Maintaining a successful blog is a lot like driving a steam train. It takes a lot of energy to get it going, but even when you’re on the right track, you need to keep adding fuel to the fire or it will eventually grind to a halt. Failure to follow …
These days, we can find a blog online about pretty much anything that interests us, from politics to poker, football to fairytales. We’re drawn to reading blogs because of their friendly, chatty tone, which is usually distinctively different from the more formal tone of newspaper and magazine articles. Blogging is …
Like most internet marketers, I receive an avalanche of affiliate related emails every week. The sheer volume of emails being sent by affiliate companies means that most got ignored, but today I received an email from Tesla Themes and decided to check them out as I hadn’t looked at their …
Over the last year or so I have slowly came to the conclusion that blogs are not as popular as they once were. It is something that I should have realised sooner. Blogging is dead. It is no longer the same as it once was. Of course, everything evolves over …
Whilst I sat on my couch on a Sunday night watching Switzerland play France in their final Euro 2016 group game, I started pondering the future direction of this blog and some ideas I have for future articles. I got inspired about writing a great blog post that showed how …
Those of you with an eye for detail may have noticed that I changed the design of this blog recently and returned to using the Genesis framework. This is a framework I used for many years on this blog. Rise Forums regulars will know that I have not been too …
Just about every WordPress theme that is released has a blog template so if you are looking for a blog template, you literally have thousands of free and premium themes to choose from. The majority of themes are general purpose themes that can be used for businesses, for galleries, for …
Just the other day, Steve, an old friend of mine, asked me to help his wife, Liza, get into freelance blogging. Well, a huge chunk of my online earnings come from blogging about digital marketing, WordPress and web design, but between you and me, I had no idea where to …
Talk to any blogger and they will tell you that the hardest part about getting started is finding new clients. Especially when you first start out, finding clients who are willing to pay a decent amount for your work can seem almost impossible. This is why so many writers end …
Do you struggle to find time for your blog? Are you a multi-passionate entrepreneur, a busy stay-at-home mom, or a full-time professional? Whatever your situation, fitting blogging into an already busy lifestyle can be a challenge. Are you ready to maximize your blogging productivity so you can have the blog–and …