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A small thing every day
I believe if you want to get good at something, you need to do it every day. Even if it’s a small thing. Small steps are still better than nothing. This is exactly what I’m trying to do with these daily posts. Like the one you’re reading right now. I’m trying to be better at…
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Just ask
I make sure to set some time to help others. Either those asking me via emails/DMs or by writing things on my blogs. But sometimes, I want to keep time wasted between back and forth to a minimum. If you want to ask someone, just ask. Say it in the first message. Be quick, direct…
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Segmenting audience in Mailchimp
This is the third lesson I’m sharing with you on my journey to learn online marketing. After groups and tags, now it’s time to learn about segments. Segmentation is the process of having buckets of your audience that checks a list of criteria. Usually, the intersection of contacts part of a group, have a tag,…
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Automattic’s creed
When I joined Automattic, this creed was on my contract. After reading it, I knew this will be a good experience. And it is. Today I’m sharing it with you: I will never stop learning. I won’t just work on things that are assigned to me. I know there’s no such thing as a status…
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The boring stuff
Who loves the boring stuff? No one! I have a story to share with you today. It’s about a subject I considered “boring”. But it turns out it’s one of the best things I learned in my life. Just after coding. Back in July 2018, I joined Automattic. A distributed company with folks working from…
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The story behind killing Creative Africa
I got this comment yesterday from Blessing: I just came across one of your previous platforms Creative Africa while surfing the internet, which led me here. Pls I would like to know what the platform was about and why doesn’t exist anymore, if you wouldn’t mind sharing. Thank you Blessing. I don’t mind sharing, and…
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How to know what’s better for you: A manager role or a senior role?
This is a question a lot of people have: Should I be in a senior role? Or a manager role?. And I had that question too and started looking for answers. I find my answers in books, and this time is no different. I picked up The Making of a Manager book after seeing good…
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Too much information
Take any subject you can think of. Make a simple search. And you’ll get thousands of results. There is too much information around! A lot of information is good. But too much information leads to fatigue. And instead of deciding what you’ll be reading, doing, etc. You’re overwhelmed. And you end up giving up. I…
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Learning about Tags in online marketing
I’m on a quest to learn online marketing, and I’m sharing with you my progress. So make sure to subscribe to get all new content in your inbox. Last time, I shared with you Mailchimp’s Groups feature. You can learn more about it here, but the TLDR; is it’s a way of grouping your audience…
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Paperback books
I’m still an old fashioned boy and I can’t hop on the kindle/digital books train, yet. I love paperback books. I love turning the pages, highlighting things, and all that stuff. Speaking of highlighting, up until a few weeks ago, I was using flags index tabs. I even talked about them in my prior post…