I have worked on updating a few things over the past few days so that eXtra For Every Publisher could put its best foot forward for its 500th post.

The first thing that I hope you will all notice is that I have added a proper theme demo system to the ThemeTest install, making sure that you can now see any of the three themes I have released on this blog in an easy and intuitive manner. Don’t expect miracles from it, but it works well and I hope you will all give my WordPress themes another look.

Advertising rates have been updated to better reflect the rankings and size of the site. I have also signed up to use the Performancing Ads system which I will talk more about in the future. I highly recommend it, and I hope to control all of my advertising inventory through it as soon as possible.

Over on my blog consulting page, you can expect to find lowered rates which should make my consulting time more appealing to the early blogger. It is now only $50 for an hour of consulting.

Even the contact page has been changed as new contact information has been added to make it even easier to contact me when you really need to get a hold of me, but my contact form does e-mail the e-mail account I use most often, so I suggest trying that first.

These are just a few of the changes I have made on this blog over the past week, and I hope to continue to add, edit and streamline this blog so that it works as efficiently as possible for all of you looking to get into blogging.

Originally posted on June 30, 2008 @ 9:25 pm

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Originally posted on June 3, 2008 @ 1:13 am

Lately, I have felt like I haven’t much else to say on building a blog, and what it means to be a full time blogger, and I assume this is in part because I have switched career paths, but I remain vigilant in making sure I don’t get “out of touch” with the community that I enjoy so much.

My wife, in telling her I felt like I had nothing new to say gave me some great advice, “talk about something different then”.

This blog has talked primarily about my experiences in being a network backed full time blogger, but now, with a few other things on the go, I want to talk more about starting a blog, growing a blog, maintaining a blog, and my experience as the Community Manager for PicApp.

The shift won’t be too crazy, as many of the posts I have written before are beneficial for bloggers of all experience levels, needs and backgrounds, but there will be a slight shift in content as my life and interest continue to shift.

Originally posted on June 1, 2008 @ 5:42 pm