Today’s a big day for the ForTheLose.org readers. As a way of saying thank you to all of you loyal followers for increasing the popularity and success of this once-small site by over 1,000% in just the past month, I decided to put together a big ol’ giveaway just for you. I’ve contacted some sponsors and even threw in a prize of my own, all in all totaling over $300.
Once the giveaway is over, I will pick 3 …

And another week down. Glad to say to all of those who have been following my expeditions on Twitter that those ad networks I’ve been waiting to get a response from have finally contacted me and I can finally get my second niche site project underway. Now that I have that hurdle jumped, time to move onto new things.

I’m proud to announce the first of many FTL Freebies, the FTL Social Icon Pack. This pack was created exclusively for ForTheLose.org readers to use wherever they please.

Speeding up the time it takes you to develop new Wordpress themes can become a very critical habit that will help you as you continue on in this business. When most freelancers start out, they usually are sure to take on one client at a time. As you get more comfortable and know your limits, you may become a little daring and take on two, maybe three clients at the same time.

How can I widgetize my WordPress theme? This is one of the most common questions newbie’s ask when they start out creating WordPress themes. I myself happened to fall onto a great tutorial on this topic before I even knew what widgets were when I first started out with WordPress, so I never even had a chance to ask how to do this, I’ve just always known. Sadly, I can’t find that tutorial anymore, so I figured …

The week of March 8th to March 15th, 2009 was quite a productive one, for me, at least. I made some really great posts about how to sell your web designs the right way and how to make money online with Wordpress themes, so check those out if you missed them.