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If you’re anything like me, when I first set up my blog about a year ago, I had NO CLUE where to start.  Should I use Blogger, Blog spot, Wordpress, or any of the 100’s of other blog platforms that are out there?

I assumed a blog was just a blog.  Boy, did I learn otherwise!

After a lot of research, recommendations, and help from others (that’s the “Network” part of network marketing) I realized that I better go with installing Wordpress for my blog.

For those of you that aren’t familiar with WordPress, it’s a blog platform that gives you a pre-built blog site for free.  But if you REALLY want to boost up your blog marketing – you really need to get a self-hosted Wordpress blog and your own personal domain.  And I’m going to go into more details why here in the list.

As any smart marketer realizes – leave the hard stuff to the professionals.  So that is why I outsourced my blog set-up (which included the graphics, RSS feeds, theme, and connection to all of my social networking sites) to THE professional blog set-up guru I know – Ms. Shannon Shubert at IM Group Marketing.

I also self-hosted my site – and again, to another professional who knows a ton more information about self-hosting and is THE ONLY person I would trust with hosting my blog – Holly Powell at Nonstop Social Media.

If you stop by their sites, tell them I sent you!

Here are my Top 5 Reasons to Use Wordpress for your blog:

1. Google Loves Wordpress – If you’re using a blog for your marketing strategies, you’re probably interested in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – at least a little bit.  If you’re into SEO, then you want and need Google giving your site “some love.”  Now, I could go on and on and on and on and ON about SEO, but the idea is that you want Google ranking your site higher than your competition for any given keyword.  Well, for whatever reason, Google loves Wordpress.  Period.  Game, set, match!  You need a Wordpress blog if you are in SEO strategies.

Yes, you can use other blog sites and still get good ranking, but you typically have to work harder to get the same amount of “love” from Google as your competition.  If you already have a different blog and are so far into it that it would hurt you more than help you, just stick with it and MAKE IT WORK.  But AT LEAST have it self-hosted – which leads me into my next point.

2. Self hosted – I have this in my top 5 reasons, well, for a good reason.  (Oh man I’m witty!)  You can use the free version of wordpress and have no problems and make that work for you just fine.  But you could run into a few problems, the biggest of which is that your blog could be here one day, and gone the next.  If you have a self hosted Wordpress blog, no one can touch it.  It’s yours.  Yes, you’re paying a small monthly hosting fee (usually around $5.00 or less) but it’s WELL worth its value considering the thought that you might lose your blog otherwise.

On top of having your blog self hosted – I would also recommend getting a domain name that is specific to you.  Mine is obviously www.LinusRuzicka.com.  It looks a lot more professional that the generic site URL that Wordpress gives your site.  Having your domain forwarded is essential for branding YOU in this industry.

3. Wordpress Design Themes – Now , do you want the generic WordPress Theme that comes with WordPress, or a custom designed one that is specific only to you?  The default Wordpress theme is perfect if you’re just setting up a blog to have a blog.  BUT, since you’re in this industry to make money and brand you, I suggest a designed custom theme. There are tons of people who design custom WordPress Themes that you can easily upload to your domain, to change the appearance and feel of your WordPress website. Some of the WP Themes are paid versions, but most of them are free.

There are more than 1000 themes loaded directly into the WordPress theme website, from which you can choose, although you are not limited to just the themes loaded into the WordPress website.  Since I outsourced the design and feel of my blog, my designer and I talked bakc and forth for a week or so to grind out the details of what I wanted.  The theme I chose is very SEO friendly (“Monezine” theme), but there are many other to choose from such as “Flexibility” or “Thesis”

4. Plug-ins – This is my favorite.  Plugins are what soups-up your blog and converts it from a 1992 Ford Taurus, into a 2010 Chevy Camaro.  The right plug-in can save you time, make you money, and make your job a WHOLE lot easier.  In fact, I think I’ll make my next post on specific plug-ins just so you can see some of the money making ones you NEED to have on your blog (So make sure to Sign-up to get my blog updates via e-mail so you can get the next one).

Just like with the WordPress Themes, if there is a specific function you want your blog to perform, there are programmers out there who have created WordPress Plugins that will make your job A LOT easier. There are 1000’s of WordPress Plugins on the WordPress.org website (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ ), which are free and an ever growing amount that are not in the WordPress database.  You just have to go looking for them.

When you find a Plugin you want, just click “Install” on that specific plugin page, and it will automatically download, unzip, and upload it to the right Plugin directory on your blog. After it finished its upload, simply go to the backoffice area of your blog to “activate” the plugin.

5.  Wordpress functionality – Now, I don’t want to lose you here on this one, so I’ll keep it simple.  Wordpress is an HTML based blog platform.  The reason I love that is that it allows you to do SOOOOOOO much more to your blog.  Whan you’re creating a post – you have the ability to add videos, pics, graphics, links, and audio all in HTML format.  The cool thing is, when you create posts, you can create them in a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) design – meaning that what you see on the screen is what your readers will see.  Or you can do HTML formating – all with a click of the mouse and flip-flop back and forth.

To Double check and see what your content will look like, you can “Preview” it and see it in real time on your designed blog to double check and make sure it looks the way you want it to.

Raj Promotions was started with the intent to help Djs, Bands, Musicians, Record Labels, Nightclubs, Bars, Restaurants, Cafes, Singers, Event Promoters, Fighters, Magazines, Retailers, Clothing Lines, Filmmakers, Producers etc and many others by promoting themselves in a consistent, unique and effective way. We focus on getting important messages to your customer base in a multitude of different methods. We are good at what we do and feel that we will help you increase your exposure, all the while saving your time and money.

 

It relates to their Social Network page and helping to better utilize it to promote whatever it is they are promoting. If you allow me to, I can take over just about every aspect of your social network promoting and help to make it better.

 

MYSPACE PROMOTION @ 80$ PER MONTH

 

What I will do for you:

 

1. Gather more friends for you at a fast rate. These friends will be specifically targeted. They will be friends of your friends…..and everybody else who is associated with whatever you do…..and in the part of the world that you do it. So far, I have been following through on my commitment to get at least 1,000 friends per month.

 

2. I will create really nice invites for you for every party, gig, event, promotion, etc. that is on your calendar. There will be pictures and text. This will go out to every single friend you have every time I do it. Invites can contain a slide show, club flyer, video, digital stills of location, etc.

 

3. For the people who respond, I will gather all names and create a “Word” document guest list or RSVP list. This list will then be e-mailed to whomever you choose me to forward it to on the day of your event.

 

4. I also post “bulletin” once per day regarding your upcoming events or your new release album or your product.

 

5. I will post 100 comments daily among your friend’s profile regarding you or your upcoming events or your new release album or your product or for thanks.

 

FACEBOOK PROMOTION @ 35$ PER MONTH

 

What I will do for you:

 

1. Gather more friends for you at a fast rate. These friends will be specifically targeted. They will be friends of your friends…..and everybody else who is associated with whatever you do…..and in the part of the world that you do it. So far, I have been following through on my commitment to get at least 500 friends per month.

 

2. I will create really nice invites for you for every party, gig, event, promotion, etc. that is on your calendar. There will be pictures and text. This will go out to every single friend you have every time I do it. Invites can contain a slide show, club flyer, video, digital stills of location, etc.

 

3. For the people who respond, I will gather all names and create a “Word” document guest list or RSVP list. This list will then be e-mailed to whomever you choose me to forward it to on the day of your event.

 

4. I will post 50 walls daily among your friend’s profile regarding you or your upcoming events or your new release album or your product or for thanks.

 

PROMOTING YOUR EVENT OR MUSIC IN 150 FORUMS @ 50$

 

I will post threads regarding your event or new releases or your websites in 150 djs & bands forums.

 

All Above service benefits you in a whole bunch of ways. Bands and djs love it because I’m getting them more friends and all the while I’m making sure they are properly promoting all of their events. This allows them to travel, work, rest…..whatever….. without having to worry about this aspect of their job. Some are doing this, but to be honest, most of the clients I work haven’t even considered doing any of this stuff. The owners of the venues, promoters, and fans are all impressed with the effort put into promoting the event, which creates more value for the artist and helps to get them hired again.

 

Djs, Bands, Nightclub owners, Bar owners, and Promoters really like this service because they can outsource this to me and, more often than not, I’m able to save them a lot of time and money. My rate is much lower than what you’d pay somebody working part-time for you and there’s no worker’s comp to pay. Plus, if you’re doing this yourself, then you can outsource it to me and focus on the bigger fish you have to fry. Our Price will change depending on how busy of a dj, club, restaurant, promoter or client that you are.

 

You can take all above service @ 150$ per month or you can take individual service.

 

If you are interested then email me at rajthepromoter@yahoo.com, so that we can discuss a customize plan for your promotion.

 

 

 

 

In the world of blogging, choosing a good blog engine is crucial because of the development time is shorter compares to a full fledge website. Currently there are two widely used blog engine which is the Blogspot or sometimes also known as Blogger and Wordpress.

However, many full time blogger prefer to use the latter because the Wordpress development is easier compare to by using the Blogger. Besides that, blogger also can convert PSD to Wordpress templates, making the development time short. Not only that, blogger can get the service from Wordpress designer and Wordpress developer to design and develop a fully functioning and attractive blog that can generate huge amount of traffic to the blog.

There are many Wordpress development all over the world, although Wordpress development happens mostly in India. However having more sites all over the world means that they can support the development and design of a blog globally. Example there is Wordpress development Denmark, Wordpress development France, Wordpress development Germany, Wordpress development Netherlands, Wordpress development Norway, Wordpress development UK and Wordpress development Spain in Europe to support the development of Wordpress blogs in Europe.

In Asia, Wordpress development is also gaining recognition and there are a lot of Wordpress developers all around Asia for hire by Samiflabs especially for Wordpress plugin development India while Wordpress development Singapore is Wordpress development sitein Asia. Others are like Wordpress development Canada which is a Wordpress development site based in the Northern America and Wordpress development Australia.

As Wordpress is an open source platform, one of the best features that Wordpress has is its flexibility to customize its core functions with plugins to make customization to Wordpress blog is simple, making each Wordpress blog differs from one another. If one is to become a full time blogger, learning Wordpress development or hiring someone who can developed a unique blog might not be a bad idea.

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Five years ago, I would have said NO WAY to meeting someone on MySpace or Facebook, but these days it’s a pretty common thing.  And, since I met my fiancee on MySpace I can’t say anything negative about it. However, if you have read my other posts, you will see why you still have to follow the rules when you are meeting and dating someone you meet on the Net.

1. Talk to the person for awhile, get to know them before you ever go out with them-The bonus of meeting people on the internet is you get to actually talk to them and get to know them without having to meet them and go through all the criticisms that follow on a face to face date.  Ask them questions about their lives, what are they interested in, what do they do for work, for fun, etc.. See if your lives are even compatible. There are a lot of “players” on the internet,so be careful. Don’t get attached too quickly, because chances are they are talking to 10 other girls at the same time.

2. When you meet up with them, make sure its a public place.  Don’t go to someone’s house you don’t know. Come on guys, you have seen Dateline..  Go to a dinner, so you can talk and do more getting to know one another.  Girls, make sure to follow the rules I have posted on how to act on a first date.

3. Don’t have sex on the first date-no matter how much you think you know them, bc you have talked with them for weeks so it feels like the 10th date. Don’t do it. Girls, it will make you look easy, and guys don’t try it bc it will make you look like that is all you want.  A kiss is OK, but again, don’t even put yourself in the situation where it could happen. Don’t go to his house, your house, parking in an abandoned lot, meeting over at another one of his or your friends homes etc..

4. Do something fun and interactive, since you have already done a lot of talking on the net, go miniature golfing or bowling or if you live in Texas go to Davenbusters or play laser tag at Main Event and play games.  It will let the other person know you like to have fun and will show a good side of you. Plus it shows you can be a kid again, and men like that. Plus at Main Event for those of you in TX, or Davenbusters, its like a place for kids but you can drink as well!!! Just remember, dont drink too much!!

5.Remember my rules on what to wear, what not to talk about, how to act..etc from my blog Ask Kirsten’s First Date Rules!!

6. If you are Christian or Catholic I know for sure there are dating websites out there for just people in your religion. I’m pretty sure there is one for every other religion as well. So if you feel more comfortable going out with someone that is of your belief system, then go for that. Because off the bat you have one thing in common!!

7. Make sure you look at that persons page in detail. Make certain they aren’t just putting what they want people to think about them on their pages. For instance, on Myspace people tend to put older pics of them when they were skinnier, in better shape etc.. Also make sure the page isn’t a fake. I can’t tell you how many times girls have stolen my pics of my Myspace and gave themselves a new name, etc.. It was pretty creepy!! So watch out for that kind of stuff.  If he only has like 2 friends on their, you might want to worry. Whatever you feel, go with your gut. Its usually always right!!

If you have any additional questions, email ask kirsten at kirsten@mercenaryx.com.

If you need any more advice from me, especially detailed advice regarding dating, relationships, kids, marriage, or whatever it may be I would love to help! You can sign up by month, quarterly, annually or lifetime memberships at the bottom of the page in the middle column at www.askkirsten.com What this means is that you can ask as MANY questions as you want during that time period, and allow for around a 1-2 hour turnaround time, but I do get about 30 emails a day, so at the very latest I guarantee a 24 turnaround time, but it never ends up taking that long.  **Just a little more to explain the membership fee, for example if you buy the yearly membership you can ask me as many questions as you would like within that year.  Even if it’s 10 questions a day, it doesn’t matter, and all of the will be answered in the guarantee period. ** I look forward to all of your questions!

Happy Dating,

-Ask Kirsten

Recently I needed to create a page in Wordpress that didn’t have the sidebar on it. I still wanted the sidebar on all the other pages, just not that one (i.e. for an option or sales page).

It took me a while to find the solution, but the one I found works like a charm. Takes a bit of programming knowledge, but not too bad.

Here is a quick video on how to go about doing it and a custom.php to get you started.  Credit goes to Moses at wpthemesplugins.com for the solution.  My video just walks you through each step to make it a bit easier.

Click Here to watch the video tutorial at Evil Genius TV.

Sorry, I would embed the video tutorial here, but it is not allowed

In a nutshell, here are the steps:

1. Create  a custom.php file in your favorite text editor. I use Notepad ++

2. Add this code to the beginning of your custom.php file


/*Template Name: custom*/?>

3. Copy the contents of your page.php file from your current theme.

4. Paste the code below what you just added to the custom.php

5. Find the code that says < ? php get_sidebar(); ? >  and delete it.

6. save custom.php

7. FTP custom.php to your current theme folder under wp-content>themes>(whatever theme you are using)

8. Create a new page.  Under Advanced options, choose Page Template > custom.

9. Thats it!

If it sounds complicated, it really isn’t.  In the video, I will walk you through it in about 5 minutes.

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