How and Why to Schedule Blog Posts in WordPress

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In a perfect world, you could easily write a new blog post everyday without trouble. However, that’s unlikely the case. Let’s face it … blogging takes time and inspiration and the time necessary to capture your attention comes in waves. Fortunately, WordPress is designed to help deal with the timing issues around blogging, through a [...] Read more »

Blogging Dictation – Speak Your Next Blog Post with OS X Mountain Lion

One of the biggest points of resistance I hear about blogging from business owners is the time commitment. There’s a notion that blogging requires extensive research and preparation; and, therefore, can take several hours away from your day in order to deliver value on a regular basis. I’ve been blogging for about four years now [...] Read more »

How to Remove Mobile Formatting from WordPress Twenty-Eleven Theme

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By default the Twenty-Eleven WordPress theme includes custom CSS support for mobile viewing.  In some situations, you might want to remove this option, but it’s not clear from the Dashboard has to do this. To remove the mobile formatting, edit your theme and comment out one line of code.  This image illustrates how it’s done. [...] Read more »

Blog Monetization Strategy: Downloadable Products (Charlottesville Blogville Conference)

Last week I spoke at the Blogville Conference in Charlottesville on the subject of Monetization. This is a short except from that presentation specifically discussing potential of driving income with the use of downloadable products. Description: Digital and information products that may be purchased online, such as software, e-books, photos, music, plugins, podcasts, and videos. [...] Read more »

Blog Monetization Strategy: Affiliate Marketing (Charlottesville Blogville Conference)

Last week I spoke at the Blogville Conference in Charlottesville on the subject of Monetization. This is a short except from that presentation specifically discussing potential of driving income with the use of affiliate marketing. Description: Affiliate marketing is a marketing practice in which a business rewards you (their affiliate) for each purchase or action [...] Read more »

Monetizing your Blog with Affiliate Marketing

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In preparation for my speaking gig at the Blogville Conference in Charlottesville next week on the subject Monetizing Your Blog I thought I would share some thoughts on affiliate marketing. If you have a blog and would like to make more money with it, affiliate marketing can be a great complement to your blogging efforts. [...] Read more »

Product Creation Strategies to Monetize Your Blog

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I’m speaking next week at the Blogville Conference in Charlottesville on the subject of Blog Monetization and thought I would share some thoughts on product creation. Creating your own product is one of the best ways to monetize your blog. A lot of bloggers resort to affiliate linking or pay-per-click advertising to generate income but [...] Read more »

My first blog post from the iPad 3G

So, I’ve had my iPad 3G for a couple hours and thought it was only appropriate to kick things off with a blog post using the WordPress app. Actually I already posted a couple videos on YouTube, including the Fedex delivery man dropping off my iPad and another video of the all important unboxing. I’m [...] Read more »

Start a new blog on a shoestring

Blogs are a great way to share your ideas and content online, maintain control over that content, and network with others within your niche.  The good news is there are several ways to start a new blog on a shoestring. The thought of setting up and managing your own blog may at first seem overwhelming [...] Read more »