Win a Lifetime Membership for Elegant Themes Worth $249

Elegant Themes have a reputation within the WordPress community for offering quality WordPress themes and plugins at an affordable price. Their basic plan offers a whopping 86 WordPress themes for only $39 per year. For $89 per year, their developer plan gives complete access to their premium plugins and all themes include layered Photoshop files. … Read more

Blocking Internet Ads is Ethical, But So Is Blocking Ad-Blockers

The act of blocking advertisements online is not new. People have been using ad-blocking scripts for years to stop advertisements being displayed when they browse the web. The question is: Is this ethical? The BBC posed this question last week in an article entitled “Is it ethical to block adverts online?“. The article spoke about … Read more

Why Recurring Commissions Are Not Always As Good As They Appear

If you frequent any affiliate marketing or internet marketing forums, you will know that many affiliates actively seek affiliate programs that offer recurring commissions. Recurring commissions are offered on products in which the customer has to pay a monthly fee in order to continue receiving the product or service. The benefits of recurring commissions are … Read more

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

Michael Dunlop published an interesting post today about how he made his first million dollar product with his WordPress plugin Popup Domination. It’s an impressive story that is made all the more impressive by the fact that they developed the plugin and launched it in only eleven days. It goes to show “There is no … Read more

Email Marketing Services

Most prominent internet marketers agree that “The money is in the list”. That is why it is important to start building an email list as soon as you can. You want to build up a following from the moment your website is launched. The solutions listed on this page are hosted services that allow you … Read more

Text Editors

Text editors are essential for coding and website development. Every editor works differently, but you will find common features across text editing applications. This includes support for multiple programming languages, colour schemes to highlight code, search and replace, debugging tools and more. Free and premium text editors are available online for Windows, Mac, Linux and … Read more

Website Builders

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

WordPress GPL and Ethics

General Public License

WordPress is released under the GNU General Public License. Amongst other things, this license allows everyone to distribute free copies of the software and charge for it if you wish. One key feature of the license is that you have to give everyone the same rights of the license that you have. This means that … Read more

How to Properly Run a Social Media Giveaway

Getting followers to visit your social media profiles takes a lot of hard work. It also takes a lot of time. Yet social media is not something that website owners and companies can not pay attention to. Creating a relationship with your followers can be difficult. If your updates about your business or pictures from … Read more

4 On-Site Elements That Play A Deep Role In Local SEO

‘Local SEO’…sounds familiar, right? It’s one of the fastest growing trends in search engine marketing and is important for anyone looking to gain exposure in a particular locality/region. According to a report from BIA Kelsey, 97% individuals surfing the web search for local products and services through online media. There are multiple factors and elements … Read more