Great video, thanks a million. I want to go and DO that!
What I’d really like to do is:
1) Have a static page on my blog front page
2) Have a normal blog behind that (on a tab)
3) Have a forum on another tab behind that
How do I do this … or does the forum always take over the whole thing?
Thanks in advance
John Gordon
The Infotainer
David Thompson
Posted October 9, 2008 at 11:33 AM
John, Judi thanks guys I’m really glad you’ll liked the video it was making it.
John to your question I know wordpress gives you the option to have a static homepage, you have to create a new page but it all depends on what version of wordpress you are using. I know of a plugin you can use for static pages but can’t remember the name now.
You can more less tell wordpress what to do now-a-days either with plugins or hacking the theme because that’s the design aspect of your site.
So what you are trying to do should be easy I will have to look into this but as i said you can have static homepage – middlepage – Forum with a little tweak here and there.
I’m having a problem creating my first blog. More over, once I do get it up where can I go to learn the marketing aspects of blogging. There must be a members site somewhere that teaches that specifically. Could you please direct me with a recommendation? There are so many sites on the net that have member forums for interaction, but how can I research their quality before spending money on an unknown. I have the vidoes instructing me on blog building which I am just beginning to view. That is the simple part. The marketing is the tricky part. I have entered support tickets at your desk and not gotten a response. That is why I am posting this here. Alex
David Thompson
Posted October 10, 2008 at 2:10 AM
Hey Alex,
I don’t really know any site that really teaches you about the marketing side of blogging, I know there were a few $1000 courses out there for awhile but my thing with most of these high price products are they don’t really work for me.
I like to get my hands dirty and another thing I look for blogs in my niche that are doing good and talk to the owner about how he does it.
I know this might be the answer you are looking for but that’s what I have for you bro.
Find an angle within your nice and blog about it, setup twitter, facebook accounts, use them to drive traffic back to your blog. Forums in your nice make sure your signature file points back to your blog.
Add quality content to your blog, find a few product you can sell or sell join as an affiliate and add a few links to your site, adspace once you have some nice traffic coming in.
These are just some of the things I can think about I do hope it helps bro.
I’m familiar already with FTP, but this is good to know if I ever want to add a blog to my main site. The “read-only” access is straightforward– but I’m still curious about the difference between limited access vs. full access– what are the functional differences for users? Thanks again,
Marc
David Thompson
Posted October 10, 2008 at 3:42 AM
Marc, this is what the forum creator had to say about the access and permission.
Limited Access – Permission with access to reply and start topics but with limited features.
Full Access – Permission with Standard Access features plus image uploading and spam control bypass.
I hope this helps
–David
Hank
Posted October 13, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Most of the time I work at a dialup. No way that video will download today. Any printed material??
That’s a neat way of looking at it David. You don’t really realize how much you can get done in a month/year until you see it written down.
Even if you can’t write that many articles very week, you just have to calculate how many you can write along with any other activities that you can do.
Joel Osborne
John
Posted October 19, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Hi David, This is a lot of good info and I am so glad you were generous enough to put this in audio for all of us. While listening to these my mind is
wandering back to the thousands of emails I have re-
ceived and I can relate to them while Jay tells the
stories. It fits perfectly. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, Thank You, John
Wow, cool table. Question is, will each article get 50 visitors a month, every month for years? some will, of course, but many might get none.
If the article on Ezinearticles gets 50 visitors a month clicking on your link, and an amazing 10% of readers click on your link, the article actually needs 500 visitors a month
iam waiting for this kind of post from a long time..it is really good and a lovely post..and i came here through WF ..thanks a lot …
David Thompson
Posted November 17, 2008 at 6:13 AM
Hey Vishal,
thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment I do appreciate it thanks.
I love the idea behind this plugin and if it is used right I believe it can really generate some amazing traffic for your blog and give it that authority type figure in your niche…
It’s really cool and powerful. Keep up the great job!
Thanks
^PV Reymond
barn
Posted December 14, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Well-l-l-l,
The problem may not be taking action so much as what action to take.
I have no problem with the methodologies of acquiring subscribers to a mail list – done it before – but I do have one slight problem in the whole list area.
It’s called content. To my mind it should be called _ehtical_ content.
See, I can acquire a list – note the use of the word _acquire_ as opposed to _build_ – but what do I send them? Non-stop proposals for them to give me money?!?
That’s what I get from most of the lists I’m on.
Of all the lists I currently subscribe, only Wilbur Katzenback and Reed Floren provide content – what _I_ consider to be content.
Wilbur’s is a straight-forward email of a lot of stuff I’ve already seen, but it is content, not a sales pitch.
Reed’s is in the form of blog posts, announced in an email. C’mon, Reed, if I’m interested, I’ll subscribe to the feed (which I did), so just email me if you have something to announce/sell.
The other 298 lists – give or take a few – I’m on are nothing but hard sell. Oh, they soften it a bit with a few personal observations, but the impetus is a hard sell.
Now, given that atmosphere, what can I offer a list? No one seems to address that issue, not at all. Yeah, I’m supposed to be _creative_, but that’s a bit rough when all the _instructions_ – yours included – are targeted toward a hard sell.
The only time I really see any mention of content is when someone is trying to sell me some junk to make my site more palatable to the search engines.
Oh, btw … just ’cause someone bought something on my site and is now on my mailing list does not make them a subscriber. Your statement, “How to convert more visitors into buyers,” is a classic example.Its only focus is to sell.
Believe it or not, I’d rather have active, willing,cooperating subscribers, not a list of folk who’ve bought from me. Subscribers can be persuaded – buyers are a shot in the dark. Once you realize – and *act* – on _that_, you might see some improvement in your fortunes.
OK, I’ve wandered far afield enough, so I’ll shut down.
You bring up some good points David. It is far too easy for someone starting out in Internet marketing to get overwhelmed and confused by all of the noise and chaos, especially in the midst of all the product launches that have occured this past year.
Confusion which results in paralysis.
With our attentions drawn in 100 different directions, it is hard to know what to do first. I take your point to be that any action is better than no action. It is far easier to redirect an object in motion than it is to get it moving in the first place.
The key is to shut out all the noise and keep your focus on the task at hand, whatever it may be, rather than do what most people do and jump from one thing to the next, never completing any of them. Multi tasking is a great way to get nothing done fast.
Cool video, it’s just human nature and we are all part of it. But on a more serious note, getting motivated is what you need to do. For me i am just building and building and i know that i will get there in the end. The trouble is that there are just to many jobs all screaming for attention, i guess the key is to find the jobs that are pulling in the traffic and the cash.
Thanks’ for the read
Watched the video. Not sure I understand your point. Perhaps you can clarify. Are you saying that websites for sale that are getting lots of bids are good marketing niches to pursue?
David Thompson
Posted February 22, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Susan, what I’m saying is market and niche research just got a lot easier because you see what other people are selling and how much they are selling for and what market. To me this is an amazing place to start whether I’m doing research for a new website to flip or create a new product to bring to the market…
There are a number of factors that makes a good niche to get into but if a website is getting lots of bids I think it’s a good point to start there, how long it has been on the market or if it is a paid listing then it shows there is money to be made.
–David
Don Stanton
Posted February 26, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I really would like to hear what you had to say, but your volume is so low I could not understand anything you said.
Either get closer to the microphone or turn up the microphone volume.
Thank you, David.
I can’t imagine an easier way to get a forum installed, but I wouldn’t have known where to go to find this.
As always, you provide great information!
Regards,
Judi
Hi
Great video, thanks a million. I want to go and DO that!
What I’d really like to do is:
1) Have a static page on my blog front page
2) Have a normal blog behind that (on a tab)
3) Have a forum on another tab behind that
How do I do this … or does the forum always take over the whole thing?
Thanks in advance
John Gordon
The Infotainer
John, Judi thanks guys I’m really glad you’ll liked the video it was making it.
John to your question I know wordpress gives you the option to have a static homepage, you have to create a new page but it all depends on what version of wordpress you are using. I know of a plugin you can use for static pages but can’t remember the name now.
You can more less tell wordpress what to do now-a-days either with plugins or hacking the theme because that’s the design aspect of your site.
So what you are trying to do should be easy I will have to look into this but as i said you can have static homepage – middlepage – Forum with a little tweak here and there.
–David
Thanks David,
This is something new for me, I am getting to look out for your videos now learn something new every time.
John
I’m having a problem creating my first blog. More over, once I do get it up where can I go to learn the marketing aspects of blogging. There must be a members site somewhere that teaches that specifically. Could you please direct me with a recommendation? There are so many sites on the net that have member forums for interaction, but how can I research their quality before spending money on an unknown. I have the vidoes instructing me on blog building which I am just beginning to view. That is the simple part. The marketing is the tricky part. I have entered support tickets at your desk and not gotten a response. That is why I am posting this here. Alex
Hey Alex,
I don’t really know any site that really teaches you about the marketing side of blogging, I know there were a few $1000 courses out there for awhile but my thing with most of these high price products are they don’t really work for me.
I like to get my hands dirty and another thing I look for blogs in my niche that are doing good and talk to the owner about how he does it.
I know this might be the answer you are looking for but that’s what I have for you bro.
Find an angle within your nice and blog about it, setup twitter, facebook accounts, use them to drive traffic back to your blog. Forums in your nice make sure your signature file points back to your blog.
Add quality content to your blog, find a few product you can sell or sell join as an affiliate and add a few links to your site, adspace once you have some nice traffic coming in.
These are just some of the things I can think about I do hope it helps bro.
–David
Awesome info, David,
I’m familiar already with FTP, but this is good to know if I ever want to add a blog to my main site. The “read-only” access is straightforward– but I’m still curious about the difference between limited access vs. full access– what are the functional differences for users? Thanks again,
Marc
Marc, this is what the forum creator had to say about the access and permission.
Limited Access – Permission with access to reply and start topics but with limited features.
Full Access – Permission with Standard Access features plus image uploading and spam control bypass.
I hope this helps
–David
Most of the time I work at a dialup. No way that video will download today. Any printed material??
That’s a neat way of looking at it David. You don’t really realize how much you can get done in a month/year until you see it written down.
Even if you can’t write that many articles very week, you just have to calculate how many you can write along with any other activities that you can do.
Joel Osborne
Hi David, This is a lot of good info and I am so glad you were generous enough to put this in audio for all of us. While listening to these my mind is
wandering back to the thousands of emails I have re-
ceived and I can relate to them while Jay tells the
stories. It fits perfectly. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, Thank You, John
Wow, cool table. Question is, will each article get 50 visitors a month, every month for years? some will, of course, but many might get none.
If the article on Ezinearticles gets 50 visitors a month clicking on your link, and an amazing 10% of readers click on your link, the article actually needs 500 visitors a month
Thanks for these resources David… I am just getting started on my list building efforts and need all the help I can get.
iam waiting for this kind of post from a long time..it is really good and a lovely post..and i came here through WF ..thanks a lot …
Hey Vishal,
thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment I do appreciate it thanks.
I love the idea behind this plugin and if it is used right I believe it can really generate some amazing traffic for your blog and give it that authority type figure in your niche…
–David
Thanks Dave, sounds really good
Marsha
This is a winner. Just what a marketer needs to be successful.
Hey, This looks interesting…:)
Hi David,
Great information, and things that we all need to put in place to succeed.
Nice to know we ALL don’t need to be a “guru”.
Cheers,
Paul
Hey Guys,
I’m just glad I’m able to provide great content for you all and as always if I find cool stuff I’ll pass it on…
–David
It’s just what every newbie needs. Great information as always.
Hi Dave,
It’s really cool and powerful. Keep up the great job!
Thanks
^PV Reymond
Well-l-l-l,
The problem may not be taking action so much as what action to take.
I have no problem with the methodologies of acquiring subscribers to a mail list – done it before – but I do have one slight problem in the whole list area.
It’s called content. To my mind it should be called _ehtical_ content.
See, I can acquire a list – note the use of the word _acquire_ as opposed to _build_ – but what do I send them? Non-stop proposals for them to give me money?!?
That’s what I get from most of the lists I’m on.
Of all the lists I currently subscribe, only Wilbur Katzenback and Reed Floren provide content – what _I_ consider to be content.
Wilbur’s is a straight-forward email of a lot of stuff I’ve already seen, but it is content, not a sales pitch.
Reed’s is in the form of blog posts, announced in an email. C’mon, Reed, if I’m interested, I’ll subscribe to the feed (which I did), so just email me if you have something to announce/sell.
The other 298 lists – give or take a few – I’m on are nothing but hard sell. Oh, they soften it a bit with a few personal observations, but the impetus is a hard sell.
Now, given that atmosphere, what can I offer a list? No one seems to address that issue, not at all. Yeah, I’m supposed to be _creative_, but that’s a bit rough when all the _instructions_ – yours included – are targeted toward a hard sell.
The only time I really see any mention of content is when someone is trying to sell me some junk to make my site more palatable to the search engines.
Oh, btw … just ’cause someone bought something on my site and is now on my mailing list does not make them a subscriber. Your statement, “How to convert more visitors into buyers,” is a classic example.Its only focus is to sell.
Believe it or not, I’d rather have active, willing,cooperating subscribers, not a list of folk who’ve bought from me. Subscribers can be persuaded – buyers are a shot in the dark. Once you realize – and *act* – on _that_, you might see some improvement in your fortunes.
OK, I’ve wandered far afield enough, so I’ll shut down.
BTW, you didn’t answer #1, you side-stepped it .
Make a good day …
… barn
You bring up some good points David. It is far too easy for someone starting out in Internet marketing to get overwhelmed and confused by all of the noise and chaos, especially in the midst of all the product launches that have occured this past year.
Confusion which results in paralysis.
With our attentions drawn in 100 different directions, it is hard to know what to do first. I take your point to be that any action is better than no action. It is far easier to redirect an object in motion than it is to get it moving in the first place.
The key is to shut out all the noise and keep your focus on the task at hand, whatever it may be, rather than do what most people do and jump from one thing to the next, never completing any of them. Multi tasking is a great way to get nothing done fast.
Cool video, it’s just human nature and we are all part of it. But on a more serious note, getting motivated is what you need to do. For me i am just building and building and i know that i will get there in the end. The trouble is that there are just to many jobs all screaming for attention, i guess the key is to find the jobs that are pulling in the traffic and the cash.
Thanks’ for the read
Watched the video. Not sure I understand your point. Perhaps you can clarify. Are you saying that websites for sale that are getting lots of bids are good marketing niches to pursue?
Susan, what I’m saying is market and niche research just got a lot easier because you see what other people are selling and how much they are selling for and what market. To me this is an amazing place to start whether I’m doing research for a new website to flip or create a new product to bring to the market…
There are a number of factors that makes a good niche to get into but if a website is getting lots of bids I think it’s a good point to start there, how long it has been on the market or if it is a paid listing then it shows there is money to be made.
–David
I really would like to hear what you had to say, but your volume is so low I could not understand anything you said.
Either get closer to the microphone or turn up the microphone volume.