347 posts on growth, marketing, sales, processes, business, SEO, GEO, and AI agents — written from the operator's seat.
Updated for 2026. Name Your Own Price (NYOP) lets buyers bid, sellers accept or reject against a hidden floor. Priceline killed its NYOP model years ago; the car market and digital services have kept it alive. Here's how it works, who wins, and when to use it.
Updated for 2026. OptinMonster remains a strong lead-gen and popup tool with solid exit-intent and targeting features, but pricing is paid-only; verify current tiers before committing.
Updated for 2026. Penji is an unlimited graphic design subscription that pairs you with a dedicated designer — still useful for teams, though AI design tools now compete head-on; verify current pricing before committing.
TL;DR Perplexity cites 5–7 sources per answer, which means the competition for any given citation slot is narrower than the equivalent organic SERP. The structural moves that win Perplexity citations are well-defined: a clean TL;DR, a numbered step-by-step block, an FAQ with literal user-phrasing, and primary-source li
Updated for 2026. Core personal finance principles: credit scores, high-yield savings, index funds, IRAs, and tax basics — written as personal notes from an operator, not financial advice.
Updated for 2026. Pillar content anchors topical authority clusters that help both Google and AI engines like ChatGPT cite your site. Here's the full framework — audience, keywords, structure, promotion, and GEO — in one practical guide.
Updated for 2026. Digital PR still earns the highest-ROI backlinks and brand authority — but the playbook has changed: HARO is now Connectively, AI Overviews cite brand mentions, and journalist outreach has moved from Facebook DMs to LinkedIn and X.
Updated for 2026. Printful remains a leading print-on-demand dropshipper with deep integrations into Shopify, Etsy, and other platforms — though the landscape shifted after the Printful–Printify merger announcement in 2024.
Updated for 2026. Product managers in SaaS now own AI feature roadmaps, drive PLG motions, and use AI copilots to accelerate discovery and prioritization — here's what that looks like in practice.
Updated for 2026. Product differentiation is how you make your product stand out in a crowded market — the strategy, types, and AI-era challenge of differentiating when features get commoditized fast.
Updated for 2026. The productivity tools I actually run across my businesses in 2026 — Notion, Asana, Slack, Todoist, Obsidian, Google Workspace, Motion, Reclaim, plus AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT that have reshaped how I work.
Updated for 2026. The 80/20 rule still drives everything. Add AI-assisted workflows, async-first communication, and ruthless task triage to run a business, ship content, and protect deep-work blocks in an era of constant distraction.