With a greater reliance on using technology to manage our personal information, there is a greater emphasis on cybersecurity for protecting that information. It seems like reports of large-scale breaches come out every few news cycles. Some of the big ones, just this...

Anyone can start a blog, but most don't make money from blogging. In fact, many people don't realize it's possible to make money with a blog. Before you can think about making money, you need to focus on writing useful content. Until you do this, you cannot move...

Thirty-nine. Treinta y nueve. Trente-neuf. Thelathini na tisa. No matter how you say it, that was the number. After months of hard work and promotion, my first month of sales on my first self-published book netted me the whopping sales total of 39 copies. I wanted to...

Everyone wants to know what blogging and website success looks like. The list of measurements most people look to contain the usual suspects… page views, social media likes/shares, number of followers on social media, and number of subscribers. Understandably, those...

I never make a design decision with my sites based on feelings. Everything I do follows what my blog analytics tell me to do. Don't get me wrong. I often covet cool design and/or functionality on other websites. But the truth is that I, like many other bloggers, have...

If blogging had a secret sauce or magic potion, this would be it. By far, this is the most common question I get asked about blogging and social media. When is right time to share blog posts on social media? I can confidently respond without hesitation… It depends....

One of the most frequent questions I get from new authors is, "Should I make a website for my book?" The answer is, it depends. Here's why. My first question is, why would you want a website for the book? So people can find the book? You don't need a whole website for...