How To Install A Free SSL Certificate

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This video tutorial goes through the process of generating and installing a free SSL certificate from SSLForFree.com. This video assumes you have control panel access (CPanel is used in this video) and guides you through the necessary steps of downloading the verification files, uploading them to your hosting account and generating the SSL certificate.

All SSL certificates from SSLForFree are valid for 90 days but you will need to generate an account with them in order to generate the certificate. This will also generate reminders when you approaching the expiry of the certificate.

The video also details the changes that you will need to make in your WordPress admin panel as well as adding the following code to your .htaccess file to force visitors to the https version of your website.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

This code was located at the following post;
https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215747758-Force-your-site-to-load-securely-with-an-htaccess-file

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me via my Contact Page

Three Stages Of Your Freelance Writing Career

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While it is possible to become an instant success after writing your first few pieces, chances are its going to take some time for you to hit your stride and gain a steady roster of clients. If your experience is similar to mine, you’ll progress through three distinct phases during your freelance writing career. Here’s an outline of those three stages.

1. I’m making what I can!

This could be defined as your “I’ll Write Anything!” phase.

You need to make money so you take any job available to you even if it means you aren’t really making all that much money at it. We’ve all been there as its tough trying to get a reputation in the business. A large number of job boards and forums have a rating system so if you are willing to undercut your competitors and make very little in order to get those first jobs under your belt and get positive feedback. Continue reading “Three Stages Of Your Freelance Writing Career” →

Cool WordPress Editorial Calendar

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I have been helping a few clients out over the last couple of months and one of the tools that I decided to use in all cases is a WordPress Editorial Calendar. I located a plugin that assists everyone in the editorial process by allowing them to visually see what stages an article or blog post was in at all times.

I’ve done a quick tutorial video on how to install the plugin and it’s benefits, including drag and drop functionality, creating new topics quickly and easily as well as allowing multiple people to work on the process at one time.

Are you using this plugin or something similar? What were the benefits you found in the process?

Interesting Entrepreneur Articles

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INTERESTING ENTREPRENEUR ARTICLES

When I’m looking for inspiration or tips on being a better entrepreneur, one of the things that I always do is head on over to Google News and type the term entrepreneur. This happens a few times a week and I am always amazed at some of the articles I come across or stories of other entrepreneurs doing something amazing. Here’s a few stories that caught my eye over the last few days that I thought I would share. Continue reading “Interesting Entrepreneur Articles” →

My online business has failed

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online business failure

One of my online businesses has failed. It has died a slow horrible death and I was too stubborn to recognize the signs that it was time to shut things down. As a result, I’ve wasted a considerable amount of time, resources, energy and money trying to keep a business running that should have winded down at the beginning of the year.

I wanted to quickly document this story for a few reasons. One, I hear that unburdening your soul is therapeutic and when it comes to this whole experience, I know I am in need of some kind of therapy. Secondly, I want to share the lessons that I’ve learned from this failure. Lastly, I think its important that I acknowledge the mistakes and failures experienced throughout this process so I don’t repeat them. I have the odd habit of taking longer to learn from previous mistakes than I really should.

So here’s the abbreviated story. Continue reading “My online business has failed” →