As we work on expanding our investment in content to $20,000 a month, I wanted to stop and take a look at the risks involved. Here's a list of 10 things that can go horribly wrong and bring our business to a halt.

I spent most of July in bed, recovering from a bad back episode. And yet my business kept chugging along, with traffic and revenue reaching record highs. Here's how I make sure my websites keep growing even when I'm away from my desk.

If you want to get into blogging, but English isn't your first language, then this post is for you. I'm not a native speaker, and here's what helped me build a web publishing business in English.

If you're new to web publishing, you may have already heard that you should blog about what you love. But is that really the case? Choosing a niche that you're passionate about has its advantages, but it can be risky too. Here's why.

Sharing my checklist for launching a new website. A detailed list with 20 steps that cover everything - from finding the right niche to publishing posts.

A few days ago, I posted our report for May. Both traffic and revenue grew by over 50% compared to April. But was that sustainable growth or just a fluke? Will traffic keep growing at the same rate during June?…

Like many entrepreneurs, I too deal with ADD. In my case, it’s official. Several years ago, my kids were diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. When the doctor talked to us and explained the test results, too many things “clicked” for me. It just sounded a lot like my own experiences. So, I went ahead and took the tests myself. And guess what? I too have ADD! All those years of priding myself on my ability to multi-task? That was just my unique type of attention. I do very well with noticing a lot of interesting things around me. Focusing on a single…

I currently manage 9 niche websites. Put together, the sites have a total of over 2,600 posts. Along with a team of 4 VA’s, two editors and dozens of freelance writers, I publish over 150 new posts every month. You…

Back in 2008, I was running a successful site that had two and a half million pageviews a month. That site was based on user-generated-content, so new content was being created daily. One day, the site crashed. We had to…

The month of March 2020 was supposed to be dedicated to our family trip to Florida. I just checked our itinerary and today we were supposed to visit Blue Springs State Park. Fortunately, we decided to cancel that trip in…

At least one reader noticed that I hadn’t published the Web Notes for November (thanks for letting me know that you were reading them, April!), so I decided to go ahead and actually write and publish a report for December.…

We’re a week into November and I’m only now publishing the web notes roundup for October. I actually had a Chrome window with various interesting blog posts that I had marked for reading, all sitting here waiting for this but…

One of the most frequent questions from people who begin their journey in web publishing is whether or not they’re going to make it. Will they ever be able to make a living from blogging? Sometimes they’ve been working on…

Time to review some of my favorite blog posts for the past month. I started this series of posts in January as a “New Year’s Commitment” sort of project. Truth be told, I have been super busy during September, as…

Imagine doing some routine work on your blog and suddenly realizing there’s something which should not be there. A chunk of spammy text with outgoing links to spammy sites. Ouch, right? This is what happened to me today. Fortunately, I…

Time for this month’s round-up of interesting posts about web publishing. The included posts are the ones that are most relevant to me and my business strategy. These are actually my “notes” which I keep for my own learning needs. …