Did The Frugal Theme Solve My Throttling Problem?
Did The Frugal Theme Solve My Throttling Problem?
Last week I wrote about the problem I was experiencing with Bluehost throttling my blog.
I did a bit of digging around to see if I could find any more information on the problem. I looked into my stats package and confirmed that many of the heavy use files [...]
The Writing Process
The Writing Process
Anything that can make writing easier is a blessing, but many writers often approach it by the seat of their pants. There’s nothing wrong with that. Adding some structure to the writing process can make the work move along more smoothly though.
Many writers, who use structure, follow certain steps when planning or preparing [...]
Top Ten Best Selling WordPress Themes on ThemeForest
Top Ten Best Selling WordPress Themes on ThemeForest
WordPress continues to be one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) on the Internet and for good reason. It’s incredible versatile and, better still, it’s completely free to download to use. However, you may want to spend some money to customize your WordPress blog or website.
One [...]
Build Rapport with Rapportive
Build Rapport with Rapportive
I get a ton of e-mail from many different people. Keeping everyone straight can be difficult and those are just the people I know personally. I have a contact form on my blog and occasionally get people contacting me and asking me to try things, blog about things and for help. I [...]
Looking For Work Should Be Ongoing
Looking For Work Should Be Ongoing
I don’t know if you’re anything like me, but I don’t take advice usually until I’ve gone through all the painful lessons the advice was meant to save me from. Here’s a case in point.
When I first started freelancing on the Internet I wanted to learn all I could so [...]
Twitter Sells Wine to Promote Literacy
Twitter Sells Wine to Promote Literacy
Not many know about the Fledgling Initiative by Twitter, the micro-blogging site that everybody loves. The Fledgling Initiative is a Twitter project that makes wine for the benefit of a non-profit organization named ‘Room-to-Read‘ that extends educational opportunities for deprived children worldwide. According to the description on the website: “These [...]
5 Ways to Share on Google Buzz
5 Ways to Share on Google Buzz
Yesterday I talked about ReBuzzThis, a button that you can add to your blog for others to share your posts on Google Buzz. Well what about those blogs that don’t have a button or that cool site you come across while browsing and want to share? Luckily, there seems [...]
Writing Instructions to Improve Your Writing Skills
Writing Instructions to Improve Your Writing Skills
I recently covered improving non-fiction writing through the use of studying fiction structure. Today, I’d like to continue with another writing style; writing instructions.
Your website may not be a how-to website, but writing out instructions can help you hone your writing skills in general.
Writing instructions includes giving step-by-step details [...]
Complement Your Blog with a RebuzzThis Button
Complement Your Blog with a RebuzzThis Button
Are you a huge fan of Google Buzz? I’m not, but many people are and use it on a daily basis. It is great for sharing but also can be very noisy. For those that are, you will probably love RebuzzThis; it’s a Tweetmeme style site except for Google [...]
5 Tips for Using WordPress for Non-Blog Sites
5 Tips for Using WordPress for Non-Blog Sites
When I needed to create a site for my new consulting firm, I immediately turned to WordPress as my CMS of choice. Not only is it the CMS I am most familiar with, but because it is flexible enough to get the job done with a minimal amount [...]
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