In this interview I’m going to find out how a non-developer, who was upset about software created a profitable plug-in that now powers over 40,000 sites, including Mixergy. When Stu McLaren couldn’t find software that did what he needed, he co-founded WishList Member, which makes a WordPress plug-in that turns ...

Remember your first business loan? Or, if you're like many entrepreneurs, you may have initially bootstrapped your startup by buying some stuff on your credit card. You were excited and apprehensive: Excited because now you had the cash to invest in your business, apprehensive because you had just taken on a debt ...

How excited would you be if you sold your company? Today’s guest says it was more a mixed blessing for him. Luke Wroblewski co-founded Bagcheck, which helped people share lists of the gear that they used. Today, he runs Input Factory, which released its first iOS app, Polar. I invited ...

Online marketing has brought the world market to within the means of even the smallest business. However, the enormous size of the Internet market and the number of marketing options can seem overwhelming to a business just starting its first online marketing campaign. Before you begin, take a few minutes ...

Leo Widrich was batting zero. He’d sent a pitch to TechCrunch, expecting coverage and a huge traffic spike in traffic. But “the email got no response,” says Leo, co-founder of social media tool Buffer. “Not even, ‘No.’ Or, ‘We don’t like this.’ Just nothing…” So he tried pitching smaller sites. ...

Panda 25, the most recent of Google’s search algorithm updates, was launched on Feb. 21, 2013. If you use online marketing to sell your product or service (and if you don’t, start now), here’s what you need to know to keep your content optimized for Panda and ahead of the ...

Arie here. I’m Mixergy’s community manager that many of you have been talking with in the comments. You’ve probably noticed us testing things out in the comments section for each interview. That’s because Andrew and I have been on a mission to make the comments even more useful. But after ...

After the week we've had in Boston this week, I found it hard to focus on any overly heavy work this weekend. So, instead, I created the slide deck below.  This is unlike the prior deck I worked on (Culture Code), which had 150+ slides, and proved to be useful. ...