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What is a WordPress Plugin?
Posted by: | CommentsWhen you first get your WordPress website installed, it will come with a standard set of features. But when you add plugins, then your website becomes unique to you, and gives your site the ‘bells and whistles’ to make it really sing.
Plugins add Fun & Functionality
So what is a ‘Plugin’?
A WordPress plugin is extra software code that you can easily add to your website from within your admin area that give you extra functionality, such
as extra Search Engine Optimization, or a fancy way to print out your web pages. Many plugins are free, in fact most of the one’s I use are free. But sometimes you may want to pay for a premium plugin that is more advanced and complex than some simple free ones.
My favorite premium plugin is a fantastic one called WishList Member. Wishlist member is a plugin that will turn your website into a membership site. It’s the system I’m using for my Spring Website Creation Workshop Program.
What is Your Passion?
Posted by: | CommentsWhat are you passionate about? What is that dream inside of you that is burning to come out, but is stuck somehow? Or stuck by others?
Today is Valentine’s Day, and I’m asking you not only to think about your loved ones, but to think about YOU. Your passion you have inside of you that you want to share with the world. I got this video clip from the movie “August Rush”. It’s a movie about an orphan boy who has a passion for music, and a strong belief that his parents are still alive. He believes that if he can play his music, his parents will “hear” him and find him.
“Your passion is inside of you, all you have to do is listen to it!”
Should You Build Your Website Yourself?
Posted by: | CommentsThese days, pretty much everyone needs a website. Whether you are an online store, a service based consultant, or any professional person: you need a website.
But the question is: Should You Build it Yourself, Or Should You Outsource it to a Webmaster?
Now I recommend using WordPress as the software that runs your website. It works if you are doing a blog, or a regular website. It’s easy to access from any computer, and the search engines love it!
So here are the steps to building a website that you need to get your site online:
- Installing the WordPress software on Your own Web Hosting
- Selecting a Design and Layout for your Website
- Adding Your Initial Content (your web pages) to Your Website
- Updating Your Website with Fresh Content (more web pages)
- Maintaining Your Website with software updates
Goals for Your Website
Posted by: | CommentsMany people are setting goals for themselves for the New Year. But I ask you, “What are the goals for your website?”
To have a successful website, you want the site to achieve it’s goals:
- Is the goal to sell a product?
- Is the goal to give out information as in a ‘brochure site’ ?
- Is the goal to get opt-in signups, i.e. email subscribers?
- Is the goal for the visitor to call your company?
- Is the goal to be a private members area?
Your Facebook Pages
Posted by: | CommentsToday I want to talk about a technique called ‘Forwarding URLs’. If you have a Facebook Fan page, you are going to want to create a ‘Forwarding URL’ for that. What is a ‘Forwarding URL’ you ask? Well it’s a domain name that you purchase, that forwards to another domain. It’s the easy way to tell people about your websites!
My Facebook Page Photo
I have a forwarding URL for my Fan Page on Facebook. If you go to http://www.ChristinaHillsOnFacebook.com you will then be redirected to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christina-Hills/67923647824 which is my Facebook Fan Page.
I have many other forwarding URLs in my biz. I use them on teleseminars and webinars because it’s much easier to say a simple URL on a teleseminar, than give a long URL with lots of slashes and numbers.
Here is how you do it:
Twitter vs. Facebook
Posted by: | CommentsAre you a Twitter person or a FaceBook Person (or neither) ? I’m taking a poll of my readers to see which camp you fall into. Twitter and Facebook are the two largest social media platforms. Some people LOVE Twitter, and some HATE it. Same goes with Facebook. Using Social Media is a great way to connect with your audience and friends. And it’s a great way to drive traffic to your WordPress Website.
So the Question is Which do personally YOU Prefer?
Which is more FUN for you!
(not which works best for your business)
So what are you?
 Are you a Twitter person? |
 Are you a Facebook person? |
(or neither!)
Please take this short poll:
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And…
if you’d like to connect with me on Twitter or Facebook with me, just follow these 2 links
http://www.Twitter.com/christinahills
http://www.ChristinaHillsonFacebook.com
See my Page on Facebook Below
I’ll give my opinions after I get some poll results…
The FTC December 1 Deadline for Online Marketers
Posted by: | CommentsTomorrow the December 1st deadline for online marketers goes into affect. This new guidelines is going to apply to pretty much anyone who has an online business. This includes bloggers as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs. It basically defines what kind of testimonials you can have on your site, and what kind of endorsements you can give.
While I’m not a lawyer and cannot give you legal advice, I can point you to the government’s website where you can read up on this new rule.
Go here: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm and
go to this page for the endorsement guides
http://www.ftc.gov/multimedia/video/business/endorsement-guides.shtm
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