Does This Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat?

Create a Membership Site and More on your WordPress Blogsite

Sandra De Freitas — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:14:34 +0000

Many entrepreneurs ask me how they can create a membership site and how they can sell information on their blogsites. Well now you can. A brand new WordPress plugin makes it all possible.
With the WishList Member plugin you can:

Protect all or some of your content i.e. pages, categories, parts of posts or pages etc.
Create as many membership levels as you wish i.e. silver, gold, lifetime, trial etc.
Create educational modules and give members access to a new module each week. I.E. A new member is given access to module 1 the first week, module 2 the second week, etc. Where older members may already be on module 7.
Integrate it with 1ShoppingCart or any other shopping cart that allows you to specify a “thank you” page.
Works with a new or existing WordPress blogsite.

Check it out and see if WishList Member is for you. We can help you integrate it too. Packages coming soon.
Do you want to know more? Join me November 25th at 3pm eastern as I interview Stu McLaren, one of the masterminds behind this awesome resource! Sign up below.

3 for 1 Halloween Special on WordPress Woo Themes!

Sandra De Freitas — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:23:45 +0000

You have until midnight October 31st to purchase your WordPress magazine themes and get 3 for the price of 1. That’s a big deal! I don’t think they’ve ever had a sale on their amazing themes like this before!

How to get the deal:

Visit : http://snipurl.com/woothemes
Click “our themes” and go through the theme previews (there are 3 pages of themes)
When you find a theme you like click “demo this theme” to get a closer look (be sure to check out all the different colour options - menu on the top right hand corner)
Click “buy this theme” to purchase your theme.
Once you have purchased your 1st theme, email them the names of the other two themes you’d like.

How to track Wordpress Visits Through Google Analytics

Sandra De Freitas — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:00:57 +0000

Track your blogsite visits, keywords, visitor locations and more through Google Analytics and this WordPress plugin. Here’s how

1) Create an account on Google Analytics and get your Google “UA” number (you will see this at the end of your account set up)
2) Download and fpt this plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-google-analytics/ into wordpress.
3) Activate the plugin in the “plugins” page.
4) Then go to options/settings -> “ultimate ga” and type in your Google “UA” number.
5) Save your options.
6) Wait some time before Google catches your code and begins to log your stats.
7) Log back in to your Google account to see all of your stats!

Be sure to use your stats to find out more about your visitor and cater to what they want. If they keep searching for the same terms when they find you, keep blogging about those terms!

How to get rid of comment spam

Sandra De Freitas — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:56:34 +0000

If you are sick of the thousands of comment spam that comes through your blog, then you’ll love this plugin!

The plugin called “WP-spam free”. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-spamfree/ I started using it a few weeks ago and it stops the comment spam. The installation steps are pretty simple
- download
- unzip
- ftp to your wp-content/plugins/ folder
- activate the plugin “wp-spam free”
- go the configuration page (plugins -> wp-spam free) to ensure it is set up properly and change some of the settings if you wish

and you are done! Spam no more!

How to keep your font consistent

Sandra De Freitas — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:57:30 +0000

If you copy and paste your blog posts from Word, or even your e-mail, into a blog post you may notice that your font is not consistent. The problem is that Word (and email editors that use Word) has it’s own code that hides in the background. When you copy your content from Word into your blog post you not only copy the content but you copy the Word code as well. This means that your blog post now contains all of the Word code (if you want to see it, click the “code” tab when you edit or create the post), so your post may now appear in Times New Roman font or another font. It may also be a different colour or size that is not consistent with your blog’s font settings. The Word code conflicts with WordPress code in many other ways as well.

So how do you avoid this? Do one of the following:

Type your post right into your WordPress blog account.
If you prefer to write your blog in Word first then copy from Word to Notepad, then copy from Notepad to WordPress. Notepad is a basic editor and it does not contain any coding that would conflict with WordPress (or any other blogging software).
If you prefer to write your blog outside of WordPress and you don’t care what you use, then write your post in Notepad and copy from Notepad to WordPress.

WordPress contains a spell cheker (look for the “ABC” icon in the toolbar) and it contains tools to change the font settings if you wish (click on the right most icon - it looks like a keyboard).

How can I change the published date for my blog posts?

Sandra De Freitas — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:25:52 +0000

You can change the published date for your post to a date in the past or a date in the future. If you choose to publish your post to a date in the future, your post will not appear on your blog until that day and time.

For version 2.3.3 or earlier:
1) Create your post
2) On the right hand side look for “post time stamp”
3) Change the date and time (optional)
4) Press save/publish

For version 2.5 or later:
1) Create your post
2) On the right under “publish status”
3) Click edit beside “published on”
4) Change the date and time (optional)
5) Press save/publish

Creating a home page and blog page for your WordPress site

Sandra De Freitas — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:25:50 +0000

By default WordPress displays your blog posts on your home page. If you’d prefer your blog posts to be displayed on a page called “blog” and to display a “welcome” page on your home page instead here’s how you do it.

1) Create a page with the title “Home”, press save/publish
2) Create a page with the title “Blog”,press save/publish
3) Go to options/settings
4) Click “reading” in the submenu bar
5) Under “Front Page displays”:

a) Click “a static page”
b) Make your front page “Home”
c) Make your blog page “Blog”

6) Save

You’re done! You know have a page named “Blog” which displays your recent blog posts and a page named “Home” which you write whatever you’d like on. When your website is visited the “Home” page will be displayed and the blog page will be displayed when they click on “blog” in your menu bar

If you liked this tip consider our new book “Does this blogsite make my wallet look fat? How to use a WordPress Blogsite to make money, attract clients and gain expert celebrity status” available at www.WordPressBlogsites.com

What is a blogsite and why should I care? free teleclass

Sandra De Freitas — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:45:06 +0000

So what is a blogsite really? Why should you care?

What difference would it make to your business if you knew what it was?

Would it attract money? clients? speaking gigs? magazine columns? the clients of your dreams?

Would it make you the go to person in your market?

Would it give you the ability to make changes to your site when you want to without knowing any geekese?

Would it attract Google?

Would it allow clients to find you instead of you seeking them?

If you do not care about any of the above, then please don’t keep reading and ask yourself “Why am I in business anyway?”

If you do care and you want to know more then I invite you to attend a free teleclass to learn more and ask your questions. We promise not to use any techie jargon and explain everything in plain English!

The teleclass will take place Wednesday June 4th at 12pm eastern (5pm London, 9am PDT). Sign up below!

What can a Blogsite do that a website can’t?

Sandra De Freitas — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:51:54 +0000

This is a question I get all the time. Here’s just part of the long answer.

A website (a traditional site created with html) becomes a pain to maintain. You either need to know html, have expensive software to update it or have your web person update it when they have time.

A blogsite is easy to maintain and you can update from any computer in the world (yes macs and PCs) with internet access.

Google and other search engines are giving priorities to blogs over regular sites for many reasons. Two main reasons are that blogs are updated with fresh content more frequently than regular sites and blogs are structured in a way that makes it easier for Google to find, index and add them to their list of results.

With blogsites you can:

* create static pages such as “our services”, “our products”, “contact us” etc.
* maintain your own website
* blog by posting articles, tips, promotions, etc.
* interact with web visitors and start building a relationship with them
* promote your newsletter, services, affiliate programs
* get Google to fall in love with you and your site as it’s built with search engine optimization in mind
* take advantage of web 2.0 functionality
* add media to your site easily

All this and more is available in our book “Does This Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat? How to use a WordPress Blogsite to make money, attract clients and gain expert celebrity status”. To order your copy visit www.WordPressBlogsites.com

Great WordPress Magazine Themes

Sandra De Freitas — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:38:24 +0000

As I mention in the book Magazine Themes enable communities to thrive through an interactive site. They also allow you to strategically place featured posts on prime blogsite real estate spaces.

This site is built using a WordPress Magazine theme purchased from www.premiumnewstheme.com

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