There are many available options for blogging software and the great thing is that any of them worth considering are free. As I mentioned before, you could chose to go with an option like Blogspot instead of a self-hosted blog but I wouldn’t recommend that for anything but the least serious of bloggers-to-be. My recommendation [...]

Did a story you’ve been covering on your blog just have a major new update? When you post that new news don’t forget your previous post and be sure to link from the new one to the old one! That’s called “deep linking” because you’re linking deep into your site. Readers will come in looking [...]

Writing in a vacuum can be a terribly disappointing experience and when you write and write but no one comments that can be exactly what it feels like. All visitors will have a reaction to your content. Your job is to extract that response in the form of comments. To ignite a discussion amongst your [...]

So you’ve read about how to register your domain and what you’ll need to start hosting your new site, but you’ve also heard about free services like Google’s Blogspot that will host your site for you. Let me explain why I am against options like Blogger for any sort of a monetized blog. Blogging for [...]

So you’ve registered your domain and are ready to go. Next up you’ll need your hosting service. This service will provide your web server and storage space for everything you need to make your site available to readers. Again, there are lots of options out there and thankfully you can get a lot for a [...]

Once you’ve selected the right theme for your new site you’re going to need to pick a domain name and lock it down so no once else gets it before you do. First step is picking the domain you want to write under. Lots of options to consider, so let’s go: 1) Make it relevant. [...]

Picking the topic of your blog is just about the most important decision you’ll have to make in this entire process. First and foremost, you’ve got to select a theme that you actually care about if you want to have any drive to write about it. A hot topic on the search radar won’t mean [...]

My name is Matthew Boyer and I am a Problahgger. A “problahgger” is someone who might already have a profession, but has grown bored or even recently “reduced in force” from it, and is looking for a little excitement and extra spending cash from blogging. That’s me (bored, thankfully not “reduced”) and after several years [...]