I was watching Too Hot to Handle on Netflix recently when it hit me. The contestants on that show didn’t know what they were in for when they signed on and they had to learn totally different rules than they were expecting. People who jump into WordPress can feel the same way.

When jumping in to move your website from a builder like Wix, Kajabi, or ShowIt, do you really know what you’re getting into? Wordpress was designed to be a CMS - a client management system. Kajabi and other site builders like it were designed to be LMS - learning management systems. They don’t serve the same function, they’re not built the same, and they don’t have the same capabilities.

What do you really need to figure out before you dive into WordPress? In this episode I’ll outline a few things that you need to consider when getting started with WP.

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Hello, hello, hello and welcome to episode six

of More Than a Brand Podcast y'all.

This past week or so, I've actually had time to sit down and watch

some meaningless tv, connect with some people, expand a little bit.

I've just really been enjoying myself this week, but while I've been enjoying myself,

and hanging out with some coworkers while we were having that water cooler talk.

And I really don't like that term cause nobody has a water cooler anymore.

But anyway, while we were just hanging out, chit-chatting, talking about

what we've been watching, , one of my closest work friends, her, um, partner

is currently well, had been watching the Murdoch, trials . And not only is

she watching the trial, she's watching the documentary, she she solve the case.

Okay, y'all . But then there's another coworker who he comes in

and he's telling us about the show he's been watching on Netflix, and

it's called Too Hot to Handle Y'all.

So, He was going on and on about the show and this pot of money and

how it was so much money if they follow the rules of the house.

But every time they broke the rules of the house, some of that money got subtracted.

So yesterday, me and my husband, I was like, let's check this show out.

Let's check out.

Too hot to handle now y'all.

I started at, uh, season four, so don't ask me about, first of all, I

didn't know it was that many seasons, so don't ask me about any seasons

prior, but we started at season four, you know, just tryouts, reality tv.

Most of the time in reality tv you don't have to watch all the

seasons to know what's going on.

So I got on season.

and the premise of this show is you bring in these people that are

sexaholics and they're put into this house, and anytime they do a sexual

act, so money gets subtracted from the pot of money that is the prize.

So in this season, and I don't know if it's all the seasons are the same, and

I only seen like three episodes, but in this season that I was watching,

$200,000 was the prize money.

Now to get people on this show, They got put on on the show

basically under false, pre stances.

So they thought they were going on a show called Wild Love.

And from what I gathered from watching the episodes, they

thought they were going on a show.

They was gonna do some stuff to fall in love with somebody else.

They didn't know that they were coming on this show because their sexaholics or.

More promiscuous than society would like them to be and to be

challenged to not do anything sexual.

They didn't know that.

But anyway, so they got, I wanna say it is of them, five males, five females.

And so they're meeting with, they have Mario Lopez there.

He's like, we're doing this show.

Thank you for joining.

Wild Love this, that, and the third, they're all excited.

And then, , he drops the bomb.

That this ain't really, ain't what the show is about.

It is about not having sex, not doing sexual acts, not being intimate.

So needless to say, the 10 contestants, they were not prepared cuz in their

mind, they were already talking about who they gonna hook up with,

who they're most attracted to.

So they had already prepared themselves to be able to do whatever they wanna do.

Like they were out in the streets doing whatever, sleeping with

whoever, kissing, whoever.

It is what it is.

That's what their mind was prepared for.

They were not prepared to show restraint when it comes to

things that they do all the time.

One of them usually said, I haven't had sex in two weeks.

It's been so long I didn't prepare for this.

I should have did it before I got on a plane.

So that person wasn't prepared physically.

Okay, so the first night every time someone kisses someone,

you get some money to deduct it.

So on the first night it was three.

couples, I'll just call them couples, even though they just met, it was

three sets of people who'll do that.

Three sets of people who kissed each kiss was $3,000, 3000 times three, $9,000.

So in the first night, First 24 hours, $9,000 was deduct up from the

$200,000 that they could have won

and I promise you, I'm, I'm getting to the point with this.

So the first one is kind of like a freebie.

You don't know what you don't know.

They didn't know how much they was gonna be charged, but they

didn't know the rules of the game.

. So the Lana, who is Lana's, like an Alexa, a Siri, she's an artificial intelligence.

She's everywhere around the villa that they're living in.

And Lana was like, look, y'all been messing y'all, it's 24 hours.

Y'all already lost $9,000.

Now the stakes are higher.

We are doubling the fines on everything that y'all do that's sexual.

. So that $3,000 kiss y'all had today, tomorrow is gonna be 6,000.

So mind ya manners.

And there was this one guy on there, I think his name is

James, and he, he is focused.

Once he found out it was money involved, James is not trying to do anything

up to the point that I've seen.

He's not trying to do anything to jeopardize the money.

So he's like, look, I am nominating myself as the sex.

I am making sure y'all are not doing anything to lose any extra money.

So all through that night, James was roaming around, , doing rounds, trying

to make sure people stayed outta trouble.

And he did his due diligence.

However, people going, people.

And there was one set of people, a couple who ended up.

causing the group $18,000 and the other set of people cost

the group $6,000 cuz they kiss.

But at that point y'all already knew what the stakes were.

You already have been worn with the first day and now the second day.

You already knew what the stakes were, so they made a conscious decision to just do

whatever they wanted to do, even though they had the information they needed.

And I say all this because when you're dealing with WordPress,

a lot of times people don't know what they're getting into.

They're like, the people on this show, too hot to handle.

originally, they're thinking they're getting into something called Wild Love.

Originally you think you're getting into WordPress and it's gonna be similar to,

let's say, a Squarespace or a Cajabi.

And even though there are some slight similarities, there are

quite a few differences and people are not prepared for it.

Because one, mentally they wasn't there.

Just like the people in the show.

Mentally, they were gonna be able to do what they wanted to do, but they

didn't have the knowledge to know that certain things is going to cost them.

Same with WordPress I'll use Kajabi because a lot of my clients.

Or like, I wanna go from Kajabi to WordPress.

And then I've heard people do vice versa, go from WordPress to Kajabi but the thing

is, the two, although you can compare them, they don't serve the same function.

. So in one of the prior episodes, I told you that WordPress has been

around since, I wanna say 2003.

They've been here for a hot minute.

But WordPress was created to be a C M S, meaning a client management system.

Whereas Kajabi is more of a learning management system.

So the primary purpose of Kajabi is to.

Sell courses, learning stuff, resources for your course.

Yes, it does have the capability to give you a landing page or a website

that's related to those courses.

However, it does not have all of the capabilities of WordPress because

that's just not its core function.

And vice versa.

WordPress is meant to be that client management, creating that user experience

on your website so that they can navigate through your website and access

the things that they need to access.

It does have the capability with an additional add-on or, plug in is what

WordPress calls them to integrate that learning management system.

So when you're getting into WordPress, you.

mentally prepare yourself because it is not going to do exactly what you

need it to do if you don't understand what tools you need if you don't

understand the rules of WordPress.

Another thing that people forget are when they're jumping into WordPress is that

they forget that WordPress has several different options when it comes to

hosting, whereas if you choose something like Squarespace, Kajabi even show it.

The hosting belongs to show it only it belongs to Wick, only to

Squarespace, to Kajabi that there's only one place to host Kajabi.

One place, the host show at Wicks whatever, website.

Design platform that you decide to use.

But when it comes to WordPress, there's so many options when it comes to who

and what platform you can host it on.

Now there's a few that I prefer.

I'm not a fan of Blue Host.

I know it's been with WordPress since 1999, taking over for the two thousands,

but Blue Host has a lot of issues that I find does not help my clients in

the long run is more of a hindrance.

Now, there are some, I personally love Flywheel.

I also like Kinta.

But there's some hosting you have to do your research or ask a

designer or developer, which hosting sites do they prefer and why.

Some of them give you a backup and some of them don't.

And I know I, I'm not trying to drag blue.

, but in their documents it says that although they do periodic backups, they

recommend you integrate a plugin that will back up your site for you also.

So don't solely depend on them, even though they're your hosting.

That's a little nuance.

You have to do research or ask someone that knows to help you make a decision

when it comes to jumping into word.

You don't wanna walk in to WordPress like these people on too hot to handle

throwing away money, $3,000 kisses because you didn't understand the

nuances and what needs to happen to be able to achieve the goal of your.

Another piece about WordPress that when you're getting into it, I highly.

Recommend you set aside a time either you, your va, your cto, someone

to go in and update those plugins.

Updating plugins are just like updating apps on your phone.

I know you heard me say it a million times.

think about your iPhone, when a new iOS comes out, and I know

some people is like, I'm holding.

I don't know why people wanna hold out what you holding out for, but

people will hold out on the update.

When you hold out on the update, the phone starts acting funny and be slowing down.

Things just be freezing up.

You don't know what's going on.

It's cause you held out on the update and that update was fixing those bugs

that they knew that was happening in your cell phone with WordPress.

If those plugins don't get update, Or if you don't set aside the

time or hire someone to update the plugins for you, your website

will act just like that phone.

You'll be running into issues and you won't even understand why.

Those are just a few of the things.

That you need to think about when you're getting into WordPress.

I love WordPress, but I want you to make sure you have a clear understanding

before you jump onto the WordPress boat.

Jump into wild love thinking.

It's one thing and it's really not.

As always, you can slide in my dms or ask me any questions if you

have any, and I look forward to checking y'all out in episode seven.