My book The Art of Freelance Blogging was released in print just over a week ago. I didn’t expect to sell any copies. Truly, I didn’t. The book I released is targeted towards people who are internet-savvy, therefore most will own an eBook-reader or tablet of some kind. Plus, every year there are reports that … Read more
Fiverr launched with a bang in 2010. There wasn’t anything like it before: A marketplace where people can buy and sell anything for only five dollars. It was unlike eBay and freelancing websites such as Elance, however I am sure it was heavily influenced by services such as TaskRabbit. The service has one of the … Read more
The ultimate goal of most authors is to make money. Money is, afterall, what makes the world go round. For every J.K. Rowling out there, there are thousands upon thousands of authors who are just trying to make ends meet. Authors are passionate about what they do, though loving your craft does not help you … Read more
Smileys, Smileys, Smileys! Those little funny faces have been a major part of the internet since the early days. The first time I came across them was the old Yahoo chat rooms. Then I would regularly see them in chat clients such as MSN Messenger and Yahoo Chat. They are also used frequently in forums, … Read more
Last month I spoke about the inevitably of Google’s Feedburner service being closed down within the next year. It’s the main reason why I started delivering my RSS feed through FeedBlitz. Through the week, FeedBlitz founder published a warning to bloggers to not delete their Feedburner feed. Phil warns that the quickest way to lose … Read more
Whenever I log in to Facebook nowadays, I get a distinct sense of déjà vu. It’s the same old stuff every day. This is particularly true with the images and videos that are shared. It usually goes like this: an image is shared, a few days later it is shared by someone else, a week … Read more
Google’s social media network Google+ does not allow users to create URL’s for their profiles. This means that the URL that you need to quote to friends is very long. As a result, many Google+ users shorten their profile URL whenever they refer to their profile on blogs, content, or in books. One great way … Read more
You have heard many times that “the money is in the list”. Whilst it has become somewhat of a cliche, it remains true. Having a large responsive email list is a great way to drive traffic to your website, products or services. For many affiliate marketers, seeing people unsubscribe from their email list is an … Read more
I spoke the other day about how Google has completely abandoned Feedburner. It seems that no service is safe over at Google. Google Reader, one of the most popular RSS readers on the web, is set to close down on 1 July 2013. I was really surprised about this as it’s one of their most … Read more
Today is the final day that The Art of Freelance Blogging is available for nothing on Amazon. From tomorrow, the book will only move towards it’s full price of $9.99. Perhaps this price will change, perhaps not. Pricing an eBook is not always easy. It’s not an exact science. Too cheap, and you undercut yourself, … Read more