One of the more technically complicated aspects of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the issue of allowing visitors to view, download their data and/or request that it be deleted. It’s one of those things that is easy for bureaucrats to mandate… because they have no earthly idea what that actually means in…
All of us do email marketing. Or at least, you should be. 🙂 If you’re not, seriously… what the hell?! Anyway… GDPR compliance will have some impact both on our email marketing going forward… but potentially also your email list building going BACKWARDS. See, if you have not been getting express consent from email subscribers,…
OK, so we’ve been talking about this exciting, enthralling and downright SEXY topic of… the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR). I know, I know. Contain yourself. So, we know that two important things here are: Getting consent. Spelling things out in your privacy policy. But… how? First of all, it bears repeating. But, I…
OK, let’s continue on this truly FASCINATING topic of the GDPR! [cough] Hey, it might not be the sexiest of topics, but we can’t ignore it. It is what it is. So, let’s continue… One of the first things you need to do to get compliant with GDPR is to take a real look at what data…
This whole GDPR thing makes me go cross-eyed. 🙂 But, I”m wading through things to try to make it simple. Today, let’s look at the big picture of getting into compliance. Let’s look at what bloggers need to be doing… and what bloggers need to NOT be doing. What NOT to do: #1: Do not…
OK, I have to admit it. I’ve been putting off looking into the GDPR. But, it is time to have a more in-depth look-see. If you’re not aware, this is the General Data Protection Regulation. It is a set of rules which come out of the European Union about user privacy and protection of user…
When is the right time to begin your own membership site? It certainly is a popular business model. In fact, it is my primary business model. But, to answer this question, we first re-frame what it means. See, most people associate the phrase “membership site” with monthly recurring revenue. You bring on members and they…
Ready for some more “real talk” about niches? (Note, if you missed yesterday’s real talk about niche selection, go back and read it.) Good. 🙂 Cuz, I want to talk to those of you who are in the “personal development” niche, or are thinking about it. And here’s some really real talk… In more cases than…
One of the things I end up having to do with a lot of new students to the Blog Marketing Academy is UNTRAIN them. 🙂 See, a lot of “blogging gurus” out there give a lot of the same advice. And honestly, if it worked well, we’d have a lot more bloggers makin’ bank. But,…
I’m going to share with you one of my biggest frustrations. See, at the core, I am an educator. My job is to help guide my students here at the Blog Marketing Academy on their own transformation toward a proven, profitable online business. To do that, I of course create training content. Now comes my…
So, how’d you do with the weekend exercise I left you with on Friday? Did you do it? If you’re clueless what I’m talking about, you can re-read Friday’s issue at this link. We’re going to move on to some new topics, but first I wanted to cap off what we talked about last week. Because, it’s important as…
Yes or no leads to flow. Maybe messes the whole thing up. If you missed the previous issues that explain what I mean there, go back and read them. Now, I want to leave you with something to DO about it – and an exercise you can do over the weekend. If you do it,…