Jerod Morris, Author at Copyblogger Page

Written by Jerod Morris | January 10, 2017 | 38 Comments

Why Your Greatest Asset May Be Slowly Eroding (and How You Can Rebuild It)

“Why are we sending this email to this list again?” Kim asked.

I was incredulous. “Umm, because we never sent it a first time,” I thought to myself.

Still, before responding, I decided to check. Glad I did.

It turned out we had indeed sent the same information to the same email list a week prior. And I was the one who wrote that original email.

So why had I forgotten about writing it to such an extent that I wasn’t even hit with a pang of remembrance while planning and writing a second, similar email?

It seems I was losing control of one of my most basic and important assets. I wonder if anything like this has happened to you recently.
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Written by Jerod Morris | May 30, 2016 | 1 Comment

A Day to Be With Family and Remember

“At the grave of a hero we end, not with sorrow at the inevitable loss, but with the contagion of his courage; and with a kind of desperate joy we go back to the fight.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. fought in the Civil War, enlisting with the Massachusetts militia during his senior year of college. He suffered numerous wounds and nearly died of dysentery.

After three years, in 1864, Holmes was able to walk away from military service. He would go on to live another 71 years, ultimately becoming one of the best-known and most oft-cited U.S. Supreme Court Justices in history. (He defined “clear and present danger,” for example.)

Holmes would serve all the way until just a couple of months before his 91st birthday. His was a full and vibrant life.

Unfortunately, so many of the men Holmes fought with and against in the Civil War did not make it home. Nor have so many of the men and women who have fought in the wars that have occurred since. So much life unlived. So much potential unable to be fulfilled.

Are You a Digital Entrepreneur?

It’s been said that every entrepreneur is a digital entrepreneur.

This is right. This is wrong.

It’s right in the sense that all entrepreneurs are using digital technology to build, launch, and grow their businesses.

But it’s wrong in the sense that not all entrepreneurs are doing everything digitally — which is, amazingly, now possible to do. And it can create compelling career and lifestyle options in the process.

We just launched a new podcast, The Digital Entrepreneur, that discusses the specific strategies, concepts, and tactics necessary for pure digital entrepreneurs to thrive in today’s ever-evolving online marketplace.

Will entrepreneurs who use digital technology benefit from this show? Absolutely. Because the big ideas apply to all businesses in a digital world.

But we’re talking directly to the pure digital entrepreneur.

Is that you?

Brian Clark and I invite you to join this discussion, which you need to be a part of.
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Written by Jerod Morris | February 25, 2016 | 8 Comments

Get Instant Access to Proven Advice for Digital Entrepreneurs (No Charge)

Do you want to build an amazing business and lifestyle? Well …

Listening to theorists, rather than practitioners, isn’t going to get it done.
Reading a few articles isn’t going to get it done.
Daydreaming, without actually doing, isn’t going to get it done.

If you want to build the business and lifestyle of your dreams, then you need to take the first step.

You need to take the first step toward learning from people who are actually out there building amazing businesses and lifestyles through the scalable power of digital products and services (and not just talking about it).

Which is why we’re inviting you to come take one very easy step with us over at Digital Commerce Institute, to get a sample of how we’re able to help you build the business of your dreams.

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What Is the True Cost of Building and Managing a WordPress Website?

In any description of WordPress features, there’s one word you’re sure to see:

Free.

This is, of course, true. The files necessary to install WordPress on a server and run it are indeed free.

A casual content producer could even sign up at WordPress.com and run their entire website for free, never paying a dime if all they wanted were the most basic features.

But you are no casual content producer.

You use WordPress like we use WordPress: as a serious business tool to drive serious revenue.

You understand — like we do — that the true cost of running WordPress is far from “free.”

So, what is the true cost?

And how can you minimize the total cost of WordPress ownership while maximizing its potential to manage the online content that drives your business?

Let’s examine …
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