ICON 2017: Recap and Update
I wrote a post after ICON last year and it got long enough that I had to split it into a part one - where I talked about product updates, and part two, where I talked about the overall experience. I'm going to try and keep this post from getting too long by being as...
#ICON17 Lessons and Review
ICON has come and gone again, and once again it didn't disappoint. I'm crafting a post about my experience at #ICON17 a few weeks ago, but first I thought it'd be valuable to share a variety of perspectives from other ICON attendees. Thanks to all the folks who shared...
9 Tips for making the most out of ICON
"Do you have any tips for a first timer attending ICON?" I do. I attended my first ICON back in 2012, as a brand new Infusionsoft employee. And I've been every year since, and have been fortunate enough to speak at the last three (a snippet from 2014 and 2015, and a...
Ecommerce Marketing Trends for 2017: Beyond Personalization II
Another valuable contribution from Patrick Foster, an ecommerce consultant and writer at ecommercetips.org. If you missed the first part of this post, you can read that here. In our last blog, we looked at how ecommerce marketing is in constant flux. It’s important as...
Ecommerce Marketing Trends for 2017: Beyond Personalization I
Today's contribution comes from Patrick Foster, an ecommerce consultant and writer at ecommercetips.org. We are already into the third month of Q1 2017 - gasp. And there are a lot of emerging ecommerce marketing trends you should be considering as part of your...
IS Wishlist
It's no secret that I love Infusionsoft. And while I do believe that Infusionsoft is the most powerful small business marketing automation tool on the planet, I also, like most of us, always have a list of things that I wish it would do differently, or better. I love...
Importing Contacts in Keap without Creating Duplicates
When you import contacts into Keap (formerly known as Infusionsoft), it automatically creates unique contact records for every person on the list you added. 9 times out of 10, this is exactly what you'd want, but occasionally, you need to import contacts who are...
T&C 2017 Recap
I went to Traffic & Conversion for the first time this year, and it exceeded my expectations. But to be clear, I didn't have very high expectations. Let me explain. Traffic & Conversion (affectionately known as T&C) is a conference hosted by Digital...
43 Tools from T&C 2017
As many of you know, I'm a total geek when it comes to new tools. I'm not always as quick to adopt as I should be, but I love learning what's possible. Anyway, I was at the Traffic & Conversion Summit over the weekend (I'll recap it soon), and on the morning of...
Exhausted, underpaid teacher to an executive for the “Harvard of Africa” in 4 years
Editor's Note: Personally, I'm utterly fascinated by the entrepreneurial journey. I feel like hearing an entrepreneur's story really helps you understand them, and just as often also furthers your understanding of yourself. A while back I asked my friend Justin...