Now with extra purple

If you haven’t noticed we have recently made design changes. I’m constantly finding elements I dislike about my themes which is why the design changes regularly. I hope that this look will stay awhile with only minimal addictions. We have b…

Simple ways to get readers to stay awhile

Getting visitors to come to your blog is one thing. Getting them to stick around is another. The longer you can keep your visitor’s attention, the more likely they will be to share your content on social media sites, comment on your pos…

Spring cleaning the blogosphere

It’s spring. That means that the flowers are blooming and your house is overstuffed with neat gadgets and other trinkets you picked up over the past year. After you have managed to tackle the clutter inside your home then you must tackle the c…

Building a better blog design

You will find more blogs on the Internet than traditional websites today. Blogs are all about pulling attention toward content and providing hubs for all kinds of information. As you browse through the seemingly endless amount of blogs yo…

How to run a successful blog in under one hour a week

You don’t have to turn blogging into a full time job to become successful. It’s completely possible to run a successful, and highly profitable, blog only working one hour a week. There aren’t any secrets or eBooks you have to pay for containi…

Founder Mark Harbottle of 99designs issues an image takedown notice

It was not long after @designerdepot tweeted my article that Mark Harbottle responded. “Zach. It’s ironic that you speak of image theft. Where did you get the image of the 99designs team from?” – Mark Harbottle I find it…

14 Mistakes Made by New Bloggers

Blogging is a way to share and interact with people interested in the same topics as you. It has become one of the fastest growing types of websites created today. It is often new bloggers make mistakes that will ultimately end in their failur…

10 Posts in 10 Days Challenge

I decided to throw down the gauntlet and write 10 Posts in 10 Days. For me, this is hard to do. If you have been a subscriber here for a while, you will notice that I post at an irregular schedule. One day I write a couple posts then disappear for day…