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Installing a WordPress Theme Yourself

By Randy R on June 7, 2012 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

Installing a WordPress Theme Yourself

Having a WordPress theme for your blog can be a really good decision because an apt theme conveys two things: 1- You care a lot about the presentation of your blog. 2- You want the visitor or reader of your blog to derive the maximum utility or value from your blog through interaction and good user-experience.

Here is how you can install a WordPress theme.

1. Go to a blog or website that is known for WordPress themes. There are some of them who charge you to download the themes, those are high quality and are of the premium variety. It Is up to you if you want a free WordPress theme or buy one. Go to the category that is in sync with the theme of your blog, check the ‘demo’ to see how the theme may look on your blog.

2. Download the theme; it will be downloaded in the zipped format. Copy it to the wp-content or the ‘themes’ directory. You will find this folder in the location where you had installed WordPress.3. Now unzip the zipped file that has the theme.

4. Once you have unzipped, you will find a directory listed as wp-content/themes/theme_file, apart from the existing directory.

5. Now you can choose to retain the theme_file.zip or take it off.

6. Go to the WordPress Administrative Panel and choose Appearance.

7. The newly installed theme should be present. Now you just have to activate it, and you are all set to see the new theme on your blog.

There is also another option that will tell you how to install a WordPress theme. Use the built-in theme uploader, which can be accessed directly from the WordPress Administration Panel. Go to the appearance section in WordPress and choose the ‘theme’ section. Once there, you can click on ‘add new them’ to get started.

the three main ingredients of a great blog

By Randy Roedl on April 25, 2012 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, Blog Business, Blog Platform, Blogs, SEO

The Three Main Ingredients To A Great Blog Having a successful blog is a goal of many bloggers and web developers. Being the owner and webmaster of a blog that is known around the internet is rewarding in a couple of ways. First, we all like the ego boost of people linking or quoting us and second, from selling advertising to selling products blogs that are known have many financial advantages. When it comes to creating and writing a successful blog there are three main things that will make the difference between a blog that has a chance of making it and a blog that will get lost in the herd of a million other blogs on the internet. The first ingredient a blog needs to end up successful is frequently updated quality content. Without good content, people will not link to or seek out a blog and even if they end up there by accident, they will not return. Creating content that others think is so good that they will link to it from their websites is a great way of making a blog a success. The second part of this ingredient is the act of frequently updating the content. A blog is a living breathing website. It is meant to be updated and changed often. If the content of a blog is stale and stagnant, even if it is of high quality, visitors will not return because they will have already "been there, done that". The second ingredient of a successful internet blog is marketing. Whether marketing a blog with an eye on search engine results or through link building efforts, continual refinement of a marketing plan is a must. If a blog has the best content in the world with the most exciting and invigorating writing around, no one will visit if there are no links to get there or it doesn’t show up in search engine results. Usually the best marketing results are achieved through successful implementation of many ways of online marketing, social networking, link building, article submission and search engine optimization to name a few. The third and final ingredient used to make a blog successful is interaction with the visitors to the website. The very nature of a blog being a continually edited and growing website encourages visitors to want to become a part of it. Visitors who feel like they have something invested in a website or blog are more apt to come back again and again as they feel they are a piece of a community. Two of the best ways to increase the chances that a visitor to a blog will feel that they are part of that site is to make sure that comments are enabled and to include a contact form or another way for them to reach out to the owner or webmaster of the blog. Allowing visitors to leave comments creates the chance for their to be ongoing discussions which can sometimes get lively. Prominent placement of a contact form allows visitors to feel like they have a closer relationship with the person or persons running the blog and they can reach out and talk to them personally when they want to. When a good number of blog readers and visitors feel they are part of that blog’s community they will keep returning to, linking to, and promoting the site themselves. Starting a blog is easy, millions have done so in the past and millions more will do so in the future. But to make a truly successful blog takes a great deal of preparation and work. Part of that preparation and work is including the three things that make a blog a success; frequently updated quality content, active marketing, and a sense of interaction and community. Though not a guarantee by any means, with those three ingredients in place a blog has a great chance of experiencing some form of success. —– The Basics Of Blogging For those experienced webmasters and blog owners, some of the more basic things about blogging will seem like old news. But like anything, whenever you are starting out in a new field you first need the basics covered so that you can build on that knowledge, become competent, and eventually reach the level of expert. Blog is the common term for what was at first known as a web log, or weblog. A blog is setup as a series of content that is displayed in the form of posts. The posts are usually then arranged in reverse chronological order, meaning that the newest item posted or updated will appear at the top of the blog above the next most recent post. There are a number of different types of blogs, the most common three are content blogs, video blogs, and photo blogs. Content blogs are primarily text based, although photos and videos can be added as well. Photo and video blogs are self explanatory in that they consist mainly, or even totally, of phots or videos. It is good to have a decent overview of the technical side of blogging, but it is not necessary to be fluent in the programming side of the blogging software. It is possible to design your own blogging platform, but it is easiest to go with one of the many blogging platforms on the market. The most popular platform is called WordPress and it is extremely simple to use, if not master. The platform, or blogging software, organizes and keeps your written content displayed on your website. The platform also usually allows fairly simple ways to change the look and design of your blog. Once you apply the basic blogging information you now know to the daily running of your blog, you will in no time add to it your own knowledge that you either learn from others or discover on your own. Blogging is to a large degree a learning process. The more you know about blogging the better your blog, or blogs, will end up in the end. —– Tips On Creating Great Blog Posts Consistently Often as the owner of a blog you may find yourself falling into a bit of a rut. It may seem like it is hard to come up with something to write about or you may find the quality of your writing slipping. There are ways out of this trap though, it may just mean you have to know a few tricks. Creating great blog posts is an important enough goal that any tip that makes the process easier or more consistent is well worth paying attention to. Before you type the first word of a post for your blog, you should already know a few things about what you are going to write. You should know what the subject of the post is, what your basic conclusion of this subject matter will entail, and approximately how in-depth you are going to explore the topic. By having this information organized ahead of time, you will find the actual writing of the post to be a rather easy process. While writing you post, don’t keep an eye on your word count. Explore the topic as you planned and go as in-depth as it takes to get the post both thorough and coherent. When the article is complete is the time to check the word count. If the total amount of words is a great deal longer than a blog post should be or longer than you think your readers will want to read, edit it into two or more posts and then add them to your blog on successive days. If the topic of your blog is confined to primarily one area and you have a legitimate case of writer’s block, check out recent news articles that are related to your niche. Write a recap of a recent news story that relates to the subject of your blog and then add some commentary featuring your thoughts on the subject. Another great way to counter writer’s block is to visit an online forum that has as its subject matter the same topic as your blog. Look for a thread where someone asks a question, use that question as the inspiration for a blog post. This is a legitimate way to find out what type of information the public is seeking on the subject that you cover. Continually picking topics to write about that legitimately interest you is the number one way to insure that you will be able to consistently post on your blog with quality writing. If you are interested in, or better yet passionate about, the subject you are writing about, then writing about those things well shouldn’t be too much of a problem at all. Throughout the running of your blog, it is best to always concentrate on making your posts of the highest quality that you are capable of. Your writing is what is going to make the difference between a visitor returning to your blog at a later time or never coming back to your site at all. It is all controlled by you and your writing ability. —– Hosting Your Own Blog Vs. Using A Free Blog Host Once you’ve decided that it is time to start your own blog, one of the first decisions that needs to be reached is how the hosting will be handled. There are two basic choices, you can either go with a free blog host like Google’s Blogger or WordPress.com or you can purchase a domain name or your own and host your own blog. There are advantages and disadvantages to both choices and the right decision for one person may not be the same right decision for someone else. Hosting your blog with a free blog provider means that you have no monthly or yearly hosting bill. The space they provide for your blog to be hosted is free which is nice, but it comes with limitations. Some free blog hosts place ads on your blog as a way of compensating them for the free space they give you. Other than the advertising, which not all free blogging hosts use, the main negative to using a free blog host is that you are not in ultimate control of your blog. While you might write the content of the blog, the owners of the hosting company have the ultimate decision on whether to display it or not. They can suspend you based on any content or advertising choices that you make that they don’t approve of. Also, if a technical problem causes them to lose your data, it probably isn’t as important to them whether you retrieve it or not. There are many benefits to hosting your own blog on your own domain name. One of the main benefits is that it provides you with a great deal more credibility when your blog’s URL is its own domain name and not a blogspot or wordpress domain name. Other benefits include the fact that you control every aspect of your blog because you are hosting it, any benefits and marketing you do that increases the value of the domain name you are using can be used to your advantage and not a free blog host’s advantage, and there are more ways for you to customize your blog when you host it privately as opposed to most free hosting packages. The biggest downside to hosting your own blog is that it usually is not free, though the cost of providing your own hosting is not usually prohibitive to most people. There is not one answer for everyone on this issue of what is the best hosting decision to make regarding your own blog. If the blog you are starting will be casually updated and a very part time project, then a free host may be the way to go. It may also be best to go with a free host if you are just starting out blogging and want to see if it is something you truly feel you want to do. On the other hand, if you are an experienced webmaster or blogger then providing your own hosting is the only way to go. It provides you with the two biggest benefits, credibility and control. The importance of these two benefits cannot be overestimated. Whichever decision you reach should be based on the intent of your blogging and the goals that you have for your blog, and only you can make those decisions.

How To Install WordPress Onto Your Website

By Randy R on April 8, 2012 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

How To Install WordPress Onto Your Website

In this article, I will be showing you step by step how to install WordPress onto your website.

Now, before we continue, let’s talk a little bit about WordPress. Until recently, I was exclusively building websites the old fashion dirty hands way. Not only did I find it excruciatingly difficult to design, it took up so much of my time and learning. Thankfully, none of us have to go through that stage anymore, as WordPress makes it so much easier and simpler to create high quality blogs that look and feel just as good as a website designed by a professional web designer.

Today all I need to do to come up with high quality blogs is to simply work with WordPress, and at my disposal, I’ll be able to add blog posts, change the look and feel of my website, add plugins that increase the value of the site and this can all be done with WordPress alone. It’s a very neat platform used by nearly all bloggers online. It’s very popular and if you haven’t tried it, you can find out what it’s all about by simply installing it to your website.

Here’s a step by step guide on how to install WordPress:

Step 1. Log into your “”website hosting account”” control panel

In the following tutorial, I’m going to make a very bold assumption and assume that your hosting company is with HostGator. If you’re not with HostGator, that’s okay, most hosting companies are very similar and should have all the features similar if not the same to HostGator.

So anyways, we are going to be installing WordPress through HostGator’s “”admin control panel””. To get to the control panel simply go to your web browser and type in, “”www.[yourwebsitename].com/cpanel””.

Next, you should be taken to a login page. Enter the username/password according to the email HostGator has sent you via email.

Step 2. Click on Fantastico De Luxe

Now that you have the admin control panel in front of you, go ahead and scroll down all the way to the bottom where under software/services you should see a little blue smiley face icon that has under it “”Fantastico De Luxe””.

By the way, if it’s your first time inside HostGator control panel, you might feel there are just so many icons everywhere. Don’t worry too much about them, although HostGator does offer a lot of options for you to use, the truth is there’s only really a couple of them that are important. So you don’t need to absolutely know everything at this stage.

Onward.

Step 3. Under “”Blogs”” click on “”WordPress””

You’ll be taken to a white background page. Here you’ll find all sorts of different scripts and programs you can add to your website. Since, we are only interested in installing WordPress, go ahead and click on the “”WordPress”” link (It’s under Blogs).

Step 4. Install WordPress

Click on “”New Installation”” and it will take you to a page asking for your website details. It will ask you stuff like, where do you want to install WordPress, login information, website details. Simply fill them in. Make sure you leave the “”Install directory”” box empty. All it is, is that it simply wants to know whether you want to install WordPress under your domain name and not any other extensions, in our case, we do so we’ll just be leaving it blank.

The other stuff you should be able to fit in accordingly to what sort of topic of interest you’ll be discussing. It doesn’t have to be absolutely perfect, besides most of these details you can change at a later stage anyways.

Once you’re done filling in the details, you’re pretty much finished. Click on “”install WordPress””. Then click on “”Finish Installation””

Step 5. Accessing WordPress Control Panel

So there you have it, you have just installed WordPress onto your website. Cinch huh? I told you it was easy. But hey, one more thing, you’re not finished yet, there’s one more thing you got to know. So now that you have installed WordPress, how do you go about customize your blog, adding content and all other devilish things you might want to add? Everything you need to know to change the look and feel of your website is done inside “”WordPress Admin”” (or wp-admin for short), you can access it by typing into your browser “”www.[yourwebsitename].com/wp-admin”” then enter your username/password. You’ll be then taken to the admin page where you’ll be able to do everything from posting up content, changing themes, adding plugins… There’s a lot of stuff in here, and it takes time to get accustomed to all the different options you have. My suggestion is to play around for a bit… Just to get a feel for WordPress and how to go about doing certain things.

That’s it for this mini tutorial, if you are reading up to this part, I’m assuming you have successfully installed WordPress to your website. Like I said earlier it’s very simple and easy. Anyone can do it, but more importantly you’ll be able to come up with quality website blogs very easily. So I urge you to play around with it, get a feel for it and sooner or later once you get the hang of it, you’ll be able to customize and build high quality websites that really stand out in a matter of moments. Take care and stay tuned for future articles.

Expert WordPress Backlinks Video Tutorial

By Randy Roedl on February 7, 2012 in Randy Roedl

www.expertwordpress.com – learn to get high quality one way backlinks to your blog, courtesy of ExpertWordPress.com

Getting People to Your New WordPress Website

By Randy R on January 3, 2012 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

Getting People to Your New WordPress Website

So you’ve got your website up and now you’re ready to get some people reading it. First Tip:Write content that people are looking for and that is targeted to your website’s purpose. Fill your website with high-quality information that serves a purpose and provides high value at the same time. People come to the internet looking for information,entertainment or to find the answer to a problem – do any combination of these three things on a regular basis and you’re sure to have a hit on your hands. Second Tip:Decide with a clear set of goals what you want to use your website for. Will it be to draw traffic to a service?

To make money through affiliate marketing? To sell your own products? Or a bit of all of the above. Third Tip:Get out there and let people know your website exists! I’m not going to cover the dozens and dozens of ways to get traffic here. You need to build a plan you can follow and one that works for you.Understand that just because you build a website that doesn’t mean people will automatically find it. A few ways to get your website found are: –

Website Directories: There are many paid and free directories available on the internet you can submit your website to. – Leave Comments on Blogs: Commenting on blog brings you both traffic as well as incoming links if the blog has the no-follow attribute disabled. – Links from other sites: Links from popular websites is a good way to get both traffic and links as well. – Writing articles for other websites: By writing articles for popular websites you can build your reputation as an expert and increase traffic. – Link from your products: If you sell any physical or information products be sure to always make your website known on them. –

Your Email Signature: You probably email a lot of people every single week. Get your website address at the bottom of those emails to get more people to your site. – Social Media Sites like Twitter and Facebook: Social media is all the rage these days and it can help you build relationships that translate into website exposure. – Partner Up With another High Profile Website Owner: There are many ways you can partner with a website owner to create a mutually beneficial promote. Just get creative! Set your goals, stick to them and you’ll start to see your efforts pay off as you build a website that people love to come back to again and again.

WordPress Themes and Styles

By Randy R on December 22, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, Blog Business, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

WordPress themes are styles and files that work together to form layouts that you see on WordPress blogs. Kubrick theme is used the Default Theme in WordPress for its innovative design and use of tags for people to customize their websites. Soon after that, custom themes come into the scene. Custom themes offer plenty of choices for users to take advantage instead of using Kubrick theme all the time.
Users are able to create their own unique WordPress websites without having to resort to Default Theme. The possibilities to more beautiful designs are endless if more time is spent in creating high quality blog layout designs. Instead of tweaking Kubrick theme, it is advisable to make your own design through available tutorials in the Internet.
Although Kubrick theme can be tweaked too, it is horrendous to read through long list of tutorial pages. Beginners are easily confused with the alien IT languages used in changing Kubrick theme that it is almost not possible for beginners to tweak Kubrick theme without giving up half way. Custom themes are so much easier to use and are available in readily downloaded form.
Another reason to choose custom theme is custom theme provides alternative template for specific site features such as category pages and search result pages without cramping everything into one column. Sometimes people would love to have things to click on their websites. This means that personalization is a better choice if people want to increase readership.
Using only Kubrick theme means that you are going to stuck with it whole year. It makes your website looks so boring and not well- updated. You can solve the problem by switching to custom theme. It is also easier to switch between two site layouts to allow users to change site layout according to occasion or season. Some people purposely switch to festive theme when festive seasons like Christmas and New Year are approaching.
You can also design WordPress themes as a service so that others can enjoy your design through public release. This is especially true for graphic designers who created many different themes as charity to others through their free websites. Users can take advantage to further customize the themes if no copyright is stated. If it does, all users need to do is creating design that has the some elements of the copyrighted design to make it truly a new design. It is that easy to make your own custom theme.
Building your custom theme rather than just using Kubrick theme helps you expand your knowledge in web building. It is an opportunity to learn more about CSS, HTML and PHP. To those who are already good in the mentioned IT knowledge, it gives you the opportunity to put your expertise to work. You will be surprised at your level of creativity once you lay your hands on customizing your site theme.
Kubrick theme is not a bad theme. Nevertheless, we need to create something new to make our sites less likely to resemble each other. Therefore, it is time for Kubrick to retire to give way to more exciting and interesting themes.

Tips to Make Money with your PPC Ads

By Randy R on October 2, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, Blog Business, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

Tips to Make Money with your PPC Ads

If you’ve begun implementing PPC ads into your arsenal of marketing, but are having trouble making money off of your ads then follow these tips. I will be sharing will you some tips that will help you turn your PPC ads into profit pulling machines. When you first jump into PPC ads it’s difficult to get a high quality score and it’s even harder to make a profit. If you try implementing the below tips into your PPC ad campaigns I can assure you that you’ll be happy with the results.

#1 – Always go for Long-Tail Keywords

Whenever you set-up a new campaign you should only target long-tail keywords in your campaigns. You need to think about what the person will search for when looking for the information on your blog. For instance if you sell doctor notes then instead of targeting doctor notes you could target phrases such as Fake Doctor Notes, Buy Doctor Notes among many others. The best way to find long-tail keywords to target in your campaigns is to utilize a keyword tool.

#2 – Target Buying Keywords

What I mean when I say you should target buying keywords is simple, you should think about what someone would search for when ready to buy a product. Bid on keywords with the product name, review keywords and comparing keywords. These keywords will turn in the highest conversion ratio and this is what you want to be aiming for in PPC campaigns.

#3 – Create Targeted Ads & Creatives

You want your ads and creatives to be targeted around a small set of keywords which are all highly targeted towards what you’re selling or promoting. The more targeted your ads are the higher quality score you’ll have and the better luck you’ll have with PPC.

Turning PPC campaigns into profits isn’t rocket science, but it isn’t simple either. When you first start out expect to have a small budget that you can waste for testing purposes. Take a few products from different niches and begin doing small tests on the niches. See which one converts the highest and which one is bringing in the most profit. Once you have a good niche that is converting well then start spending more on your campaigns in that niche.

When you run a PPC ad campaign you need to check the results each and everyday. If you don’t then you risk losing too much wasted money especially in the early stages. A lot of PPC ads is testing and once you find out what converts then you just need to ride that wave until it ends. Once it ends then you need to have other campaigns running to create your revenue. Never just rely on one product because you never know when the money from that product could stop rolling in.

5 Essential WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have

By Randy R on July 17, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

5 Essential WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have

WordPress is easily the best blogging platform on the internet. Its easy to use, yet powerful enough to run huge websites. Some of the top websites in the world run on WordPress, including sites like TechCrunch, WSJ Blogs, etc.

Its very easy to customize WordPress. There are a ton of themes from free to premium ones that can make your blog look like anything you desire. But more importantly, there are a host of free and paid plugins that you can use to customize your blog and make it easier to read.

Here are five WordPress plugins your blog shouldn’t exist without:

1. All in One SEO PluginThis is an essential plugin for all WordPress blogs. It automatically takes care of generating meta tags and keywords for your blog posts. Without this plugin, you would have a hard time ranking high in search engines.

2. Advertising ManagerIf you plan on monetizing your blog, then this plugin is a must have. You can insert your ads almost anywhere in your site’s template. Moreover, this plugin supports the Open X ad marketplace, which means that you can configure it to show only the highest CPM ads.

3. Add to AnySocial bookmarking is a great way to gain additonal eyeballs. With this plugin, your visitors can quickly add your blog post to the most popular social bookmarking directories in the world, or email it to friends.

4. AkismetThis is a plugin made by WordPress itself and is included in most installations automatically. It acts as a spam blocker for your blog. Akismet is highly effective at blocking and automatically deleting spam comments. An absolute essential, especially if you run a popular blog that might get a lot of spam comments.

5. Google XML SitemapsSitemaps make it easier for the Googlebot to go through your website. This plugin makes high quality sitemaps automatically that can be indexed by Google. A must have if you want to rank high in Google.

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