The First Few Hundred Subscribers are the Hardest
Whenever I gave advice to new bloggers about promoting their blog I always told them that ‘The first few hundred subscribers are the hardest’. This is something I have believed for years and something which I believe still holds true today. It can be very infuriating at the beginning of …
Don’t buy a website if you don’t have the time or money to develop it
Recently I’ve seen a lot of websites I sold years ago being listed for sale on Flippa. The strange thing is, most of the buyers never did anything with the sites. It’s no skin off my nose though it’s seems silly to purchase a site if you don’t have a …
Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul
This week I have been reading John Chows 144 page ‘Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul’ book (edited my Michael Kwan). It is available from Amazon in the UK for £9.32 with free delivery and in the US for $10.85 with free delivery. If you saw this …
Making a living from working online
Jason Schuller, owner of Press 75 and ThemeGarden, wrote a good post about how hes making a living online from developing and selling WordPress themes. In response to this article Jeff Chandler wrote a very honest article entitled ‘Jason Schuller Did It – I Can Do It To‘. In the …
A Quick Update
It’s been about six weeks since I’ve last gave an update on my online work. During that time I’ve primarily been working on my new site WP Mods. I did a guest post at JohnChow.com about making money at Flippa and one at SiteSketch101 about developing a business model for …
I am a Fighter: Barry ‘The Blender’ Henderson
Introducing Barry ‘The Blender’ Henderson. A legend in the making :) Bloopers:
Small UK Dating Site and 2 eBay Stores for sale
I am selling a lot of small content sites which I no longer update. The first ones to be listed for sale are DatingWebsiteReviews.co.uk, ConsoleCage.co.uk and MP3PlayerMayhem.com. More details can be found via the links below: DatingWebsiteReviews Auction ConsoleCage Auction MP3 Player Mayhem
Vandalised Tory Billboards
Being born the year Thatcher became Prime Minister of Britain, I can’t remember a time the Conservatives (Torys) were popular in Scotland. To this day Thatcher is a dirty word up here, particularly where I live. Frankie Boyle summed up the hatred for this Woman (and party) up here when …
April Fools Day Sucks
I really have come to hate April 1st over the last few years. Perhaps I was more gullible as a child, perhaps people are just being lazier with their April fools jokes, or perhaps we’ve been here so many times before that we have mentally prepared not to believe anything …