Why Use WooCommerce and not Shopify? Yesterday I sent an email out to the mailing list about my process for creating a new ecommerce store. I use WooCommerce to create ecommerce stores as opposed to going with Shopify. A couple of people emailed back asking questions. The first one was, “Why don’t you use Shopify…
When Clients Need Something ASAP I saw a forum thread the other day and I don’t think I’ve addressed this specific point yet, so let’s get to it. A freelancer had a client who kept asking for projects to be completed “ASAP.” How should a freelancer approach this scenario? Let’s find out. Always Start With…
Following on from yesterday’s post about seeking small victories, I figured I’d write three top tips for getting victories early with niche sites. I’ll start with the sexy one, and then move onto more immediately attainable things. This’ll be short because I’m writing this at 20:24 on Friday night and am going away for the…
Freelance Scam: Don’t Share Your Account Alright. Today’s topic was going to be answering a question from a long time reader about where to start and guidelines for PPC advertising. That will now come later in the week for a couple of reasons: I thought my hands/arms were healed but they’re not. They’re burning like…
How To Deal With Freelancing Anxiety It’s easy to get anxiety when you’re a freelancer. Your income isn’t secure and unlike when you’re an employee, you don’t have the benefits and securities that other people take for granted. I don’t have much time, so this will be a short article. There are three major ways…
“Business Is Saturated: Private Label Product Edition” So a while back, I wrote about how dropshipping is too competitive unless you’re not a moron. Today, we’re going to talk about taking it a step further. Let’s say you think, “Dropshipping isn’t for me… I have some money to spend and don’t want to compete with…
Editing Niche Sites Let’s talk about a niche site topic I don’t think I’ve mentioned before, but you’ll have to do. Editing is one of those bone-achingly boring things that nobody ever enjoys. Here’s why you will need to edit niche sites: Better offers present themselves Some affiliate program closes stealing your money and you…
Niche Site Q and A Part II: Size Matters Following on from last week’s post, we have a question about niche site sizes from reader Al. Here is the portion in question: What are your thoughts of having one massive niche site that pitches many different products as opposed to making many sites for one…
What Freelance Platforms Want… Here’s another quick topic. Recently, PeoplePerHour updated their fees. They used to take a commission percentage based on the work a freelancer did on a monthly basis. So if you earned $500 ,they would take 20% and above that, they’d take 5%. Now, they do this on a per client basis….
My niche site approach has been getting complicated lately and I’m planning on creating a few new online properties (that’s a professional term I guess) in the next few months. So let me just explain what I’m talking about with some new stuff, because I get the (unconfirmed) sense that I might be losing the…