There are nearly 4.75 billion people connected via the Internet worldwide. That’s nearly 60 percent of the world’s population.

Once limited to the physical location where we reside, the Internet has vastly opened the door for everyone to connect with one another around the globe with a few simple keystrokes.

The Internet, especially search engines, has forever changed the way we live and do business. In fact, most of us now use Google, Bing, or Baidu our way through daily living. But have you heard of The Bulgarian Search Engine?

2020 has certainly been a year of digital transformation and digital empowerment. In fact, the global economy has realized four years of growth in 10 months since COVID forever changed how we live and do business.

COVID is a lingering health nightmare that we all wish would end. Yet, COVID has forced brands of all types and sizes, including consumers, suppliers/vendors, etc., to embrace a progressively digital global economy.

Entering into domain investing is a bit like playing an endless game of whack-a-mole. It’s all fun and games until you exhaust all resources without ever recovering the initial investment.

The buying part of the equation seems easy to the untrained eye as does the selling domains. I mean, after all, it’s buy low and sell high. It’s not rocket science to do such a thing, right?

Here’s a look at the top 5 podcasts for Kickstart Commerce in September, ranked by number of downloads:

What do you get when you combine backgrounds in linguistics, systems engineering, and a serial entrepreneurial spirit? 🤔

The domain industry chartered into the new and virtual territory by debuting the first-ever digital investors’ online conference sponsored by Dan.com: TheDomainShow.com.

Its Founder and Executive Producer, Page Howe, is no stranger to the industry, investing in domains for 20+ years, having sold 5,000+ domains (most notably sold Seniors.com for $1.8M), and once known for his domain tip sheets, emoji domain investing, and occasional DomainSherpa appearances through the years.

As all eyes were on Page and the team, industry professionals eagerly awaited and anticipated the shift from a paid in-person to a free virtual conference experience spanning three days, July 23-25.

There were many questions to be answered from the time it was announced in early April:

• What would be the format of the show?
• Who and want would be presented?
• Would sessions be live, pre-recorded, or both?
• How would the show address time zone challenges?
• and many more…

A few years ago, I released a WordPress tutorial aimed at helping individuals, and small businesses automate emailing their latest blog post to their Mailchimp email distribution list.

If you’re like most individuals or small businesses, especially mom-and-pop shops, then IT is likely to be perceived as a luxury rather than a necessity.

Most people launching into their dream of a business — side hustles, part-time, full-time, and all things in between — are solely focused on doing the actions to bring value and serve their customers while making cash register ring! Ka-ching!

Nevertheless, one of the hidden secrets to growing a business or project is harnessing the power of automation to reach, connect, and serve more people with a value-add experience.

While my aforementioned tutorial provides instructional steps integrating WordPress and Mailchimp, this tutorial really applies to any blog platform with RSS capability.

It was brought to my attention that Mailchimp could not send emails using excerpts or short descriptions from Blogger, a popular blogging platform used as a starter for several bloggers and influencers, and its RSS feed.