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Using RSS Feeds to write posts on your WordPress Blog.

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Hello. Its been ages since I last posted. For those of you wondering why that is, all I can say is Mom , India, No Internet Access, Hospital , everything’s okay. Moving on ….

 

This is ridiculously Easy. Don’t worry about it too much . A site filled with some original content and RSS feed content isn’t going to have any problems.

You can do this only if you have a WordPress Blog. You don’t need one that hosted somewhere. One on WordPress.com should do.

First you need to download FeedWordPress plug in.

Click here to download FeedWordPress Plugin for wordpress

For more detailed info on the plug in itself or the makers. Visit http://feedwordpress.radgeek.com/

OR

login to your wordpress administartion area. Choose plugins and click on add new. Under the search tab in the empty field ,type feedwordpress. its the first one that turns up. install and activate the plug in. If you’re asked to Update Magpie RSS please do so.

You should now see a tab called Syndication in the administration area.

Congratulations ! You’ve successfully downloaded and activated the Plug In.

Here’s the wonderful part that not everyone knows. So we need good and useful Feeds to put on our Blog. Fret not. Finding them isn’t as hard as it sounds. These days they’re basically everywhere.

For the sake of keeping this Post short and not driving you nuts, we’re only going to discuss a few sites you can use to get RSS Feeds. You know them, you’ve already heard of them and have probably used them. Just not this way. You’ll know more than enough to do this by yourself at the end of this article on any site that provides this feature.

Example using Digg –

Digg  ( http://www.digg.com/search)

this should take you to the Digg Search Page. On the search page choose all. Search for your choice of keywords until you are happy with what you see.

What we’re going to do is save the RSS Feed of the Search result. What this does is that everytime a new result or new news item or video or article gets added to Digg, you get updated automatically.

Save the RSS feed for this search by right clicking on the orange RSS icon in the top right and click “Copy Link Location”. This link is your content specific RSS Feed.

Basically you can do this on a lot of sites. Technorati, google blog search , youtube, PRWeb, Yahoo News! etc.

We’re not done yet. So after clicking on “Copy Link Location”. Go to the Administration Area of your WordPress Blog. Click on the Syndication Tab. On the right , you should see “Add new source” . Paste the link location in the field provided and click on Syndicate. If the whole thing was successful , you should see a button saying “Use this feed” . Click on it. It should now be added under syndicated sources. Click on the box next to it and click Update Checked. You should have a few posts waiting for you.

Should you wish to review the posts before anything gets posted, click on posts under syndication. Choose the option you prefer and you should be done.

And that’s all there is to it.

Have Fun with It.

See you soon !

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Lists, Opt-In Forms, Aspirin,

Coffee and Email Marketing

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Hello Again. Wow. So much worth discussing I’m not sure where and how to put it all out there.

What put a dent in my Email Marketing Posts were Mailing Lists and Autoresponders.  I haven’t posted them yet.  Simply because I am not trying to put out brief paragraphs. I wanted to explain the Landing Page and Opt-in Form in Detail. Most Importantly I wanted to explain how You could set up One right away while reading this Post.

Building a List is ridiculously important. It can be ridiculously Good . It should also be Ridiculously easy. It is. Depending on what You decide to Use.

I’ve been wrestling Code and Settings everyday last month. To Setup the Mailing List for Free.  I loved the Big Complicated looking stuff . Explaining it to You would have been no small task though. Not to mention the amount of errors turned up.Made me wonder if an error free installation was even possible. Right Moving On.

You’ve heard about Lists and how important they are. You’re probably on several already. Make no mistake, email is the internet’s number one tool.

Today we’re going to Set up an Opt – In Form for a WordPress Blog. A Really Nice Opt -In form too. Using free autoresponder/mailing list service and a free wordpress plugin.  Can’t beat that.

Step 1 – Subscribe to Get Response

Now I’m not talking about signing up for their trial period offer. That wouldn’t exactly make it Free. They have a Completely Free service in addition to their Paid Service.

http://www.getresponse.com/orderfree.html

1. The above link should take you to the free Sign-up Page.
2. Fill in the name, email , country , your chosen get response username and how you plan on using it.
3. Ignore the Preload messages box
4. Click on Submit when you are done.
5. They will then take you to a Page where they ask you once again to choose between the Pro version and the Free Version.
6. At the bottom of that page you should see a button saying “Click for GetResponse FREE !”
7. Then comes the page where you are asked to check your inbox. Thats a good Idea. Check your inbox . You will need your password.

Take a Break
We have survived the Subscription Process

Step 2 – Configuring Get Response

1. You need to login into Getresponse. Click on link below to go to Login Page. http://www.getresponse.com/login.html
2. Sign in and You will be asked for contact information. Fill it all Up. Click on Next Step.
3. You should then see a link saying “You can now start using your account”
4. Yes , we are going to click on it. Click on it. You should be taken to the Control Panel .
5. There You will see a block called “Capture Subscribers”. Click on it . The reason we aren’t going to use this form as is is because we can do better.
6. The HTML Form option is the only option available in the Free Version .
7. Click on the “Start Capturing” Button.
8. You will be taken to the “Create HTML Form Wizard”. Look in the  Pass Subscriber Details block. You can’t use the other options in the Free version except tracking code and custom fields. We won’t bother ourselves with it now. Make sure the “Use Standard Settings for my customized landing pages” is selected . Also check “No Thanks. I won’t use custom fields in my form.” is selected.
9. Click on Next Step.
10. You will be presented with HTML Code . All You have to do is Copy that code. Click Select all. Right Click and copy it . Save it in notepad. We will need it later.

Woo. That’s all we need to do at Get Response for the Form. Congratulations on making it this Far.

Step 3 – Getting and Installing the Opt-in Form Adder

Now we can put the form on the Blog as is. Just so you know. But this way is Better.We need to download the wordpress plug-in MaxBlogPress Optin Form Adder. Relax . It is Free.

1. Open the Link Below in a new Window or just link on it.The choice is upto you. The Link
2. Once you click on the link, you will be taken to the plugin download page. Scroll Down . You should see a Big “Download Now” Button.
3. Download the Plugin.
4. Install the Plugin on your blog.
5. Once installed you should see “optin form adder” under Tools. Click on it.
6. You will be asked to Register. All You have to do is click the Register Button. That was the fastest and easiest registration I’ve ever gone through. Probably yours too.

Congrats! You survived the Installation. The hardest part would have been reading the instructions.

Step 4 – Configuring It.

This is last part of the entire process. Its now Man Vs. Plug-in.

1. Under Tools select Optin Form Adder.
2. Choose the Optin Form Settings tab.
3. Remember the Code we copied and saved into a txt file ? Copy that code into the empty box.
4. After you have pasted the Code. Click on the Detect Button. The Next Step button should appear.
5. Everything on that Page should be self explanatory. You need a Headline. In the body text type in the benefits and whatever else you want.
6. Click Next Step button if you are happy with the way the box looks. Most People should find this part easy to deal with.  I had to make the hard decision to not describe literally everything. Otherwise this will come to be known as the “Never ending Blog Post”.
7. Once again the Next Page should be self explanatory. Click the Finish Button when you’re done.
8. Now we are done with tools Part. Look under the Blog’s Appearance tab. Click on Widgets.
9. Under Current Widgets Choose Sidebar. Depending on your theme you might have two sidebars on maybe just one. Choose where you wish it to appear.
10. Add the “MBP optin form adder” option to the sidebar. Just click on add.
11. Then click on the Save Changes Button.

And You are Done !

You have now successfully set up an opt in form on your blog. Either this was a lesson in how to set up an opt-in form for free. Or why using a Paid service that offers support is a Good Idea.

There are a few things I’ve left out because it had nothing to do with setting up a form. But they are important. In Get response, it will be a ridiculously good idea to personalize the campaign. We only looked through the capture subscribers block. Go through the others. Set it up. We’ll discuss that another day.

Much Love.

Have a Great Day.

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The Psychology of Scams

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Today’s post isn’t related to Internet Marketing Alone. You hear it everywhere. Scams . Is Somethings Someone a Scam ? Scammers.  Everyone I know (Literally) has received an Email from scammers. Some of them have fallen for these scams as in they thought it was genuine. Today’s post will help You  better understand these Con men and con men in general. In the end you’ll definitely know how to pull off a scam and what you need to do for one to work.

A Must Read for Everyone.  They come off as ridiculous at times. But falling for One of these isn’t Fun. We don’t want to fall for a Scam Good or Bad. Do We ?

The Report was commisioned by the UK Government’s London Office of Fair Trade and originally prepared by University of Exeter’s Psychology Department. You can get it Here.

You will have to Sign up at the Site to get the Ebook. Its Worth it .  It goes without saying. You can Unsubscribe anytime you want to.  Your Information is Safe.

Once again to Get the E Book

Click Here.

( Its Free )

Edited on 2/1/2011 :  the links have changed and what not. I recommend the above resource but it does not offer the report anymore. So here’s the updated link to the PDF . http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/consumer_protection/oft1070.pdf

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Site Build It !

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Hello

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The above link will lead you to Site Build It  Website. You might have heard about it or maybe you haven’t. Doesn’t matter . The only thing I ‘d like to tell you is that they are amazing. Quite simply what I consider to be the Best. Wildly Successful.

The Link leads to their Free Trials Page. It has Stories of Current Members, Videos and tons of Information.

I obviously didn’t link you to that Site so that you could give Site Build It a Try. If you are wondering if you should, I heartily recommend it. 

I was going on about Free Stuff. I’ll tell you where they are and how to get them.

To get them, click on this link . The link will open in a New Window. Bookmark the Page.  Then Scroll Down. You should see a Grey Bar saying    ” 2nd Way — Download a Free Book “ .  Under it is a table with various clickable titles. Click on Your title of choice. When you click on the title you will be taken to a part of the page. You should see a box with Click to begin reading the title you clicked Course written at the bottom. Just click it and the book will load.

 

I could have merely linked to everything here. But I thought You’d like to read the page to know what you’re getting yourself  into.

This isn’t some Report or Teaser that merely gives you enough to want to buy the Product. These Books deliver what they said they would and boy do they deliver.

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As always

Have a Great Day People