Hello Headway shows non-coders how to give WordPress a unique design

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If you haven’t heard about Headway, it’s a WordPress theme that allows non-coders to customize the layout, colors and even features of their site. Yes, you may have heard many other WordPress themes claim that and then offer you a hundred pages of configurations. Not Headway – the way you configure it is with drag and drop.

Here’s a video I made about Headway 1.5 years ago. It’s since grown even more amazing since but it will give you an idea of how Headway works.

10 minutes to drastically change how WordPress looks

Now, if that video got your attention, read on to find out about a special offer on Headway that I’ve got for you.

Break out of selling services to a product-based revenue model

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The ultimate goal of my journey to building an online business is so that I can stop trading my time for money and earn a living through more passive income streams. This would allow me to watch my kids grow while living on a tropical island paradise and only having to ‘work’ 4 hours a week. Well, you get the idea.

Currently the majority of my revenue comes from selling services (consulting, freelancing, independent contracting, etc). Corbett Barr identified the four most popular online business revenue models and compared them with a cool graph.

As you can see, selling services ranks the lowest in terms of income “passivity”. Selling products is a much more passive revenue model and it better leverages your time as well — create the product once and sell it time and time again. This is why I am on a path to transition to a product-based revenue model.

Easier Said Than Done

Unfortunately, transitioning from selling services to selling products is hard. Here are some of the common challenges:

Announcing my first digital product: Getting Started with WordPress

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Over the past few months I have been laboring on a project that I am finally unveiling to the world. That project is Getting Started with WordPress (GSWP) – an online course that provides only the most essential information for creating and managing a website built with WordPress so you can get up and running in 5 days flat.

Seeking beta testers for my new project

For the past few months I have been putting together my first ever online course. The course is now almost done, but I would like to give it a shake down and fix any bugs before I open it up to the public.

Are you a Talker or are you a Doer?

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There are 2 types of people in the world — those who talk and those who do. I’ve been a talker for way too long and now I’m gonna shut up and put up.

Migrate WordPress to a new domain in 4 simple steps with BackupBuddy

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Occasionally, you may find that you need to migrate your website to a new domain. This used to be a hassle that may involve transferring hundreds or thousands of files, database migration scripts and days of downtime.

Well if you’re running a WordPress website, BackupBuddy makes migration a cinch.

BackupBuddy is a WordPress plugin by iThemes that provides an all-in-one solution for backing up, restoring and migrating WordPress sites. In this tutorial, we’ll look at the steps involved in migrating a real live website to a new domain name with BackupBuddy.

Finding Help: How to Hire A Good Web Designer

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Making a good first impression on the web is critical to online business success. Therefore it pays to have a professional design your website for you, especially if you don’t have a good eye for design.

Hiring a designer to design your website can be daunting–What if I don’t like the design? What if I don’t know what I want? Where do I even begin?–these are some of the concerns that we’ll try to address in this article.

DIY Website Options: What You Need To Know

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This is an article in the Website ClickStart: Simplifying the Steps to Creating Your First Website series. This plain English series is written for regular people (not web programmers or rocket scientists) who need to create their first business website. You need a website to take your business online, but I’m guessing that you aren’t…

Start Blogging To Win Customers For Your Business Online

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I have been involved in online marketing for 6-8 years now, and I’ve found that one of the most reliable and surefire ways to attract customers online is through blogging.

To find out more about how blogging can attract customers and grow your business online, I spoke to Annabel Candy, author of Successful Blogging in 12 Simple Steps.

Successful Blogging book review

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Successful Blogging in 12 Simple Steps offers beginner bloggers a hype-free and practical guide on starting and growing a successful blog and audience, in an easy to understand, jargon-free self-study course.