Learning More About Personal Branding

Although I’ll be commenting here about personal branding from time to time, there’s a place you can get lots of information about that subject from a whole host of experts. Personal Branding Magazine publishes quarterly, and puts out some really great articles from some very fine authors. (Disclosure note: I’m one of the authors, but I was praising the others, and not myself). So, I... read more

How To Accept Payments For Downloadable Digital Goods

You’ve decided to sell something. Maybe it’s an ebook or a script or some other downloadable product. Maybe you wrote or programmed the product yourself. Maybe you paid for the rights to sell something someone else programmed or wrote. In any case, you have a product to sell. Now how do you take payment and deliver the goods? The first time I sold a digital product, I signed up with... read more

Finding Relevant Conversations

As I’ve previously mentioned, networking with others in your topic area is extremely important for building your base of site visitors. If you haven’t already established yourself as a regular within the communities that serve your niche, you may be wondering how to find them. Here are just a few examples of searches you can run on your favorite search engine to find the communities you... read more

Three Cool WordPress Video Plugins

Video is hot. Never turn your back on hot. If you can utilize video on your site or in your blog posts, you give your users the new media they crave. You don’t have to use it often, but occasionally dropping a Youtube or similar video into a blog post can really engage your visitors. If you want to use video in your blog posts, I recommend you check out 3 WordPress plugins. Easy Video Insertion... read more

2 Dozen Blog Networks Actively Seeking Bloggers

Below is a list of two dozen blog networks that have contact information specifically for bloggers wishing to apply to write for the network. Some of these are paid positions, while others are not. If you are looking to make money from home, getting paid by blog networks to blog for them can be one way to do so. However, even the networks that don’t pay can contribute to your business in other... read more