Almost two months ago I wanted to start profiling (in a good way, lol) other freelancers/ self-employed/small business owners like myself on my blog, ArtiatesiaDeal.com. I reach out to a few people and there was some interest in the beginning but then it died off. It wasn't until I posted about it on here the MYBBWO Network site that not only did the original five spots were filled but I had to start a waiting…

There is no secret about how much I love WordPress. It has made my life so much easier since I have embraced it but it wasn’t always that way. I look at web design as two parts – the designing of the graphics and then the back-end with the HTML and CSS. I have no problem doing both but sometimes the coding part can really kick your butt. I hate when I am working on some html edits and something goes wrong. Then it take me hours to figure out what’s wrong and it turns I added an extra…

I am really excited to start rolling out my new ideas for the blog. First up: a blog carnival. What’s a blog carnival? According the Blogcarnival.com –

A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. There are many kinds of blogs, and they contain articles on many kinds of topics. Blog Carnivals typically collect together links pointing to blog articles on a particular topic. A Blog Carnival is like a…

I’ve been asked before why I didn’t have ads on my blog and my answer was always that I do this for the fun of it and it my portfolio site. Since then the focus of this blog has changed. Deciding if I should monetize my blog as a way to bring in some additional income has been weighting heavy on my mind for quite some time.

“Multiple streams of income are better than one!”

I looked into…

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This year I focused on my graphic and web design goals. Although I have only completed half of my goals, I am still proud of my progress. Next year I want to focus on my blogging goals. I have learned a lot about blogging and myself this past year. I attended conferences, participated in challenges, read a few books, and have done a lot of brainstorming. In the year 2011, I want to step my blogging game up.



1. Redesign the look of my blog. I need some new headshots…