If links and tweets are the  currency of the web, original content would be the durable goods.  You need unique content updated frequently which will in turn get linked to in order to get and retain top ranking for keywords.

Aside from frequently coming up with topics to write about, it is a lot of work writing content and doing it daily proves to be even more challenging. But as always there are services which will come to the rescue to take the labor out of writing articles.

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Creating Content On Your iPad

I use my iPad as a media consumption device (mmm, media nom nom), but I also think it can be a powerful way to create content without being limited by the size and battery life of a laptop.  [I recommend using either the wireless keyboard or the keyboard doc for easier typing though.]

With that in mind, if you’ve ever wanted to edit a Word document on your iPad, you may have discovered there’s not a simple way to import files directly into Pages. But here is a method I’ve been using.

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Make Your Own Dream Job

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Good article on IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com (link) about how people often think their dream job is going to find them rather than the other way around. I’m always looking for motivational quotes and I thought these were good ones to reflect on and keep motivated. You don’t wait for something to happen, you get off your ass [...]

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5 Lessons Porn Spammers Have Taught Me About Email Marketing

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I routinely check my spam folder for email incorrectly caught as junk. (It’s getting rarer these days, but you never know.) I usually have a good time reading the subject headlines because they are so creative, yet so tacky. The off-target techniques they use to entice me to open their junk are so desperate, you [...]

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Lifesaving Tips Before Upgrading to WordPress 3.0

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The latest and greatest WordPress 3.0 is out today. Woo hoo! Thelonious is it’s name, after one of my (and presumably Matt’s) favorite jazz pianists The WordPress site servers must have been maxed out harder than AT&Ts during the iPhone debacle last week all with the excited bloggers and web geeks running to upgrade their [...]

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Adding Content Only In Posts With Thesis Theme

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I get a lot of questions about how to add theme content to only single posts. (Versus pages, the home page, etc.) Again, I’m using the Thesis theme framework on most of my websites and will go over how to bend Thesis to your will and also I’ll give an easy way to add to [...]

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