Month: July 2013

Digital Books VS Printed Books

Digital books exploded into the mainstream a number of years ago. They are everywhere. I have seen eBook devices for sale in many poor countries I have visited and in developed countries like the UK, digital book sakes have long since overtaken printed book sales. I would definitely consider myself …

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The Optimal Number of Writers for a Blog

Hiring people to write for your blog is a great way to greatly reduce your own writing responsibilities and increase the posting frequency of your blog. If you have decided to bring in some extra writers, you need to decide how many people should write for you. That is, do …

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Back to the Homeland

Two years ago I headed off to South America. I returned to Scotland in July 2012 to see my family and attend a wedding though Two months later, I returned to South America in order to see the whole continent by bus. Due to the sheer size of South America, …

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Court Tuttle

An Interview with Court Tuttle

Court Tuttle is a vastly experienced blogger who has been working online for many years. He started his former blog CourtneyTuttle.com around the same time I launched this blog. Whilst this blog was a side project for me at the time, Court developed made his blog highly successful. Within a …

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Video SEO for WordPress by Yoast

Today I would like to talk about the Video SEO for WordPress by Yoast; which is an extension of his popular WordPress SEO plugin. The plugin aims to increase search engine traffic to posts that have videos embedding in them by adding a video thumbnail in search results. It has …

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Five Great Blogs to Inspire You to Be a Better Blogger

Many would-be-bloggers seem to be a little lost when it comes to building and maintaining a successful blog. They are unsure of what they need to do to build a blog and take it to the next level. There are no shortage of great blogs on the internet that you …

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You Cannot Help People Who Are Not Willing to Help Themselves

One of the key themes in my books is that if you want to be successful online, you need to knuckle down and put in the work required. This is something that I have stressed to people many times over the years, though it never fails to surprise me that …

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How To Stop Bad Incoming Links Hurting Your Search Engine Rankings

Incoming links can actually hurt your search engine rankings. If you have a lot of incoming links from low ranked websites, your own search engine ranking may be affected because of it. It is a little crazy when you think about it: Competitors can hurt your ranking simply by linking …

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20 Sports WordPress Themes

Today I have a list of some of the best sports related designs for WordPress. There are many generic designs that can be used for any sports related website, and others that are designed specifically for a particular sport such as golf or football. Be sure to check the demo …

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June 2013 Income Report

Following on from the popularity of my first income report last month, I am pleased to bring you another income report. June 2013 was not a big month for this blog. I spent around a week or so working on the relaunch of Martial Arts Videos and in the last …

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