As a WordPress user, you’ve read stories of WordPress sites being hacked. If you are like me, you don’t take most of the security advice seriously until you get hit. Don’t wait until something bad happens before you take necessary preventive measures. Last week I shared a post on how I fixed a hack on […]
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10 Easy Steps: How I fixed WordPress ‘Payday Loan’ Hacks – with Fresh install
One of WordPress’ major problems is its vulnerability to attack. This does not necessary have to do with poor security but with the fact that WordPress is the most popular website building software in the world with millions of users, making it a major target from hackers. If you are thinking, “Oh, I should stay […]
Top 7 Problems and Solutions of Building your Business Website on WordPress
WordPress has gone beyond, “Just another WordPress Blog” – though this slogan is still very much a part of WordPress. The CMS – Content Management System has grown from a writer / hobbyist blogging software to full website building software. If you want to embrace inbound/ content marketing, which is the modern way of getting […]
Google Adsense is 10 today – My Experience so far
I checked my email this morning and found a Newsletter that Google is celebrating 10 year Anniversary of its Adsense program. It was a message I received gladly because the Google Adsense program has significant influence in my online business model. It got me thinking about how much I have benefited from the program. So […]
Publishing and selling your book on Amazon Kindle in Nigeria – the Good, the bad and the Ugly
Update: Due to popular demand, I have created a Free step by step Guide to teach you How to publish your book on Kindle. Get it here. I have published two books on Amazon Kindle Store in the past as a Nigerian, but I’m no longer enthusiastic about publishing on the platform anytime soon – until […]
Finding your balance between Pinky and the Brain – Genuis Vs Insanity
Pinky: Gee, Brain. What do you want to do tonight? Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky – ‘Try to take over the world!’ Pinky and the Brain are two genetically enhanced laboratory mice, in an American animated TV series – ‘Pink and the Brain’. Both reside in a cage in the ACME […]
How the Curse of Knowledge is Secretly Killing your Online Business Effort
The curse of knowledge is a state of mind where better-informed people find it difficult to think about problems from the perspective of lesser-informed people. The Book, “Made to Stick – Why Some Ideas Stick and Others Die” by Chip and Dan Heath, emphases this phenomenon, more elaborately: Excerpt from the book: “And that brings […]
Burn the label, Make the Switch: How I went from Construction Engineer to Website Developer and Content Writer
This strengthened my interest to learn and build websites/ blogs, most of which never made it to the limelight. As my knowledgebase in this field has grown over time, I figure it’s time to make the shift to a new label, ‘the Web developer and content writer’.
Coursera Online Education platform introduces 29 New Universities, 92 New Courses, 5 Languages for its 2.7 Million Students
Coursera online education platform, is welcoming 29 new universities to the online learning community of 2.7 million students and 33 existing universities across 4 continents. With this development, the online education provider is nearly doubling the amount of schools offering courses on the platform, creating diverse learning opportunities for students. 16 of the 29 new […]
How to Write a Good Fresh Graduate Resume without Work Experience
Need a job? Get experience! Need experience? Get a job! This predicament has frustrated fresh graduates since the Industrial Revolution. As a fresh graduate without work experience, you have a challenge writing a resume, when you have nothing but education to work with. What you need is dedicated job research and customizing each resume for […]