If you haven’t heard the name Darren Rowse before then now is the time to listen. He’s a very popular blogger who makes 6-figures a year on his Problogger site and definitely knows his stuff. A while back he put together a month long series called “31 Days to Build a Better Blog” and it […]
If you read any popular blogging tips online (like on this site), WordPress is often the software behind the site. There’s a good reason for it too. WordPress is the best software to easily build a site and a blog without much technical know how. An increasing number of marketers are finding that it’s an […]
Footers are becoming an essential part of a blog design and rightfully so. Up until the last year or two, they have been a useless space which hardly anyone paid attention to. Now they are becoming an essential strategy to engage visitors in all sorts of creative ways. Hongkait.com has put together a nice list […]
If you’ve already got a blog and you’ve been searching for a cool modern logo to make it unique, I’ve got a great site for you. Logo Instant provides some great free logos in Photoshop format (.psd) which you can easily edit and modify to your liking. Every day they provide a brand new custom […]
One of my favorite things about WordPress is the ability to easily add new functionality by just installing a plugin. Basically it’s open source so anyone can whip out a plugin as long as they understand the WordPress API. Plugins can only go so far though especially when it comes to optimizing your blog for […]
Ever since the beginning of “web 2.0”, designers started creating logos or images with reflections that look pretty cool. Most of the time these images are done by professional in-house web designers which most of us bloggers don’t have the skill or access to. Fortunately there are two sites I came across that can add […]
There are several relatively easy ways to make some money from your blog such as using Google AdSense, selling private ad spots, and writing reviews. The downside with using Google AdSense and trying to sell private ad spots is your blog must have enough traffic to generate the clicks or page impressions. My guess is […]
There are basically two types of bloggers in the world – reporters and experts – and some people perform both roles (usually the experts, it’s hard for reporters to become experts, but it’s easy for experts to report). If you have ever taken an Internet marketing course or attended a seminar specifically for beginners, you […]
Yaro has just reopened his Become a Blogger program which you should check out. In every bloggers life comes a special day – the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else”s blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader – you. Maybe […]
Look out MySpace and Facebook, Google has decided to enter the social networking game. Google announced the launch last weekend and has just opened up beta testing to a select number of people. I think this is a great move by Google and will quickly become a contender in this space. Google Friend Connect is […]
If you’ve recently upgraded your WordPress blog to version 2.5, it’s time to upgrade again. This time you won’t notice any visual difference because this upgrade fixes some bugs and patches a security issue. You can read all about what’s included in this version on the official WordPress blog. It sure is a pain having […]
Abdullah recently asked a question in our Blog Forum about how to add a Google Picasa Web Album Slideshow to his blog. This was a great question so I thought other people would be interested in how to do it as well. Picasa is a free photo management product by Google that I actually use […]