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Oct 23, 2011

8 Steps for Building a Successful Internet Business Partnership

Categories: Online Marketing, Shop Admin Tips
8 Steps for Building a Successful Internet Business Partnership
Many successful Internet businesses have some kind of partnership which is instrumental in the continued success of the business.Whether you are currently flying solo or thinking of setting up your own Internet business, at some point you may need or want a business partner to help you expand or take your venture to the next level.Putting the steps below into practice will go a long way in ensuring that your Internet business stands a greater chance of succeeding and your partnership lasts for the long haul. 1. Seek out the right partner for you and your business aspirations Finding the right business partner is a much easier task when you have in mind what you want and need from people to make your business a success, and then put yourself in the right place to meet them. For instance you could set up or join a mastermind group or forum which contains other like-minded people which you can meet.Similarly you could attend conferences where you can meet your prospective business partner(s) face to face. It is a good idea at this early point to know your strengths and then find a partner that can complement your strengths with their own unique strengths. (Discussed further ...
Oct 16, 2011

How to Create a Custom WordPress Page Template (Video Tutorial)

Categories: Shop Admin Tips, Video Tutorial, Web Design
How to Create a Custom WordPress Page Template (Video Tutorial)
We published a tutorial on how to create a Custom Page Template in WordPress a while back. Since then we received many requests from our readers to create a video tutorial on this topic so we are following up with a video tutorial covering the basics on how to create a custom WordPress page template. Why Use a Custom WordPress Page Template? If you want to create an optimized landing page in WordPress that looks different than a normal page then you need to use a custom WordPress page template. A custom page template will allow you to control every aspect of how a particular page looks like without having to change any design of your blog or switching to a different WordPress theme.You can use custom WordPress page templates to:Create unique looking sales page for your product(s) Create your newsletter opt-in page designed for maximum conversion Create a landing page for your affiliates Create a funnel page to capture leads Create a portfolio page Create a custom gallery page Create a custom join us page for your membership site and the list goes onVideo TutorialIf you need a little help with the CSS side of things when designing your custom page template then checkout the article on firebug and CSS.
Oct 8, 2011

How the Word “Leverage” Can Increase Your Blog’s Income

Categories: Blog Setup, Blogging Tips
How the Word “Leverage” Can Increase Your Blog’s Income
The word "leverage" can mean different things to different people. In its most literal sense, "leverage" means gaining a mechanical advantage or power through the use of a lever. Perhaps a little more interestingly, "leverage" can also mean having the power to influence people, decisions or events (sort of like "holding all the cards"). It's also a financial term that involves making a small investment to get a big return. A common thread among all these definitions is this: using something relatively simple to get something significant in return. So what does this mean for blog owners? It's simple - use things you already have at your disposal to gain more traffic and income.Take blogger Darren Rowse's DigitalPhotographySchool.com site for example. This site is seen by over 3 million people each month and generates a decent amount of income for him. However, it wasn't always this way. In April 2006 when the site was founded, it was just a simple blog that saw 3-4 new posts a week and made only a few cents per day. Now, the growth of a blog can be attributed to many different factors: having quality content, generating a subscriber's list, good seo, etc. But ...
Oct 4, 2011

A Cloud With a Silk Lining & The Kindle Fire

Categories: News, Web Design
A Cloud With a Silk Lining & The Kindle Fire
When Amazon launched the Kindle Fire recently you could be excused if your initial thoughts were whether we really need another mobile tablet device on the market.However, when the features and capabilities were revealed it quickly became apparent that this is not just another tablet device akin to the very popular iPad or the other alternatives such as the Samsung Galaxy Tablet.The Kindle Fire has something within its browsing capabilities which the other tablets don’t have by default. I’m referring specifically to the new web browser by Amazon, called Silk.The Silk web browser differs from most of the standard browsers in one major aspect - Silk exploits the cloud computing concept by leveraging most of the grunt and processing capabilities off the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.This means that instead of performing all of the processing on-board to display web content, the Kindle browser leaves most of that task to the Amazon servers which live in its cloud network. Hence, given today’s sophisticated and large amounts of web data, the cloud model offers huge benefits in performance and delivery.(Note: This cloud architecture is not unique to the Silk browser and has actually already been done before. Opera was the first browser to employ a ...
Oct 2, 2011

Share Your Cart Plugin Adds WP eStore Integration

Categories: News, Wordpress
Share Your Cart Plugin Adds WP eStore Integration
ShareYourCart enables product sellers to reward their customers for spreading the word about their products/services to their friends, by offering them a coupon code for their purchases, thus helping increase sales conversion.You can choose how much of a discount to give (in fixed amount, percentage, or free shipping) and to which social media channels it should be applied to. You can also define what the advertisement should say. Currently it can be integrated with the following three WordPress shopping cart plugins:WP e-Commerce (Instinct) eShop (Rich Pedley) WP eStore  (Tips and Tricks HQ)The developer of the SharYourCart plugin informed us that he integrated the plugin with our WP eStore shopping cart plugin. So if you are using the WP eStore shopping cart plugin and like the idea of what the ShareYourCart plugin does then download this free plugin and try it out.
Sep 29, 2011

6 Tips For Writing Blog Articles Faster

Categories: Blog Setup, Blogging Tips
6 Tips For Writing Blog Articles Faster
If you are a blogger who wants to make a living from your blog, then the skill of writing is one of the most instrumental assets you can have in terms of the growth and success of your site.Regularly published quality content is king when it comes to building your blog, so with this in mind you have probably already surmised that writing will be something that you will need to do in some capacity and for an ongoing period of time.You can of course hire a writer to do your article writing for you, but for most people starting out online or doing it on the side, the best cost-effective option is to get into the habit of writing the articles yourself to begin with.Apart from not having to pay writers, the other benefits are that your writing skills will improve and you will learn a lot more about the topic you are writing about and you will also hone your research skills.When you are able to write well and fairly quickly, you will find that this single skill can pave the path to your online success very rapidly. Good and fast writing skills will enable you to consistently ...
Sep 19, 2011

5 Lesser Known Advantages of Creating Your Own Products

Categories: Make Money, Shop Admin Tips
5 Lesser Known Advantages of Creating Your Own Products
If you are currently running your own blog or doing some freelance work online you might want to consider the prospects of creating a product to supercharge and complement what you are already doing.The types of products you can create can range from information or training material in the form of pdf files or videos to software or bundled services packaged up as products.When you have an online business, the main advantages of creating your own products are obvious. For instance selling products online enables you to market to a potentially huge audience for a fraction of the cost of doing it the traditional “retail” way where you own a physical store.The scalability of selling products online is simply unbeatable. You literally have a world-wide audience to sell to.There are other perks to creating products online which may not be as obvious, particularly if you are the person who currently runs an online service-based business where you get paid hourly or in lump sums.Productizing certain portions of your business can reap you many rewards and give you even greater leverage with your audience.Below are 5 not so obvious side-benefits of creating your own products for your online business:1. Having your ...
Sep 12, 2011

How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your WordPress Site Speed

Categories: Blogging Tips, Site Optimization Tips
How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your WordPress Site Speed
Site speed is becoming more important to track and improve on since the search engines are using site speed in the ranking algorithm. A few readers have requested us to write a simple tutorial on how they can track their site speed easily. Here is a quick tutorial showing how you can use your Google Analytics account to track the speed of your WordPress site.Click on the following link to open the PDF file:How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your WordPress Site SpeedI hope this helps you easily track the site speed of your WordPress powered site. Once you have this setup you will need to optimize your site to make it faster. The article on how to speed up your WordPress site should help with that.
Sep 3, 2011

How to Write Good Article Headlines to Attract More Visitors

Categories: Blogging Tips, Copy-writing
How to Write Good Article Headlines to Attract More Visitors
How important do you think well written article headlines are when it comes to blogging?Surely an article’s content is the part that counts most and headlines are just something you simply add as an afterthought when you have finished writing your article, right?In reality, if you want your blog to stand out from the thousands of competing bloggers, then writing good article headlines is one of the most important things you can do to entice people to visit your site.Good headlines are so important that they are your 1 to 2 second window of opportunity to sell the premise that your article is worth reading or that your website is worth visiting. 1 to 2 seconds is the average amount of time that a reader scans an individual search item with their eyes before deciding whether to click on it or move on to the next one.Effective headlines are one of the main weapons of choice for marketing teams because they work so well. The handful of carefully chosen words which make up a typical headline, if written well, can have the power to unlock people’s attention. This is how most news agencies sell their newspapers and even though some ...
Aug 26, 2011

How Focus Can Help You Build a Successful Blog

Categories: Blog Setup, Blogging Tips
How Focus Can Help You Build a Successful Blog
I recently did a time management course and there was something which I heard the speaker say which really resonated with me. He said that when it comes to time management, you don’t really manage time, but you manage yourself instead. The amount of time available is always the same, sort of like a constantly flowing river, but what is not the same is what you do with the flow of time and how you use it to make your life or online business a success.So when it comes to blogging or other online businesses, the area which is key to your success is the amount of focus you have when doing your work. Focus determines how effectively you use time, and lack of focus usually leads to wasted time.There are two main aspects of focus: 1. Quality of focus This refers to where you are putting your focus on NOW. For instance you could be intensely focused on playing a game on your computer for hours during the day, but if your aim is to build your Internet business, then the quality of this type of focus is considered to be low for the intended goal. The quality of your focus is ...
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