Making a Living Online: Give’em What They Want
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...
View Article7 Thoughts on Being a Better Blogger
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...
View ArticleA Sampling of Small Linkbait Articles
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...
View ArticleWho Needs 150 Resources for Writers?
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...
View ArticleBlogging Niches: Know Your Celebrities?
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...
View Article5 Tips on Writing Passion: What Should You Blog About?
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...
View ArticleCan You Earn a Living Online?: 5 Tips
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...
View ArticleRecent Writing Elsewhere
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...
View ArticleTime for a Website Overhaul
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...
View ArticleWow is WordPress 2.7 Ever Sexy
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...
View ArticleHow Many Posts Per Day Are Too Many?
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...
View ArticleFreelancers, why do we do it? … And how much $$ would you take not to.
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...
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