including me) and shares knowledge...
This is day 4 in Jeff Goins' Intentional Blogging Challenge. He asks his members to chose from two types of blogs: topical or personal. For...
You might know that I'm currently launching my WordPress maintenance, security & customization service. But I'm also taking part in the...
In the last episode I've shown you a hands-on tutorial on doing WordPress backups for free. This time it's all about the recovery of those b...
In this episode I'm going to share with you how not doing backups of my site almost ruined my business, before it had the chance to take off...
Lately I’ve been talking a lot about web design and working with a web designer, but now I want to shift the focus to the variety of Interne...
Before hiring a web designer you need to make sure that there are no communication barriers that might turn into obstacles later down the ro...
In this post I'd like to share with you how you can increase the security of your WordPress site. WordPress security is a well-discussed top...
This episode of JK TV explains how you can hire the right web designer for your project. There are things you can expect from your web desig...
Creating wireframes definitely is one of the most efficient ways to save time and money. In this episode of JK TV I'm explaining what wirefr...
This post is a guest post by Karen Martinez who runs freelancefromscratch.com. We met online and quickly discovered we both like the freelan...
I'd like to share my latest thoughts and findings on brand positioning with you. This post is about the process of creating a brand position...
JK TV is my new weekly show on Web Design, WordPress, and Online Business. You`ll learn how to leverage WordPress to the fullest without tec...
Freelancing is a very popular business model nowadays, you can read about it on nearly all blogs about entrepreneurship, online business and...
It’s 01:00 am, I’m listening to this amazing conversation of Mitch Joel and Jonathan Fields and I’m currently working on the PC of a good fr...
The fear of failure is almost everywhere when you’re thinking about starting a business, even if it’s on the side and you’re still secured w...
The other day I was working on my content plan, jotting down ideas for future posts. Doing some keyword research (I use Long Tail Pro) to b...
This year started quite amazing and overwhelming, that’s why I’m writing this income report after 4 months in. I’m sorry for the delay, but...
This is a guest post by Dave Schneider, who restarted his life in his early twenties to travel the world with his girlfriend and build an on...
This is a guest post by Chris Ducker, well-known entrepreneur, author and blogger. I've been following his advice on leveraging virtual team...
We're all feeling overwhelmed from time to time. This is especially true for entrepreneurs and those who begin to build their businesses, bu...
Probably one of the most important things when starting a business on the side is developing project management skills. This means being abl...
This post is a guest post by Becky, digital entrepreneur and owner of the Lifestyle Ninja Blog. She's great at creating lifehacks that can e...
These days I’m releasing my first info product and during the creation of this product, I wondered whether anyone could do this or not. Lot...
We all have personal qualities, but only very few of us are aware of theirs. With personal qualities I’m referring our talents, our skills,...
This post is inspired by emails I get on a daily basis, where people ask me about finding their personal skills and building a profitable bu...
When I get requests on how to build a business on the side to restart your life, I most often recommend to start a blog. I do this because t...
We all need money to pay our bills. And now the time has come to talk about how you can earn that money online. Give, and you will receive -...
Your platform is where you interact with people online. It’s your blog where you publish content, your social media profiles where you engag...
Targeting the right market decides whether your Restart will be successful and whether your Internet business will be profitable. In this c...
The Restart is based upon creating opportunity, since most often you’ll find yourself stuck in a situation where there’s no obvious way out....
Mindset is probably the most important asset when you go for a Restart. A Restart is meant to be live-changing, so it’s no easy decision to...
My restart took 9 months and it made me achieve the lifestyle I always wanted. I came from studying for a masters degree while being employe...
2013 ended with a bold income statement, I made more money than ever. Even more than I would have earned being employed. Last month I reache...
Finding the right niche for dropshipping is challenging, but it’s crucial. It defines your target market, the products you sell, the potenti...
This income report is special to me, because the November 2013 was the first month I could work full-time for my business. I always said tha...
This month I launched my very first dropshipping business and it was a hell of a ride. Since December 10th, my dropshipping shop selling erg...
Before you start a dropshipping business, you need to validate the market and do your research. This can be difficult if you don't know exac...
Do you know what all money making niche sites have in common? There's one secret to all of them besides having a good backlinking structure....
It's been a while that you've heard from me, basically because I'm pretty busy with doing business at the moment - which is a good thing, is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTYwys0MU0 This is the first part in a tutorial series for the Minimum Pro theme by StudioPress. I love th...
This Monday, October 21st, I quit my job as a software consultant to concentrate on my Internet business full-time. My contract ends Novembe...
Seeing no blog traffic is probably the worst thing that can happen to you and your business. Especially building a brand new blog is a chall...
So you have already decided to do blogging and content marketing for your brand. You understand how that's going to have an impact in the lo...
Did you know that some of the most successful Internet business owners were Yellowbellies before they started? Some got laid off in their j...
Attracting free targeted traffic is one of the key factors that all successful websites have in common. Since there are so many advice about...
Interviewing leading entrepreneurs and working with inspiring people let me to do an analysis of the best online business systems that are c...
The Grow Your Traffic challenge starts with an in-depth analysis of the current traffic situation. It's very important to know your situatio...
Internet businesses and lifestyle businesses are usually built because their founders want to quit their day jobs. They want to enjoy life i...
September was the first time it got really hard to keep up with the challenges of being an entrepreneur and arranging the business with the...
I found that niche websites are the perfect way to earn a side income, especially when you're employed and only have limited time and money....
Everybody dreams of earning some income from home and my income reports show, that Google Adsense and niche websites are good ways to do thi...
I'm very happy about this interview, because I got the chance to speak with one of my idols in Internet business. I interviewed Chase Reeve...
Everyone tells you to focus on a single set of actions or even just one project when you're becoming an entrepreneur. Even Neil Patel from...
Overcoming fear is probably the most important step when you're becoming an entrepreneur. This step is what all successful entrepreneurs ha...
In this post I want to explain how to quickly and easily create a blog with WordPress. I came up with the idea for this post as I was setti...
You know, entrepreneurs are always full of ideas and I'm no exception. This post will show you how I handle my ideas and why I think that b...
Hi folks, this is my second income report, I want to share my earnings for August 2013 with you. Quickly said, I earned 150% the revenue I...
Ok, it's been a while that I published a REAL post on this site and I really want to apologize for that! It's been a crazy month and I deci...
Getting started with WordPress is something that everyone has to learn before engaging online. As my niche websites are running on WordPress...
Since most of my micro niche websites will be monetized with Google Adsense, the microsite design is very important. I need to find out what...
I'm writing a guest posting series on Overcoming Fears for my good friend Navid Moazzez. The first post focusses on the fact, that you must...
I've interviewed the SEO expert and multi-millionaire Neil Patel from Quicksprout, CrazyEgg and KISSmetrics. The interview was done by mail...
Ok, I'll admit it. I'm infected with the virus of creating niche websites. In fact, right after I finished my challenge, I started doing re...
Today I want to talk about the importance for being mentored or part of likeminded communities, especially for bloggers. As you know, I'm a...
Inspired by Pat Flynn I'm going to share my income from my online business with you. So this is the first post in this monthly series. I'm...
This post is a collaboration from Navid Moazzez and Jan Koch. We're both passionate entrepreneurs and bloggers, we run several blogs and we...
It's been a while since I posted, especially about my progress creating one (or more?) niche websites. It's basically because I'm heavily w...
Today I've made a decision to start this personal blog in a different way than I started mygreatonlinebusiness.com. I'm challenging myself t...
Almost everyone wants to increase website traffic, unless your site is called Quicksprout or Zenhabits. You simply can't have enough traffic...
Hi folks, today I want to share an interview with Carlie Hamilton from SproutSpire that I've done for YEhangout. Carlie is from Australia...
How do websites make money? This is a quite interesting question, because a lot of people use websites to earn money online and make a damn...
Let's be honest: we all want money earning sites! And it's nothing bad about it. You're reading the third post of my Micro Niche Site Chall...
I'm increasing productivity, because I'm involved in a lot of different projects. I'm running two blogs, building a platform for young entr...
I'm very happy to announce something really awesome, especially for all entrepreneurs younger than 30 years. I'm getting involved in YEhang...
Hi everyone, in my first post of the Micro Niche Site Challenge I shared with you how you can find your niche. Now we're creating a website...
You may have noticed, that I re-introduced Google Adsense into this blog. As I've started this blog, I decided not to try making money with...
Internet business is great and I really love the freedom that it gives you. But it's very hard to earn income online now. Especially when y...
Finding your niche is obviously the first step when you're creating a micro niche site. This is why my Micro Niche Site Challenge also start...
In this post I want to share my eBook with you, to share my story and to help you to leave your comfort zone. The book is called The Entrepr...
I talked to a lot of great entrepreneurs like Pat Flynn and watched various of interviews about the importance of branding, especially perso...
Hi everyone, today I'll start my next challenge! Niche websites are flooding the internet right now and create a huge network of sources fo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAp6teLzA4 On Friday June 14th I had an interview with Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income, in order to tal...
My first interview, and I'm interviewing Pat Flynn. I'm still stunned and I think, this interview will bring a lot of value to you. Pat Fly...
I'm having an interview with Pat Flynn on Thursday, June 13th at 8pm PST. And I want to know, what YOU would ask him, if you had the chance!...
When it comes to starting an internet business, everyone searches for the best internet business ideas. I want to outline some business mode...
You might know, that you can earn passive income online by promoting affiliate products. In this post you'll learn, how to build an affiliat...
You've got the evidence, that you're able to write an eBook! Why? Because I did it. Without any experience in writing, publishing, or any r...
The eBook challenge is coming to the end, I have only four days left to finish of my eBook. It's a great feeling to see my online bu...
Just like every other entrepreneur I need to quickly figure out how I can get traffic to my site. And so do you. Having lots of targeted vi...
Living the entrepreneurial lifestyle is just awesome, but it can be challenging and even intimidating sometimes. I'm living this lifestyle...
It's done! My eBook The Entrepreneurial Lifestyle is ready to be sold! You can learn in it, how successful entrepreneurs manage their challe...
The truth is, that it's the idea that matters. You have to find profitable online business ideas, since it's the idea for your online busine...
My eBook is making huge progress and I want to give you some detailed insights on it right now! Readers benefit Most important for every eBo...
In my eBook Challenge are only 21 days left. I've made huge progress through that challenge and I'll explain to you, how challenges can boos...
As I already said, having a high quality mailing list is key for every great online business. To get a mailing list with lots of engaged sub...
You want to be loved by your target audience like a rockstar! It's very important, to know your target audience, since it's your audience,...
When you start your online business, you'll have to take care of your equipment. Your business is going to be online, so you'll need a compu...
Aktualisiert am 21.03.2025 Prokrastination, das ständige Aufschieben von Aufgaben, ist etwas, das viele von uns betrifft. Als Unternehmer u...
Every online business provides content to the audience and most times, this content comes as written content. So most online entrepreneurs a...
This post is a 5 step tutorial on how to write a newsletter, that will boost your website traffic and conversion rate. Your mailing list is...
In my previous post about starting an online business with a newsletter I explained the necessarity and importance of a newsletter, when you...
Opt-In pages für newsletter signups, product launches or registration forms are a very important element for anyone who starts an online bus...