After reading several blogs and several materials on blogging, monetizing your site, internet marketing etc., I’ve come to the conclusion that almost all bloggers agree on certain basic principles that each successful blogger has consciously or unconsciously followed throughout the years. Among the principles observed are as follows: 1.) Blog on your passions – Write on something that you are passionate about. Something that you have somewhat achieved a level of expertise in, something that puts you on fire, something that makes your eyes wide open when discussed about, something that awes and amazes you and opens your mouth wide open. 2.) Blog for people – Although search engine optimization is something that should be seriously considered by all bloggers, it should not take precedence over people. Blogs should not be all about keywords, tags or any other gimmick out there in order to make sure that we all each get a higher search engine. What is important that people keep … [Read more...]
How to make your Word Press pages appear in the order you want them to
In my last post I discussed how to create a “Home” button that redirects to your post page. Since I created my home button after I created my other pages my dilemma now is that my home button appears after the other pages. In the current version of Word Press (version 2.3.1) there is no option provided with regards to setting the order of your pages the way you want it to appear. I have three pages in my website. Those are HOME, ABOUT and CONTACT. I want them to be shown in that order. However since Word press places pages in the order they were created, the order of my pages was ABOUT, CONTACT and HOME. I looked for solutions in the internet and I found out about this helpful plugin it’s called “My Page Order” You can download the plug in at http://geekyweekly.com/mypageorder After you have downloaded the plug-in follow the instructions given in the above mentioned site, and you should be able to solve your problem. … [Read more...]
How to add a “home” button that redirects to your post page in Word Press.
I do not claim to be a Word Press Expert, I am just posting my experiences here in order to help other people who are trying to find solutions or work around on things they would like to achieve on Word press that the standard Word press package does not provide. I am using a great theme by Elena G. of Design Disease. The theme is entitled "Blogging Pro." This is a very cool looking three column theme, so I decided to use it. One of the Problems I encountered with this Word Press is that it has no "Home" button. I wanted a "Home" button that redirects to my post page. By default the opening page of Word press is the post page. I would like my users to be redirected to my post page once they press "home" after they go to my other pages. One of the easier ways to create a home button is to create a new page entitled "Home", that solves the problem about creating a home button but when users click on it they are brought to another page entitled "Home" and not the post page. (The … [Read more...]
Entrepreneurship vs. Employment
Hello all !!! I just recieved this funny email which portrays the benefits of entrepreneurship vs. Employment. Read it and find yourself laughing at the end, however don't forget that the story has a moral lesson. After reading the story, you might stop your job search. Find out more . . . An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test.The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wage of $5.35 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop .Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day."Taken back, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly … [Read more...]
A necessary partner in doing internet business
When doing business it is necessary that you have a "partner" bank. I could not imagine what would happen to modern business today without a partner bank. Your bank enables you to store money through accounts, gives you access to a checking facility and of course grant you loans. In online marketing, it is necessary that you should have a "partner bank" in order to succeed. They are not really called "banks" in a strictest sense of the word, but rather they very much perform the same function since they help you store money, and do online business. These "banks" are called online market places. So what do these "online market places" do? In a nutshell it goes like this. Internet marketing is just like any other marketing. You have sellers, you have middle men who sell the seller’s wares and you have buyers. An Online market allows sellers to meet with middlemen. The middlemen in cyberspace are called "affiliates." Online Market places allows the affiliates and the sellers to … [Read more...]