Susie decided to start a side business and was hoping to grow it to become her full-time income source. Eventually, she wants to quit her job. She heard about affiliate marketing and decided that it sounded like just the right opportunity for her. She found that she could work a few hours each day and…
I think that 2018 will be the year of the alternative social network. There’s dissension in the ranks. People are mad at Facebook for censoring news. Twitter is banning people for expressing their opinions, and Youtube is demonetizing channels right and left. Minds recently crowdfunded a million bucks, Gab.ai is fighting Google. Voat wants a…
One of the somewhat recent developments on the web is that Google is starting to prefer content that is secured with an SSL certificate. It started in 2014 with an announcement by Google and it has been getting coverage by most SEO authorities for a while, like here, here and here. Now, 3 years later,…
Hello and welcome to another Shout-outs post! I have to recognize some of you that have been leaving comments recently so I’ll do that first. Then I have some updates on the blog. Thanks in advance for checking this out! Thank you, everyone, for leaving comments. I really appreciate it. Don’t forget to follow me…
If you’re building an email list for your business, this is one of the first decisions you need to make early on. Should you use the single opt-in or double opt-in method to collect email addresses? This is a topic that is highly debatable and you’ll find proponents of both methods. Each one has its…
I’ve been using the News Pro theme from Genesis for quite some time now. I think it’s time to evolve past it so I decided to jump to a new layout. I’m still using the Genesis framework, but this time I’m going to use the Brunch Pro theme. I know I post foodie-type of items…
Have you ever noticed some people’s profile picture in some blogs is just a silhouette? This happens in blogs, and you’ll see it on the comments. Sometimes you’ll see a “monster” or a big “G” in place of a profile picture. If you have just jumped into blogging with a WordPress blog, this is something…
My wife walked into the room the other day and asked me: Do you want to do a 100 day challenge with me? This caught my attention and I asked: What do we have to do each day? She left it open to each of us. She’s been on an amazing weight loss journey so…
Hope you’re having a great Sunday. If you’re in the United States, this is Memorial day weekend so I hope you’re having a good relaxing weekend. Let me recap the blogging activity from the past week. Although I haven’t caught up yet, I did better this week than the previous week. I opened the week…
11. Eleven. ELEVEN! No, this is not some corny reference to an 80’s movie, no. I’ve missed 11 days this month. I missed 11 blog posts even though I meant to blog every single day. I started great and nailed the first week. Then things went south. But not all is lost. I’ve moved some…
I’ve been posting a lot more lately, did you notice? Daily all last week, and this week and today is no exception. Thanks for reading and Thank you to all of you that took a moment to comment on a story. It’s encouraging to see you guys leaving comments. Shoutouts! Here’s a quick shoutout to all of…
Ever see those lightbox optin boxes that appear on websites nowadays? You may call them “pop ups.” But they’re really called lightbox pop-ups because most of the page becomes darker while the box appears brighter. For this post and in general, we can call them pop-ups or lightboxes interchangeably. These pop-ups are created using various…
