There was a time in my life when I was struggling to figure out how I would support myself and my future family. As a student at Snow College more than 20 years ago, I remember being afraid I was going to get fired from my $5.50/hour job, which involved swapping out hardware and installing…
So, you’re ready to get started with your own WordPress website. That’s not a bad idea. Based upon a survey of content management systems (CMS) used to publish content on the web, WordPress came in first by far at 41% (as of April 2021). The second place CMS according to the survey (Shopify), had only…
Marketing your product, idea, or business on the internet is likely the most efficient way you can gain exposure, customers, and revenue. But what channels should you use?
Here is an overview of all the major internet marketing venues available.
When I graduated from high school I was determined to be good with my money, to avoid unnecessary debt. I was NOT going to get a credit card and planned to work to get myself through college. Unfortunately I graduated from college 5 years later with about $45,000 of student loans and 6,000. It wasn’t…
If you listen to talk radio much, you’ve most likely heard of Dave Ramsey, the radio personality who talks about money, debt, budgeting, investments, and related topics Monday through Friday each week. His show is broadcast on over 500 radio stations throughout the country to an estimated audience of over 6 million people on a…
The cost of a college education has skyrocketed from the last generation to the current one. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 1985, the average cost to finish school at a 4-year college, including tuition, fees, and room and board expenses, was $12,274 (adjusted for inflation; the actual average cost then was…
Taking control of your personal finances is one the most important things you can do to experience the blessings of prosperity that are available to those who are willing to obey the principles upon which those blessings are based. Under the influence and in the grasp of the materialistic society in which we now exist,…
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America have long been remembered as some of the most inspired people to inhabit this planet. Their commitment to freedom and the ideas they came together to shape into the Declaration of Independence and later the Constitution has carried the principles of fundamental human rights and the…
Several years ago when my wife and I were preparing for our oldest child to go to school, we handpicked a nice K-12 private school that provided a great learning environment where moral and religious values aligned with ours were instilled right alongside a solid secular education. So that we’d have better access to the…
Achieving self-reliance is a worthy goal for individuals, parents, and families. Being self-reliant brings a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that cannot be achieved in any other way. What is Self-Reliance? Self-reliance is the ability of a person to take care of himself or herself in several different areas of life, including financially, spiritually, emotionally,…