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Tending the Garden of Our Hearts Review

Sorry I'm a day or two late, but it's not too late to benefit from this AMAZING Lenten resource! Find out how this book/audio book/ebook can be a helpful companion on your family's Lenten journey!




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Survival School vs Homeschool

The fear of homeschooling or the fear that the virtual school stress we experienced this past spring is what we'd be sentencing ourselves to if we homeschool this fall. Let's talk about the difference between survival schooling and homeschooling. If schools remain closed this fall, is it possible to thrive and not just survive?




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Intentional, Not Obvious

When we are instructed to teach our children all the time, we need to remember it's not about memorizing a list of facts. Life is a perpetual pop quiz and our intentional, but not obvious, interactions with our children can help them pass life's daily tests.




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The Example of Prayer

Family prayer can be such a blessed time. How can we teach our children to "taste and see that the Lord is good" without forcing it down their throats?




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Moments

Here is a new video about the moments God provides for our sanity, salvation and peace!




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A Developmental Stage No One Talks About!

SUBSCRIBE There is a developmental stage that no one talks about. The transition from childhood to adulthood can be a challenge for even the most seasoned mamas. How do we successfully interact with our adult children? And what if our best attempt at parenting wasn't good enough?




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074: Alyssa Dulin – Secrets of Email Deliverability

Today, I sit down with the Head of Deliverability at ConvertKit, Alyssa Dulin, to shed some light on the often mysterious game of getting your email into the right inbox. Alyssa’s expertise about what creators need to focus on and the most recent developments in the email marketing space can truly take your company’s reach […]




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How to Host a Mastermind Retreat

A mastermind group is a group of people who come together to share ideas, solve problems, and help each other grow. An ideal group has people who are at similar levels in their career or business. While members are typically in similar industries, each should have a different specialization and bring a complementary skill set. […]




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075: Susie Bulloch – Transitioning From Digital to Physical Products With Purpose

In this episode, I talk to Susie Bulloch, who runs Hey Grill, Hey, which started as a wildly successful food blog (to the tune of a million dollars or more a year in revenue). Then she did something that I absolutely love: she used her online business to kickstart a physical products company. Her sauces […]




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Creator Flywheels – The Operating System for Your Business

What is a flywheel? My first real life encounter with a flywheel was on a water well in South Africa. I was working at an orphanage where one of our projects was to provide a reliable water source. Because electricity was unreliable, we mounted a hand-powered pump. But we couldn’t use the kind of pump […]




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076: PJ Taei – Video Monetization & Handling Competition as a Bootstrapped SaaS Company

In today’s episode, I’m joined by PJ Taei, Founder and CEO of Uscreen, an all-in-one video monetization platform for content creators that helps them build their brands and grow their businesses. The creator economy has changed a lot since PJ first founded Uscreen in 2015. And in that time PJ has managed to grow Uscreen […]




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077: Darrell Vesterfelt – Running a 101,000-Person Online Summit

Today, I talk to Darrell Vesterfelt, who is a longtime friend who helped grow ConvertKit in our craziest growth times (from $100,000/mo when he joined to $500,000/mo in just over a year). Darrell is one of the best marketers I know. He is the Founder and former CEO of Good People Digital, the Co-Founder of […]




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078: Sahil Bloom – Using Flywheels to Build Longevity in the Creator Economy

In today’s episode, I sit down with investor, entrepreneur, and content creator, Sahil Bloom (in front of a live audience) to unpack the key strategies and lessons that will help you achieve longevity and sustainability in the creator economy. Sahil has had a fascinating journey, transitioning from the world of private equity to making a […]




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2023 Review — The year I learned to fly

In 2023, I fulfilled a long-term dream of learning to fly, bought my own airplane, started a new company, bought another company, captained a 50 foot sailboat in the Caribbean, took a sabbatical, added more than $7.5 million in annual revenue to ConvertKit, and had a whole ton of fun. Let’s dive in.  ConvertKit In […]




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How I’m Launching My $5,000 Course in 4 Steps (Coaching Session) | 051

In this episode, I sit down with Darrell Vesterfelt, a renowned marketing expert and product launch strategist who’s helped countless creators scale their businesses. Drawing from years of hands-on experience, Darrell shares how to confidently price your programs at their true value, transform your anxieties into strengths, and create offers that genuinely connect with the […]




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How To Make $100,000+ With 0 Employees (Full Guide) | 052

In this episode, entrepreneur and bestselling author Josh Kaufman reveals the secrets to running a successful creator business as a solo entrepreneur. Josh shares his insights on leveraging AI and smart systems to accomplish the work of an entire team while maintaining work-life balance. Learn practical strategies for working efficiently, understanding your audience, and building […]




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Launch: Google RSS Reader

Google joins the already crowded RSS aggregator space with their new ajax RSS reader, done in the style of Gmail. Blogger project manager Jason Shellen led the project.




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Update: Google adds tagging support

Tagging has been all over the place recently and apparently Google couldn't resist. Now you can tag sites in your search history for later retrieval.




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Launch: reservemy.com, displays hotels on a Google Maps

See exactly where the available hotels are on a Google Map.




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Update: Google Local adds restaurant details

Now when you search for restaurants on Google Local (formerly Google Maps), you get details about the restaurant (location, food, reviews) along with its location. (example)




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Update: Google now helps search for plane tickets

Search for something like [lax nyc] and Google will help you buy plane tickets for that trip.




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Launch: Google Maps Mainia, a blog covering Google Maps apps

There sure are a lot -- everything from ZipCars to urinals.




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Update: Google briefly releases Google Web Accelerator 2.0

The product that drove webmasters crazy was back...for a moment, at least.





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News: Google donates $350,000 to open source projects at Oregon State

(Google blog post)




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News: Google strengthens focus on Greater China

Appoints "President of Sales and Business Development".




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Launch: Frappr, place photos of you and your friends on a Google Map

(sample map) It uses your zip code to figure out where to place you on the map.




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Update: Google "Smart Pricing" charges less for clicks from poorly-converting sites

Details about how it works in the link.





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Preview: Google on the future of advertising

In a long New York Times piece, top Googlers speculate about the future of advertising, including Google selling TV ads, using more personalized information, and links to store inventory information.




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Launch: Google Local Mobile, get Google Maps and more on your mobile phone

Satellites, drag and drop, and more.




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Launch: Google adds Creative Commons support

The Google advanced search page now lets you limit your search to CC-licensed results.




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Announce: Google to unwire Mountain View, WiFi on street lamps

You could also buy equipment to extend it into your house. (proposal)




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Launch: Google Analytics, see the statistics on your website

A free version of Urchin, a company Google bought. (official blog post)




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Update: Blind test reveals Google offers best results

The Search Engine Experiment gives you the results from Yahoo, MSN, and Google without saying which is which. Currently, 41% of those who have taken the test picked Google (33% Yahoo, 26% MSN).




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Launch: Click-to-Call AdWords, Google will let you call advertisers

(screenshot)




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Story: Xooglers, Google's former Marketing Director tells his story

Some great stories about Google's early days, with more to come.




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Launch: Google Music, search for bands and albums




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Launch: Google running AdWords in newspapers

Google is buying the leftover ad space in the _Chicago Sun-Times_ and filling it with AdWords ads related to the rest of the content. I wonder how they're going to charge advertisers. The domains posted are the real domains, so it can't exactly be pay-per-click.




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Launch: Google Pages, new Geocities-style site-building software

Google has released a new program that gives users 100MB of web space to make simple HTML pages in.




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Preview: Google testing new site design

James Yu has a screenshot of a new design Google has been testing lately.




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Launch: Google Code Search

Google now lets you do searches -- including regular expression searches -- across public source code.




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News: Google launches "Features, Not Products" initiative

Sergey Brin is telling employees to stop making old products and start improving new ones. "For example, said Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, Google plans to combine its spreadsheet, calendar and word-processing programs into one suite of Web-based applications."




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Launch: searchmash, an experimental site started by Google

Uses Ajax and some other web2.0-ish features.




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Believe you can change




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Look at yourself objectively




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What are the optimal biases to overcome?




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Lean into the pain




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Confront reality




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Fix the machine, not the person