Sure, affiliate marketing is an excellent way to monetize a web site or blog. It has the amazing benefit of not requiring stock, and in many cases it's a set and forget strategy. Often though, many affiliates, including myself, will also run Google AdSense on their web sites. Adsense is a nice … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to Google AdSense
Creating Customized Navigation Menu Using WordPress
Stop setting pages to draft to hide them from your WordPress menu. Learn to take full control of the navigation menus on your WordPress site! Gone, in fact... long gone, are the days where we need to hack the WordPress menu in order to remove "menu entries" from showing up. When done right (by … [Read more...] about Creating Customized Navigation Menu Using WordPress
Why Appealing to Emotion is Good for Your Blog
Whether you like to admit it or not, most buying decision you make has some sort of an emotional basis. It's a fact that we humans are emotional beings and in general our emotions govern almost all of the thought patterns we have and decisions we make. So it is no wonder that in the field of … [Read more...] about Why Appealing to Emotion is Good for Your Blog
How to Create a Password Protected Download in WordPress
If you would like to offer downloadable files on your WordPress site but keep them protected from the general public by way of password protection, this article will bring you through the quick steps. We're going to be using the Simple Download Monitor plugin for this. There is a password protection … [Read more...] about How to Create a Password Protected Download in WordPress
A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Terminology
If you are just beginning to use WordPress for your content publishing needs, you might be overwhelmed by all the terminology in various tutorials and forums. This article will provide brief explanations of some of the most commonly used terms, helping you get off to a good start. AJAX AJAX is a … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Terminology
What Can Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Teach You About Your Online Business? Plenty
The holidays are upon us and while we have to maintain our online business presence during the festivities, it's OK to take breaks. Specifically, who can resist (whether we have children or not) watching fun holiday movies? In fact, many of their themes can actually be applied by us, giving us … [Read more...] about What Can Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Teach You About Your Online Business? Plenty
How to Link Your WordPress Site to Facebook
This is a follow up article for the how do I create a successful blog series that we have been publishing on this site to help users get started and create a successful blog. Many WordPress bloggers like to be the original sharer of their newly posted content. They may share it to Facebook or … [Read more...] about How to Link Your WordPress Site to Facebook
How to Install Google Analytics Tracking into a WordPress Web Site
This is a follow up article for the how do I start a successful blog series that we have been publishing on this site to help users get started and create a successful blog. Google Analytics (GA) is the de facto standard for tracking the statistics for properties on the web. It is free to use … [Read more...] about How to Install Google Analytics Tracking into a WordPress Web Site
Adding an Author Image and Bio Box in WordPress, and Linking to a Google+ Profile
Attaching a bio box and an image to blog posts in WordPress can help readers identify, and perhaps gain a level of trust with the writer. The bio box can serve many other purposes as well. In standard article marketing and even guest blog posting, the author/bio box can help with SEO when links are … [Read more...] about Adding an Author Image and Bio Box in WordPress, and Linking to a Google+ Profile
Producing Content to Earn a Living Online
This is a follow up article for the how do I start a blog and make money online series that we have been publishing on this site to help users get started and create a successful blog. Income producing activities for an online worker Probably an obvious statement to many, "consistent … [Read more...] about Producing Content to Earn a Living Online