One way to get traffic to your blog or website is by having visitors "stumble" your blog entries by submitting them to stumbleupon.com. You will probably get quite a few visitors from StumbleUpon if someone submits one of your posts. While the traffic isn't ideal, you will at least get visitors that have an interest in the topic of your blog. This should … [Read more...]
Virtual Machines – Have Your Virtual Cake and Eat It Too
January 22, 2008 By 2 Comments
As I have stated several times on this blog, I am primarily a Linux and OS X geek. However, running several web design and hosting companies, I need to have a wide variety of OS platforms available so I can see how the websites look in many different browsers and in many different environments. Obviously, one of the most prevalent operating systems is … [Read more...]
You Must Spend Your Money and Time Wisely
January 19, 2008 By 2 Comments
To run a successful internet business, you need to value your time and understand what it is worth to you. If you really take time to think about it, you are probably spending a lot of time on "business activities" that you can better outsource or otherwise take the load off your own plate. It can be easy to get in this trap because you feel like you are … [Read more...]
24 Hour Special
January 17, 2008 By 1 Comment
The No Aweber Popup for Subscribers Procedure is really taking off. Thanks to everyone who has given me such great comments and posts on their blogs. I left it at $10 for a while since I wanted to give everyone a shot at the low price after I had to remove it temporarily during the first launch. I didn't feel right after a few comments were made about the … [Read more...]
A Little About FTP, SFTP, and SSH (Geeky Stuff)
January 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I am a Mac and Linux geek. I primarily use Macs or Linux servers to connect to my linux web servers that I have scattered all over the internet. I love using the almighty command line (we're not talking old DOS here, we are talking real linux command line). It is very powerful if you know how. It is actually faster in many cases than using a GUI … [Read more...]
The No Aweber Popup for Subscribers Procedure is Back
January 15, 2008 By 3 Comments
The No Aweber Popup for Subscribers Procedure is once again available. I made some changes to the sales page for more clarification about the product. The main change was pointing out that it is a cookie based solution and that anything the subscriber does that can effect cookies may cause this solution to not work in their case. I am feeling really … [Read more...]
Be Thankful When They Leave
January 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
So, you are spending a lot of your time writing blog posts, submitting articles, posting in forums, optimizing your site, and everything else under the sun as you attempt to get more people visiting your blog. You feverishly watch your analytics and other stats. You watch your web server access log as visitors hit your site. You pray that the next visitor … [Read more...]
Be More Productive with More Monitors
January 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Most people don't even think about it but it is really pretty easy to have more than one monitor connected to your computer. There are a lot of advantages to having multiple monitors. You can be much more productive in many ways and save a lot of time. Just using one monitor can give you limitations. The smaller the area you have to work with, the more … [Read more...]
Spammers Make it Painful for Everyone
January 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
One of the biggest issues I have to constantly deal with as a website design and hosting company (one of my internet businesses) is dealing with spam and especially the ramifications of it. The most painful part is jumping through all of the hoops that are now required by all of the big providers in their efforts to reduce spam. We ethical and moral … [Read more...]
What Kind of Info and Products Would You Like?
January 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
OK, it is your turn to give me some information. I am in information and product production mode. I want to hear from you what type of information and products you would like to see from me on this blog. You should know what my areas of expertise are from the posts on this blog and from my about me page. What info would you like me to cover or what … [Read more...]
