Derek Semmler dot com - money, motorcycles and cars (with a little bit of everything else)

The last Monday of each month, I like to use the Speedlinking series to highlight the top ten blogs that referred the most traffic - where did you come from - and the top ten most visited posts for the month - where did you go.
Thanks to the following blogs who sent the most readers [...]

The WordPress team has released the latest version of the software and I have decided to jump right in and update this blog.
Check out the official announcement about WordPress 2.5 and start planning to update your own blog now.
So far things seem to be running pretty smooth, although I did encounter one issue during the [...]

Since I missed an opportunity to attend an IBM sponsored event tonight at ESPN SportsZone due to a late night at work, I thought it would be a good time to do a little networking online.
I’ve finally taken the plunge and signed up for a Facebook account. Some of you may have friend requests [...]

Since I began blogging, I have heard from numerous people how attending a trade show or conference can really take your blog to the next level.
There were a couple of conferences in 2007 that I had my eye on but the logistics did not work out, thus I made a goal for myself to attend [...]

As I mentioned the other day, when you are blogging for money it is important to always be experimenting with new ways to monetize your blog.
However, one thing to keep in mind while experimenting is what that will mean for you when it comes time to file your income taxes.
The deadline for filing income taxes [...]