Archive for July, 2009


Maintenance Mode Plugin

I just had to write about this plugin because I love it and have used it more then once.  It is the Maintenance Mode plugin.

When making changes to your site you may not want your visitors to see your site in it’s down condition.  That’s where this plugin comes in.

The maintenance mode plugin adds a splash page to your site informing visitors to check back.  Visitors will see a message like “Maintenance Mode – SITE is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. Please try back in 60 minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience.”

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Internet Marketing Fear

Internet Marketing Fear

Internet marketing, blogging, etc. fear can creep into your mind when you are first starting anything new.  Whether it is a new blog, getting started with your auto responder, or any new task, you may have a twinge of fear before proceeding.

Fear in any field is natural, however you have to overcome it or you will never achieve your goals especially in internet marketing.  Internet marketing if you have not already noticed is a highly competitive arena.  If you proceed with doing everything from a position of fear eventually it will show through or worse yet paralyze you to a point where you are not achieving anything.

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What Is The Best Webhost

If you have a free blog through blogger or wordpress you may be thinking about getting your own domain name and hosting.  If you do the research there are many different lists of the top 10 webhosts out there and none of them seem to match.  It can get overwhelming when you have never had hosting before to pick which one to go with.

I am not going to rank the best webhosts; it seems pointless to just create another list out there.  I am going to speak from personal experience.  When I first thought of getting hosting, I decided the best way to choose was of course on price, but more importantly, on other people that I knew who used a certain host.

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How To Build A High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself – By Timothy Ferris

Timothy Ferris is the author of one of my favorite books The Four Hour Workweek.”  If you have not read it and have desire to be economically independent then you should read his book now.  I read it when if first came out and then read it again. It has great content, but it is also one of those books that keeps you motivated.

On his blog Timothy has a post which is entitled How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself.”  It contains a video, which is posted below, that has some great information.  It is a bit long, but if you are looking to increase traffic and learn more about blogging success it is worth your time to watch it to the end. 

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5 Ways To Get Traffic To Your Blog

There are numerous ways to get traffic to your blog, below are just some that have been working for me.  If you are not keeping track of your visitors you can get your free Statcounter here.

Build your email list – if you are good to your opt-in list they will want to hear from you.

Comment, Comment, Comment – by commenting on blogs that you visit you will automatically be generating traffic, not only from the blog owners but the other readers.  I find on days when I have commented more that I have almost twice the traffic.  A caution when it comes to commenting.  Don’t just throw a generic comment out there or spam the site.  Read through blog posts, if you find they benefit you comment on them and make it notable.

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