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27 Sources of Totally FREE WordPress Themes

They say there’s no such thing as free lunch. They may be right but I do know that there are FREE WordPress themes.For this post, I’m showcasing 27 WP designers/design studios where you can get hundreds of totally FREE WordPress themes ever built. These studios/designers...

17 Awesome Web Sites You Can Do With WordPress

WordPress has come a long way… a very, very long way. It started out as personal blogging platform but now it’s being used for corporate web sites, online directories, personal portfolios, etc. The possibilities are plenty and from the standpoint of a passionate blogger,...

Win a Web Site Package Giveaway!

October is a very special month for me. Not only is it my birthday month, but it’s also the anniversary month of this blog. It will be turning two years old this October 28 and as a thank you to every one who has supported this blog and my journey as a virtual online assistant, I...

Why Small Business Owners Should Use WordPress

One of my clients is into e-commerce. He sells coffee, cigar, sugar, clothing, porcelain and other merchandise items through his online stores. He still plans on developing more stores and has asked my opinion on whether he should stick with the content management system he is using now...

A Simple WordPress Theme for Your Online Store

I love freebies (Who doesn’t?) and if you’re a fan of totally free WordPress themes like I am, you’d be excited with this news. WooThemes has released a brand new WordPress plugin and several themes for an e-commerce store. One of the themes is called Wootique and in...

WordPress Tutorial Coming Right Up!

I’ve been getting inquries on this blog about how to get started as a virtual assistant and the truth is, I don’t know exactly what to tell them. You see, I became a home-based virtual assistant by accident. I was just browsing a blog and I saw that they are in need for...

Sleep Peacefully With WordPress Backup to Dropbox

I was checking up on tourism web site I created for a domestic client about two months ago. It’s a magazine type web site I created using a Theme-Junkie template. After two weeks of daily emails and exchange of ideas, I turned over the site to them for their launch. They were...

Tweet Old Posts: A Must Have WordPress Plugin

A year ago, I wasn’t too concerned about expanding the reach of my blog beyond the regular readers (who are mostly friends) and the occasional visitor. Thus, I didn’t share my posts on Twitter, Facebook, social bookmarking sites, and other social networks. As I gained more...

Say "NO" to Hotlinking

Lately, I have been managing WordPress blogs for several clients. One of those clients is a self-proclaimed Luddite, which means (and this is according to her) that she’s a bit wary about new technology. But she knows that she has to use these tools to grow her business and so...