Backing up your WordPress site is a necessity, but it can be hard to find an affordable, easy-to-implement solution that covers all the bases. I’m always on the hunt for the best solution, and the method presented here is just…

Since I’ve had a few clients that have been using the Thesis theme, I’ve learned a thing or two about it, and have written a couple posts in the past. On one of those posts I received a question about…

The world has debated endlessly about which skills, attributes or traits are most necessary for “successful” entrepreneurs.  This post will not answer that question.  It will, however, list the must-have skills needed if you plan on growing your own successful e-commerce business, especially if you’re a solo founder.  Above everything else, the ability to successfully market…

Andrew Youderian • April 18, 2012 In my last post, “5 Reasons eCommerce Makes a Great First Business,” I indulged in a gushy e-commerce lovefest.  Unfortunately, when you dig a little deeper, blemishes appear underneath the flawless facade. E-commerce is my top choice for a first-time business owner and a GREAT low-risk model, but it’s unfortunately…

Andrew Youderian • April 18, 2012 Easily Identifiable Demand We’ve all heard stories of founders who spend years building a product only to find that no one wants it.  In business, determining that a viable demand exists for your service or product BEFORE investing the time to create it will significantly increase your likelihood of success.  It’s…

Andrew Youderian • April 14, 2012 It was 5:00 on a Sunday, and I still had hours of work to do at the office. My girlfriend – who lived nine hours away and was in town for a rare visit – was sitting alone in my apartment, anxiously waiting for me to finish (and likely reconsidering the…

WordCamp San Diego took place this past weekend, and as usual it was a day of learning, community and fun! Tickets to this event sold out extremely quickly so many folks missed out. Below you will find links to all…

Facebook is getting ready to complete the rollout of Timeline to all business Pages on March 30th. So no matter what, your page will have Timeline on March 30th, whether you like it or not!! As with all things Facebook,…

Many WordPress users like to use a custom permalink structure  which includes the blog post category in their url for additional SEO value. If you create relevant, keyword-rich category names for your blog, having them in the permalink can be…

I consider myself creatively impaired when it comes to visual design. I know generally what I like and what I think works, but I’m not good at actually creating it from scratch. I leave that type of stuff to the…

One of the reasons why WordPress is so awesome is because it makes building powerful websites pretty easy. Pick a theme, add some content, hit Publish and there you have it. Lack of technical know-how is no longer a barrier,…

I teach people on a daily basis how to use WordPress, from the ground up. A few face-smackingly simple issues come up time and again. 1) Pasting from Word will make your posts look funky Anytime you copy and paste…

I had a client recently who needed to create private, password-protected sections on her WordPress site. She wanted each of her clients to have a private page with information related to what they were working on together. Easy! Password-protection is…

Need a Twitter plugin that does a little more than simply display your own Tweets in the sidebar? Tweet Blender does a ton of stuff: Tweet Blender is tag-aware and has support for multiple authors, lists, hashtags, and keywords all…

LAST UPDATED: August 2016 Have you had one of these fights with the WordPress post editor? Have you tried creating neatly aligned rows and columns of images? Or perhaps attempted to place 2 videos next to each other? Such tasks…