Selling your products online
In this post, I wrote about seven ways to make money online. At the top of that list is selling your own products, and there are a number of sites that help you do this, including: Selz.com E-junkie Etsy Shopify As well as those, there’s obviously Amazon and eBay to...
Colours and their connotations
One of the subjects I reckon should be taught as part of an inted curriculum is design, and a big part of that is colours: Which colours tend to be used for which reasons? Which colours tend to be used online more than others, particularly in marketing? Do different...
Where’s the best place to hide a body?
Where’s the best place to hide a body? On page 2 of Google, because no one goes there. Apart from me... As I write this, I’m looking to buy a gift, what with it being Christmas in a few weeks. I don’t really enjoy shopping, either online or off. And this experience is...
Two sides of YouTube
I’ve heard two very different YouTube stories over the past week. The first involves a seven-year-old boy who reviews toys and earned $22 million in a year, making him the highest-earning YouTuber. According to Forbes, Ryan – of Ryan Toysreview – makes most of his...
Where do you go for a Secret Santa gift?
For the first time in my life, I’m involved in a Secret Santa present-buying thing. My first thoughts are of David Brent and The Office. Next, I’m wondering how, what and where. Where do you begin with a Secret Santa project? I’ll visit a well-known retail website in...
A word on WordPress themes
Imagine you walk into a newly built house. It's styled with glass and chrome. Hmm, nice, you think, but it's not for me. You walk into the next house. It's all pink and fluffy - not you at all. Finally, you walk into a third house. This one is more to your taste -...
Subdomains
When you see a domain name like pazza.paulparry.com, the ‘pazza’ bit is called a subdomain, and are used by all sorts of organisations all the time. As long as you own the primary domain (in this example, paulparry.com), they’re free to set up, you can have as many...
Why me?
I'm a parent and have worked online since 2007 and I’m concerned that children (and adults) are not receiving any formal education on the subject of the internet (not just using it to learn). I work for myself across several disciplines, including journalism,...
Who needs a catchy name when your products and service are this good?
As names go, All-in-One WP Migration isn’t the catchiest. But it’s a king among WordPress plugins. The best I’ve ever used for any purpose. So this morning, as I was working on one job while poking around at two or three others at the same time, I ran into a problem:...
If the product’s free, you’re the product
Why is Facebook free? Because advertisers can get in front of every single one of its 2.27 billion monthly active users. And Facebook can do what it wants with your content. If the product’s free, you’re the product.