The following is a guest post by Stuart Melling
WordPress is not only a great blogging tool, it is a great content management system. By using the countless free themes, plugins and widgets available, the possibilities of this software are limitless. I have seen WordPress used for everything from a simple blog to a restaurant’s online presence through to a realtor’s online portal. WordPress...
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In Hosting Online Auctions or Classified Ads: An Introduction to Marketplaces, I introduced the concept of earning additional income on your site by creating a marketplace for users within your niche that allows them to buy, sell, and trade related goods. I know that many of the larger sites who have created marketplaces in the past used custom code that they designed specifically for their own site. ...
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In the Affiliate Review Sites: An Introduction post, you saw my recommendations for creating a well-rounded, useful affiliate review site. I also mentioned that automating the format layout of a review is a good idea (but automating the content itself is not). You can certainly create your own little design template that you copy/paste into each review if you want. I’ve done that a few million times...
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People often want to create a site that doesn’t look like a blog. Usually, if you ask them enough questions, you’ll find that they want to have a site that mostly consists of “static” pages (content which doesn’t change very often). They want a home page that isn’t a list of reverse chronological, ever-changing blog posts. They probably want to include a blog as a...
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In Membership Sites: An Introduction, you were introduced to the concept of what a membership site is, how you can use them, and what kind of income they can generate. I also recommended one of the products that many people use to create membership sites, but I wanted to mention another product designed just for WordPress users. It’s called WishList Member and it’s a WordPress plugin that...
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WordPress premium themes have come a long way in the last few years. They started out by offering just a few special options or a new type of design not commonly used in free themes. But over the years, they’ve blossomed into offering strikingly beautiful, creative, and ingenious designs. Below are my favorite sites to browse when I’m kicking back on a rainy day, looking for inspiration or...
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Affiliate Datafeeds: An Introduction presented a basic overview of affiliate datafeeds, and how they can be useful in generating additional income for your ebusiness. That post listed one of the most well-known tools for processing datafeeds for static sites, but this post focuses on using a tool that lets you leverage many people’s favorite site tool, WordPress. “Everyone” uses...
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If you only have one WordPress blog, and never write guest posts elsewhere, you probably are very capable of remembering how to format your posts. I mean, how hard could it be to remember the maximum width to use for images, or which Hx tag (H1, H2, H3…) to separate sections of a post? Right?
But try remembering even those two things when you write posts for several blogs. If you’re...
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I’m really excited that the Southeast United States is getting its first WordCamp ever! Woohoo! I’ll be speaking on SEO for WordPress there, so it would be just kickin’ if I could get to meet some of you there. It’s going to be held September 27-28, 2008 (yep, like 3 weeks away). The cost is only $25, so it’s well worth it! There will be lots more info posted on the...
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Some of you may know that I’m one of the staff columnists for Personal Branding Magazine. The newest issue is just around the corner (February 1st), but you can download a free sample of it today. Even the free sample issue is jam-packed with goodies. Here’s some of what it includes:
Cover Story: Your Brand Can’t Hide From Google
Articles:
The Web Of Influence Between SEO &...
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