Giveaway: A Months Supply of Stock Photos for Your Blog
I hate not being able to find the picture that I need for a blog post. I frequently use Creative Commons pictures on Flickr but the selection is limited on there and the quality isn’t great. The...
View ArticleWhy I Might Not Share Your Article (Even Though It’s Good)
Image by kexino.com Creative Commons Your article is good but there’s a few things that stop me from sharing it. Third Party API’s I hate having to approve applications to use Twitter and/or Facebook...
View Article5 Surprises About Travel Blogging From A Fledgling Travel Blogger
Vicky and I started “travel” blogging about 4 months ago (and I quote “travel” because we actually don’t take off until September, so we’ve got one foot in the water, so to speak). As travel readers...
View ArticleWhy I Switched from HostGator to WPEngine (Hint: My website never goes down)
Everyone knows me as the WordPress guru. I spend a lot of time fixing and working on other peoples websites. I’m now managing more than a dozen blogs and that number continues to grow regularly. I...
View ArticleHow This Company is Taking Advantage of Bloggers
Have you ever received an email by someone that wants to guest post? We all have. Some are legitimate bloggers, but often they’re usually SEO companies just asking for a free link that have been paid...
View ArticleOn How Awesome the Blog House Was
It’s been over a month since the blog house and miss everyone from the blog house. It was such a great opportunity for everyone. Don’t just take it from me on how awesome it was though, read what...
View ArticleAct Now! Exclusive Discounts for WP Engine
I accidentally deleted the wrong user on Art of Backpacking. By deleting the user, it also deleted 20 pages and 2,500 images. All of it was gone. And so I panicked. At first I thought it was something...
View ArticleFeedburner Did Not Announce Closing – Stop The Madness
Feedburner has never announced that it would be closing its services. There seems to be a ton of articles out there announcing that Feedburner is closing down or they’re suspicious that it might close...
View ArticleHow Kaplan Used a Contest to Take Advantage of Bloggers
Today’s guestpost is by Liz from Young Adventuress. Two months ago I received an email from Kaplan asking me to participate in a writing contest they were holding for bloggers. The topic? Write a blog...
View ArticleWhy Travel Bloggers Should Avoid Trivago
Every blogger gets them – emails requesting advertising of some sort. Some bloggers accept advertising, while others don’t, but we all get the emails. And so it was that I got an email from Louis from...
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