Resources Page
Here are my favorite
free and premium website tools. If you are reading my eBook “
Home Business in 30 days“, these tools are listed in the same order week by week. So, you may follow along and take the action steps as you read the guide.
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Week 1: Building A Custom Website
Creating a website is an important first step. With the Internet you can enjoy the benefits of mass communication that allows your message to reach hundreds (and even thousands) of people at little to no cost to you.
There are 3 components necessary for your website to be on the Internet.
1. Domain
2. Web Hosting
3. Website
**My favorite WordPress Plug-ins are at the bottom of this page.**
Domain Name
What is a domain name? You domain name is your website address.
Buy the perfect domain name that relates to your business. It will be better for your SEO if it contains Google friendly keywords.
I use GoDaddy.com because it is simply the most popular and they have great round the clock customer service.
Use this link to receive 10% off your purchase.
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Web HostingA web hosting company is an extremely secure website that stores all of your website information. It stores all the information on every page, article, everything you see on your website.
Every website must use a hosting company to be seen online. It is the connection between your domain name and website, so it is visible on the Internet.
Choose a hosting company with good customer service just in case your website goes down for any reason. I use Liquid Web Hosting because they automatically back up my website daily. And, they have 24/7 customer support.
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Website TemplateA template is the website layout. People no longer have to build their websites from scratch. Instead we use templates that look much more professional. See the link below for examples. You will be impressed.
Choose WordPress template that has a clean and professional look and feel. You want it to be easy on the eyes of your readers. There are many free ones to choose from, but I personally think if you spend a little it looks much better.
I have used
ElegantThemes.com for previous websites because
they have a professional look at a very cheap price.
Choose a Website Developer
A web developer/designer is a person who specializes in the “back end” of the website and the website codes. They are needed to connect your domain, web hosting, and website template. They are also very useful to make your website user friendly.
If you want to do custom adjustments or colors to your website, I highly recommend hiring a web designer if you are not already website savvy.
If you need hands on help please
contact us. We have great relationships with high quality web and graphic designers from the UK to Bulgaria (yes they do the best work at a great price in my experience).
Since we send them a lot of business, we get discounted prices which are very affordable.
Week 2: What Everyone Ought To Know About SEO
What is SEO? SEO stands for
Search Engine Optimization. It is the process of improving the visibility of a website or content on a website through search engines.
Use these tools to help you get better search engine ratings:
Google Keyword Tool ( Free )Find commonly searched words and phrases in Google for your business type. This website will help you see what people are searching on Google:
Google Keyword ToolType in the keywords pertaining to your website, and Google will list 100 common keywords, how much traffic they get, and what the competition is like.
The goal is to use the Keywords with the most traffic. Choose 10 keywords that have low-mid competition with a high search rate.
Submit Your Website To Google ( Free )Sitemaps tell Search engines about the pages that would not get discovered with the normal bot crawling process. This gives a clear map to the search engines, and therefore makes your website easy for the search engine bots. That’s always a good thing.
Submit your sitemap to Google:
Click here
Submit Your Website To Bing ( Free )
Create a Bing Webmaster Account to submit your Website to their search directory. You may also submit up to 10 of our website pages daily.
Create your Bing Webmaster account:
Click here
Submit Your Website To Yahoo ( Free )
Create a Yahoo Site Explorer account to submit your website and rss feed to their search directory.
Create your Yahoo Site Explorer account:
Click here
Submit Your Website To Ask.com ( Free )
Ask.com is a little different because they don’t have their own webmaster tool. But, it is easy simply replace write your URL and copy and paste into your browser.
http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http://www.
YOURURL.com/sitemap.xml
If it is successful, the image on the left will show up on the screen.
SEO Scribe
SEO Scribe makes SEO easy. It helps you write your articles to be search engine optimal by telling you how your Title should be written, keywords that should be used, and reminds you if you forgot to add anything to rate you better on searches.
It really comes in handy for people new to SEO.
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Week 3: Do Social Media Like An Expert & Grow a Website Following
There is no better way to build relationships with your readers than connecting on your social media account. It also creates a platform for you to speak your message and become an authority in your niche.
Use these tools to grow your following faster.
**My Favorite Facebook Application links are at the bottom of this page**
Aweber Email Auto-ResponderAweber is the most popular brand for email marketing and is used by a majority of the top blog websites. It is an email auto-responder that allows you to create ongoing newsletters to connect with subscribers and market your website.
This will make your email subscriptions easy. Your visitors will enter their name and email address and you can keep them updated with newsletters. Aweber makes this process simple to learn even for people just starting.
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Google Feedburner For Your RSS feeds ( Free )
Google Feed burner is a free service that allows your readers to sign up for free email updates.
When people sign up for feed burner, they will be sent an email when you write a blog.
Adding an RSS feed can help increase visibility and also boost site traffic because your web pages will now get indexed in blog search engines and online feed readers as well in addition to regular web search.
Create your feed burner RSS account:
Feed Burner sign up
MaxBlog Press Subscribers Magnet
Subscribers Magnet is a wordpress plugin that builds subscribtions to your email list by using unobtrusive ways.
You can create custom subscription sign up areas in the right bar, footer area, and even pop up.
But, I only use the check box in the comments area to subscribe to my Aweber account. It has been very effective and convenient for my readers.
I also like how it automatically pre-fills commentor’s name and email address in the sign up boxes. That really gets the reader’s attention and it is only one click to subscribe.
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Week 4: Making Money – Attraction Marketing, Affiliates & Other Passive Income
Attraction Marketing is a simple method that has been
effective for home based entrepreneurs. The approach is quite simple. Instead of talking about and selling the business opportunity or the products/services, you give valuable information to your potential customers to figure out solutions for their problems.
In turn, you become elevated to expert status, and people are drawn to you for your advice (rather than feel like they are being sold to).
I go into depth about this in my eBook. Read a brief outline to see if you could get value from it:
Click here
My Ecover Maker
Market your PDF eBook or Video series and create an eBook Cover image or DVD product line image. There is great software out there so you may do this for free in only 5 mins. I used
MyEcoverMaker.com and it’s amazing how professional it looks. My “Home Business – The Smart Way” eBook cover was created on this website for less than $5, but they also have Free version too.
*Please support us by using this link if you are interested. We get credit if you decide to purchase one. MyEcoverMaker.com
Link Share Affiliate Network ( Free )
Link Share is a network of over 700 companies that offer affiliate programs. You can search for companies that are resourceful and relate to your business.
*Please support us by using this link if you are interested. We get credit if you sign up.
Create your free Linkshare affiliate account:
Click here
Google Adsense ( Free )
You get paid per click by signing up for a Google Adsense. Google displays simple text and image ads on your blog that are targeted to what you’re writing about.
However, my belief is that if you are to truly profit from your blog you need to tailor your ads specifically to your audience to keep them entertained and educated, not advertised to.
For most bloggers, I suggest you implement Google Adsense first and test how it works for your unique situation. If you are happy with the amount you are making or if you think there is potential then keep it. And if not, you can move on and try different methods.
Create your Google Adsense Account:
Click here
Must Have Word Press Plug-ins ( Free )
After a lot of searching, here are the ones I use on my websites.
Akismet Comment Spam Filter: This plug in comes preinstalled into all WordPress themes, but you must activate it for it to work. I get tons of spam every day and I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it. But, it is not always correct, so I do have to approve some comments that it marks as spam. It is used by millions of websites. Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from comment and trackback spam.
All In One SEO: This is a definite must have for anyone wanting to be visible on Google. It makes SEO easy by making your links Google friendly. It also makes it easy to change your Title, Description, and Keywords. You may see more information and download on this page
here.
Better Word Press Google XML Sitemaps: This usually comes preinstalled with your Word Press theme, but it is crucial for SEO visibility and letting the search engines know you exist. Every time you update your blog it will send a “Ping” to Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask.com that tells them to check out your website. Make sure it is set to Ping those search engines (see image below). For more information and download
click here.
Social Media Widget: It adds links to your social media accounts to make your website easily sharable.
This is a simple sidebar widget that allows you to input your social media website profile URLs and other subscription options to show an icon on the sidebar to that social media site. We have custom social media buttons on our website, but this one is highly rated. For more information or download
click here.
Subscribe to Comments Reloaded: This allows the reader to check a box to sign up for email notifications when someone else makes a comment in the same post. For more information and download
click here.
Thank Me Later: This automatically sends a “Thank You” email to those who comment on your blog. It engages the visitor by reminding them to check back again. You are able to set the message, delay, and any restrictions. For more information and download
click here.
Go Social: This is a definite must have. It makes your blog posts easily sharable by automatically having social media share buttons at the bottom of each article, such as the Twitter Follow, Facebook Like, Digg, Stumbled Upon, Google +1, and the “Email Friend” buttons. For more information and download
click here.
Auto Facebook & Auto Twitter: This is an automatic way to keep your Twitter and Facebook fan page active. It will automatically update your accounts when you publish a blog post/article. Here are the plug-ins we use to auto-Twitter and auto-Facebook all of our blog posts.
Auto-Facebook
Auto-Twitter
Tweetbacks: This cool plug-in shows the tweets about your post and pages as comments on your blog. For more information and download
click here.
Facebook Applications ( Free )
Use these applications to create a professional custom Facebook fan page.
Static IFRAME: I used the Static IFRAME Tab App to create my Welcome page. I like it because you can either upload a photo or create your welcome page yourself. After creating this page, change the settings so that your Welcome Page will be the default page that visitors first see.
Here’s a link to the free Facebook App:
Static IFRAME
Networked Blogs App: First register your blog, and then create a tab that will show all your blog posts on a specific page. I like this specific app because it looks better than the others.
Here’s a link to the Facebook App:
Networked blogs
YouTube App: Connect this to your YouTube account. This allows you to show your YouTube videos on your Facebook page. There are many to choose from, but I liked Involver.com app because it is much more visually pleasing to me.
Here is a link to the Involver App:
Involver YouTube
Twitter to Facebook App: This will post all your Tweets to Facebook. But, keep in mind that these posted Tweets are less visible to your Facebook Fans than posting directly in Facebook.
Here’s a link to the Facebook App:
Twitter
