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Free vs. Paid Website Hosting – What’s the Best Choice?

August 8, 2014 by Wendy 6 Comments

  With an assortment of places online you can easily pick up a free website, why should you bother paying for your own? Well, the two are definitely not created equal and if you’re debating between free vs paid web hosting, I will almost always recommend you go with paid and I will explain to you the reasons […]

6 Reasons Why WordPress Paid Themes are Worth it (Plus the BEST Places to Find Them)

July 26, 2014 by Wendy 6 Comments

Why should you consider paying for WordPress themes if they’re offered completely free? Ahh..Wordpress themes… it seems silly to have to pay for them, right? All you have to do is take a look over at WordPress.org and you’ll find their theme directory filled with over 2,600 themes to choose from (which seems to grow on a daily basis). Not […]

How to Identify and Block Spam Comments in WordPress

July 21, 2014 by Wendy 2 Comments

What are spam comments? If you have a blog, especially one that ranks within the search engines, you know all too well how annoying spam can be. Knowing how to identify and block spam comments in WordPress is an important thing to know when managing a blog. You could otherwise spend hours (literally) filtering through spam […]

Contact Form 7 – The Best Contact Form for WordPress

March 5, 2014 by Wendy Leave a Comment

I’ve tested several contact form plugins within my blogs, and my favorite by far is one called Contact Form 7. In my experience it’s the best contact form for WordPress and if you’re looking for a decent contact plugin, I’d definitely recommend it. If you’re trying to run a business online, it’s important to have […]

Free Website Traffic Tracker – Google Analytics

February 24, 2014 by Wendy Leave a Comment

Are you looking for a free way to track your website’s traffic? If you have a website, you probably want to keep tabs on the traffic and behavior of your visitors. There is no need to pay for this as there are amazing free programs readily available. The best free website traffic tracker I’ve found […]

WordPress Tutorial for Beginners: From Installation to Creating Content

February 23, 2014 by Wendy 3 Comments

Despite the intuitive nature of WordPress, there’s still a bit of a learning curve when it comes to figuring your way around. If you’re having some trouble with WordPress….just thank god we’re not back in the pure HTML days of website building! You will get past the initial beginners slump soon enough, and you can […]

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Hey there, I’m Wendy. After I graduated college into a pretty bad economy back in 2009, I finally decided to break from the “norm” and carve my own path. You can read my full story here




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