Robert Farrigton started his blog in 2009 as a side hustle and worked on it during nights and weekends. Thanks to the blog, he was able to get out of his student loan debt in 3 years, buy a house, and eventually quit his day job at 33.

Writing on the internet is humbling. There is no shorter path to figuring out whether your opinion is valid or not anywhere else in life. It’s true. Those occupying the dinner table at home may be biased (and uneducated). The places where politicians convene may be cesspools where absolutely nothing said actually matters. Social media can be a shitshow, too, where your friends probably share the same beliefs as you anyway so there’s nobody there to check you at all.

This is the first post of The Plan publication, and it coincides with career plans I’m making for the new year. The title is one of my favorite quotes of all time from one of my favorite authors. One that continues to remind me that if I want to accomplish something, I need to have a plan for it. Just having a goal is not enough.

Interested in where video, blogging, and podcasting are heading in 2018? We reached out to expert creators and influencers for their thoughts.

The world we live in today is heavily dictated by the attention economy. There are far more stimuli in our average environment than there has ever been at any point in history. Our senses are constantly bombarded with noise. This is particularly prominent on the internet, where the amount of information and data produced continues to grow exponentially, but the digital reality is far from the only place where this is true.

You already know about influencer marketing and, um, the Kardashians. But, what about tools such as GrooveJar and Almighty Press?

I’m often asked for blogging guidelines with the most prominent question, “how long should a blog post be?”

Are You Guilty of Any of the Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging? Sometimes starting something positive thing (like a blog) can bring up a flood of negative emotions. Maybe it's something as simple as comparing yourself.

A few weeks ago I went to an Applebee’s in town and sat by myself for an hour.

This week Of Dollars And Data celebrates its one year anniversary and I thought it would be fitting to talk about seven things I learned over the past year about blogging and side hustles in general. So, if you have ever thought about doing a side project, or are doing one now, this is for you.

How can you stand out in a crowded niche in 2018? Do people actually want to read your stuff? How is Bobby going to make $1M in 2018? For the holidays, enjoy this bonus, long, unfiltered, unedited episode with Bobby Hoyt from Millennial Money Man!

Warning: Don’t stop typing, or all progress will be lost.

I came to a realization the other day. I have absolutely no fear of putting my words out there for everybody to see. However, that’s not what people from my course tell me.

Rich Cho, the first Asian-American general manager in the N.B.A., launched Bigtime Bites earlier this year.

TinyLetter, a tool used by many writers and artists to email newsletters to groups of loyal followers, will soon cease to exist as an independent entity. As first reported by Inc., TinyLetter’s features will be integrated into MailChimp, an email marketing platform that acquired the newsletter tool in 2011.

Activity slowed down in December in the WordPress community, particularly in the last two weeks. However, the month started off with a big event and work still pushed forward in a number of key areas of the project. Read on to find out more about what transpired in the WordPress community as 2017 came to a close.

A lot of people have been asking me about my “end of the year reflection” recently. Even though 2017 did suck, it’s time for me to put things in another perspective.. Without 2017, I wouldn’t be in great position for an unforgettable 2018.

Our end of the year roundup of the best WordPress Tutorials of 2017 on WPBeginner. See what you missed and expand your WordPress knowledge.

“How do I get more reads on my blog posts?” That’s one of the biggest questions I’ve asked myself. Even after churning out one post after the other, I’ve often found myself scratching my head for readership ideas. Some of the blogposts that could have been my best work then, hardly ended up getting 1 or 2 views in the past. One of which was my dad. Thanks dad!

Most writers struggle with getting their writing done for one surprising reason.