How anyone can build a business around a blog.
A lot of you are using Genesis as your WordPress theme, as am I. I've noticed, though, that a lot of blogs still have the default Genesis favicon in place. Wouldn't it be great to have your own favicon? It's good for branding. Here's what I'm talkin' about: I've already written a post about favicons {Continue reading…}
How to Write a Killer About Page has been a rather popular post here on BWA. In it I mentioned my preferred structure for an About page as well as some tips to get visitors to stay a while. Something else to add One thing I didn't mention in that post, however, was putting your {Continue reading…}
When it comes to monetization, ad placement is definitely important. I've heard from many people that after changing their ad placement, earnings went up significantly. Update: As Mandi so wisely pointed out in the comments below, and I completely failed to specify in the post here, this mainly applies to PPC/CPC ads (Paid Per Click or {Continue reading…}
I talk a lot about my love for Genesis on this blog. I used free WordPress themes for years (and absolutely recommend the same for anyone who is new to blogging or doesn't have space in the budget yet). But… If you haven't bought Genesis, but you wonder what it's all about… Or… If you {Continue reading…}
There's always a reason you might want to edit some of your images. Maybe you want to create a watermark or crop something out, make something a bit more fancy or all sorts of things. In my How to Make a Blog Button post (and How to Make and Install a Favicon), Picnik was the tool I {Continue reading…}
I mentioned before the importance of email subscriptions and making your sign-up form really easy to find. I see a lot of blogs with the generic FeedBurner sign-up form in their sidebar. The default form looks like this: Now, there isn't anything wrong with this and if you have this in your sidebar, way to go! {Continue reading…}
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