Rich Wallace

Hi, I’m a blogger…not a professional blogger but not a hobby blogger, either.  I’m in that in-between phase like many others trying to break the barrier and make a different in the world by sharing the experiences I have with others looking for answers. Answers to what you may be wondering?  Questions that others have [...]

One of the challenges I come across by managing multiple blogs is how to distribute enough attention to each of them to keep them going.  Unfortunately, I’ve not been doing a very good job of this but I’m planning on making some changes in order to get over this particular hurdle. As of this writing, [...]

After some suspenseful moments and some heated self-talk, I took the plunge and upgraded all of my blogs to WordPress 3.0 this week.  Being a tech guy, and of course as any regular Internet surfer will understand, upgrades can sometimes cause some horrible teeth-gnashing and bald spots from yanking the hair out of one’s own [...]

During some of the mental and emotional struggles that have been plaguing my wife, the family has been affected in both some negative and positive aspects as a result.  We ran into some very rough patches that I won’t go into detail here, but I will say that those patches almost tore the family apart [...]

One of my many uncles came out to the desert this past week as he’s participating in a Ten-Pin Bowling tournament.  He stopped by our neck of the…cactus fields to visit for a bit and meet the kids on his way over.  During his stay here, my father and another uncle of mine decided it [...]

I find that one of the most difficult questions asked of me is something that most people can spew out without giving much thought.  However, when I’m am asked, I stammer, stumble and grasp to explain exactly what it is that I do in my work.  It’s not because it’s difficult work, mind you…it’s just [...]

When it comes time to monetize your blog and you decide on running with Google AdSense as your ad solution, one of the first things your blog’s visitors will notice, if not taken care of up front, is how these ads show up like a sore thumb. Once you start creating new ads, unless they [...]

Whether you published that article on your blog five minutes ago, or five years ago…your content should be just as valuable years ago as it is today.  There are obviously some topics that you may write about that require some date specific information, but the goal is to only allow your content to be aged [...]

There is an art to blogging in such a way where your readers can establish a real connection between their own emotions and your written word.  When aiming to share your content with your readers, it’s simply not enough to just get them to read, but to go beyond the eyes and get to their [...]

When you take the plunge into the world of blogging, it may appear to be something that is extremely easy to do, pick a topic, write about it, format the entry, slap a category and a few tags onto it, and hit Publish.  Simple, right? It is, actually…but it’s also just as easy to start [...]