Tips for Running a Successful, Profitable Website

Today I’ve got 5 resources about building websites that you’ve got to check out.

• The true cost of entrepreneurship (what your friends and family will never understand)
• 5 steps to building a better blog (an oldie, but did you finish all 5 steps yet?)
• The dirty little words that prevent your readers from buying whatever it is you’re selling (I call them wallet-closing words).
• A remarkable, high-converting feature box download (for Thesis users)
• 3 beautiful website designs that use Thesis (for design inspiration)

Plus, I need your opinion…

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After my article last week about web design horror stories, a natural follow up question is:

“Have you ever hired a web designer and felt DELIGHTED?”

I know I have…

And today I’d like to invite you to your wonderful experience.

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I can relate.

A few years ago I reached out to a web designer with a nice portfolio.

(They had good design skills, used white space appropriately, and overall, I just liked their style).

I was looking forward to working with them, and to be frank, working with them was GREAT.

They were responsive.

They answered my emails.

They understood EXACTLY what I wanted from my web design.

But then I saw the finished product…

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Everyone is obsessed with tactics. Traffic tactics, conversion tactics, pricing tactics and every other ‘you-MUST-be-doing-this-one-thing-or-you-will-FAIL’ type tactics.

But this obsession with tactics is getting dangerous.

Ever feel like you’re fighting to find more time to implement the latest tactics, but even though you’re working harder, you’re not see the massive results you’ve expected?

Here’s why… tactics are worthless.

You see, tactics are part 2 of a 2-step process, but no one ever really talks about part 1.

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