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DIYSeptember 2025 · 5 min read

SkipCut.com: How to Watch Longform YouTube Videos Without Commercials

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MarketingAugust 2025 · 7 min read

Google's August 2025 Spam Update: What It Means for Websites

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MarketingAugust 2025 · 5 min read

YouTube Just Shattered 2025 Records — What It Means for Small Business

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TechnologyAugust 2025 · 10 min read

Not All WordPress Stacks Are Created Equal: Why Bloat Can Make You Invisible

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A.I.August 2025 · 12 min read

Cutting Through the Hype: What the GPT-5 Disappointment Teaches Us

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A.I.July 2025 · 10 min read

The AI Mirage: When Automation Gets Mistaken for Innovation

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MarketingJuly 2025 · 6 min read

Why Most Paid Ads Don't Actually Make You Money

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A.I.June 2025 · 9 min read

A.I. Agents: Cutting Through the Hype to Real Wins in Business

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A.I.June 2025 · 8 min read

Prompts vs. Netflix: How I Whipped Up Angry Jets with Grok

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MarketingMay 2025 · 10 min read

How I Took FlyUSA's Web Traffic from Meh to Hell Yeah in Five Months

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InsightsMay 2025 · 8 min read

From Employment to Side Hustles to Solutions: How You Benefit

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MarketingApril 2025 · 8 min read

What is Ad Rank?

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TechnologyApril 2025 · 7 min read

7 Ways SearchGPT is Different and How It Will Change Online Search

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BusinessMarch 2025 · 6 min read

That's Too Much — I Know a Cheaper Guy

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A.I.March 2025 · 10 min read

Addressing Misconceptions About AI Assisted Software Development

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MarketingMarch 2025 · 6 min read

What is a Growth Marketing Manager?

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MarketingFebruary 2025 · 8 min read

When Marketing Gurus Yell "Optimize for LLMs" — It's Mostly Hype Today

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InsightsFebruary 2025 · 4 min read

A Fond Farewell to a Beloved Client: Larry Keckler's Journey to Retirement

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TechnologyFebruary 2025 · 7 min read

WordPress Plugin Bloat: The Silent Killer of Your Website's Health

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MarketingJanuary 2025 · 9 min read

Google Ads is Stealing Your Money: The "Other Search Terms" Scam

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TechnologyJanuary 2025 · 5 min read

Why You Should Avoid Using .NET as Your Web Domain Extension

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InsightsJanuary 2025 · 7 min read

I Did Not Leave Marketing — I Changed the Way I Create Value

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MarketingJanuary 2025 · 6 min read

Why Every Business Owner Should Start a Podcast

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A.I.December 2024 · 8 min read

How I Built a Custom AI Agent to Fix the Real Estate Closing Cost Nightmare

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MarketingDecember 2024 · 8 min read

Key Takeaways From Google's Search Algorithm Leak

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A.I.November 2024 · 9 min read

The Interface is Fading: How AI Agents Will End the Web

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MarketingNovember 2024 · 7 min read

Martech Mosaic: Building Blocks of a Digital Marketing Team

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MarketingOctober 2024 · 7 min read

The Destruction of Google Continues — What It Means for Your Business

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MarketingSeptember 2024 · 7 min read

How to Lose Money with Google Ads: The Perils of Auto-Recommendations

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MarketingAugust 2024 · 7 min read

Creating an Effective Social Media Marketing Plan

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MarketingJuly 2024 · 5 min read

Direct Mail Surpasses Top Digital Mediums in ROI

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MarketingJune 2024 · 7 min read

Inbound vs. Outbound Marketing: Understanding the Differences

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MarketingMay 2024 · 7 min read

How Google PPC Lost Trust in Marketing

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