Blog Marketing Academy

You probably know what a theme is. It is essentially the design of your Wordpress site. It controls what your site looks like. OK, got that part. But, what about a theme framework? What the hell IS a theme framework? And, how is it any different than a regular theme? I'm going to answer that in this post. And, in the process, maybe shed some light into why I decided to switch to a framework like Genesis from my custom theme I had been using for years. Two Approaches To The Same Thing You … [Read more...]

One of the things I've been resolved to do lately is make more videos. Simply put, I felt like I was dropping the ball with my Youtube channel and sacrificing a pretty effective strategy... basically because I thought I didn't have the time. But, then Youtube Capture came out on the iPhone. Then, I thought... wait, my iPhone has a camera. I have no excuses. :) So, I set out to make more videos using my iPhone. Thing is, I wanted my videos to look as good as I could. Most iPhone videos are … [Read more...]

Well, if you're a regular reader of this blog, then there's a good chance that you've already noticed that the site looks pretty different now. I have just re-launched Blog Marketing Academy, now powered by the Genesis Framework. Personally, I think it looks a HELL of a lot better. :)  What do you think? Why Did I Pick The Genesis Framework? I will likely do a more thorough blog post where I compare Genesis to some of the other theme frameworks out there. In the meantime, however, here … [Read more...]

In case you hadn't heard, Google most definitely considers how fast your site runs when it decides how well to rank you in the search results. But, ironically enough, it is often the search engines themselves which slow our sites to a crawl. Well, you can put some controls in on this. It is a bit on the geeky side, but this is something you should pay attention to if you want your blog to be humming along nicely. What Are We Talking About Here? Search bots are little software programs … [Read more...]

One of the things about web hosting these days is that you have a TON of options. As a consumer, you can shop around. Not only that, if you aren't happy with your current hosting, there isn't any reason you have to stick around. Moving your site isn't really as big a deal as you might think. Why I Changed Hosts After Over 10 Years I recently switched to a different web host. For me, this was a pretty big deal. I had been with Pair Networks for over a decade, paying for a pretty expensive … [Read more...]

Yesterday, big news on the GoDaddy front. And anybody who had their site or their email hosted with GoDaddy noticed it pretty quickly. Essentially, GoDaddy disappeared from the Internet yesterday. The exact cause has yet to be officially determined, but a hacker named Anonymousown3r, a self-proclaimed member of Anonymous, is claiming responsibility. He is saying that this wasn't an official effort of the group and that he was acting on his own. Whether that is true or not, it is … [Read more...]