If you’ve been thinking of upgrading your installation of WordPress blogging and website management software, consider doing it now. My standard rule is “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” However, WP 2.7 is worth the upgrade. There’s more than just the sexy admin interface; however, that is a key reason to upgrade. The new […]

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This site really needed a new theme – something a bit more “airy”. While I do have a custom design in progress, it’s taking a long time to finish, mainly because I’m documenting each step for future articles on customizing WordPress. So, for the time being, I’m using this theme, which should serve me for […]

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While I’m involved in various other projects, it’s difficult to find time to write here. A very kind reader, Peter, of my articles elsewhere in the blogosphere suggested I post links to my other writing here. So I’ll start off with a list and after this post individual snippets and links. Currently I’m writing weekly […]

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You already know that there are in fact people making a living online, some through blogging or related activities. Can you do it too? Say you want to earn $5,000/month through blogging. Is this possible? Not many traditional writers manage that (other than copywriters and maybe technical writers). However, some tech bloggers reputedly make $3-5K/mth […]

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The oncoming cold weather of late Fall affects me in ways most bloggers don’t have to deal with. For me it means my thyroid acts up and affects everything I do, including my blogging. It means being behind on all my blog reading, not to mention my writing and the goings on in the blogosphere. […]

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Do you know the difference between Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Buckingham? The difference between Britney Spears and Britt Eklund? Jessica Simpson and Jessica Rabbit? Wilmer Valderrama and Wilma Flintstone? (Okay, you get the idea.) The celebrity gossip niche is super hot. Somewhere online I read that the Lindsay Lohan blogger at b5media earns US$50+K/yr. That […]

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Paperback writer, journalist, novelist, author, blogger, copywriter, student researcher – whatever type of writer you are, you should be able to find something of value at OEDB’s 150 Resources to Help You Write Better… This massive list includes writer’s online resources in several categories: Almanacs, Business and Legal Matters, Citation Styles, Dictionaries, English Language Skills, […]

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From time to time I’ll suggest some reading here that has to do with freelancing, entrepreneurship, writing, productivity, business or technical. In this case, here’s some shameless self-promotion of articles I’ve recently written for some of my clients. I’ve picked out what I feel are some of my better articles. This is a roundup for […]

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If you’re interested in blogging for a living, you already know that online opportunities are out there and that there are a lot of people trying. While someone without any print writing experience can still succeed, those with a little bit of experience, at least, have an advantage. Many new bloggers (and some that have […]

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There are without a doubt several ways to make a legitimate living online providing the right content/ information to the right buyers. It’s also a numbers game, but you don’t need a lot of customers to make a comfortable living. Let’s look at a few examples. Over at Bootstrapper, I have the first of several […]

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As my client list has filled up gradually over the past few months, I am occasionally offered an “in-house” position as a full-time content writer and developer for one of my clients. Invariably, each time such an offer is made I initially think that the change might be good for me. It would after all […]

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Over at Performancing, I talk about the blogger’s dilemma of too many sites. The post superficially outlines your options for blogs if you start too many and cannot manage them all. One of the options I mentioned suggested focusing on 2-3 blogs, 3-5 posts per day per blog. Someone pointed out over at Problogger, in […]

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