This Teachable review cuts straight to what matters — is it worth your money in 2026? Simple and focused is Teachable’s core promise. When evaluating course platforms, simplicity matters more than most people admit. I built one of the internet’s first all-in-one marketing platforms and watched countless small business owners get overwhelmed by platforms that […]
Rob Bell
Rob Bell is the founder and Chief Review Officer of MarketersChoice.com. As the former President & CEO of 1ShoppingCart.com — one of the internet's earliest SaaS platforms — he grew the company from 250 to 25,000+ subscribers processing over half a billion dollars in ecommerce before selling to Web.com in 2006. He reviews marketing tools through the lens of someone who built one
Choosing the best email marketing tools for your business is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a small business owner or solopreneur. At 1ShoppingCart.com we sent over 150 million permission-based emails per month on behalf of our clients. I’ve seen email marketing from the inside — what separates platforms that actually deliver […]
AWeber vs GetResponse — two platforms that have been in the email marketing space since 1998, and both have survived long enough to earn genuine credibility. But surviving isn’t the same as winning. Choosing the wrong one means either paying for features you’ll never use or outgrowing your platform the moment your business starts to […]
This Kit ConvertKit review covers everything creators need to know before choosing an email platform in 2026. Kit — formerly ConvertKit — was built specifically for creators, and that focus shows in everything about how it works. When I was building 1ShoppingCart.com, our customers were mostly small businesses and ecommerce sellers. The creator economy as […]
GetResponse has been in my field of vision since my 1ShoppingCart.com days — when we were processing 150 million emails a month, deliverability wasn’t a marketing metric, it was a business survival metric. Every email that hit a spam filter was a paid or organic lead that went straight down the drain. I’ve watched email […]
This AWeber review 2026 starts with a warning every small business owner needs to hear — every week people waste money on email marketing platforms that looked great in a demo and delivered nothing in practice. Wrong tool, wrong features, wrong price point as your list grows — and by the time you figure it […]