Netjelly » Blogging http://netjelly.com Adventures of a full time blogger Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:27:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 WordPress Themes coming backhttp://netjelly.com/wordpress-themes-are-back/ http://netjelly.com/wordpress-themes-are-back/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:43:17 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=2929 That’s right.

Our series of simple WordPress themes are being release again. We are hard at work on five with the plan of releasing eight, along with our current WordPress theme.

Netjelly themes are based on the principles of minimalist…

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When Twitter first starting I was…

]]> http://netjelly.com/social-media-doesnt-work-anymore/feed/ 1 An effective planhttp://netjelly.com/an-effective-plan/ http://netjelly.com/an-effective-plan/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:34:17 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=2760 I’m back. And much has changed.

Blogging for me started back in 2007 while I was writing web design content for Netjelly. I had hopes it would turn somewhat lucrative over time. Sadly, it didn’t work out. By the time…

]]> http://netjelly.com/an-effective-plan/feed/ 2 Why 99designs suckshttp://netjelly.com/why-99designs-sucks/ http://netjelly.com/why-99designs-sucks/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:12:35 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=2304 Everyone knows my feelings about crowd-sourcing services like 99designs (founder Mark Harbottle). They promote a system that ruins the client impression with an idea that it is simply a matter of spending an hour tossing pixels at a digital…

]]> http://netjelly.com/why-99designs-sucks/feed/ 1 Another terrible idea by 99designs: Logo Storehttp://netjelly.com/another-terrible-idea-by-99designs-pre-made-logo-store/ http://netjelly.com/another-terrible-idea-by-99designs-pre-made-logo-store/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:14:39 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=2255 I planned to use this article to touch on the negative impact that ready-made logos are to designers and companies using them. However, I don’t believe I could have worded it any better than the readers of Sitepoint (Mark Harbottle…

]]> http://netjelly.com/another-terrible-idea-by-99designs-pre-made-logo-store/feed/ 1 Simple ways to get readers to stay awhilehttp://netjelly.com/4-simple-ways-to-get-readers-to-stay-awhile/ http://netjelly.com/4-simple-ways-to-get-readers-to-stay-awhile/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:33:19 +0000 Tia Peterson http://netjelly.com/?p=1641 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…

]]> http://netjelly.com/4-simple-ways-to-get-readers-to-stay-awhile/feed/ 2 Spring cleaning the blogospherehttp://netjelly.com/spring-cleaning-clutter-from-the-blogosphere/ http://netjelly.com/spring-cleaning-clutter-from-the-blogosphere/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:05:52 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=1608 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…

]]> http://netjelly.com/spring-cleaning-clutter-from-the-blogosphere/feed/ 0 Principles of good blog designhttp://netjelly.com/principles-of-good-blog-design/ http://netjelly.com/principles-of-good-blog-design/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:51:47 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=1510 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 you will…

]]> http://netjelly.com/principles-of-good-blog-design/feed/ 0 Make money blogging in under one hour a weekhttp://netjelly.com/how-to-run-a-successful-blog-in-under-one-hour-a-week/ http://netjelly.com/how-to-run-a-successful-blog-in-under-one-hour-a-week/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:25:16 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=1437 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 to buy from…

]]> http://netjelly.com/how-to-run-a-successful-blog-in-under-one-hour-a-week/feed/ 1 Founder Mark Harbottle of 99designs issues an image takedown noticehttp://netjelly.com/founder-mark-harbottle-of-99designs-responds/ http://netjelly.com/founder-mark-harbottle-of-99designs-responds/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:15:51 +0000 Zach Hornsby http://netjelly.com/?p=1279 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

Instead…

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