The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli, once said: “As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information”. As someone whose main source of income comes from writing, I have been pondering what the best way is for me to profit from sharing … Read more
The mobile phone landscape has changed so much over the last four or five years. Without doubt, Android has been the biggest game changer. I do not think anyone could have predicted how popular Android would have got. I was one of the first of my friends to buy an Android phone. Namely, the HTC … Read more
Flippa is far from being the perfect marketplace for website traders, however there is no doubt that they are the best website marketplace online. Their competitors struggle to acquire the traffic that they do; both with sellers and buyers. I have criticised Flippa in the past for their expensive upgrade options. One thing I do … Read more
It’s that time of the month where I take a quick look back at how this blog performed in the previous month (you can see a list of my previous income reports here). July was not a profitable month for me due to my move back to the UK from South America. August was a … Read more
WordPress is a popular target for hackers and spammers, particularly websites that are using an older version of WordPress. You simply cannot afford to use WordPress for building a website and then forget about it. The default version of WordPress is too susceptible to hackers. Earlier this year I suffered two different attacks on small … Read more
CSS sprites allow you to combine multiple images into one. The technique reduces the amount of storage your images use and speeds up the loading of your website. I wrote about the technique in my recent article on WP Hub entitled “Speeding Up a WordPress Website“. I have been working on optimising my discussion forums. … Read more
Did you realise how important Google +1’s are? Don’t worry. Neither did I. I have spoken to many bloggers and marketers over the last year and the general consensus has been that Google +1’s can help your article. I did not, however, know just how much weight Google placed on them. Yesterday, Michael Scott from … 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
Social media has become hugely popular over the last few years, however when it comes to connecting with people and sharing content with others, I will always be a forum guy. I launched my first forum around 2000 and have run dozens of forums since then (I currently run three). I have also participated in … Read more
Since internet started becoming available on mobile phones several years ago, I have set up my email accounts on my phones. This allowed me to check my personal emails and work emails on the move. An essential part of being a productive internet marketer, right? Over the years, I have realised that having the ability … Read more