I made it through tax season!

Apr 27, 2012 by Emily

I am not sure why I thought I could make work through tax season and start a passive income blog! Lesson learned… I had some great growth in my CPA practice this year, so it is a blessing that I was so busy.

But I am excited about online passive income and looking forward to getting back into my research mode. Of course, I want to move beyond research and start earning some money!

One of my greatest challenges in starting up this blog has been learning the technical information needed to publish the blog. I know, there are lots of easy ways to start publishing online. But for me learning how to do it right has taken some time. One of the early decisions that I made was publish on the WordPress platform. Everything that I researched indicated that WordPress was a really solid platform and could be tackled by a newbie.

There are tons of free WordPress themes for websites, which is a great benefit of choosing WordPress. However, I wanted something a little slicker and more professional for this blog and any other niche sites that I start up. I was turned on to Elegant Themes and blown away by the quality and diversity of the website templates available there. This blog is currently published using the Magnificent theme, but there were so many beautiful ones to choose from. I like that there are themes for different kinds of blogs and needs. If I was starting a photography blog, I would definitely choose the DeepFocus theme. A subscription to Elegant Themes is only $39 per year, which gives you access to dozens of great themes. It seems like a good deal even for one blog, but if you are considering setting up multiple blogs and/or micro sites, it becomes a great deal!

Downloading the theme to WordPress was pretty easy, once I had figured out how to access my WordPress dashboard. I hope to publish an in-depth post about starting a WordPress blog. Although Pat Flynn at smartpassiveincome.com has a killer video of registering a site and installing WordPress in under 4 minutes, that sure wasn’t his first attempt and it took me a lot longer than 4 minutes!

So, if you are thinking of starting up a WordPress blog or website (most of the themes can function in either format,) go check out Elegant Themes. Leave me a comment letting me know which one is your favorite….