Ways to Make It Through the Day

  • Posted on: July 19, 2007
  • Those Who Had Their Say: 5

Are you the type of person that finds yourself lacking motivation? Do you wake up in the morning with the dreadful feeling that you have to actually go through with the day. What is making you feel this way ? Is it something or someone manipulating you? It happens to be both…

You are feeling what a large number of people feel. You happen to be in a position that isn’t very favorable to you, and so you end up being affected by it. Even though you might have to get up and go to a job that you don’t enjoy, you don’t have to let it affect the rest of your day. I happen to love what I do for a living, but even if you don’t you can take heed to this article. Here are some things that I try to do everyday to rid myself of negative thoughts.

Where…

Building a Wordpress Template

  • Posted on: July 17, 2007
  • Those Who Had Their Say: 3

I have decided to sharpen my design skills by taking on a new hobby. I am going to be designing and distributing free blog templates for wordpress. How am I doing this? Well I am not going to go into detail, but I will give you an idea of the process that I use. Aside from honing my design skills, I will be building an army of links. Did I hear somebody say SEO?

First, I start a new photoshop project. I build the template visually, element by element. When I finish the photoshop file it ends up looking something like this:

After the design work has been done, it is time to dissect the design and build individual elements into a wordpress template. Now, it is time to talk about why this is such a benefit to me and the sites I choose to embed links for.

A huge part of your…

Taking Adwords to the Next Level

  • Posted on: July 16, 2007
  • Those Who Had Their Say: 1

Google Adwords is one of the most revolutionary advertising mediums to be conceived in recent history. It allows the advertiser to make contact with a targeted demographic, but they don’t have to pay unless the consumer responds with interest (in the form of a click). How can you harness this model to your complete advantage? Well, I am reading a book right now that goes into detail on every essential concept that can put you far ahead of your advertising competitors.”The Definitive Guide to Google Adwords” by Perry Marshall has been an eye-opener for me. I am currently running several arbitrage MFA sites that have mediocre success (making about $500 per month profit). I am only 48 pages into this book, and I have a whole new set of solid strategies to try out. I’m not putting any affiliate links to Perry Marshall’s site, but I will give you a…

  • I design blogs and work
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  • I co-founded Unique Blog Designs
    in August of 2007.
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