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Re: An Update On The Udemy Experiment

Marc Beneteau — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:08:04 -0000

It's the same for me. It seems that engagement on Udemy is very low on free courses. 80% of my students actually do nothing. I am moving to all paid courses now.

Re: Using WP Encyclopedia, the WordPress Business Encyclopedia (2012 Edition)

Marc Beneteau — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:15:16 -0000

WP Encyclopedia has been updated published to its new platform. Yay :)

Re: Review of the WordFence Plugin – Effective or Not?

Marc Beneteau — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:02 -0000

Very, very well-done review, as I am researching this for my users. Despite its limitations, it appears that Wordfence is the only free plugin that can do both regular security scans and repairs. As the author states even paid services are only 70-80% accurate (Sucuri recently failed to detect a pharma attack on my site). It looks to me that Wordfence is the starter solution.

Re: Why I switched my blog’s premium WordPress theme from Thesis to Headway

Marc Beneteau — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:42:28 -0000

And oh -- licensing model of Thesis sucks, at least as far as web developers are concerned. I don't mind the $40 client license, that's fair enough (although Headway and most others charge zero), but the clients should at least get access to the support forums, trying to protect support information from non-customers doesn't strike me as a very enlightened strategy

Re: How to resize your custom Facebook Page images in less than 90 seconds (video)

Marc Beneteau — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:36:56 -0000

Problem has me very frustrated. Check top image at
http://www.facebook.com/pag...
if you "View image" in browser its 520px. But Facebook stretches it out to 639 pixels. Makes everything blurry, not a huge issue I suppose but I am a perfectionist. PUtting width= in <img> tag doesn't help

Re: As Easy as Falling off a (Polyphasic Sleep) Log

Marc Beneteau — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:52:49 -0000

It would be interesting if you followed-up about your current practice and the value of the experience for you..
best,
Marc
http://polyphasic-sleep.info

Re: Why Picking a Market Can be A Pain in the A** (And Some Tricks for Getting Over the Hump)

Marc Beneteau — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:09:56 -0000

One more thing. It's important to keep in mind (and Timothy Ferriss makes this point very well) that the goal is not money, it's happiness. People think of money as the primary gateway to certain experiences they want that will bring them happiness, and this assumption needs to be challenged in many cases. I would urge you to suggest folks review the "4 hour work week" book. In actual fact, happiness seems to be more related to love (quality of relationships), meaning and contribution than any other factor. Martin Seligman's research concludes that money is actually UNCORRELATED to happiness at all, and that the the three key elements (love, meaning and contribution) trump many other debilitating factors including poor health and financial insecurity. Why is this significant? Because I think that you are right-on in your analysis: the pursuit of money for money's sake is rarely successful, and the pursuit of purposes for purposes' sake alone is rarely successful, but that both need to be merged and brought into some kind of mysterious alchemical balance. I am still seeking this balance, and I am excited to be joining a community of like-minded foks in this pursuit, but what is wonderful about this is the thought that WE CANNOT FAIL. Here is what Steve Chandler has to say about this (see http://clubfearless.net): "If your mind is on the right path, it doesn’t matter how fast you go. If you’re on the right path, you’ll get there. Commitment keeps you on the path."

Re: Why Picking a Market Can be A Pain in the A** (And Some Tricks for Getting Over the Hump)

Marc Beneteau — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:15:27 -0000

Clay,

I think you are right and that this is the core of your message ("giving your gift to the world") and to business success in general (and the reason I relate to you so strongly also).

Read the first 3 paragraphs of:
http://lifestyledesignschoo...
and of:
http://trellishouse.org

Trellis House is is my passion. We've made about $1000 from this in the last 6 months (two trial resident courses at Trellis), it was a shitload of work, and I don't care what an energy suck it's been, because it's my life. I know Trellis is going to be successful, because I care about it so much. It's sort of karmically pre-ordained. The consulting and marketing business (http://everymanmarketing.com) is there to support Trellis, that is all. I know I can provide value there, and have a good time, and it will be successful too, but it's a different order of priority.

The challenge I think is how to teach this to people. I look forward to seeing how this is going for other group members.

Re: My Struggle with New Monasticism

Marc Beneteau — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:22:15 -0000

Dear Chanequa,
Thanks for your inspiring post, I relate to the desire to live in a group (with the goal of "creating God's kingdon on earth now") while dealing with all the difficulties of pre-existing power structures and, quite frankly, the difficulties of getting along with other people. I live in a secular intentional community in Philadelphia called Trellis House (http://trellishouse.org) and I speak about our goals and practices on this article http://manifesting.net/2008.... The way we (attempt) to solve this problem is through a governing structured called "the one no vote" and the committment to find each other right wherever we are. I am very drawn to New Monasticism and will probably do the training at The Simple Way next summer as I feel our goals are very similar (to learn to love and be loved, and to be a force for good in the world and each other's lives), even though the language and process steps might be different. Keep up the good work and perhaps I will meet you sometime.
Marc