Tutorials

People ask all the time, “How to you come up with something interesting and fresh to write on your blog?” my answer often contains a long list of methods, one of which is to open up Google Reader and see what others are writing about and if something there inspires me. It very often does the trick.

The only problem with that is, sometimes I am not necessarily in writing mode but am in topic

Unless your business is selling domains or something where you regularly transfer domains, this is not normally a process you will remember easily. Sure, the domain name registrars provide help but sometimes their help has a lot of  holes in them, leaving you to guess who gets what and who’s supposed to do what. I wrote this step-by-step checklist to help make everything clear so I can refresh my memory the next time I do

During the tech support session, I promised to follow up with more hands on video recordings. Well here they are. It was great timing because I hosted the support session videos myself since it was way too large for YouTube and I really didn’t want it there anyway. So I recorded the steps I took. There are two scenarios. One hosted on your own web host and another where the videos are

Everyone has been asking for a recording of our tech support session. So here is the video. FYI This runs about 60 minutes long. Hopefully, we can further shorten it down to 30 minutes as time goes by.

Click on the image above to launch the video, then click the play button to start playing.

Here are the codes and resources mentioned throughout the session.

Code to link to feed icon:

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If you own a WordPress powered site, on and off you may find a rash of attacks on these sites. Which means yours is vulnerable too. I love WordPress but sometimes, its strengths – easy to use and setup can also be its Achilles heel. Here’s what I mean. It’s great that they system is super easy for even the less technologically inclined. That opens up a lot of possibilities for regular users. It’s a

As WordPress is being used more and more as a content management system, the role of Pages become clearer. Most of the time, I’d use Pages for opt-ins like this one and this. Pages are also good for newsletter subscription thank yous, or special landing/offer pages that you don’t link to from the main areas of your site and only release for specified groups of people.

Removing these Pages from your

Let’s say you have a video you want to put up on your blog but you don’t want to first upload to YouTube or any third party video hosting site. How do you embed the video on your site so it still plays like a YouTube video? Here’s how.

1. Check what format your video is. For the web, it’s best to convert it into flash first. So if you have a .WMV or .MOV

Sometimes, you’ll open an email from someone whom you subscribe to and whoa! What an impressive email! Maybe you’ve seen one like that and been wondering, how do you create beautiful emails like that for your newsletter/mailings?

The solution is not as difficult as you may imagine. Of course it all begins with having a good design. Mine is simple. I like to keep HTML emails simple so it loads fast and trigger less flags.

What are you doing next Wednesday night? I hope you’ve got a clear calendar because I will be at the Hot Seminar Series, hosted by Kelly McCausey, to talk about how you can start a WordPress design business.

The best part is, that’s not the only online business Kelly will explore this summer. She’s also going to talk to several successful business owners about being a…

• eBay Seller
• Affiliate Manager
• Pro Blogger /

Have you got your sights set on a domain that you want but is taken? There are a few ways you can go about this.

• Contact the current registrant to ask if they’d be willing to sell. This would usually mean you would be prepared to fork out a nice bit of cash.
• If you don’t have the outlay you can try back ordering the domain with your favorite domain name registrar.
• Another way