When you start out with a new blog it can be very exciting especially if one of your aims is to make money from it. So you pick out a domain name, install Wordpress and then choose a lovely theme. You might write a few blog posts and set up your Adsense ads and affililate links. But then you discover that without any traffic things can seem pretty gloomy on the monetizing side of things. One of the most common questions I’m asked is how to increase blog traffic? Well there are many ways but here again is my number one pick for quick traffic. I love this method so much that I rave about it; the fact that it’s super simple, super quick and super effective is why it’s a favorite of mine. Read more »

Images add interest to your blog and there are many places online where you can purchase images for websites. But did you know there’s a handy tool that you can download and then grab free images related to your blog posts all right there in the Wordpress admin screen as you write your posts? This tool is really quite a gem as it offers up more features than just images. Read more »

If you have a blog or blogs in a niche that would lend itself to a photo gallery then you might be interested in free photo gallery software. Before I get into telling you about this free software I wanted to talk about how a photo gallery can be a great tool for almost any niche, not just the obvious ones such as photography or art. Read more »

Well here I am and it’s almost the new year! I just had to put up this post about my new iMac. Well it is a tool for building blogs…no computer equals no blogs. I don’t mean to brag but really, my iMac is just the best! My old computer has been donated to my husbands blogging efforts, he’s happy. So here’s a picture of my new iMac, but he looks much more handsome in real life. Read more »

Are you struggling with some of the little technical bits and pieces that just seem to pop up from time to time, even when you’re using WordPress? Have you spent many frustrating minutes or even days trying to figure out how to learn html so you can tweak some silly little thing that just won’t do what you want it too? Or maybe you’ve got the basics and want to switch your technical knowledge into top gear but don’t know where to begin? FTP, php, HTML; it can all get just a bit overwhelming at times. I know; I used to be overwhelmed and frustrated too, until I discovered Franto. Read more »

When I look back over my relatively short but intense internet marketing career I feel that I’ve been very lucky to have avoided some of the big scams and junk products. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve spent several hundred dollars on ebooks and for some of them I got a well deserved refund, some I didn’t but I haven’t lost thousands. I remember vividly searching the net for a way to achieve online success, how to make money online. Within days I found myself glued to the news that was sweeping the web, the big launch that was about to happen. Read more »