Are You Mixing Business With Personality

by Josh Howard on August 26, 2009


When I mention mixing business with personality, I am not talking about a 9-5 job where you go out with your coworkers and party all night after work.  I am talking about the life of a blogger.  What I am talking about is how far you go in mixing your personality into your blog.

For most of us, it starts out as a side business that happens to be something we enjoy doing.  At some point blogging turns into Read more here…

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WordPress SEO Tips For Bloggers

by Josh Howard on August 24, 2009


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Matt Cutts was invited to talk at the WordCamp San Francisco 2009 conference back on May 30, 2009. WordCamp is a conference that is held throughout the world that focuses on WordPress.  They are people who use Wordpress that come to share ideas and ways to make WordPress better.

For those of us that were not able to go to that conference, they have made available some of the videos from those different camps that were held.

Matt Cutts is the head of the webspam team at Google, and he shared Read more here…

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Home Business Posts Is Now In Alltop

by Josh Howard on August 22, 2009


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Today Alltop added Home Business Posts to their directory!  For those of you who may not know too much about Alltop they are a little different than your normal directory that you might encounter on the web.  They refer to themselves as the “online magazine rack” of the web.

Alltop bases their submissions not on algorithms or popular voting, but consider themselves highly subjective and judgmental.  What this means is that if you write a post saying Read more here…

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The New Wibiya Website Toolbar

by Josh Howard on August 19, 2009


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I have recently seen the Wibiya website toolbar being used all over the internet.  I have seen it being used on blogs and websites.  One of the top article directories, Articlesbase.com, currently uses the toolbar.  I am always up for trying new plugins for my blog, and thought that I could give this one a try as well.

I am not sure if this is something that will remain and prove to be a useful plugin, but I have been assured by Wibiya that Read more here…

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The Ninja Affiliate Link Cloaker For WordPress

18 August 2009

Ninja affiliate is more than a link cloaker.  It is a complete link management solution as well. You can manage, track, cloak and shorten an unlimited number of links from the plugin itself.  You may already know that promoting affiliate programs in your blog is one of the best ways to earn maximum revenue from [...]

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Will Google Caffeine Boost Your Search Engine Results

17 August 2009

Google recently announced plans for a new Google web search engine.  At first glance you won’t recognize anything different, but Google is in the phase of boosting their algorithms. They code named it ‘Caffeine’ for those of us that have suggestions or feedback. You will see a link at the bottom of the results for [...]

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How To Supercharge Your Domain

12 August 2009

I know choosing a domain for your home business isn’t rocket science, but it can play an important role on the type and quantity of visitors you receive.
Let me; first of all, ask you some simple questions that you should ask yourself.  What do you take into consideration with your domain name?  Are you thinking [...]

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Podcast: How To Start Affiliate Marketing

9 August 2009

Affiliate marketing isn’t a new concept to internet marketing.  It always seems to attract a huge number of online marketers.   I have made this podcast to help out anybody wanting to start an affiliate marketing business of their own.
If you aren’t sure where to start or maybe you think you are forgetting something, go ahead [...]

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WordPress Plugins For Your Business Blog

7 August 2009

I have put together a list of WordPress plugins that you can use on your business blog.  I use many of them myself.  It is a good list to start off with when you have your first business blog.  There are a few that cost some money, but I think they are still worth adding [...]

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Secrets To Link Baiting

6 August 2009

For some weird reason when I think of link baiting, I picture some mysterious unknown being lurking in the shadows.  Then, when you least expect it, it entices you back to the abyss from which it came.  Forever lost to the spell it put upon you.
Link baiting, in a lot of ways, is similar to [...]

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