Category Archives: Guest Post

Blogging – Writing on Laptop vs. Desktop vs. Smartphone vs. Pen and Paper

Guest Post by Alia Haley Creativity takes many forms. Writing is probably one of the most essential creative forms that take on major importance in a variety of different aspects of life. There are no subjects or topics that do not use the power of the written word to communicate their basic ideas. Blogging is… Continue Reading

Manual WordPress Update via FTP

Some hosts will have you believe that it’s a security risk to use the automatic update in WordPress, they’ll tell you that it takes too much resources to download a less than 3MB file. They’ll tell you kittens will be harmed if you try to unzip files on-the-fly. Pah and double pah! They’re just cheap… Continue Reading

10 Ways to Get Inspired to Blog

Guest post by Alexis Bonari Contrary to popular thought, blogging and writing well isn’t really about getting inspired at all.  It’s about being inspired in our day-to-day lives. Going to work at a boring nine-to-five job and coming home to a boring home to a boring TV dinner isn’t exactly going to inspire earth shattering… Continue Reading

Blogging as a College Student – benefits of journaling while in college

Guest post by Lisa Shoreland During my freshman year of college in 2004, I met a professor who had a radical idea. At the time he had been the Head of Composition in the Department of English and was actively proposing an unusual idea to the School Board. His idea was simple; to move all… Continue Reading

Social Media Strategy Simplified

Guest post by Nitin Aggarwal Although it is easy to start and maintain presences on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, share a video on YouTube, and even get discovered on social bookmarking service Delicious, having a social marketing strategy to begin with will give you a clear path to follow as well have measurable… Continue Reading