http://sremington.com sremington Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:57:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the most important parts of developing any website is making sure you have the right platform and the right looking template. In my own experience it can save a lot of headaches down the road. Right now, I personally feel that Wordpress is not just a blogging platform ... http://sremington.com/2008/12/19/looking-to-design-your-own-site-thesis-theme-for-wordpress/ Over the last few days I have been spending time upgrading blogs to the latest version of Wordpress. The 2.7 version is a major upgrade and has quite a few people in awe. Not only does the newest version have a different look in the Administrative panel but there are ... http://sremington.com/2008/12/16/wordpress-27-a-new-beginning/ Let's pretend for a minute you have a job interview today. It's one of the biggest career moves you could possibly make in your early adult life. You had gone out a few days ago and bought a nice business suit, new shoes to match, and got a nice haircut ... http://sremington.com/2008/12/10/appearance-may-not-make-you-but-it-can-break-you/ Another program I have been experimenting with is LinkXL. How the program works is quite simple. Let's imagine you have a blog using the Wordpress platform. You register at the LinkXL site and then list your domain. You install a simple Wordpress plugin which takes about 3 seconds. From there ... http://sremington.com/2008/12/09/have-a-website-own-a-blog-want-to-make-more-money-use-linkxl-and-rent-your-words/ One of the first things we all should take note of is that the average reader doesn't believe they have a lot of time while on the Internet. Most readers browse and scan pages until something catches their eye. Once the reader determines they might be interested in the content, ... http://sremington.com/2008/12/06/keeping-blog-posts-short-sweet-and-to-the-point/ One of my all time favorite bloggers on the Internet today is Darren Rowse of Pro Blogger. Darren, from Australia, has many blogs with various topics and had begun making 6 figures while doing it. Now, I am sure a lot of you know who Darren is, but for those ... http://sremington.com/2008/12/03/secrets-to-making-a-six-figure-income-from-blogging/ If you surf the Internet long and hard you will find many articles with tips on how to start a new blog. Successful bloggers always provide tips because they know it is not an easy thing to do to maintain a well organized and insightful blog. Of course it takes ... http://sremington.com/2008/12/02/blueprint-for-starting-a-new-blog/ Yes, Black Friday has come and gone, but it will be back again next year. The neat thing about Black Friday is that most shoppers rush out to the stores, trample people, while racing for those deals. It isn't until the days following where shoppers look for the deals online. ... http://sremington.com/2008/11/29/taking-advantage-of-black-friday/ Most of you who have been blogging for a while or who have been online for some time now, understand that Google ranks each website. It is more of a rating 1 through 10. I believe that no site out there on the Internet has been ranked 10. Naturally, the ... http://sremington.com/2008/11/26/ways-to-increase-your-alexa-rank/ InfoLinks is an In-Text advertising program we are currently testing out on the Skinny Moose Media blog network. How InfoLinks works is once you are approved you can place one line of code in the footer.php file of your site just before the < /body > tag. Everything from there ... http://sremington.com/2008/11/26/earn-money-with-infolinks/