This email contains affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may get a commission. Hi Reader, Today I want to share with you one of my favourite productivity "hacks". It’s very simple and incredibly powerful, and it can completely transform your productivity, your work/life balance, your income… and indeed your life! And yet… almost nobody does it. But before I tell you what it is, you need to understand this... There are only two kinds of tasks In your business, every...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may get a commission. Hi Reader, In last week's newsletter, I wrote about why setting goals makes you more successful. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Lots of people set goals. Very few actually achieve them. It’s not because they’re lazy. It’s because they don’t make a plan. And as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said… "A goal without a plan is just a wish." Your goals might be clear in your head – but...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Do you feel like you’re constantly busy? Constantly working, working, working… yet still not really getting anywhere? Does it kind of feel like you are on a backwards treadmill - no matter how hard you work, you just never seem to move forwards? If so, you are definitely not alone. So many bloggers and business owners tell me that they feel like this. And the reason is nearly always the same: They've never set proper goals for their business. And if you don't set goals, you can't...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may get a commission. Hi Reader, Have I ever told you how much I love keyword research? For some people it’s a dreaded chore… not so for me! Why do I love it so much? It’s the thrill of finding Gold Nugget Keywords. What do I mean by Gold Nugget Keywords? Gold Nugget Keywords are those keywords that you find where there is lots of volume and very little competition. A lot of people think those keywords are all...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, I see this mistake all the time… People try to cobble together a digital product business using: Free advice Free (or very cheap) tools This is because they don’t want to “waste” money on: A decent course or membership Proper sales and checkout software Deadline tools A good email marketing platform And then they’re baffled when sales are… underwhelming. Here’s the thing. If you want a successful digital product business, you need to think like an investor, not like a 1950s...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Quick question for you… Would you rather have an RPM of $34 or an RPM of $284? Feels like a no-brainer, right? And yet – every single year – huge numbers of bloggers choose the first one. Why? Because they choose to monetize with ads instead of digital products. I run the Blogging Income Survey every year, and the pattern is remarkably consistent: 👉 Digital products earn around 8x more than ads for the same pageviews. Let’s put that into context… If your blog gets 10,000 pageviews...
3 months ago • 1 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may get a commission. Hi Reader, You may have heard people saying that keyword research is dead. That with AI search, LLMs, zero-click results, and Google “answering everything”, keyword research just doesn’t matter anymore. And on the surface, I get why people think that. But here’s the truth 👇 Keyword research is not dead. Not even close. Why people think keyword research is dead Most of the “keyword research...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, In case you’ve not heard, both Raptive and Mediavine have dramatically changed their requirements recently. First came the news that you can now join Raptive ‘proper’ with just 25,000 pageviews. (It used to be 100,000 pageviews.) Read about that here >>> Raptive Drops Traffic Requirement By 75% To 25,000 Views Then came the news that Mediavine is basically changing everything! From 15th January 2026, bloggers will be able to join Mediavine Journey at just 1,000 monthly sessions....
6 months ago • 8 min read
This email contains affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may get a commission. Hi Reader, Today I want to tell you a story… It’s the sad and sorry tale of a café owner who went bust... Let’s call her Ruth. It was Ruth’s lifelong dream to open a café. However, from a young age she had always been taught to be careful with money. Her parents had taught her things like: Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. A penny saved is a penny earned....
6 months ago • 7 min read