Rich Wallace

When it comes to finding your own path in the blogging world, the blogosphere can seem to be a scary place what with crowded niches and those settled into their own positions of authority.  Coming up with new and shiny ideas that will titillate the rest of the world isn’t all that easy no matter [...]

On many more than one occasion, I have received newsletters and emails from people or companies that include a small ‘disclaimer’ that I had received said message via my personal and voluntary opt-in to their list. Each time I receive such messages, I sit and ponder a bit and wonder what exactly was going through [...]

After I made the tutorial on how to configure the Android to accept external emails, I figured I’d post another article on how I took the screen-shots of the screen while going through the process. First of all, if you own (or have owned) an iPhone, the steps needed to take a screenshot on the [...]

If you have never heard of Nathan Hangen, it’s time to climb out from under that rock and get serious about running your own Digital Empire.  Nathan, like many of us, started out his blogging lifestyle with goals and aspirations of living life under his own terms and moving away from living the nine-to-five routine [...]

I went through my own phase of iPhone love about a year ago, when the 3G made it’s first appearance.  My wife and I figured we’d jump on the bandwagon and see how far it took us compared to our previous phone and, *ahem* awesome carrier. After about three months of only completing maybe, <5% [...]

Many folks that are on Twitter are very concerned about their following/follower counts for any number of reasons.  Maybe you are a blogger looking to connect with other bloggers to help push your own message out, hold conversations and participate in debates or to plug-in to the Twitterverse to receive near real-time updates from your [...]

Although I’ve fallen into the trap of ‘Stat Obsession’ a few too many times, I try not to view them that much as those numbers can either make or break my day depending on how the pretty little lines zig-zag. One of the basic plugins I use on my blog is, WordPress.com Stats and although [...]

Many bloggers start out writing content with some perceptions on what happens after those few seconds of hitting that big, shiny “Publish” button.  There can be phases of anxiety, fear, excitement or curiosity of the unknown with some common concerns that almost all bloggers experience at least once or twice.  (OK, maybe a bit more [...]

Each and every one of us has a story to tell and more than likely, whether we want to believe it or not, people want to read those different stories.  Unfortunately, this belief is one of the main barriers that almost every beginning blogger goes through…however, fortunately, it’s also one of the easiest barriers to [...]

It’s obvious that the writers that have come up with some of the truly awesome and inspiring stories told by Disney/Pixar don’t need to jump into the realm of blogging. However, not only would those writers be able to have countless readers awaiting their next post while clutching onto their favorite plush doll in anticipation, [...]