Monthly Archives: February 2010

Blog Plugins

My Favorite Blog Plugins

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUZmtH7CSQ[/youtube]On this page, I’ll cover all of my favorite WordPress Blog Plugins. Each blog plugin has been tested on the newest version of WordPress version 2.9. Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything, but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Remember for every plugin you add to your site, you are incrementally slowing down your website load time. So choose wisely.

Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress: This is the first of the blog plugins to install on your site. It will create a sitemap.xml and robots.txt file for you and then update those files each time you change your site and inform all of the major search engines of the changes. A sitemap.xml file tells search engines:

  • What is on your site
  • What are the most important pages on your site
  • How often the search engine should check your site for changes

Amazingly enough, many web developers do not create this extremely important file for their clients. A robots.txt file, tells search engines where they can locate your sitemap file. The video above shows you how to install and set up this plugin as well as the Google Analytics blog plugin.

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Free Submit Site

Submit Website for Free

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUZmtH7CSQ[/youtube]In this article, I’ll show you two Blog Plugins that will submit your website to search engines for free. Each plugin has been tested on the newest version of WordPress version 2.9. Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything, but it is possible to have to much of a good thing. Remember for every plugin you add to your site, you are incrementally slowing down your website load time. So choose wisely.

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Blog How To Set Up

Setup your Site Inexpensively

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TfkZ7lXx4E[/youtube] I’ve been setting up websites for some time now and I keep seeing people throw money away time and time again. One way that people spend more than they should for their website is based off of confusion on what to buy when setting up their website. You should almost never spend more than $7 per month on your website. In this video, I walk you step-by-step through the process of buying a hosting plan with GoDaddy.

I use GoDaddy because they have good support, my website has never been unavailable, and they are cheap. There are many other great hosting companies and this is in no way an advertisement. If you use GoDaddy though you have to watch out because they go out of their way to up sell you products that you don’t need.
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Communication

Every Major News Organization Killed 1000’s of People Today?

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Today, every major news organization announced the death of Alexander McQueen. I do not take this lightly, nor do I want anyone to think I’m in anyway making fun of this situation. I do think it is very important that people know how damaging these stories can be to many people’s lives.

David Phillips pointed out in a research paper in 1974 that immediately following a front-page suicide story, the suicide rate increases dramatically in all areas in which the suicide was highly publicized. Phillips found that certain troubled people who read of another’s self-inflicted death kill themselves. People’s decisions are highly motivated by the acts of others, especially when they can relate to the person. If they are indeed troubled and see that another troubled individual decided to end his life, they follow through with the act themselves. Today, because Alexander McQueen is well known, there is a strong chance that people’s emotions will act in the extreme because of the shock involved.

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Marketing Sample Plan

Example Business Plan

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As a Banker, for the past 30 years, I have seen many types of Business Plans. This article will assist the reader with what answers a banker looks for and what areas should be covered in the Business Plan. A Borrower must learn how to effectively communicate with the Banker. Time must be spent on the Presentation to the Bank.
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Neurolinguistic Programming

Subliminal Marketing is Real

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It was just a day like any other. I was sitting down to lunch with just another random co-worker, when he sprang this phrase on me, “No really, subliminal marketing is real.” I normally would think someone that said this was a quack, but I knew this guy got paid a lot of money for his ideas so I listened to him.
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Your Personality Type

Find the Job Meant for You

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Wouldn’t we all like to go back to the guidance counselor now and then to make sure we are on the right path? Now, you can do it whenever you would like. Below is an automated test that will help you to make sure you are doing that which would make you happiest.

Just answer the following questionnaire. It’s a detailed questionnaire that requires that you answer every question for the best results. If anyone is interested, this was created completely with Google’s spreadsheet tools. If there is any interest, please let me know and I can write a future article on how I put this together.
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