Breaking Free from the Rat Race
Your brand, or your company's brand may very well be one of the most important assets you have. Little details such as what email address you use when replying to comments on your site or on forums or other blogs on the Internet can have a subtle but huge impact on your traffic and overall success. Follow the link to find out how I've screwed up and how you can avoid these same mistakes to grow your brand and reputation.
If you've been looking for a free way to keep track of your keyword research and determine potential Google Adsense earnings for a niche, go inside to get access to my free Google Adsense Estimator document.
While I would love to think that mine was the only site you'd ever need to visit to wet your appetite for great information on how to make money online, I know that isn't the case. Inside are a list of my favorite sites where you will get quality, no nonsense information on how to build and grow your online businesses. These are sites that I follow regularly and I think you should to. Just don't forget to check back here for more quality information!
I've compiled a list of what I believe are the must-have WordPress plugins to help get your site ranked high in search engines, engage your visitors so they come back for more, and maintain a healthy website. Click the Read More link below to see the complete list of recommended WordPress plugins.
If you're like me, you're getting a bit leery of how much data Google actually has about you, your traffic, and their activity on your site. Let's face it, Google is a mastermind at collecting data - that's how they make their money. They have Chrome (which I can promise you stores tons of information about your browsing and activity, but you almost don't care just because it's so fast and works so well), Adsense, Google Desktop Search, Google Search, etc. The list goes on and on. Well, one thing that I wanted to make sure I kept for myself was information regarding how people navigate my site. I just didn't want to give this away. This way I feel like all my eggs aren't in one basket. To find out about two free alternatives to Google Analytics that will allow you to store your analytics information on your own server (shared or dedicated), click past the break to find out more.
So you're finally ready to get your online business up and running and you're chomping at the bit to get your first site online. The first place you need to start is keyword research. Many people skip this, which happens to be the most crucial part of internet marketing, and ultimately they will fail. To find out why keyword research is important, read on past the break.
In order to make some money using niche sites, it would only make sense that you know what they are. Well, first let's discuss one thing that bugged me to no end when I first started investigating these things - the pronunciation. If you head over to dictionary.com, you'll find that the word is pronounced like the word "itch". Say itch with an "N" in front of it and you're on track. Now that you know how to pronounce it properly, let's talk about what a niche site is - click Read More below to find out more.
I've created a video tutorial to show you step by step what you need to do to identify and remove the hack that you've been hit with. Read more to see the video tutorial and to find out additional tools that can help you keep your sites malware free.
Today I'm going to bring you a step by step tutorial on how to install WordPress on Bluehost hosting. It takes about eight minutes from start to finish, whether you have your own domain name (www.mydomain.com) or if you just want to test out WordPress in a subdirectory of an existing domain (www.mydomain.com/mywordpresstest). I include step by step instructions as well as some additional templates you can use to help you quickly set up your WordPress sites. Click Read More to see the video and read the step by step instructions.
Recently I've finally gotten off my butt and started moving forward with a couple of niche sites. During this journey, I've learned a lot myself, and in sharing my experiences with my friends, I've found that some of them are also trying their hand in the online money-making world. One of those friends chose Joomla over WordPress and we were both curious as to why we chose one over the other. This is the first of a series of posts to follow that will dive into the pros and cons of each particular framework and what we think are the most important factors when choosing the platform for your own website. Follow the break to find out more.