Don’t Forget These 5 Things On A New Site

I recently acquired the excellent Web Design Checklist, which does a great job of listing all the little things one should remember to include in a new site. I love it. But guess what? I forgot to look at it when I created my newest site. DOH! (Can you see my forehead hitting my desk right about now?) Luckily, it’s only been a week or two (who remembers) since I uploaded the new site, so I quickly... read more

How To Quickly Assess The Competition In Any Niche

Preface: A couple of years ago, I wrote a guest post for someone, and I just noticed that the post has since disappeared from the ‘net. It looks like perhaps the site went through an overhaul, and came out with a totally different content focus. Because my post is gone, it seemed like a good opportunity to rewrite it and place it here, where I know it won’t go away. Those who know me well,... read more

10 Best Image Hosting Websites

The following is a guest post by James Adams. We won’t call them out publicly but lately we’ve noticed that some large websites with household names run really slowly, primarily due to the large number of images they feature. What happens to the really big guys can happen to all of you – your sites can be slowed down and that produces a real catch-22: a larger number of quality images means... read more

Coupon Codes for Hot WP Products

At some point, I’d intended to write some reviews of the following five products designed to enhance WordPress and make it easier for you to create niche incomes. I’ll be honest and tell you that I actually thought I wrote them, but I realized that I didn’t. Whoops, my bad. However, each month, I’m notified of a special deal on each of them, so I figured I’d at least pass that... read more

Create A Highly Effective Content Plan To Increase Your Income

Most people, when building a site in the hopes of making their financial dreams come true, have a plan for the main sections of the site. You know the sections I mean… Home page, About Us, Contact Page, Products (broken down into categories, subcategories, and individual items), Services, Support, etc. Or if the site is informational in nature, instead of Products, Services, and Support, the main... read more

Oops You Broke Your Site’s Layout: Now What?

Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried to tinker with your blog’s theme or site’s template and you found yourself with a complete mess. Something that used to line up perfectly, right where it should be, is suddenly in a completely different spot. Or maybe the font changed and you have no clue why. There are dozens of typical little messes we can cause just by tweaking “one little... read more

DIY Website Design – Is It Right For You?

Designing a website can be expensive, so it makes sense to look for every opportunity to reduce those expenses. One option that many people choose is to design their own site rather than paying a web designer or web design company. This could be the right choice for you, or it may end up costing you more in the long run. The first half of this article will explore what it takes to design your own website... read more

WordPress Blogging in 3 Easy Steps

The following is a guest post by Stuart Melling WordPress is not only a great blogging tool, it is a great content management system. By using the countless free themes, plugins and widgets available, the possibilities of this software are limitless. I have seen WordPress used for everything from a simple blog to a restaurant’s online presence through to a realtor’s online portal. WordPress... read more

Separation of Content From Presentation AND From Monetization

Back in the long ago world of HTML 1.0, when the Internet was just a tiny blip of a baby, we all wrote HTML code that covered everything – design and content. We’d spend a lot of time writing lots and lots of code, each time we created a new page. It was a bit of a drag, but really, we didn’t know there could be a better way. CSS and Templates: Separation of Content From Presentation At... read more

eBusiness Tips: Content Marketing Thoughts

I’m one of those online marketer types that tends to forge my own path, rather than follow the same paths that other Internet marketing “gurus” have trampled before. That probably stems from the fact that I’m also a search marketer, and we almost always forge our own paths. But one thing all smart search marketers agree on is that good content makes the marketing process much... read more