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How We Started Ranking for the Term “Learndash Development” on GoogleBusinessDigital MarketingOnline Business

How We Started Ranking for the Term “Learndash Development” on Google

One of the core services we offer is Learndash Development. Since dedicating ourselves to this service 4 years ago, we hadn't really put much effort into trying to rank on…
March 17, 2025
Review of Q2 2024 | Learndash Development Niche, Expanding the Team + Side ProjectBusinessOnline Business

Review of Q2 2024 | Learndash Development Niche, Expanding the Team + Side Project

With Q2 behind us, it’s a good time to reflect on the progress and changes that have shaped our web design agency over the past few months. Here’s an overview…
August 1, 2024
My 5-Year Online Business Journey: Highs and LowsBusinessOnline BusinessReflections

My 5-Year Online Business Journey: Highs and Lows

Over the last few years, the garymelican.com business has grown to a point where I now could do the full-time digital nomad thing. However, I’ve instead opted for a more…
September 21, 2023
A new niche website on the wayBusinessIdeasOnline Business

A new niche website on the way

Over the last few years, the garymelican.com business has grown to a point where I now could do the full-time digital nomad thing. However, I’ve instead opted for a more…
July 27, 2023
workcations
Why I take WorkcationsIdeasLifestyleOnline BusinessReflections

Why I take Workcations

Over the last few years, the garymelican.com business has grown to a point where I now could do the full-time digital nomad thing. However, I’ve instead opted for a more…
April 6, 2023
rebride website
ReBride – An Inspiring Success in Uncertain Economic TimesBusinessIdeasInspirationStartups

ReBride – An Inspiring Success in Uncertain Economic Times

Are you sceptical that now is a good time to launch your business? Rebride launched their website just over a month ago and it went as successfully as a website…
February 17, 2023
niche down
Things to Consider when Niching Down your OfferingBusinessStartups

Things to Consider when Niching Down your Offering

Niching down your offering is all about refining who you are targeting from a large, general audience to a smaller, more specific audience. For example, when I was originally searching…
January 19, 2023
Our Small Business Marketing Strategy for 2023BusinessDigital MarketingOnline BusinessStartups

Our Small Business Marketing Strategy for 2023

In this article, we discuss our Small Business Marketing Strategy for 2023 including inbound, outbound and measurement strategies.
January 4, 2023
2022 in review
2022 in ReviewBusinessLifestyleReflectionsStartups

2022 in Review

2022 was a really great year for garymelican.com We grew by 30% in terms of revenue from 2021 and did so with much less stress than we had in previous…
December 22, 2022
experimentation period
Experimenting to find a business for the long termBusinessReflectionsStartups

Experimenting to find a business for the long term

Between 2015 – 2020, I experimented with lots of different business ideas however nothing seemed to work. Call it the experimentation period. This post explores the difficulties of the experimentation…
December 8, 2022
Should you make your first hire? My experience almost 1 year inBusiness

Should you make your first hire? My experience almost 1 year in

Before welcoming the first full-time hire to the garymelican.com team in June 2021, I spoke to a lot of people asking for their general advice around the subject. Some said:…
May 19, 2022