Posts Tagged ‘technology’

A lot of people get confused between wordpress.com and wordpress.org so lets clear it up so you can make a decision on which to use for your business.
WordPress.com
PROS

It’s free and very easy to set up.
It’s hosted for you
Your posts are automatically backed up
Do well in search engines
There are about 70 themes (designs) to choose from [...]



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The difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

Wordpress.org sites allow you to add unlimited amounts of the millions of cool plug-ins out there on the web. Most are free.  When our Big Fish clients get a website with us we build it in Wordpress.org and as part of the package we add these plug-ins:

SEO plug-in – to boost you in the search [...]



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Ultimate plug-ins list for Wordpress.org websites

There is one icon that EVERYONE editing a website in Wordpress MUST know… yet its the most overlooked and most crucial of all.
It’s the KITCHEN SINK icon. It sits on the top row of icons when editing a page or post.
By default Wordpress usually only shows you the basic editing icons.
It usually shows something [...]

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EVERYONE editing a website in Wordpress MUST know this ONE icon

Website design is not just about sticking pretty pictures up on the net with some text and hoping someone will magically discover you. Your website is a powerful marketing tool that, if set up right, will be your most cost effective strategy ever.
It’s all very well to have a site but just EXISTING on the [...]

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7 ideas for your website (no matter what your industry) to save you time and make you a truckload of money

Paypal is one of the most commonly used Credit Card payment processing services out there. Probably because its free to set up and you only pay a small % of each sale. I use it myself!
So I wanted to share this video on how to insert a PayPal button to your website.
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VIDEO: How to add a paypal button to your wordpress website in under 3 mins

SHARE/SAVE Button: You want as many people as possible to share your blog posts with all their buddies and business colleagues, so you need to make it really easy for them to do this. At the end of every post have a Share/Save button that they can hover over and then its usually just a one click for them to be able to post it to their Facebook, Twitter or email to a friend.

Check out mine at the end of this blog post… I pimped it out  

If your site is in Wordpress the Plug-in can be downloaded here: Wordpress Add To Any Plugin

However.. ANYONE can use this feature on their website by going to www.addtoany.com and following the instructions. Even if your website is just an HTML site. Plug-ins are far easier though and automatically show on every post.

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#3 way to auto-magically promote your blog to the world: Share/Save

FEEDBURNER: Feedburner allows you to set up a little form where people can enter their email and then automatically be emailed every time you post. It’s magic and super powerful.

Plus once it’s set up you don’t have to do a thing… it just sends them the email and link to your blog post every time .

so… Go get yourself a Feedburner account at www.feedburner.com

1. Add the your blog URL to the RSS feed box. It’s the first one to come up.
2. There is a tool under the PUBLICIZE tab called EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION. Just click the button to activate it then…
3. Paste the code to where ever you want it on your website.

Its easier than it may sound

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#2 way to auto-magically promote your blog to the world: FeedBurner

There all sorts of rad little tools out there to automate your online business.  Like little robots that just make stuff happen!

When we build websites for our clients we encourage them to automate everything as much as possible so that they can focus on what the LOVE doing i their business and what they are good at.

There are the 3 key tools to automating your blog so that every time you do a post its easy to get the message out to the world… AUTO-MAGICALLY

I’ve split them into 3 blog posts so you’re not overwhelmed.

Make sure you subscribe by email in the top right of the blog to get them emailed to you as soon as they’re posted.

Best  blog automation tip #1

PING FM: Got too many social media sites to handle? Seems like a full time job? Ping.fm is a single website where you set up all your social networking sites so you only have to update the ones site (at Ping.fm).

It will automatically post to ALL your social media sites in one go. You can spread the word to Twitter and Facebook (and whatever other social sites you have set up in Ping.fm) automatically.

Every time you post on your blog ping.fm tell the world – and you don’t have to lift a finger. Go set yourself up on www.ping.fm , then add to your Wordpress website the ping.fm plug in.

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#1 way to auto-magically promote your blog to the world: Ping.fm

Yo! My Peeps! Guess what!?…. Far out! Your are guna ROCK at this party of THE CENTURY!!! I’m not going to be posting on the Pimp My Website Group here anymore because I’ve learnt the difference between a Facebook Group and a Facebook Fan Page… and I’ve converted! ( see my blog post about how to do the same and why )

So… to say goodbye to the group and HULLLLOOOO to the fan page I’m inviting you to a 48 hours party! (Been a long time since I pulled a bender like this!) In this time just visit this link below and become a fan of the WEBCHICK and I promise to keep you posted on WICKED free tips and advice on web design, marketing and basically just making money online. Click here to join my fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jody-Jelas-The-WebChik/175314154102 See you on the flip side my peeps! Can’t wait! It’s guna be awesomeness to the expediential of infinity!!!!

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The best 48 hour virtual party, EVER! Awesomeness to the expediential of infinity.

Facebook Fan Pages are the best type of page or profile to be using for your business on Facebook. There are many reasons but basically you are not limited to the number of fans you can have and its just more professional.

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VIDEO: How to create a Facebook Fanpage in less than 3 minutes