I make most of my sales through the CafePress Marketplace which means that most of the people who buy my products never even see my store. However, I have been having an increased number of sales of my Texas themed products from my actual shop. This has prompted me to redesign […]

Well, I’m now living proof that if you pursue doing what you want to do in a field you want to be in you can end up doing it for a living.
It was less than a year ago that I went on Craigslist to try and rustle up some side work as an HTML handyman when […]

Well, folks, it came in…my first triple digit check from CafePress. Up until this check, I’ve only received checks in the $20.00 to $40.00 range.
The really cool thing is that my current commissions are already up to over $120.00! Here’s the pic of my fabulous CafePress check (click for larger image):

I’ve […]

It’s scheduled to be mailed out on the 15th!   My first commission check from CafePress in the triple digits.   $220 and some change to be sort of exact.   Not bad at all.   A hefty chunk of that came from the shopping rush of the holidays, but I’ll take it!
Hopefully once a few other projects I […]

I’ve been trying to hustle up web design work in order to bulk up my own portfolio before implementing a hardcore SEO campaign on my own web design site. As I’ve mentioned before, Craigslist is a great place to snag small web design gigs, but there are also several sites out there that […]

One of the great things about having a WordPress blog is that there are tons of cool plugins available on the net to make blog management a breeze. Here’s 3 plugins that I can’t live without.
Google XML Sitemaps Generator - This plugin is incredible. Every time you publish a new post […]

I don’t know about you, but even if I have several thousand hits to a blog post, if there are no comments on it, I get a little depressed. Sure, I can tell myself that no one commented on the post because I was so absolutely right-on with my analysis, opinion, and prose […]

Whether you’re a web design guru or just know enough HTML/CSS to accomplish the simplest of things, there’s always someone, somewhere on this planet who could use your help.
A lot of people and businesses with websites need help in updating them for various numbers of reasons. You could help them out for a […]

I’m posting today about a tool that I find invaluable for a few reasons. It is called Keywords Analyzer SEO Pro by Blue Infinity.
As anyone who’s ever done any amount of serious SEO knows, keyword research is a pain in the butt. Even with all of the free tools offered by […]

Well, my little unadvertised niche blog has been up for about 5 days and it got its first hit yesterday.   It was a single visitor with two page views.   The odd thing is that although the visitor found the blog via a Google search, they actually searched for the blog name, which is three words […]