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My most popular posts with more than 1M reads
- 🔥 How to increase your traffic to 250k/mo
- ☑️ How to get verified on Instagram
- The Highest CPC keywords out there
My favorite tools (2026 stack)
The list below reflects what I’m actively using or recommending as of early 2026. I’ve pruned tools I no longer use.
- Absolute Must-Haves
- Canva (design without a designer)
- G-suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs — still the backbone)
- 🔥 Lastpass (password hygiene is non-negotiable)
- Calendly (async scheduling, still the standard)
- Slack (team comms — nothing has replaced it)
- 🔥 Raycast (launcher + AI on the desktop; fastest productivity upgrade I know)
- 🔥 Zapier (automate the glue between tools)
- Outsourcing & Help
- Fiverr (read my review)
- 🔥 Freeup (vetted remote talent, better signal-to-noise than Upwork)
- 🔥 Work with me — schedule a consultation
- Marketers’ secret weapons
- E-commerce Tools
- BigCommerce
- 🔥 Shopify
- My list of best e-commerce platforms
- SEO tools
- Productivity & Operations
- Hosting (I’ve tried them all — currently on Cloudways for most sites)
- Bluehost (cheap, fine for starting out)
- Siteground (solid entry-level managed WP)
- Cloudways (premium, flexible)
- Kinsta (best managed WordPress if budget allows)
- Speed
- Website Builders & Page Builders
- 🔥 Envato Elements (themes + assets)
- Webflow (great for design-heavy sites)
- WordPress (my default — plugin ecosystem is unmatched)
- Wix (zero-technical-knowledge option)
- BeaverBuilder / Elementor
- Ad Monetization
Best SEO Articles
In 2026, AI Overviews dominate the SERP top — organic SEO still matters, but the game now requires both classic on-page work and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) thinking. The guides below cover both.
- What is SEO?
- On-Page SEO Factors
- Off-Page SEO Factors
- How to do keyword research
- A list of SEO tools
- Get SEMRush (discount included)
- 🔥 How to do SEO
- Other white hat SEO strategies
- Others
Best E-commerce Guides
- How to Setup Your First E-commerce Store
- Which Ecommerce Platform to Pick?
- 🔥 How to make a million dollars with your e-commerce store
- How to rank on Amazon: Amazon SEO
My Favorite Social Media Tricks
Social platforms have changed significantly since these posts were written — Instagram and TikTok run on very different algorithms than in 2022. The tactics below still work; treat the platform-specific numbers as directional, not exact.
- Twitter scripts for growth
- Verifications
- Youtube SEO
- Instagram caption ideas
Random Facebook tricks
- 🔥 Invite all your friends to like a page on Facebook
- How to change your FB page name
- How to delete/deactivate your Facebook/Messenger
- Reverse image search on Facebook
My Best Business & Mindset Articles
- 🔥 How to be a productive machine
- 🔥 How to Scale Your Business
- 🔥 How to Sell Anything
- How to get written up on Forbes, Mashable and Huffington Post
How Startups Make Money
If you have a startup (or are thinking of starting one), understanding how successful companies monetize is one of the fastest ways to get your own revenue model right.
- Facebook’s monetization strategy
- How does Google make money?
- Instagram’s revenue model
- Robinhood’s $0 trades model
- Discord money making plans
- Pinterest revenue model
- Twitter’s revenue strategy
Best Articles — 2026 FAQ
Is SEO still worth investing in with AI Overviews taking over the SERP?
Yes — but the strategy has shifted. Google’s AI Overviews tend to cite authoritative, well-structured pages that already rank in the top 10. The best move in 2026 is to treat GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) as an extension of classic on-page SEO: structured headings, clear answers, strong E-E-A-T signals, and genuine topical authority. TOFU content for generic informational queries is harder to monetize; MOFU and BOFU content with real conversion intent still performs well organically.
Related reading: How to do SEO · On-Page SEO Factors · How to increase your traffic
Which e-commerce platform should I use in 2026?
Shopify remains the safest default for most operators — the app ecosystem, checkout conversion, and payment infrastructure are hard to beat. BigCommerce is a solid alternative if you need more native B2B features out of the box. If you’re already deep in WordPress, WooCommerce is viable but requires more maintenance overhead. My detailed breakdown is in Which Ecommerce Platform to Pick?
Related reading: Best e-commerce platforms · How to Setup Your First E-commerce Store · Amazon SEO
What’s the single highest-leverage marketing skill to learn right now?
Copywriting that converts, combined with an understanding of how to structure content for both human readers and AI retrieval. Distribution channels and platform algorithms change every 18 months; the ability to write clearly and persuasively with a strong offer is durable. Everything else — paid ads, SEO, social — amplifies copy quality.
Related reading: How to Sell Anything · How to do keyword research · Link Building Strategies
Are the traffic numbers in these posts still realistic?
The strategies work; the exact numbers depend on your niche, domain authority, and how competitive AI Overview coverage is for your target queries. I’ve hit 500k+ monthly organic visitors across my network using the SEO playbooks linked here — but it took years of consistent publishing, not weeks. Use the posts as frameworks, not promises.
Related reading: How to increase your traffic · The best paying Adsense keywords · How to do SEO
The shorter version
If you’re reading this because the workflow it describes is eating your week, that’s the kind of loop I build AI agents for. Two build slots open at a time.
Updated for May 2026
The fundamentals in this post still hold — Ansoff, BCG, integrated marketing, land-and-expand, NYOP, TOMA frameworks are durable. What changed since the original publication is how the implementation surface looks in 2026:
- The distribution channels assumed in 2020-era marketing posts (organic Facebook reach, free Twitter virality, paid Instagram CPMs under $10) are gone or transformed. Re-cost any tactical recommendation against today’s CPMs.
- AI Overviews ate the top of the SEO funnel — TOFU content strategy from the 2022 era now needs a GEO layer (see the SEO updated note).
- Land-and-expand as a motion is healthier than ever in B2B SaaS; PLG → enterprise progression is the default path for almost any 2026 startup.
- Integrated marketing communication in 2026 means the brand voice shows up the same across paid, organic, AI-cited, podcast guesting, and the newsletter — because models like GPT-5 and Claude are increasingly summarizing the brand, not just individual pages.
If you’re using this framework for a 2026 plan, the strategic skeleton is right; only the channel-mix data points need a fresh source.
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