Website builders can be used to design websites, blogs and shops in just a few minutes. They use user-friendly drag and drop page builders so that anyone, regardless of their technical experience, can create websites. Limited versions of the service are sometimes available free, however most charge only a few dollars per month for a … Read more
There are many benefits to using a blog editor to write and publish your content. Firstly, they allow you to save your content offline, which is useful to those who travel and those who have inconsistent internet connections. Secondly, many editors make the process of styling your content and uploading media much simpler, whilst others … Read more
Love them or loathe them; Pop ups are one of the most effective ways of converting your visitors to subscribers. I have tried several solutions in the past. The last popup plugin I used actively on all my websites was Pippity, however I found it to be very buggy. The overall growth of my email … Read more
This is a detailed story of my experiences over the last week to find the right hosting solution for my online business. It is a long article, however those of you who thinking about changing your host should enjoy it. Most people love their hosting company….until something goes wrong. Sadly, those of you who have … Read more
Case studies are a great way of illustrating a process and showing others what can be done. Today I would like to share with you all a detailed breakdown of my relaunch of my website Martial Arts Videos. Those of you who are launching a new blog, or relaunching an old one, should find the … Read more
Those of you who read my blog regularly will know that I have been flirting with the idea of sharing income reports for a few months. I first touched upon the subject in April in my article “The Rise of the Income Report“. In the article I looked at the pros and cons of sharing … Read more
File Transfer Protocol, or FTP for short, is the standard way for people to upload and download files to their host. FTP clients are very simple to use. After entering your website information, you simply select the files you want to upload and drag them to your online folder. The Fantastico script library has allowed … Read more
Due to my cravings for cool gadgets, I check the crowdsourcing website Kickstarter frequently. Some amazing projects have been funded there recently such as the OUYA video games console, Pebble watch and Zach Braff’s sequel to Garden State. One project that caught my eye recently was Ghost, a new open source blogging platform from developer … Read more
There are dozens of frameworks available for the WordPress platform. Since my last blog focused on WordPress, I believe I have tested just about every single one, premium and free. I purchased the Genesis Framework from StudioPress two years ago (June 2011 to be precise). Initially, I was not overly impressed with it. It seemed … Read more
Five or six weeks ago I wrote a detailed 11,000 word review of the RSS and Email marketing service FeedBlitz entitled: “FeedBlitz – Everything You Need to Know About The Perfect Feedburner Alternative“. The review was written one week after signing up to the service. By that point, I had migrated my RSS feed to … Read more