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Wordpress Plugins: WP eStore Setup

I recently started using a new Plugin, which I really love. I love it so much in fact, I have been recommending it to those that offer something for sale on their blog. This plugin adds the ability to create products and "add to cart" features really easily. One step checkout? Piece of cake. Fancy [...]

Unblock New Category In Elegant Theme

If you have purchased the marvelous theme club subscription from Elegant Themes, congratulations, you made a great decision for your professional blogging appearance. In fact, this theme is one of the themes available at Elegant Themes (it's called eVid). If this is your first experience with a premium theme, you are in for a pleasant experience. [...]

Upgrade From Wordpress.com To Self-Hosted .Org

Many first time bloggers start out on Wordpress.com, only to discover they are limited in options, plugins, advertising and flexibility. When that happens, it's time to step up your game and go with a mature blogging platform. I highly recommend Wordpress.org - the self-hosted option of the popular blogging software. With the self hosted option, you [...]

Adding Photo Gallery and Lightbox Feature

On one of the blogs I just created for a client, we added a photo gallery to share some of the photo's taken at the client's site. Since we wanted the visitor to stay on the blog as long as possible, we decided to lightbox the photo's when clicked to enlarge the image, without moving [...]

Adding Events To Wordpress

As an online blogging coach, I am exposed to a LOT of different types of blogs. In fact, I setup a lot of different type blogs. Recently, I was working for a client creating a blog for her *group*, and they needed a special event calendar. Well, Wordpress Plugins to the rescue. I found a great plugin [...]

Change DNS Video Tutorial

When you purchase a new domain, but have your hosting account with another company, you will need to update your DNS server names. The typical hosting company says something like change your DNS to ns17.hostingcompanyname.com and ns18.hostingcompanyname.com. That's it. That's pretty much all most will tell you. Now what? You must update the named servers [...]

Traffic Technique: Inbound Links

Traffic (or visitors) is the currency on the web. Without web traffic, your business blog or site is doomed to failure. Web traffic is one of the most important pieces of the web success puzzle. In this video we explore a another web traffic technique with inbound links and building up your *Link Portfolio*. I [...]

Headspace2 For Multipost Page Meta Tags

As you know, Headspace2 allows you to select the exact description, keywords and even browser title that will be used in the meta tags for the web page where that post is displayed. However, what do you do when the user clicks on a category or archive that dislpays more than one post? Naturally, Headspace has [...]

xHeader : Free Graphical Banner Creator

Found a cool tool that allows you to create banner graphics. More than that, they give you over 500 templates to get started. This video examines xHeader, its limitations, its strengths. We will create a banner together and talk about where these can be used. And a brief look at inserting images into your Wordpress [...]

Sen SEO: A Checklist For SEO

As anyone who knows me can attest, I am a rabid Firefox fan. I found one more reason to crow about the virtues of Firefox. It's an addon for Firefox that allows you to check your site and give you a grade based on selected criteria. It shows you what your competition is doing right, [...]

Add Page In Wordpress To Present Your Business

I was working with a client recently on presenting his business opportunity via a Page in Wordpress. We discussed various methods to present his ideal presentation, and the followup messages that will be required to continue contact with a new prospect. Not so much a technical reference (though I will show you how to Add [...]

Quick Squeeze Pages Removes The Need To Know HTML

You know I keep my eyes open for tools that help the average computer user with no HTML or CSS skills to build their online presence. Every now and then, I come across one that is worth a mention. This one is worth two mentions! Affiliate Marketing and need to create a landing page that offers something [...]

Traffic Technique: Blog Commenting

(This is part 1 in the series) Once your Authority Niche Site is built and you are in the habit of adding content regularly, it's time to turn on the traffic tap and start visitors flowing to your site. Now, before you get all giddy about a flood a traffic in the next 2 days, let me [...]

Wordpress Posting Technique: From Concept To Published

I recorded a recent coaching session that went into quite a bit of detail on how to get an idea or concept from your head to your blog. In this video, my student had written his post content into Word, and we took that *draft* and published it on the web. Now, while that sounds [...]

Setup AWeber Account And Create Your First Message

An autoresponder is a critical piece of the successful Internet Marketing puzzle. You need the ability to follow up with your potential clients over time. An autoresponder allows you to create your *perfect presentation*, and deliver it in bite size pieces over time. Each contact with your prospect brings you one step closer to having them [...]

Unzip Files On Vista - Correctly

I know, you used to know how to unzip files, right? Then along comes Vista and everything changes. Your drag and drop no longer works. Right click and extract and Vista complains about duplicate files. It's crazy. A friend recently ran into this problem trying to unzip a template file I sent him. After several [...]

Moving A Blog

When you are first starting out, often you choose the first hosting company that pops up on your radar. This is not always the best hosting company (sadly). When you hit the limits of bandwidth, storage space or the number of domains you can include in your hosted account, it's time to move. And while [...]

Wordpress: Add Amazon Store

One way to monetize your Authority Niche Site is to add an Amazon store as a page within your blog. If it's featured on the first page and contains items that your visitors are interested in, it can be a great way to bring in additional revenue. This How To Video walks you through the [...]

Wordpress: Create Full Width Page Template

Most blog themes come with a page template that includes the sidebar, much like the home page. There are situations where you might not want to include the sidebar, as in the case of adding an Amazon Store page to your blog. In that case, it's more important to be able to display the Amazon [...]

Wordpress: Matching Content To Keywords

Most coaching sessions cover a specific task or technical hurdle. Not this one. We started in one direction, but thanks to Art's insightful questions and quick grasp of the concepts, this session was all over the map. Just a few of the things we covered: Wordpress Quirks with Posting Matching Keywords (and intent) with our target market Web [...]

Tubepress: Keywords and Playlist: Two Ways To Pull Videos

Wordpress and Tubepress are the dynamic duo when it comes to coupling videos with your blog. Oh sure, you can embed a video into a post without Tubepress. In fact, you can go crazy and embed three or four! But for professional looking "gallery" style videos all related to a single topic and all the [...]

SlimStat: Stats Tracking For Your Self Hosted Wordpress Blog

There are a lot of tracking tools and plugins out there, but I wanted to introduce you to one I found which really provides some amazing insights into your traffic. You can drill into a month, week or day. You can review everything that's happened on a single URL. Your referring websites are listed and [...]

Wordpress Posting Basics For SEO Juice

(Recorded during a coaching session) When you first start blogging, there is a *lot* going on in the new post screen and it can get a little intimidating, especially if you are using Headspace2 and don't really understand how to post from an *SEO* standpoint. This video discusses the five primary areas you need your keyword [...]

Wordpress Plugins : Settings

A part of the ongoing Authority Niche Site Series, this video focuses on the how and why of some of the plugins recommended for the site. We cover not only the settings, but why to use certain plugins, what they do for you and how to get the most out of the installation. Plugins Covered In [...]

Wordpress Affiliate Theme : The Easy Button For Affiliate Marketing

If you've been hanging out anywhere near this blog for any length of time, you have figured out that Affiliate Marketing is one of my income streams. Well, frankly, it's more like 3 or 4 of my income streams. The videos on this site go into a lot of detail about creating Wordpress blogs, building [...]

More About Keyword Research

Our Authority Niche Site is coming along, but I have been receiving questions about keywords, research and how they relate to the post content. This video explores some techniques for finding related keywords you might not have considered, and how they should be used in your posts, title, description, keyword meta tags and URL. We [...]

Authority Niche Site Setup: Add Your Ethical Bribe

Our Authority Niche site is coming along. We have a few posts, the beginning of a store and the theme is shaping up. Before we start sending a truck load of traffic, we need to find our ethical bribe, get our AWeber list campaign built, and complete our list settings. Adding the messages will take a [...]

Part 1: Authority Niche Site Setup Series

The first in a series of videos that teach you how to setup an Authority Niche Site from the research phase, to monetization. Every step is shot live as we actually setup an RC Model Authority site. This video and the related in the series will show you each step in the process click by [...]

Part 2: Authority Niche Site Setup Series

The second in a series of videos that teach you how to setup an Authority Niche Site from the research phase, to monetization. Every step is shot live as we actually setup an RC Model Authority site. This video and the related in the series will show you each step in the process click by [...]

Part 3: Authority Niche Site Setup Series

Turbo Twitter Tool: Hootsuite

If you Twitter at all, then you should check out the Hootsuite Twitter Tool. Multiple accounts, multiple tabs, multiple groups, multiple columns, amazing flexibility. Want to monitor a Twitter *stream* on a keyword and publish it on your blog or website? No problem. Just give Hootsuite your keywords and click. Hootsuite gives you the snippet [...]

Stop Leaking Your SEO And Losing Visitors: Redirection

Over time, your blog evolves (hopefully). This means category names change, posts are updated, files move or subdirectories are deleted. What happens when someone clicks a link to a post or file that is no longer there? They get a 404 Error. Even with a Custom 404 Error Page, you didn't deliver the content they [...]

Monetizing Your Blog Traffic (Part 1)

Ohz: Who Sees Ads Now that you are getting some traffic to your blog, it's time to start monetizing that traffic. And while you have several options (like Clickbank, Google Adsense, Affiliate products), they all require getting the ad's to display on your blog. And while you can hack your theme, posts and pages to stuff [...]

Monetizing Your Blog Traffic (Part 2)

Max Banner Ads (The first part can be found here) Now that you are getting some traffic to your blog, it's time to start monetizing that traffic. And while you have several options (like Clickbank, Google Adsense, Affiliate products), they all require getting the ad's to display on your blog. And while you can hack your theme, [...]

Basic HTML - Part 2

Robert Griffith continues his web page tutorial by expanding on his brief tutorial on HTML and then introducing a WYSIWIG (What You See Is What You Get) editor into the mix. This is also a basic introduction to Microsoft Front Page. You can find more videos from Robert at http://www.youtube.com/user/freetutorials Related VideosBasic HTML: Webpage TutorialCreate eBay [...]

Delivery Methods For Your Ethical Bribe

You’ve heard that before, I know you have. Especially if you are marketing your small business on the Internet. Well, I hate to break it to you, but it’s true. To have web success, you really need to be able to follow up. Without the ability to follow up with your potential clients or customers, you [...]

Niche Discovery Techniques

A recent training session with a student that covers some keyword based niche discovery techniques and what it takes to really move into a niche full force. Thinking about creating a niche blog? Then you need to know a couple of these techniques for determining if a niche has potential for you, your product and [...]

Optimize Your Site On A Budget

I subscribe to the Google Webmaster Videos' series, because they talk about what's important to me. SEO and optimizing my site. In today's video, Google Webmaster answered the question from Glendale, CA. Keen Agents from Glendale, CA asks: "How does someone begin to SEO their site on a small budget in an overwhelmed industry such as [...]

Basic HTML: Webpage Tutorial

Found a somewhat simplified example of creating a basic webpage with Notepad, a tool that all Windows users have on their computer. If you don't own Dreamweaver or another WYSIWYG editor, then this tutorial is for you. This is an introduction to HTML using Notepad. While some prefer to use a WYSIWYG editor, Manually editing [...]

New Features Coming!

Just a quick announcement to let you guys know, we got some really cool changes coming. As you may have noticed, the theme has changed. Based on feedback from my loyal readers (that's you guys), I am making it easier to find and play the videos. I will also be grouping them into series (where [...]

Affiliates Link Cloaking A Mystery To You?

So, how do affiliate mask their links? iFrame PHP Redirect Generator software, or something similar. If you are into any type of Affiliate marketing, then you know the value of being able to mask those long ugly affiliate links with something more visually pleasing and professional looking. It's a boring process and requires you get the [...]

SEO With Plugins: Exploring Headspace2

A recent coaching session covered the SEO benefits of installing and using Headspace2. As members of that call will recognize, about 45 minutes was cut from this video. All the wasted time on technical difficulties is gone. Areas where the information was repeated (as in answering questions or covering the same concept on a different [...]

Install TeamViewer - Remote Support Software

Need to quickly *look over the shoulder* of a friend's computer but live 15 minutes away? Remote Support Software just might be the ticket! If both machines have the software installed, you can connect over the Internet and see their computer, or they can see yours. Since it allows us to connect our machines together, [...]

Install Revolution Streamline Theme

If you purchased the Revolution Streamline Theme and got it installed, only to discover your blog doesn't look like the demo site, you are not alone, especially if you are installing it on an existing blog with lots of posts. That happened to a friend of mine recently. Bill reached out for help. Together, we got [...]

Add Page Peel To Your Blog

If you are doing any type of marketing from your blog, I have a cool little trick that will help you *engage* your readers that isn't quite as obvious as a 250 x 250 *ad* placed in front of them. They don't see those unless they are specifically looking for a solution.

It's called a Page Peel effect, and it allows you to place an ad *under* your page. If the reader clicks the little link in the upper right hand corner, it opens the whole ad in a unique and *fun* peel away effect.

This video will show you where to get the code, how to...

Affiliate Theme In Review

Converting An Existing Blog To Affiliate Theme There are a lot of Wordpress Themes out there, but none that could make affiliate marketing easy. Until now. I recently purchased Affiliate Theme by Unique BlogDesigns to give it a whirl. Before getting the Affiliate Theme, I had to find a Wordpress theme that somewhat matched my *market*, and [...]

A Trick For Tracking Your Tweet URL's

Here's a trick for tracking those shorty URL's you create when you are sending Tweet's out. Yep, it is one extra step for you, but well worth it since you can see exactly how many times that shortened URL has been visited. Want to experiment with different types of Tweet's pointing to the same URL to see [...]

SEO Juice With Internal Linking

Recent articles on my main blog have focused on the organic traffic you want from the search engines, and how to get it. I hope you have been following along. Today, I want to show you a shortcut. I say *show you*, because this little tip is best understood with a video where I can show you [...]

Add AWeber Form To Wordpress Blog

Using AWeber as an Autoresponder will improve your chances of reaching the right people, at the right time, by allowing you to continue marketing to them over time. A Wordpress blog (the best blogging platform in my opinion) can be a great place to allow people to "Opt-In" to your list. So, how do you add an [...]

Filezilla FTP Client To Transfer Files

Find, Install and Use Filezilla FTP Client To Transfer Files When you have your own domain, you will often need to transfer files between your computer and the Internet location (your domain). FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the means by which you send and receive those files. I recommend Filezilla for those on a budget (it's free), [...]

Amazon Carousel Widget For Wordpress Blogs

If you are an affiliate for Amazon, then you are probably familiar with their widget section. Like the aStore, slide shows, and special deal widgets, Amazon now offers a new one I really like. It's called the carousel, and like it's name-sake, it places photo's of your *products* in a 3D round and round that [...]

Create HubPages Account & Build Your First Hub

HubPages is another free-to-use social networking site that allows you to publish articles, ad's, posts, ramblings, photo's, or whatever you want (within reason, obviously there are some restrictions). When you are trying to get web visitors to go to one of your sites, this place really helps drive traffic for you. One of the reason's is [...]

Magnetic Sponsoring Backoffice Primer

If you are using Magnetic Sponsoring to help you generate leads and commissions (getting paid to prospect), then you will need to know how to use the back office to locate links, banners, and training aids. This video also covers setting up a "campaign" for tracking the different ways you are promoting the products, seeing the [...]

Using iFrameGen With A Site Build It! Site

Site Build It! is a great tool for both the beginning webmaster and the more experienced *been online for years* kinda guru. In fact, I wish I had found it before I built all my sites, embedded all my analytics and did things the hard way. Oh well. However, there are a couple of things you [...]

Install Your Own Wordpress Blog

Wordpress claims a *5 minute install* in their literature and videos. Bull-crap. Oh, I know, the installation part really is that fast, but there is so much more to a self-hosted blog than just the Wordpress software install. You have to buy a domain, get hosting, create a MySQL database, download Wordpress, extract it, upload [...]

You Can Now Download The Videos And Play Them Offline

A gentleman in Brazil recently complained that his dial up connection was simply too slow to allow him to view the videos (without frustration ) so I looked for a solution. I think I have it. I have begun rendering the videos into an FLV format (smaller size) and am making them available to download [...]

Organize, Compress and Send Digital Photos

I was recently asked to complete a *How To* video for a company called Tears Of Joy Video. They offer the really cool service of taking your photos (digital and paper) and building a video montage, set to music. As a part of her ongoing efforts to make building a lifetime of memories into a [...]

Publishing Adsense Ready Sites

You found a great *package* online, it's 10 Adsense Ready Websites . Just add your Google Adsense account number and publish. Well, I know it sounds easy, but perhaps you didn't count on editing, FTP'ing or creating subdomains? Yep, I know it sounds like a lot, but it really isn't. Follow along with this short video [...]

Upgrade Wordpress Version

One of the most popular blogging platforms on the web today, Wordpress offers a lot of features to make "push button publishing " possible for almost everyone. If this is your blogging platform of choice (as it is mine), then you will need to upgrade the "software" to the latest version whenever they release a [...]

Easy Website Creation - No Geek- Speak Required

Okay, doing things a little differently today. This is not my video... As we all know, creating a website and displaying on the internet for the world to see, is a very complicated process for the average person. The website creation process was not designed for the average, every-day person. It was designed for people that [...]

Edit Wordpress Themes - Add External Links

Most Wordpress themes automatically add navigation links at the top that point to pages you have added to your blog, but did you know you can add to that list? Even if it's not a "page" within your blog. If you have extra web pages you want to make available to readers of your blog, you [...]

Advanced Domain Name Search Feature

You finally made the decision to get your own domain name, only, someone has already registered the exact name you wanted to use. What do you do now? Well, you can grab your Thesaurus and look up words that mean the same thing, or you can use Register.com's Advanced Domain Name Search feature and let it suggest [...]

Google Alerts - Your Personal Assistant

How would you like to have a personal assistant that does a lot of the research you need to do, in order to be successful in whatever "niche" you choose to market in? An assistant that works without pay, without cost, without rest or even potty breaks? Google offers a free service that does just that. [...]

Create eBay Sellers Account & Insert First Auction

Recently, a client came to the house for a bit of training on using eBay to liquidate some of the items at his house he no longer wanted. (I am sure you know how that goes) He agreed to allow me to record the training session both for his own use, and to share here. This video [...]

Low Bandwidth or Dial Up? Here's An Option

Even though it's 2008, not every one has high speed Internet (I am sad for you) so I created a channel on DailyMotion where you can see some of the video's I post here in a lower quality streaming format. If you do have high speed, or aren't having trouble viewing the video's here, great! But [...]

Dropdown Menus Using CSS

Skill Level: Intermediate Christian Wilson wrote in with a request this week which I would like to share here (thanks Christian!). Christian Writes: How do you make a pull down navigation menu that is all in CSS? As I said before, this is not a beginners task and might not even be an intermediate one, but I will throw [...]

Working With The Hero Book

This video was also created for the Ad Group I manage, but again, offers some insights into finding, saving, and emailing an Adobe document (or any Office type document you find on the Internet. This video introduces a second concept for saving a PDF to your local computer that is a little faster than the [...]

Save Adobe PDF's and Send Via Email

(Using the Arthritis Pain Relief Report as an Example) You have probably read a dozen or more PDF files that you came across on your many web-travels. Did you know you could save it to your local computer? Once on your computer, you can print it or email it to anyone in the world. This video was created [...]

Using Signature Lines To Prospect

Signature lines are a powerful tool you can use to get your message in front of people subtly. A well crafted Signature Line is like an army of people out there putting your message in front of people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bold claims, I know. Signature lines are for more [...]

Use A Custom Image For A PayPal "Buy Now" Button

If you are selling anything on the Internet, PayPal is probably one payment option you offer. Have you ever wished you could use your own image for the Buy Now button that PayPal offers? Well, you can. This video demonstrates how to use your own custom image as your Buy Now button, encrypted with the name, item [...]

Basic HTML (For MySpace, Websites and Comments)

Are the phrases "tags", "body text" and "tables" foreign to you? Do you wish someone would just explain what they are, and how you use them? This video will show you the basic's. By the end of the video, you can add headers and small formatting to your MySpace profile or embed a link to your [...]

Add an Opt-In Form To Your Blogger.com Blog

When you have autoresponders setup and want to add an opt-in form to your blog, visit here. While this video is specific to an Ad Group I work with, the "how-to" part explains in detail how to add this type of form to your Blogger.com blog. For the Ad Group members, please open the email I [...]

Delete Unwanted Comment From Blogger.com Blogs

Sometimes, people you don't know will post comments of a nature you would rather not have on your blog for all the world to see. Sadly, many people have discovered that adding a comment to your blog will "leech" some ranking (Google love) from your site, and send it their way. I have also [...]

Add A Link List To Your Blogger.com Blog

I can already hear this question resounding in your head... "Now what the hell is a link list?" I could get all technical on you and say it's a collection of related "sites" that you provide hyperlinks to access, but I might scare you. How about this definition... It allows you to send visitors exactly where [...]

Add an Email Account To Outlook

This video will take you step by step through the process of adding a new email account to Outlook using the built in wizard. You will need to know the POP server and SMTP server names and account login information to make this work. While it only focuses on Outlook, most email clients are [...]

Edit Your MySpace Profile

It's time to start really putting your personality into your MySpace page with colors, backgrounds, images and font choices. This video explores where you can edit your profile, tools you can use and third party options that have pre-built "themes" you can select from. This video is a little long, but covers a lot of [...]

Creating A MySpace Page

MySpace.com is home to more than 100 million folks, just like you. They have discovered the fun of being able to connect with others of like interests, sharing video's and blogs, passing around slide shows that show off vacation trips or products they offer. To the smart "marketer", MySpace is a wonderous tool. More than 100 [...]

Updating Your MySpace Profile Photo

In the MySpace community, every time you post a comment on someone's page, send a message, or request a friendship, your photo is being displayed.If you build your image so that it contains something funny, personal or (for example) a phone number, your efforts online are presenting you in the best possible light. Here's a [...]

Add A Slide Show To Your MySpace Profile

To dress up your MySpace profile, you can add slide shows of photos (or any digital images). Here are the basics on how to sign up for a free Slide.com account and create your first slide show. Slide.com has options to create a single slide show, and share it across multiple platforms like MySpace, Facebook, [...]

Find and Embed Video on Your MySpace Page

Video enhances your message, demonstrates your point, entertains and provokes. There are dozens of ways to use video to enhance your marketing message or just entertain your MySpace visitors. This video covers methods to find and embed video onto your MySpace page, add to comments that you leave for others or even embed and send in [...]

Create A Blogger.com Blog

Before you can create a blog, you need a Google "recognized" email account. This video starts at the beginning, and walks you all the way through defining an email address to use, validating that email address, setting up your Blogger.com account, creating a blog, choosing a template and making your first post. Remember, a Blog is an [...]

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