The bFeedMe Theme is a two-column green and yellow theme based on the old design of cooking and recipe blog bFeedMe. There’s a widgetized sidebar to the right optimized for those tall skyscraper ads, as well as support for the usual WordPress features out of the box, from post thumbnails to threaded comments. Twitter and Read more »
Splashpress Media Acquires Freelance Writing Jobs
Jun. 15, 2010
Monday brought big news for Splashpress Media when it was announced that Splashpress acquired Deb Ng’s highly popular blog network for freelance writers, Freelance Writing Jobs. I’m happy to share the news that I’ll be taking over the helm at Freelance Writing Jobs as the managing editor. I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to follow Read more »
Review: Logical Media
Jul. 14, 2009
Logical Media is one of the innovative services that pay for ad placement within blogs. Do you have a blog and are you seeking a way to make additional money from the blog? Are you seeking a way to offset other programs with the use of ads? Through the registration with Logical Media, the blogger Read more »
Four Simple Ways to Increase Your Email List
Jul. 8, 2009
An email list is essentially a list of subscribers that have provided their contact information to the blog site, in hopes of receiving valuable information, offers and updates to posts which are made through the business blog. It can be an essential marketing tool, when built correctly and visitors are constantly being added to the Read more »
Should You Add a Forum on Your Business Site?
Apr. 10, 2009
One trend I’ve been noticing is that website owners are adding forums on their business site to go along with their existing business blog. If you’ve read this blog, you know that I definitely think having a blog is a good idea. But what about forums? Why Forums are Great Forums in general are a Read more »
Why I’m Thankful for the Internet (A Business Person’s Perspective)
Nov. 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving! Every fourth Thursday in November in the United States, people get together to eat a lot of food (especially turkey) and hang out with family and friends. Also, they share things they are thankful for. My Quick Story It only seemed like yesterday that I started working full-time online. About three years ago, Read more »
The New Guy and New Plans
Sep. 3, 2008
Hi. My name is Dee Barizo and I’m the new blogger for this site. You may have read some of my old posts back when I blogged at Smart SEO Blog, Net Business Blog, or Performancing. Also, I’ve done internet marketing and SEO work for great companies such as Sea Waves Technology and Setfire Media. Read more »
Imperfection and the Human Brand
Apr. 2, 2008
Take a moment to think of all the great people you’ve known. Family. Friends. Teachers. Classmates. Coworkers. Clients. Within moments, you can bring up vivid memories of hundreds, probably thousands of people you’ve met over the years. You can see their face. You can hear their voice. You can remember conversations you’ve shared. Why then, Read more »
The iPhone Is Inevitable, Give It A Try
Mar. 24, 2008
Matt Asay just wrote an article about how his Blackberry recently died and he picked up an iPhone after quickly comparing it to the latest RIM offering. “My reason was simple: I needed something that would sync consistently with my Mac. My Blackberry-to-Mac sync has been hit or miss for the past year (though I’ve Read more »
Apple Pays Off Nick From ThinkSecret
Dec. 21, 2007
After a long and tumultuous struggle between Nick from Think Secret and Apple, they’ve resolved their issues and Think Secret will be publishing no longer. This is especially interesting to me because I’ve been a reader of Think Secret for many years, essentially since the site started, and followed the lawsuit from its genesis to Read more »
Ten Blog Title Keywords to Avoid
Aug. 20, 2007
A couple years ago, Elliot Back took the initiative to survey 33,000+ blogs to discover the most common words used in blog titles. While the blogosphere has evolved somewhat in recent years, his results are still fully relevant when searching for a name for your new blog. Because your goal should be to differentiate yourself Read more »
Get Committed to Your Blog!
Aug. 7, 2007
I had a conversation a few days ago with a potential client who indicated that they were interested in “trying out” blogging to see if it would boost their business. Sounds reasonable, right? The problem is that blogging, by its nature, isn’t the kind of thing that works well in short-term trials. Blogging is hard, Read more »
Media Buzz About Blogging
Jul. 31, 2007
Lots of talk about blogging in the media recently. Here are some recent articles that caught my eye: Blogging on City Time Interests Taxpayers “In this day and age of instant electronic communication, any elected official ignores blogs at his own peril because rumors could get started, false information could get disseminated very quickly…” Copeland Read more »
Pro-Blogger Revenue Numbers Revealed
Jul. 17, 2007
BusinessWeek recently featured an article entitled “Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks” (along with an accompanying slideshow presentation) which provides some insights into how much revenue the top blogs can generate: “Advertisers come to me because I get a lot of traffic. I get a lot of traffic because I work hard,” says Mario Lavandeira, Read more »
John Dvorak Should Pull The Plug On His Brain
Mar. 29, 2007
The almost-famous John Dvorak has written an article titled Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone which is almost as insightful as the guy on the corner screaming the world will end. His argument is this: The iPhone hype is so intense that there is no way Apple could possibly deliver on what fanboys Read more »
