The Blogging Blog

Hello! Given 2012 is well and truly here I perhaps should have written and published this post earlier, but I’ve been holidaying in Australia (where I’m originally from) the past 2 weeks and just enjoying some relaxation time before what is guaranteed to be a massive year. In a recent income report I mentioned a major [...]

Welcome to my November 2011 income report! Every month I publish an income report for my three blogs which generate income: The Change Blog, Audio Book Downloads and The Blogging Blog. I publish these reports for a few reasons: To track my progress (“what gets measured, gets improved”). To show you some ways it’s possible to make money online. To [...]

WordPress may be easy to use, but since I’ve begun to help people start blogging it has become apparent to me it can be intimidating the first time you use it. This guide will take you step-by-step through the process of writing a post in WordPress. It includes an explanation of each of the post screen fields [...]

Is it really November? I can’t believe how quickly October flew by. I published two blog posts last month: my regular income report for the previous month and 5 Reasons to Choose WordPress. This output is less than I would like, but as I mentioned in the WordPress post a couple of things came up that [...]

One of the questions I’ve been asked multiple times over the past month is why I recommend WordPress. In my Starting a Blog guide I said it’s the best blogging system and pretty much left it at that. But given all the options available “why WordPress?” is a very reasonable question to ask. Here are my [...]

Welcome to my September 2011 income report. In September I played in a softball tournament for the first time. Despite it being a friendly work tournament I injured my arm, scraped the skin off both knees and came home from feeling a bruised and battered. Why do I tell you this? Well, it’s also how [...]

Hi, welcome to The Blogging Blog. It’s great to have you here. My name is Peter Clemens. I’ve been blogging for more than 5 years now and am best known online for The Change Blog. The Blogging Blog is my new blog where I plan to share everything about my online activities: the highs, the lows, income, [...]

Since I created The Change Blog in 2007 it has had 5 distinct looks (including the new design). For the previous two designs I turned to Jon of Spyre Studios for a custom-built theme. I was very happy with Jon’s work, but this time I wanted to do things on my own. I admit my design skills and [...]