Ryan Green recently discussed the pros and cons of using child theme frameworks. He looks at a lot of popular WordPress theme frameworks such as Genesis, Thematic and Thesis. It’s a great talk that I recommend viewing. The talk is 43.31 minutes long however the slides that he used in his talk are available for … Read more
Bloggers are always advised to think of killer titles for their articles. Strangely, no one seems to talk about how post titles should be capitalised. It’s something I never really paid much attention to myself in the past. There are two main options available to you when you are capitalising your blog post titles: Sentence … Read more
Adsense Flippers is one of my favourite blogs. Run by Justin Cooke and Joseph Magnotti, the blog focuses on how both marketers build websites that make money through Google Adsense. They document their ups and downs and use their blog as a platform to sell the websites they develop. They work on a lot of … Read more
A few days ago I vented my frustrations at the number of time wasters on Flippa. Today I’d like to talk about the upgrades that are available to sellers and whether these upgrades are worth spending your money on. On Flippa there are two pricing options available to sellers: Pay a $29 listing fee and … Read more
All in all, 2012 was a great year for me. I travelled to several countries in South America and managed to return to Scotland for two months in the Summer. From a business point of view, things went well, though I can’t help but feel I should have done better. The course of my online … Read more
I’ve always proof read my own posts. For smaller posts I usually read over them once but for 2,000+ blog posts I sometimes look read through them 2 or 3 times as it’s easier for mistakes to slip through. Whilst reading the productivity eBook Blog Wise recently I noticed a comment from travel blogger Matt … Read more
I came across a simple little plugin for WordPress today called Theme-Check. Developed by Pross, the plugin will check any theme installed on your site against WordPress standards and practices. The great thing about the plugin is that you can check any theme that is installed, not just the one that is being used on … Read more
I have a love hate relationship with Flippa. It’s by far the best website trading marketplace on the web and I have been active there over the years with over $200k in sales there. There are just so many little things that frustrate and annoy me about the place. One of those is time wasters. … Read more
Sharon Hurley Hall is a writer and blogger who has been writing for over 20 years. I’ve worked with Sharon many times in the past. I first came to know her through my old blog Blogging Tips and she quickly proved herself as one of the most reliable bloggers available online. She gives advice about … Read more
The money is in the list. It’s something that was reiterated today by my friend John Chow in his article ‘7 Surefire Ways to Make Money from Your Email List‘. If you have a big list with loyal subscribers, you have so many ways to make money online available to you. There’s a lot of … Read more