Achieving success is something everyone strives for.  However, the majority of people get tripped up along the way because they set out to achieve success without planning how they will get there.  Your success is a very personal thing.  Success can come in many different ways.  Some people find it in having a good job.  Others find it in having a good life-work balance.  Regardless of how you judge success, to achieve it, you have [...]

I recently signed up to EzineArticles after I read about it on experimentsinpassiveincome.com.  I was initially reluctant – althought I don’t know why.  I guess at the minute, this blogging is still leaving me a little self conscious about my writing.  Even though as part of my career I have written many articles and been reviewed by peers and various supervisors, I still feel that way. Anyway, I signed up – it’s free!  If you’re [...]

My previous blog post said about how I am going to openly discuss the development of my website – hopefully, in the long run, making it profitable.  My aim for the end of this year is to have 5,000 visitors, and hopefully have made some revenue. I have taken a number of steps to attempt to monetise this website.  I had toyed with not placing any adverts until there was more content.  However, I was [...]

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has read about the many people who have managed to make a living online using a personal website.  It sounds ideal being able to quit your day job to live the life many of us dream of – being your own boss! Some of the figures quoted when I first read about this seemed far too good to be true.  The more I read about this, the [...]

I was reading a blog entry by Lee at Search Engine Viking which reminded me of the importance of backing up your data.  I cannot stress enough how important it is to make regular backup copies of your important data.  I have had a number of people experience problems with their computers, and ask if I can recover anything for them.  I too have fallen victim to problems with computers, and not had a back [...]

Tons of us have Facebook accounts or are active members of Twitter!  However, how many people have their own personal website?  I honestly cannot answer that.  Whilst not very representative, but will do for the sake of argument, I reckon an absolute maximum of 5% of my friends have their own personal website.  Of this small percentage, how many of them actually have a website with regularly updated content?  That I cannot answer – but [...]