I know that most of you are used to seeing design related posts here, but I want to break off from that for a bit and introduce another passion of mine – internet marketing. I have been blogging and marketing my websites online since I first got into web design. Unfortunately when you start working on websites, you get SEO and marketing together with the design package. Nowadays there are so many web designers turned blogger as everyone wants to start making money online with their blogs, and it’s becoming easier and easier.

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Freelancing has become the new business of the 21st century. Most web designers, web developers, software programmers and IT engineers are all looking to start working from their own office or outsourcing their skills – and it’s very popular all over the web. There’s tons and tons of websites out there for freelancing: eLance, ScriptLance, etc etc.

However, one of the most popular and recently rising job boards has to be Rent A Coder. Offering premium services for both web development and software programming, Rent a Coder has a huge database of freelancers willing to work on your projects at the drop of a hat. I got a great inside interview with RentACoder’s founder Ian Ippolito, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Continue reading…

Ever since Digg launched all those years ago, everyone has been looking to create the next popular Digg site. Websites like Mixx, Dzone, DesignFloat, DesignBump, and many others have popped up – many of them based on the popular Pligg platform. After taking some time to realize what I have an interest in (blogging and web design), I decided to create my own Pligg-based website: bloggerden.com. Mostly targeted towards internet marketers and people looking to make money online, Blogger Den is a Digg-styled site featuring the most popular blog posts, social networking Continue reading…

Wordpress has become the go-to system for bloggers, new and experienced alike. I am running my blog on Wordpress, and so are some of the most popular blogs on the web, not only because of it’s ease of customization but also because of the vast amount of support, plug-ins, and templates available.

I’ve gone through and collected my list of over 70 Wordpress templates to work perfectly with any blog. Themes ranging from Photoshop blogs, programming blogs, marketing blogs, and tons of others are featured in the list – it’s a collection that all Wordpress gurus and lovers will enjoy! Continue reading…