From Amateur to Professional For Just a Couple of Bucks
A picture is worth a thousand words, or so it’s said. It’s worth $1.50 too. For just over a dollar an image you can take your site from well-written but sort of “blah” to fabulous.
Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category
Principles of Design: The 80/20 Rule
I received the book, Universal Principles of Designfor Christmas. This book was recommended as a foundational text for anyone interested in design, and after only getting through a portion of the book so far, I have to agree. The book has definitions, explanations and illustrations of 101 principles, and I am learning a lot as [...]
How to Grow a Blog
I recently reconnected with a former colleague who has a relatively new blog, and after visiting my site and looking at some of my stats, he asked how I had grown the blog to where it is now. I thought I’d share my response to him as I am heading towards my 2 year “blogaversary” [...]
What to Buy a Blogger for Christmas
Wondering what to buy that person in your life who is addicted to the computer and blogging? Christmas is just around the corner and I have some ideas for you:
Journal
Every blogger needs someplace to jot down their thoughts and plan out blog posts. There’s something about getting away from the computer and sitting down with [...]
5 Plugins to Make Your Site Look More Professional
One of the reasons I love WordPress is the plethora of amazing plugins available. Here are 5 plugins that I recommend for getting a professional look to your site:
Featured Content Gallery
This plugin is amazing. It’s so easy to implement and really makes a big difference in a static site. Check out this site or [...]
Reasons Your Business Needs a Blog
I’ve been a fan of Fast Company Magazine for a long time, and have recently been invited to be one of their “Expert Bloggers”. My first post is up, taking a look at reasons companies should be in the blogging business:
1. Build Relationships
2. Build Reputation
3. Build Customer Loyalty
4. Build Authority
5. Build Traffic
Check it out, and [...]
Learn to be an Authority Blogger
I don’t recommend stuff here much- only things I really think are awesome, like the Perfomancing Hive forum for example. One of the “Hivers”, Chris Garrett, has a new Authority Blogger course that IS awesome. Everything Chris does is quality, and this course is no exception. He’s in “pre-launch” mode right now and that [...]
Trying out Google Chrome
When I first heard that Google was releasing a new browser, I was a little annoyed. I wondered if we really need another web browser. Then I read the comic book style explanation behind the browser’s development. It’s very well written and explains some complicated concepts in a very clear way that I think even [...]
Performancing Ads: The Ideal Ad Network
Have you heard about PerformancingAds? It’s a new ad network from the people behind Performancing, whose tagline is “helping bloggers succeed”, and this ad network will do just that. I’ve been participating in the pre-launch testing of the site, and it is super easy to use, and has some great features that [...]
Numbers don’t mean everything
As bloggers, we can often get caught up in our stats. Pursuing better Google Page Rank, Technorati ranking, Alexa Rank, etc. can consume us, and when we achieve higher and higher numbers we may feel as if those numbers are a real indication of our place in the blogosphere. As it turns out, that’s not [...]
