For those of you that have signed up for my email updates, you might have noticed that as part of my welcome email, I ask two questions: What is your biggest blogging struggle or challenge right now? What is the primary goal for your blog? The most common response I receive for #1 is - "Not sure how to start a blog" and the most common answer I receive for #2 is "make money". While I couldn't find any recent numbers, in 2006 a new blog was created every half a second. That's over 63 Continue Reading
Archives for November 2013
Types of WordPress themes
Deciding on a WordPress theme can be one of the most important choices you can make for your blog. One of the great WordPress features is that you can make your WordPress based site look anyway you would like by installing a new WordPress theme. A WordPress theme leaves your content the same, but changes the way the website and content is rendered. Themes can literally make your website look like a completely different website with a simple click. In addition to controlling the look of Continue Reading
How to install a WordPress Theme
I love WordPress: it's free, easy to use and very easy to modify and enhance. One of the greatest features is the ability to very quickly change the way a WordPress site looks without having to change the content at all. In WordPress, content and presentation are completely separate. Until I experienced this first hand, I had difficultly appreciating what this really met. Not sure how to install a new theme? No problem, we'll walk you through exactly how to install a wordpress theme to your Continue Reading
Side Income Report October 2013
I'm really excited to share this October's Side Income Report with you. My side income earnings are composed of two revenue sources: 1) My services business where I provide website design, coding and consulting services and 2) Income from my various websites and niche sites. While not my overall best month, October was the best month for my website/niche site income I've had in a very long time! If my current revenue holds true, November will be even better. I often talk about how earning Continue Reading