How To Generate Leads And Engage Your Audience, Now
I get a lot of private messages on Facebook and via email about how I generate leads online to grow my business and find/engage my audience even though it doesn’t seem like I market very much. The...
View ArticleOne Step Closer To An Empty Nest – NYU College Visit
Deanna, my mom, and me when Deanna was a little girl… I am going to have an empty nest by May or June of 2016. It’s my daughter’s Senior Year in high school, and she’s my only baby, so I’m “feeling...
View ArticleThe View From Inside A Copywriting And Online Marketing Lifestyle
Deanna and I, just before leaving Barbara’s house… I didn’t do any, real copywriting, last week. A little…but not much. And last weekend was amazing. Last Friday, Deanna and I rode up to New Jersey...
View ArticleHow The College Application Process Almost Killed This Homeschooling Mom
Humans need oxygen to live… …but I’ve recently discovered that we also need peace. And if there is one thing that has caused me to lose more sleep and have more near-heart attacks, it’s been my...
View ArticleEverything I Every Needed To Know, I Learned From “The Office”
I just finished watching every episode of “The Office” for the fifth time. This time, my daughter and I watched the majority of it, together, and we had some really fascinating conversations around...
View ArticleHow To Properly Start A Blog
Do you want to start a blog of your own? If you do, you should know it’s a journey. The purpose of this article is to give you insight into that journey. When I look through my social media feeds, I...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Everything You Want To Write About On Your Blog Is Just Dumb
Later this morning, I have an event to attend, and tonight (it’s actually early morning at this point), I’ve spent three hours staring at my blog in frustration. Everything I want to write has already...
View ArticleCreep Them Out So Good They’ll Never Want To Leave
Do you like David Bowie? If you do, you’ve probably heard that he has a new song out titled “Blackstar.” It’s the single, most-captivating and strange song I think I have ever heard in my life. And...
View Article7 Reasons To Be Persistent In Blogging And Lead Generation
Anyone who knows me knows that I have been blogging for a long time. From 2005-2006, I was writing on Yahoo 360. After Yahoo 360 went down, I blogged on MySpace (*blush*) and interacted a lot on...
View ArticleWhat’s Love Got To Do With Being A Blogger?
(Spoiler alert: I’m going to write about Season 5 of “The Good Wife” in this article. So, if you care, you might not want to read this.) That written… I can’t sleep. Now that my (my primary) funnel...
View ArticleMy Product Creation Journey: I’m Creating My First Product For Sale On This...
I am finally getting my hands dirty in product creation on this blog. It’s been a long, hard road in this IM game, and sometimes, I have really wanted to give up on it and just go get a job. Today, I...
View ArticleThe Problem With Traffic Monsoon
Spoiler alert: This article is about Traffic Monsoon. It’s possible that I will make ZERO friends with this piece…but so what? My goal is to do things with integrity, and maybe that means I make no...
View ArticleBreaking All The Rules And Winning, Anyway
Recently, I listened to a Moth Radio Hour story about breaking rules titled “Stars, Rockets, and Moons.” The storyteller was a man named Steve Zimmer. In the story, Steve shared how he was a quiet...
View ArticleWhy The Gurus Who Say It’s All About Influence Are Liars…
Here’s how I know most marketers are lying about building influence online. You’ve gotta read this entire email to see what I mean, though… When I first set out to learn internet marketing, I felt...
View ArticleI Didn’t Want To Write About Bill Cosby, But…
There’s this thing my grandmothers used to say about chickens coming home to roost. There’s also a thing they used to say about there mostly likely being fire if there’s smoke. When I was a little...
View ArticleThe Two Things That Make Email Marketing Profitable…
I got a question from a subscriber…and my answer to her should be helpful to you. She writes: “Hi Christi, I have been reading your emails about marketing through email and I have not attempted it...
View ArticleThe SINGLE Best Way To Grow Your List
Is it just me, or is traffic confusing to you? Well…it’s been confusing to me the ENTIRE time I’ve been online – until recently. Recently, I was introduced to a group of people who know traffic and...
View ArticleLaunching at 8:30pm!!
#PROGRESS! The process of this launch has been a LONG two weeks with lots of writing, very little sleeping, a tiny bit of sickness, some worrying, and a whole lot of planning. See…I am determined that...
View ArticleStrangest Launch EVER…
(Warning: This article contains ZERO SEO. Enjoy!) Friday was the day of the launch…and the strangest thing happened to me, that morning. I got scared. I started thinking about everything I have...
View ArticleThe Truth About Learning Online Marketing And Lead Generation
Yesterday afternoon, I had a great (brief) conversation with my friend Jodi about puppies running around in a parking lot, mean people, and online marketing and lead generation. We always talk about...
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