May 6

10 Things You Should Do Every Time You Install WordPress

10 Things You Should Do Every Time You Install WordPress

  Over the weekend, I received an email from a client who wanted help adding a new WordPress site to her hosting account. I know there are certain things I need to do each time, she wrote, but it seems like I always forget at least one or two of them! If you’ve installed WordPress as many times.

April 1

Is Your Blog Really a Business?

Is Your Blog Really a Business?

  Conventional blogging wisdom provides all kinds of ways we can make our blogs better. Content is king! Write epic shit! Engage your audience! It seems many of us are just waiting for the right moment to quit our jobs and make money online, and we all love reading articles that might help us reach those goals.

February 9

How to Create a Great Website Without Hiring a Designer

How to Create a Great Website Without Hiring a Designer

  I receive emails every day from people who want to make their websites look awesome. After all, that’s what I do! But many of the people who contact me are also concerned about the cost of a full website design. It’s a big investment, especially if you’re just starting out and can’t justify spending.

November 29

SEO 102: How to Find Keywords for Your Blog Posts

SEO 102: How to Find Keywords for Your Blog Posts

  One of my first posts here was an introduction to search engine optimization, or SEO. If you haven’t read that post and are new to SEO, I highly suggest that you start there to get an idea of the concepts that will be discussed in this post. I recently received an email from a.

November 2

Quick Tip: How to Set Up a Blogroll in WordPress

Quick Tip: How to Set Up a Blogroll in WordPress

Earlier this week I had a visitor who searched for instructions on setting up a blogroll in WordPress. Looking back, I remember being a little confused by the process when I used WordPress for the first time, so I thought it might be beneficial to write a post. Setting up a blogroll in WordPress is.

October 4

How to Choose a WordPress Theme

How to Choose a WordPress Theme

A reader emailed me last week and asked for some tips on selecting a theme for self-hosted WordPress. Rather than just respond to the email, I thought it would be much more fun to do a post in case it helps someone else make a decision. There are literally thousands of WordPress themes to choose.

August 3

How to Update the Weaver II Theme

Awhile back I wrote about the greatness of the Weaver II Pro theme (or Weaver II, its free counterpart). To summarize, I think it is the only WordPress theme for people who don’t want to deal with any coding. Changing the look of Weaver II is just a matter of checking boxes or entering hex.

July 27

Things to Consider Before Rebranding Your Blog

I’ve had a lot of questions from other bloggers regarding the recent rebrand of my personal blog, So Over This (formerly So Over Debt). Basically, I was feeling burned out and wanted to change the focus to something more general instead of just personal finance. However, since I’ve been blogging there for about a year.

July 25

Promote Your Blog Posts on Social Media Automatically

I blogged for almost a year before I realized that I didn’t have to get up early every morning to tweet my blog posts and add them to my Facebook fan page manually. Well, that might be inaccurate - I knew that some people used a service to do it automatically, but I figured it would.

July 18

How to Get Free Blogging Help

I spend time every day helping people with their blogs. I work on projects for my clients, sure, but I also answer tons of emails and spend hours switching between multiple chat windows trying to help my friends. Don’t get me wrong - I love to talk blogging, especially when I can help people understand something.