A while back I listed out over 30 online tools and resources I have used over the years to make my life easier and more profitable online. Since it’s been awhile, I figured it was time to update my list with a few other resources I’ve been using. Got your bookmarks fired up? Ok, let’s [...]

When thinking about starting a blog, you are sure to have a whirlwind of questions. Here are a few tips I give to newbie bloggers when they’re just getting started. Please note that I have included a bunch of links in this article in case newbies are looking for more in depth discussions on the [...]

Hello everyone, it’s round two for my blogging bloopers videos. None of these were “planned bloopers”, they all happened on the spot. Hope you enjoy.

We all know attention spans on the Web are small. Make a potential first time visitor to your site wait more than a few moments for your blog to load and they’ll click away faster than you can say, “But wait!” Here’s an incredibly easy trick you can do to reducing that “but wait”-time for [...]

I just watched an excellent video on the topic of WordPress search engine optimization (SEO) given by Matt Cutts while speaking at the WordCamp San Francisco 2009 seminar. Matt heads up the anti-spam team at Google and frequently speaks about search engine optimization issues. The video is a little over 45 minutes but I have [...]

WP Blog Host has a television channel! It’s my pleasure to introduce our new tutorials Web television channel, WP Blog Host.tv. As many of you know, I’ve been spending lots of time creating easy to follow WordPress and WP Blog Host product video tutorials for bloggers and customers who host with WP Blog Host. The [...]

I’ve been blogging for awhile now and I’ve noticed something. I’ve noticed that A-list bloggers do things a little different from how everyday ordinary bloggers do things. This article is about things I have noticed when it comes to how A-list bloggers vs. everyday non A-list bloggers deal with comments and interaction with their followers. [...]

If you’re like me, you want a blog design that looks nice, doesn’t confuse your visitors, and encourages them to hang around for awhile. Of course if you’re selling something, it’s always nice if they become customers. That is after all why many of us start a blog, isn’t it? To make money or drive [...]

Most of the time I’m a very organized person. I say most of the time because being that I blog from home and having two little boys, one and three, being organized at home can sometimes be a challenge. Ketchup might splatter on my keyboard and at times there might be a Thomas The Tank [...]

Just a quick note to my blog readers, WordPress 2.8.2 has been released. The reason for the update was WordPress discovered 2.8.1 had a security leak in it which could allow malicious hackers get into your blog. Taken from WordPress.org: WordPress 2.8.2 fixes an XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed [...]

Image Credit: *spoOky* Have you ever wondered why some people make more money from their blog than others do? You might even ask yourself, “What the heck? It’s impossible to put more hours into blogging than I do; I sit at my computer all day. What is it she’s doing that I’m not?” The first [...]

Ok, I admit it. I like reality TV. A couple years ago when my blog was new, I watched an episode of Kitchen Nightmares (Chef Gordon Ramsay) which inspired me to write a post entitled, A Lesson Learned by Watching Kitchen Nightmares. While watching the show I observed how all though Chef Ramsay is a [...]

A few days ago I published a post, How To Install WordPress Manually and Why Beginners Should Do It. It was my first time using blip.tv to broadcast my videos and I have to say, I’m very pleased with the results. The one great reason I think to use blip.tv to broadcast your videos over [...]

Lately I’ve had a few people mention to me that their auto upgrade feature for WordPress (located in the WordPress dashboard under Tools) doesn’t work. In my experience, auto upgrades fail because plugins sometimes cause a conflict with the upgrade process. If you’re having problems with the auto upgrade feature, make sure to deactivate all [...]

Hello everyone, today I have a guest post over on Barbara Swafford’s blog on the topic of blog security, and if you’re visiting here from there, I’d like to personally welcome you over to my blog. Today I don’t have a particular lesson for anyone, I just wanted to say hello and welcome to new [...]