Note: The former name of this website was “Help Start My Site”. It is now “James McAllister Online.”

2015 has been a year of massive growth for Help Start My Site and myself.

In March, I announced my plans to create and release 3 different courses: a course on blogging, a course on Kindle publishing, and a course on personal finance.

I made it happen.

In fact, I released two more courses on top of that, all within 6 months – a course on email marketing, and an unrelated course on lucid dreaming that I partnered with another business for.

It’s clear that this has been a year of growth. A year of expansion. A year of making things happen.

And now it’s time to do it again.

If you’ve visited the blog recently, you may have noticed that I haven’t been extremely active. I’ve been here just as much as always, but I’ve been slower to respond to comments, haven’t been as active on social networks, and haven’t visited other people’s blogs as much as I usually like to.

This is very strange of me, because usually those things are some of my top priorities. However, I have been extremely busy these past few weeks working on a brand new course. Achieve Financial Independence And Retire Early is finally out! 

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be releasing my first video course this week, Blogging For Money: Starting Your Very Own Web Business!

This course is loosely based off of my first book on blogging for profit, which has since been pulled off the shelves as I wasn’t satisfied with its quality. Blogging For Money: Starting Your Very Own Web Business has improved upon the book, adding additional detail and covering more topics.

The course will cost $97 and contains ~2 hours of video content. The version that will be published on this site will contain a number of additional bonuses, which I am still developing.

An alternate version will be available on Udemy and other similar e-Learning websites.

The various sections and videos are as follows:

Before you stop and check your calendar, let me tell you – yes, I am publishing this post three months into the year. Yes, 2015 is already one quarter over. Yes, most other bloggers published these types of posts at the beginning of the year.

So why the heck am I just getting around to it now?

Well, these past few months I have been extremely busy building up the back-end of my business. This means building and tweaking my email newsletter and autoresponder sequence to increase conversions. While I’ll still be continuing to do this (and probably always will) I’ve finished the bulk of it and now have much more time to dedicate towards other areas.

On top of that, I have recently finished my largest book yet – The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business, Finance, and Life, which is selling well and has been loved by almost everybody who’s read it. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend reading this honest review of the book on Joy Healey’s website.

Finally, I’ve been automating a lot of tasks that previously required my presence by utilizing tools such as HootSuite.

Many of you know that I am a workaholic and always like to fill time with more work. This is great news for everybody, because it means I can provide more to you by starting other projects. Now that I loosely know what my schedule will be like for this year, here’s what you can expect from me throughout the rest of 2015:

EDIT: This book is no longer for sale, but I’ve kept this post up for historical purposes.

I’m very pleased to announce the upcoming release of what I believe to be my best creation yet – The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business, Finance, and Life.

While aimed for younger entrepreneurs (students, or people who have graduated college only to find their degree is worthless) the content within this book will be beneficial for anyone looking to create a business. The book is not just about business however – it also covers other important aspects of an entrepreneur’s life on the road to becoming rich, including personal finance, investing, and moving into the real world.

This book is quite different than my other book, as it focuses more on the business backend and finance, where my other book focuses more as an introduction to blogging. This book is also 2.5x longer, coming in near 35,000 words, around 150 pages! It’s an incredible value at $9.99, as many other authors on this subject charge way higher prices for less than half the content.

For the right person, this book is an incredible investment. While the book on its own will not make you a success, if you actually utilize the knowledge within the book, you are already ahead of most other entrepreneurs and have a way better chance of achieving your goals.

Note: This post is outdated, and the book mentioned is no longer available. Instead, it has been drastically expanded upon, and is now part of my blogging course, which you can view by clicking here!

I’ve kept this post for historical purposes only.

We all reach that point in our lives where we are incredibly busy. The point where we have to put certain things on hold for a while. Unfortunately, that time has come to me for the past few months, and I was unable to work on one of my favorite web sites – this one.

Having just started college, I was completely overwhelmed with the amount of extra work I’d have for me. While I’m taking all of the online classes I can, the amount of studying I must do to succeed is proving to be quite the challenge.

However, I couldn’t tame my passion for blogging, so I decided to take up a new challenge – writing a book. And guess what? It’s done! Blogging For Profit: A Beginner’s Guide To Starting Your Very Own Web Business! will be available on Amazon’s Kindle store and the Google Play store later this week. Through writing this book, I’ve gained invaluable experience that I can’t wait to share with you. I’m a better writer and a better blogger as a result.

Fortunately, times are clearing up and I’ll be able to return to working on Help Start My Site Again.

There are also some other changes coming to the website that I think you will love. You’ll see them when they happen :).

Thanks for your understanding and I look forward to getting back to regular schedule!

– James