How to spend your measly technology budget

First things first: If you have less than $500 to spend, go look at my list of tools that will let you build your online empire for free (and don’t forget to read the awesome suggestions in the comments).

Now, if you’ve got the $500 and want to know what to do with it, [...]

How to build your online empire for free

In yesterday’s post, I told you it’s OK to stick with Blogger.com, a free web-based blogging platform, if you weren’t ready to do the whole design-and-manage-your-own-online-empire thing.

Today I want to talk about the money part of the equation. Or really, the how-can-I-avoid-spending-money part.

I get asked questions about cost a lot. Mostly, “What [...]

Do I really need WordPress? Can't I just start with Blogger?

This question comes straight from the mailbag:

Is it okay to just start on Blogger? I tried WordPress but it frustrated the heck out of me.

I’m so glad you asked. It’s true that I’ve been hyping WordPress for its power, flexibility, and ease of use. But there are a couple of practical barriers [...]

How to forward one domain to another using GoDaddy (Ask a Web Coach Wednesday)

I recently received this question via email:

“I bought two domain names, and I want both of them to point to the same place (I want to use one of them, and have anyone who visits the second one automatically go to the first one). How do I do this?”

Turns out, I needed [...]