Is This Common Mistake Holding You Back?

FACT: Most professionals and business owners earn just enough to get by. Very few excel in their field. FACT: 80% of the profits in your industry are earned by only 20% of the competitors. This means of course that 80% of you must fight for what’s left over. And that’s a pretty lame gig, no?…

7 Ways to Make Sh*t Happen and Get Your Business on Track

This is the time of year that small business owners start thinking about whether they’re going to hit their first quarter goals. It’s time to reassess, make a few small tweaks to your plan and make sure you’re on track. If you feel your business needs a bit of an overhaul, or if you really…

Web Graphic Design Tutorial

What’s up friends? How are ya? One of the questions I get a lot is how to create the graphics I use on Dangerous Tactics. If you’ve had a website critique or worked with me as a consultant, you know that one of the big things I advocate is the creative use of graphics to…

Blogging for Lead Generation

One of the questions I get most often is how to get more leads coming in from your blog posts. This is obviously a pretty huge subject, and it’s something we discuss in consulting sessions quite a bit, but I wanted to take a stab at it here and cover some basic points. I have…

Darth Vader-Proofing Your Blog with Login Lockdown (Blog Security Series)

Step one: lock your WordPress blog down against 99% of the malicious attacks out there in one fell swoop. It’s simple. It’s free. And you can set this sucker up in just a few minutes. The most common form of attack out there is the brute force attack. Little college kids with nothing better to…