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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Atwood</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/becomeaplrwriter" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/becomeaplrwriter';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a>It is easy for me to forget how overwhelming learning WordPress can be. When I was new to WordPress, just figuring out how to log in to my site was hard. Then navigating around and making my site do what I wanted it to do, took longer than I want to admit.</p>
<p>WordPress has come along way and so have the tutorials for learning WordPress. In fact video tutorials have come a long way since I started using WordPress for my sites.</p>
<p>Every one of our clients love the fact that we include <a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/wp101">WP 101</a> videos in their training package. I love it too&#8230;when they have a question I just refer them to the video that shows them exactly what to do.</p>
<p>Created in 2008 by Shawn Hesketh, a web designer and consultant from Houston, TX, WP101 has helped nearly 5,000 folks learn how to build and manage their own website using WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=1644&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=53353%22%20target=%22ejejcsingle%22"><img class="size-full wp-image-6214 aligncenter" title="WordPress 101 Tutorial Videos" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Become-a-WP101-Affiliate-–-WordPress-101-Tutorial-Videos1.jpg" alt="WordPress 101 Tutorial Videos" width="468" height="59" /></a><br />
You watch Shawn as he shows you exactly how to set up and manage your own WordPress site. He has created 19 short videos and keeps them updated with the latest WordPress information.</p>
<p>In 2010, WP 101 won the Wishie Award for the &#8220;Best Overall Membership Site.&#8221; Hundreds of membership sites were nominated for this coveted award.</p>
<p>Right now, you can still get Shawn&#8217;s special on a life-time membership to all the videos and updates. I wish I had WP101 when I started working in WordPress.</p>
<p>Become a WordPress expert! Get your videos today.</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p>P.S. Are you new to WordPress? <a title="Learning WordPress" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=1644&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=53353%22%20target=%22ejejcsingle%22" target="_blank">Learning WordPress is easy and fast</a>, when you can see exactly what to do.</p>

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		<title>Jumpstart Your Online Business With Private Label Rights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private label rights, also known as PLR, are digital products that have already been written and are available to you to sell on your own website. The author was paid to write them, and you can purchase the rights for less than ten dollars in most cases. They also come with graphics and a sales [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/doubleyoursubscribers" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/doubleyoursubscribers';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a>Private label rights, also known as PLR, are digital products that have already been written and are available to you to sell on your own website. The author was paid to write them, and you can purchase the rights for less than ten dollars in most cases. They also come with graphics and a sales letter, so you can be in business in a very short time.</p>
<p><strong>If you have ever wanted to have an online business,</strong> this is an excellent way to get started without having to write your own eBook. You will want to edit the PLR eBook before you make it available for sale, but editing is much easier than writing from the very beginning.</p>
<p>Learning how to start your online business using this method will help you to build a passive income stream for years to come. You will be able to repeat the process over and over to earn even more money on the internet.</p>
<p>Just think of how many niche sites you could have if you took advantage of great PLR.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">You are in Luck!<span id="more-2945"></span></span></h3>
<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/01/start-your-own-plr-bussiness.html"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6288" title="Guest-post-for-Sheila-Atwood.doc" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Guest-post-for-Sheila-Atwood.doc.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="96" /></a>My favorite PLR expert and soon to be yours&#8230;Peggy Baron will help you take PLR to the Max!</p>
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<li>Purchase <a title="All Star PLR" href="http://www.allstarplr.com/affiliates/jrox.php?uid=sheilaa" target="_blank">PLR from AllStar PLR</a> and use it to make money. Choose from niches like Gardening, Kids, Wedding, Travel, Going Green, Self Help, Self Care or Internet Marketing.</li>
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<li>Purchase &#8220;<a title="How To ReWrite PLR" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/rewriteplr" target="_blank">How To ReWrite PLR</a> &#8221; ebook; quickly and expertly rewrite any PLR you have purchased. I am sure that you know by now, dumping out PLR with out rewriting it is a big NO! NO! And there is no need when you can rewrite it in just a few minutes.</li>
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<li>Or start your very own PLR business with &#8220;<a title="Become A PLR Writer" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/becomeaplrwriter" target="_blank">Become a PLR Writer</a>&#8221; ebook. Get this complete Business in a box.</li>
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<h3><span style="color: #800000;">Learn More Straight From The Horses Mouth</span></h3>
<p>Writing and selling PLR is <a title="Business In A Box" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/01/start-your-own-plr-bussiness.html" target="_blank">the perfect business model </a>for those who love to write.</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p><strong>P.S. Have you worked with PLR? What is your favorite way to use it?</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">&#8220;10 Widgets To Rock Your WordPress,&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8220;Out of the box, WordPress is so easy to install and setup even a caveman can do it. And now that you have your shiny new toy, lets pimp it out. We all know WordPress gives you the ability to create custom themes, custom post types, and custom widgets. There are literally thousands of third party apps and themes to pick from, but you may not know which ones will truly Rock Your WordPress. We’ll talk about 10 Widgets (and maybe even sneak some theme goodies in) that you can add today, giving your site instant appeal, help with maintenance, and keep visitors coming back. You won’t want to miss this session.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Thom Allen</p>
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<p>When I was learning to use WordPress, <a title="Geek" href="http://thomallen.com/" target="_blank">Thom Allen </a>was one of the first WordPress geeks I met. He started and ran PodCamp Utah. His since of humor shines in this bio I found: &#8220;I Read/Write/Code, talk about Software, Cloud Computing, Mobile, and take pictures, but not of cats, I’m allergic. US Marine. http://gplus.to/thomallen&#8221;<span id="more-6269"></span></p>
<p>Thom most certainly over delivered, but covered all the major areas you will need plugins to enhance your site: Backup, Caching, SEO, Media and Social Sharing.</p>
<h3><strong>Thom&#8217;s Rocking Recommendations and my notes and links.</strong></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">WordPress Backup</span> &#8211; Free Plugins from the WordPress Directory</h3>
<p><a title="WordPress Backup Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/" target="_blank">WP -DB Backup</a> &#8211; This is the free backup I use for most of my small sites and free installs for clients. I have it set up so emails are sent to my email according to how often I add new posts and updates.</p>
<p><a title="Backup WordPress Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/" target="_blank">WP &#8211; DB Manager</a> &#8211; This free backup system is highly rated in the WordPress Plugins Directory.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">Backup &#8211; <span style="color: #000000;">Paid Plugins</span></span></h3>
<p><a title="Backup and Security Plugin WordPress" href="http://vaultpress.com/plans/" target="_blank">Vault Press</a> &#8211; Backup and Security Plugin by Automattic with a cheap monthly payment plan.</p>
<p><a title="Paid backup plugin for WordPress" href="http://codegarage.com/" target="_blank">Locker</a> &#8211; Monthly payments that include multiple sites&#8230;cheap.</p>
<p>Off Site Backup &#8211; This would be backup from companies like <a title="Offline WordPress Backup" href="https://mozy.com/?ref=3f9a896&amp;amp;mcr=1" target="_blank">Mozy.com.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ithemes.com/member/go.php?r=7161&amp;i=b16"><img class="size-full wp-image-6265 alignnone" title="Backup Buddy" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Backup-Buddy-.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="186" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Backup Buddy Plugin" href="http://ithemes.com/member/go.php?r=7161&amp;i=b16" target="_blank">Backup Buddy </a>- mentioned by someone in the SLC group and Matt Mullenweg in his<a title="State of The Word 2011" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/09/wordcamp-slc-2011-state-of-the-word-2011.html" target="_blank"> &#8220;2011 State of The Word&#8221;</a> address. This is my favorite! We install it on all of our clients sites and recently used it to save a site.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">WordPress Cache Plugins</span> &#8211; Make your site run faster!</h3>
<p><a title="WordPress Cache Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/" target="_blank">W3 Total Cash</a> -My recommendation.</p>
<p>Now a Cache plugin can look overwhelming when it comes to installing it. But don&#8217;t worry I found the perfect videos by Chuck of CyberSmartWebMarketing.com.</p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K_tmh9vw4Po?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O0B_1-3_e1k?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YZZrh4ZTk9Y?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><a title="WP Super Cache" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/" target="_blank">WP Super Cache</a> &#8211; Found in the WordPess Directory&#8230;now I have to agree with Mr. Cyber Smart on this one&#8230;W3 Total cache has been a better plugin.</p>
<blockquote><p>Special Note- I always disable my cache plugin while I am working on a site. If it is on, the updates do not show up immediately, so it is hard to see changes.</p></blockquote>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">Media Plugins</span></h3>
<p><strong>Photo:</strong></p>
<p><a title="Photo Gallery Plugin WordPress" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/" target="_blank">Next Gen Gallery </a>-This free plugin just happens to be one of the most popular plugins in the WordPress Plugins Directory. It is full of features you did not even know you needed.</p>
<p><a title="Light Box Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lightbox-2/" target="_blank">Light Box 2</a> &#8211; Enhance the view of your images with this simple but nice pop-up of your image.</p>
<p><a title="WordPress image plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-smushit/" target="_blank">WP Smushit</a> &#8211; This plugin strips out the meta data from your pictures, decreasing site load time. If you are using a lot of images you want this plugin.</p>
<p><strong>Video:</strong></p>
<p><a title="WordPress Video Embed Pluin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/" target="_blank">Vipers Video Quick Tags</a> &#8211; Embeds videos, although the new 3.0 versions give you the video embed options this still gives you more options.</p>
<p><strong>Audio</strong>:</p>
<p><a title="Power Press Audio Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/powerpress/" target="_blank">Power Press</a> &#8211; Includes full iTunes support, web audio/video media players and more.</p>
<p><a title="PodPress WordPress Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podpress/">Pod Press</a> &#8211; Adds a lot of features designed to make WordPress the ideal platform for hosting a podcast.</p>
<p><a title="Audio Player Plugin WordPress" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/audio-player/" target="_blank">Audio Player</a> &#8211; This is the Audio plugin I have used. It is really simple. It is the plugin that CopyBlogger uses for his weekly podcast: <a title="Audio Player Plugin WordPress" href="http://www.copyblogger.com/seo-content-marketing/" target="_blank">&#8220;Internet Marketing For Smart People.&#8221;</a></p>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">Social Sharing Plugins</span></h3>
<p><a title="Share This Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jw-share-this/" target="_blank">Share This</a> &#8211; Adds links at the bottom of posts to share via Email, StumbleUpon, Digg, Facebook, Twitter. This is a lite weight tool.</p>
<p><a title="WordPress Sharing Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-sharing-toolkit/" target="_blank">Social Sharing Tool Kit</a>- Easy sharing and connecting on social networks. Display on posts or use widgets or shortcode. You have a big choice in size of the buttons.</p>
<p><a title="WordPress Plugins" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/" target="_blank">JetPack </a>- This is a whole series of plugins that gives self hosted WordPress sites the some of the powers of WordPress.com sites. There are parts of this plugin I am not interested in&#8230;but I use some of the parts as stand alone plugins. For example I have a client that wanted a spell, style and grammar checker so we added <a title="Spell Checker Plugin For WordPess" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/after-the-deadline/" target="_blank">After The Deadline</a>.</p>
<p>Social Share &#8211; Adds share icons at the bottom of your post. Gives the option of two sizes. This one is easy to add to your site and gives you the most popular sharing choices. It is a little more lite weight than most social sharing plugins.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">SEO plugins for WordPress</span></h3>
<p><a title="WordPress SEO plugins" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/" target="_blank">Yoast WordPress SEO</a> &#8211; Free All In One available in the WordPress Directory. WordPress Beginner gives you <a title="Yoast WordPress SEO  | WordPress Beginner" href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress-seo-plugin-by-yoast/" target="_blank">full installation instructions</a>.</p>
<p><a title="All In One SEO Pack Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/" target="_blank">All In One SEO Pack</a> &#8211; Free and simple to use. <a title="Configuring All In One SEO" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2010/06/configuring-all-in-one-seo-wordpress-plugin.html" target="_blank">Instructions for configuring All In One SEO. </a></p>
<p><em>Advanced Settings for All In One SEO</em></p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FAAkUzNKQtc?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h3><span style="color: #800000;">WordPress Stats Plugins</span></h3>
<p><a title="WordPress Stats Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=WordPress.com+stats&amp;sort=" target="_blank">WordPress.com Stats</a> &#8211; Now part of the JetPack series&#8230;but this plugin alone is easy on load time.</p>
<p><a title="Woopra Analytics Pluin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/woopra/" target="_blank">Woopra</a> &#8211; An extensive analytics tool you will love. This starts with a free plan with upgrades. <a title="WordPress Analytics Plugin" href="http://www.woopra.com/installation-guide/" target="_blank">Installation Tips</a>.</p>
<p><a title="Clicky By Yoast" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clicky/" target="_blank">Clicky by Yoast </a>- Integrate this paid service into your WordPress site.</p>
<p><a title="WordPress Analytics Plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analyticator/" target="_blank">Google Analyticactor </a>- Get your Google analytics right in your dashboard. This my favorite, when I am using Google for my analytics.</p>
<p>Whew! Thanks Thom.</p>
<p>Now remember taking the time to choose the right WordPress Plugins for your site makes all the difference in <a title="Plugins - A Love Hate Relationship" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/09/wordpress-plugins-a-love-hate-relationship.html" target="_blank">how the plugins will perform in the future</a>.</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p><strong>P.S. Do you have some base plugins you would like to add? Or would you share your experience with the one listed.</strong></p>
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		<dc:creator>Sheila Atwood</dc:creator>
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<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">WordPress Plugin Complaints</span></strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Plugins not working</li>
<li>Having to upgrade plugins</li>
<li>Security problems with plugins</li>
<li>Finding the best plugins</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Solutions For WordPress Plugin Complaints<span id="more-6248"></span></span></strong></h3>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Finding the best plugins</span></strong> is just logical. Choosing the best plugins from the starting gate, goes a long way to solving the other problems.</h3>
<p><strong>Start with WordPress.org</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine. In the directory you can find, download, rate, and comment on all the best plugins the WordPress community has to offer.&#8221; WordPress Codex</p>
<p>The<a title="WordPress Plugins Directory" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/" target="_blank"> WordPress directory</a> currently has 16,355 plugins available for download. Every plugin in the directory has to follow a strict criteria before they are posted. Also <a title="Automattic" href="http://automattic.com/about/" target="_blank">Mark Riley of Automattic </a>checks each plugin out.</p>
<p>Good plugin developers will have a source page you can go to for information and support for the plugin. They will also answer questions and give fixes on the <a title="WordPress Plugin Forum" href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks" target="_blank">WordPress.org Forum</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Ask Other WordPress Lovers and Developers</strong> &#8211; Every WordPress lover and developer has their favorite plugins. If they are posting about WordPress, the chances are your will find their list of plugins on their site.</p>
<p><a title="WordPress Plugin Developer" href="http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/plugins-used" target="_blank">Trusted WordPress Plugin Developer</a>, Vladim<strong></strong>ir Prelovac gives the plugins he uses.</p>
<p><strong>Warrior Forum</strong> &#8211; No matter what question you have there is always someone with a solution on <a title="Warrior Forum - WordPress Plugins" href="http://www.warriorforum.com/" target="_blank">the Warrior Forum.</a> The key is to follow the advise of those who know what they are doing. Istvan Horvath is my favorite WordPress Warrior, he gives solid advice.</p>
<p><strong>Cheat</strong> -  When you find something you like on a WordPress site, look at the source code. FireFox use to give you this option but has recently removed it. So now I use Safari to view the page source.</p>
<p>In this example you can see the plugins I am using on Newbie Lifeline.</p>
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<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Plugins Not Working Complaint</span></strong></h3>
<p>There are several reason plugins may now be working on your site.</p>
<ul>
<li>Your<a title="WordPress Plugins Not Working" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/04/wordpress-problems-themes-plugins.html" target="_blank"> theme and the plugin is not compatible</a>.</li>
<li>The plugin needs to be updated for the latest WordPress updates. You will need to watch for and keep your plugins updated.</li>
<li>Bad plugin&#8230;.choose your plugins wisely. There are so many options, do not spend your time with a plugin that is not working properly, look for a new one.</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Updating Plugins Complaint</span></strong></h3>
<p>WordPress has made it soooo easy to update your plugins. You get a warning in your dashboard and can update your plugins right there.</p>
<p>Updates will often follow major WordPress updates or security updates.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2010/06/wordpress-plugin-essentials-must-have-wordpress-plugins.html"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6256" title="Plugins ‹ Newbie Lifeline — WordPress" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Plugins-%E2%80%B9-Newbie-Lifeline-%E2%80%94-WordPress.jpg" alt="WordPress Plugins" width="630" height="441" /></a></p>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">My Plugin Advice</span></strong></h3>
<p><strong>Use as few plugins as possible</strong> &#8211; Plugins can slow down the load time of your site.</p>
<p><strong>Choose plugins that have good support</strong> &#8211; Whether your plugin is free from the directory or one you purchase, double check how well the developer gives support to the users. And how often he updates the plugin.</p>
<p><strong>Choose plugins that have a high rating</strong> &#8211; Plugins in the directory have a star rating system. Use plugins recommended by people you trust.</p>
<p>On the <a title="WordPress Plugins Not Working" href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks" target="_blank">WordPress.org forum </a>you can also see what plugins people are complaining about and which ones they like.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;"> For security</span>, keep your plugins updated</strong> and remove any plugins that you are not using. Always use plugins from trusted sources.</p>
<p>Keep your love hate relationship to a minimum&#8230; choose only recommended plugins. In fact my next post will be on the Plugins recommended at <a title="WordCamp SLC" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/09/wordcamp-slc-2011-state-of-the-word-2011.html" target="_blank">WordCamp SLC.</a></p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p><strong>P.S. How do you keep your relationship with WordPress Plugins a happy one?</strong></p>

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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/easyplr" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/easyplr';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a>Last Saturday I was fortunate enough to attended WordCamp SLC. I attended my first WordCamp in 2007, before I even set up my first WordPress site. WordPress has come a long way since then. And I have come along way since then.</p>
<p>WordCamp was so full of great data I decided to split the information up into several posts. Let&#8217;s start with the opening keynote speaker and the &#8220;State of The Word 2011&#8243;.</p>
<p><a title="Pete Davies" href="http://2011.slc.wordcamp.org/speakers/" target="_blank">Pete Davies</a> started WordCamp SLC with an overview of WordPress and the 2011 survey. You can see the more on the survey in this video with WordPress founder and Automattic co-founder Matt Mullenweg. WordPress has come from&#8230;What is happening now&#8230;What is in the future.</p>
<h3><strong>State Of The Word 2011 <span id="more-6207"></span><br />
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<blockquote><p>Note: This video was a little touchy, I started it&#8230;stopped it until it was fully loaded and then it played correctly.</p></blockquote>
<h3><strong>Outline of First Ever </strong><strong></strong><strong>WordPress </strong>Survey</h3>
<ul>
<li>Survey 18,000 people from around the world responded</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>53% of these respondents were developers, about 9500 people</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Building websites for themselves and others</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Some non profit and some for profit</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>36% of these were self employed, about 3300 people</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>170000 sites have been built by respondents, an average of about 25 per developer</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What is the best thing about WordPress?</strong></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Users</strong> also love WordPress 20% said &#8220;Ease of use&#8221; or &#8220;Easy to use.&#8221;<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong> Community &#8211; The Second Reason People Love WordPress<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Community of Developers helping each other</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>It works -Devlopers additional functionatilty and answers</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Community at <a title="WordPress Forums" href="http://wordpress.org/support/" target="_blank">WordPress Forums</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Most frustrating?</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_6218" class='wp-caption alignnone' style='width:489px;'><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/04/wordpress-problems-themes-plugins.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-6218" title="Plugins suck" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Plugins-suck-.jpg" alt="WordCamp SLC " width="489" height="329" /></a><p class='wp-caption-text'>Photo from Matt Mullenweg WordCamp Slide-show</p></div>
<ul>
<li>Plugins not working</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Security with plugins</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Finding Plugins</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>There are over 15000 plugins are in the WordPress <a title="WordPress Plugins" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/" target="_blank">Repository</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>New policy: If a Theme or a Plugin has not been updated in the last two years &#8211; bye-bye. They will not be removed but they will not be included in your search of WordPress.org and with in your dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How Is WordPress being used?</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>92% use WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>As a blog and Content Management System (CMS)  &#8211; 31%</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>As a CMS &#8211; 61</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>As a blog only &#8211; 8%</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Income From WordPress</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Developers are charging from $5.00 per hr. to $2000.00 pr hr., with an average of $50.00 per hr. and a median of $58.00 per hr.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Over half make a meaningful living and 2,800 make a full time living</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>WordPress Is Taking Over</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>In the first 2 days of the 3.2 WordPress release there were 500,000 downloads</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>There have been 200 million plugin downloads</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>14.7% of all Websites on the net are on WordPress</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Since the first of the year, 22% of new active domains are built on WordPress</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>(A Representative from Blue Host Gave This Info)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Blue Host has hosted 86,600 new sites in the last 30 days</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>60% of them are on WordPress</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>My Take</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Ease of Use</strong> &#8211; I will second that! To all of you that might feel like you are struggling I say stick with it! For all that WordPress can do, it is worth any stops you find along the way. This is the easiest format to learn. And there is plenty of help.</p>
<p>WP101.com has and excellent set of <a title="WP 101 Video Tutorials" href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=1644&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=53353&quot; target=&quot;ejejcsingle" target="_blank">WordPress Tutorial videos</a>. I always include these videos in my clients packages.</p>
<p><strong>Need Help?</strong> I would be glad to <a title="WordPress Setup " href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/contact" target="_blank">help you get started</a>. I know what it is like to learn something new&#8230;someone helped me to get a jump start and I can help you.</p>
<p><strong>Community</strong> &#8211; Right from the get go I knew I wanted my site to be on WordPress. I Googled &#8220;WordPress Geeks Utah&#8221; and found Joseph Scott of Automattic and his local geek club. My journey has gone from Newbie, to setting up WordPress sites for others.</p>
<p><a title="WordPress Lovers Community" href="http://www.wordpressjunkies.net" target="_blank">WordPressJunkies.com </a>- WordPress lovers community.</p>
<p>Salt Lake City Local WordPress Club: <a title="WordPress Meetup" href="http://wpslc.com" target="_blank">WPSLC.com</a></p>
<p>You will find the <a title="WordPress Help" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress Codex</a> and the <a title="WordPress Support Forums" href="http://wordpress.org/support/" target="_blank">WordPress Forum </a>ideal communities to start with. Ask questions and answer questions for others. <strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Themes </strong>- The new 2011 default theme is a great theme the average WordPress user will love. If you plan on choosing a Free WordPress Theme I suggest using the themes in the <a title="WordPress Free Themes" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/" target="_blank">WordPress Theme Repository</a>. They have met the WordPress criteria for clean coding.</p>
<p>More on Themes coming up&#8230;yeah! New stuff happening.</p>
<p><strong>Plugins</strong> &#8211; You do not need over 1500 plugins! You just need the plugins that will enhance and make your site more secure.</p>
<p>More on this in a future post from my WordCamp experience.</p>
<p><strong>WordCamp</strong> &#8211; <a title="WordCamp Central " href="http://central.wordcamp.org/schedule/" target="_blank">Find and attend a WordCamp </a>in your area. Why should you attend WordCamp? <a title="WordCamp Infographic" href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/what-is-a-wordcamp-and-why-you-should-attend-infographic/?display=wide" target="_blank">infographic.</a></p>
<p>Thanks to Joseph Scott of Automattic and the local sponsors that made WordCamp SLC possible.</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p><strong>P.S. Have you attended a WordCamp? What would help you use WordPress better?</strong></p>
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		<title>Speedlinking to Guest Interviews on Your Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Atwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we will be Speedlinking to taking the advantage of guest interviews on your site. First, CopyBlogger uses his weekly &#8220;Internet Marketing For Smart People Radio&#8221; to interview the infamous Seth Godin. &#8220;Seth Godin on Blogging, Business Books, and Creating Content that Matters&#8221; at CoppyBlogger.com Checkout how Brian Clark uses guest interview podcasts on his [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/doubleyoursubscribers" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/doubleyoursubscribers';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a>Today we will be Speedlinking to taking the advantage of guest interviews on your site.</p>
<p>First, CopyBlogger uses his weekly &#8220;Internet Marketing For Smart People Radio&#8221; to interview the infamous Seth Godin.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;Seth Godin on Blogging, Business Books, and Creating Content that Matters&#8221;</span> at <span style="color: #800000;">CoppyBlogger.com</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/09/speedlinking-to-guest-interviews-on-your-site.html/seth-godin-on-blogging-business-books-and-creating-content-that-matters-copyblogger" rel="attachment wp-att-6178"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6178" title="Seth Godin on Blogging, Business Books, and Creating Content that Matters | Copyblogger" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Seth-Godin-on-Blogging-Business-Books-and-Creating-Content-that-Matters-Copyblogger.jpg" alt="Guest Interview of Seth Godin" width="620" height="541" /></a></p>
<h3><strong>Checkout how Brian Clark uses<a title="Guest Ineterview Podcast" href="http://www.copyblogger.com/seth-godin-podcast/" target="_blank"> guest interview podcasts</a> on his site.</strong><br />
<strong></strong></h3>
<p>Next, Speedlink over to Paul Wolf&#8217;s in depth look at guest blogging. <span id="more-6174"></span>Paul not only discusses the advantages and disadvantages of guest posting, he shows you how to be a guest blogger on your own site.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;The Guest Blogging Trade-Off And How To Guest Blog On Your Own Site&#8221;</span> by Paul Wolfe at <span style="color: #800000;">OneSpoonAtaTime.com.</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/09/speedlinking-to-guest-interviews-on-your-site.html/the-guest-blogging-trade-offs-and-how-to-guest-blog-on-your-own-site-one-spoon-at-a-time" rel="attachment wp-att-6177"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6177" title="The Guest Blogging Trade Offs - And How To Guest Blog On Your Own SIte | One Spoon At A Time" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-Guest-Blogging-Trade-Offs-And-How-To-Guest-Blog-On-Your-Own-SIte-One-Spoon-At-A-Time.jpg" alt="The Guest Blogging Trade Offs" width="620" height="562" /></a><strong></strong></p>
<h3><strong>Don&#8217;t miss out! Learn <a title="Guest Blogging On Your Own Site" href="http://www.onespoonatatime.com/guest-blogging-trade-off" target="_blank">how to use interviews as part of your guest blogging</a> as a part of guest blogging on your own site.</strong></h3>
<p>Happy Speedlinking</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p>P.S. I found it interesting that Seth Godin mentions the straightforward video teaching used by Paul Wolf of OneSpoonAtATime.com &#8230;. &#8220;How To Play Bass&#8221;.  Although I am not a bass player, I am a big fan of how Paul<a title="Learning Online Video" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/05/speedlinking-to-learning-online-video.html" target="_blank"> uses video to teach others</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>P.P.S. Have you been using interviews as part of you guest blogging?</strong></p>

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		<title>Speedlinking to Performance Marketing and Grabbing Traffic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Atwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speedlinking my way back to work after a few days vacation. It is not hard since I have great friends on Twitter that share links that are worth checking out. Here are a couple that really stood out. Performance marketing (affiliate marketing) could be one of the best ways to start making money online. Plus [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/ninjaaffiliate" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/ninjaaffiliate';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a>Speedlinking my way back to work after a few days vacation. It is not hard since I have great friends on Twitter that share links that are worth checking out. Here are a couple that really stood out.</p>
<p>Performance marketing (affiliate marketing) could be one of the best ways to start making money online. Plus you can establish a passive income that brings in money while you are away on vacation. But affiliate marketing does not come with out the ups and downs, just like any other business.</p>
<p>To get a deeper look at affiliate marketing, speedlink over to:</p>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Vanessa Taylor&#8217;s</span> extensive survey and guest posts <a title="How Bloggers Monetize Their Blogs" href="http://performinsider.com/2011/08/monetize-blog-content-bloggers-survey/?utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;Established Methods To Monetize Blogs&#8221;</span></a> at PerformanceMarketingInsider.com.</strong></h3>
<p><a href="http://performinsider.com/2011/08/monetize-blog-content-bloggers-survey/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6165" title="How Bloggers Monetize Blog Content - Performance Marketing Survey" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/How-Bloggers-Monetize-Blog-Content-Performance-Marketing-Survey.png" alt="Performance Marketing Survey" width="685" height="472" /></a></p>
<h3><strong>Head over and read  &#8220;<a href="http://performinsider.com/2011/08/monetize-blog-content-bloggers-survey/">Established Methods to Monetize Blogs&#8221; </a> and find more on affiliate marketing and what you should watch out for.</strong></h3>
<p>Next up is another guest post that gives you unusual ways to get traffic to you sites.<span id="more-6163"></span> We can set up all the affiliate sites we want, but as you know a site with no traffic is like fish pond with no fish.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Michael Chibuzor</span> writes about unusual ways to generate traffic in his guest post <a title="Blog Traffic Generation" href="http://alexwhalley.com/traffictips/blogtrafficgeneration-uncommonways/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;7 Unconventional Ways To Promote Your Blog Easily&#8221;</span></a> at AlexWhalley.com</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><a href="http://alexwhalley.com/traffictips/blogtrafficgeneration-uncommonways/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6166" title="7 Quirky and Unconventional Ways of Generating Blog Traffic | AlexWhalley. Build | Rank | Profit" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/7-Quirky-and-Unconventional-Ways-of-Generating-Blog-Traffic-AlexWhalley.-Build-Rank-Profit.png" alt="Generating Blog Traffic" width="685" height="444" /></a></p>
<h3><strong>Speedlink right over and read all about uncommon ways for <a title="Speedlinking to Blog Traffic generation" href="http://alexwhalley.com/traffictips/blogtrafficgeneration-uncommonways/" target="_blank">blog traffic generation</a>.</strong></h3>
<p>In Michael Chibuzor&#8217;s post on blog traffic generation, he talks about <strong>bum marketing</strong> by creating hub pages. I have added this video which will help you <strong>start your own &#8220;Hub Pages&#8221;.</strong></p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uTlXeE_1ijk?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Hope you get a lot out of speedlinking to these posts in this edition of &#8220;The Weekend Web.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p><strong>P.S. How are you doing with your affiliate marketing? Are you using unusual methods of traffic generation?</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Atwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more local business owners are making the move to take their business online. It is a smart move that is keeping me busy. 80% of people search the web to find local business. Having a website is the first step in establishing your online presence. I have found that creating an online presence [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/stripeads" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/stripeads';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a>More and more local business owners are making the move to take their business online. It is a smart move that is keeping me busy.</p>
<p>80% of people search the web to find local business. Having a website is the first step in establishing your online presence.</p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5gs5Tt4NDA0?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>I have found that creating an online presence can sound very overwhelming. Business owners do not need one more thing to do. Just dealing with the day to day business affairs is enough.</p>
<p>Would your offline line business fail because you do not go online?<span id="more-6158"></span> No. There are many successful off line business that are not online. However, they are missing a tremendous chance to grow and expand. And I must admit there could be some businesses that have unique circumstances that would not be supported by an Internet presence. I will take bets that percentage is very small.</p>
<p>Bottom line is that people like to be comfortable, and staying with the old format is comfortable. Exploring new territory is uncomfortable. Expanding and getting bigger can feel uncomfortable. I think it is called growing pains.</p>
<p>Now making the most of that online website is the key. You can have a website that is a beautiful brochure for your services. Or you can have a website that really communicates with your customers. A dynamic website does take some time and attention. But in the long run it is time and attention that pays off.</p>
<p>When it comes to creating a dynamic site, WordPress is the best choice hands down. WordPress has become so much more than a blogging platform. It is a complete Content Management System (CMS).</p>
<p>Say what?  CMS is a way for the average person to create and manage a website. WordPress is more than a way to blog. It is the best way to have any type of website you desire.</p>
<p>Some of the biggest companies in the world use WordPress for their serious projects; Ebay, Yahoo, GE, CNN, Ford, Sony and Samsung, to name a few.</p>
<p>By nature, WordPress is very powerful. It can be as complex or as simple as you wish.</p>
<p>There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Get your site online and decide who will run it. You may have the skills and time. Maybe one of your staff would be the perfect choice. Or hiring someone to manage your site could be some of the best money you spend every month.</p>
<p>Actually it is fun to build websites, fan pages and see clients show up in Google Places. Busy&#8230;.but fun.</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p>P.S. Do you look online before you shop?</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/easyplr" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/easyplr';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/08/what-is-rss-feed-and-what-does-it-do-why-should-you-care.html/what-is-rss-feed" rel="attachment wp-att-6145"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6145 alignleft" title="What is RSS FEED?" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/What-is-RSS-FEED-110x150.png" alt="What is RSS FEED?" width="110" height="150" /></a>What is RSS feed? and What does it do? are very valid questions. My post <a title="RSS Feed to Email for Your Readers on WordPress " href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/08/rss-feed-to-email.html" target="_blank">RSS Feed to Email for Your Readers on WordPress</a> brought in more emails with questions than any other post I written. So let&#8217;s clear up those questions.</p>
<p>RSS stands for <em>Really Simple Syndication</em> and it is a method of syndicating your blog content, video and audio. You create the content, video or audio publish it and the feed sends that information or a summary of that information out to the web.</p>
<p>Most of you have heard about subscribing to a blog via RSS feed so lets start out with this simple video showing how and RSS feed has made it easy for your to keep track of your favorite websites.</p>
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<p>http://youtu.be/0klgLsSxGsU</p>
<p><strong>Here are several readers you can use.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="RSS Reader" href="http://www.newsgator.com/rss-readers.aspx" target="_blank">NewsGator</a> &#8211; Pick one of NewsGator’s free, award-winning RSS readers for Windows, Mac or iPhone.</li>
<li><a title="What Is RSS Feed and What Does It Do?" href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlereader/tour.html" target="_blank">GoogleReader</a> &#8211; Access your reader right in your Google Email. Easy, and the choice I see most often used.</li>
<li><a title="Blog RSS readers" href="http://www.bloglines.com/" target="_blank">Bloglines</a> &#8211; A fast way to keep track of all your favorite websites.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How do I access my Google Reader?</strong></p>
<p>To find your RSS feed Google reader you will need to go to your Gmail account. In the very top tool bar you will see reader. Click that to see all the updates for the blogs you subscribed to by reader.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/08/what-is-rss-feed-and-what-does-it-do-why-should-you-care.html/access-google-reader" rel="attachment wp-att-6146"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6146" title="Access Google Reader" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Access-Google-Reader.png" alt="RSS feed to email and google reader" width="587" height="66" /></a></p>
<p><strong>What is my RSS feed in WordPress?</strong></p>
<p>Blogging platforms like WordPress, Blogger and TypePad have built in your RSS feed. In WordPress your feed looks like this: http://www.newbielifeline.com/feed.</p>
<p><strong>If I already have an RSS feed in WordPress why do I need FeedBurner?</strong></p>
<p>Well, actually you don&#8217;t, FeedBurner is only one many online methods of burning your feed. It just happens to be one of the most commonly used services. Some of these services are paid and some are free.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Using a burner does have advantages. A feed burner will:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>No matter what feed reader your readers are using, they will be able to subscribe to your site.</li>
<li>Feed burning makes it easy to format your RSS feeds for different directories and readers.</li>
<li>You get analytics of who is subscribing to your site, either by RSS reader or RSS email.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How do I create my RSS feed in Feedburner?</strong></p>
<p>You can set up your FeedBurner account or access your current account at <a title="RSS Feed To Email | FeedBurner Account" href="http://feedburner.google.com" target="_blank">http://feedburner.google.com</a>. Simply follow the directions.</p>
<p><strong>What WordPress Plugins should I use?</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=78483" href="http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=78483">FeedBurner FeedSmith</a> &#8211; maintained and suggested by Google, but not updated for a while, it seems: WordPress Codex.</li>
<li><a title="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedburner-plugin/" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedburner-plugin/">FD Feedburner Plugin </a>- This plugin can be loaded right from your dashboard. This is the plugin I use.</li>
<li><a title="TwitterFeed" href="http://twitterfeed.com/" target="_blank">TwitterFeed</a> &#8211; This plugin makes it easy to send your blog posts and the blog posts you like to twitter.  For more on this see this post: <a title="What s RSS Feed" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Add-an-RSS-Feed-to-Twitter" target="_blank">http://www.wikihow.com/Add-an-RSS-Feed-to-Twitter</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What is the difference between subscribing by RSS feed to email and an Optin Subscription?</strong></p>
<p>RSS feed to email is done via your feed. It is often used as an easy way to get your readers to subscribe to your blog. They automatically receive an email every time you post.</p>
<p>People are familiar with email and from what I have researched,  they prefer emails subscriptions over using a reader.</p>
<p>Optin email is when you ask someone for their email address in return for some kind of offer. The offer may be a newsletter, a course, video or a free report.</p>
<p><strong>But Wait &#8211; RSS feed does much more to syndicate your information.<br />
</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em>Syndication</em> benefits both the websites providing information and the websites displaying it. For the receiving site, content syndication is an effective way of adding greater depth and immediacy of information to its pages, making it more attractive to users. For the transmitting site, syndication drives exposure across numerous online platforms. This generates new traffic for the transmitting site — making syndication a relatively cheap, free and easy form of advertisement.</p>
<p>However, as Search Engine Optimization has become an increasingly important topic among website owners and online marketers, content syndication has become a highly effective strategy for link building.</p>
<p>Links embedded within the syndicated content are typically optimized around anchor terms that will point an optimized link back to the website that the content author is trying to promote. These links tell the algorithms of the search engines that the website being linked to is an authority for the keyword that is being used as the anchor text tsunami. <em>Wikipedia</em></p></blockquote>
<h3><strong>Your RSS feed can take you along way to syndicating your site.</strong></h3>
<p>Feeds actually make the web go round. You have been using feeds and probably don&#8217;t even know it. For example Apple sends you music and video powered by a feed.</p>
<p>NetFlix uses a variety of custom feeds to give you the information you want. You receive updates on movies you are interested in via a feed.</p>
<p><strong>Automated bookmarking occurs because of your feed.</strong></p>
<p>You can use BookMarking tools like OnlyWire (WordPress Plugin). OnlyWire <em>syndicates your content </em>and articles to the web&#8217;s top social networking sites with a single button click.</p>
<p>When you set up an OnlyWire account and set up your social networking site logins, OnlyWire will submit your post to all of the sites simultaneously.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2011/08/what-is-rss-feed-and-what-does-it-do-why-should-you-care.html/onlywire" rel="attachment wp-att-6144"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6144" title="OnlyWire" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/OnlyWire.png" alt="RSS feed for Social Media" width="469" height="155" /></a></p>
<p>Alex Whalley has a must read post:<strong> &#8220;How to Automatically Syndicate/Bookmark Every Post You Publish&#8221;</strong> if you are ready to use your <a title="RSS feed for bookmarking" href="http://alexwhalley.com/social-media/automaticallysyndicatebookmarkblogposts/" target="_blank">RSS feed for bookmarking</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Why should you care?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Bottom line</strong>, keeping track of your favorite sites and information is done by feed. And <em>automatically syndicating</em> your information to others is done by feed. This can be via, Twitter, Facebook, and social bookmarking sites and blog directories.</p>
<p>I hope this clears up your questions and sets you on the path of syndication.</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p><strong>P.S. Do you still have a What is RSS feed question? Or Information on RSS feed you want to share? Please leave a comment</strong>.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/becomeaplrwriter" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.newbielifeline.com/recommends/becomeaplrwriter';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''"></a>Couldn&#8217;t resist publishing &#8220;The Weekend Web&#8221; this week. Because in this edition we will be <a title="Speedlinking Your Blog" href="http://www.newbielifeline.com/2010/10/speedlinking-your-blog.html" target="_blank">speedlinking</a> to making your video more powerful.</p>
<p>Last week I attended a traffic and marketing webinar. Although I am in no position to purchase the offer, I have been putting everything I learned into action. First of all it made sense. But most of all the tips save time. And in this particular webinar, I learned just how important video is to getting traffic and marketing anything.</p>
<p><strong>What does this have to do with this post? I&#8217;ve got proof. I&#8217;ve got Stats! Video Stats.<span id="more-6115"></span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>World wide, there are over 2 Billion people using the Internet</li>
<li>Almost 3 Million live in the United States.</li>
<li>178 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in June for an average of 16.8 hours per viewer.*</li>
<li>The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 6.2 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month, an all-time high. *</li>
<li>YouTube alone has over 3Billion video views a day.</li>
<li>Every 60 seconds, there are more than 48 hours of videos uploaded to YouTube.</li>
<li>That amounts to 69,120 hours of video added every day.</li>
</ul>
<p>* <a title="Video Rankings" href="http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/7/comScore_Releases_June_2011_U.S._Online_Video_Rankings" target="_blank">ComScore </a></p>
<p>So let&#8217;s find out more about making your video more powerful by speedlinking to a couple of great posts.</p>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">The Social Media Examiner brings you video advice from 29 experts: &#8220;29 Tips To Make Your Video Marketing Easier&#8221; SocialMediaExaminer.com</span></strong></h3>
<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/29-tips-to-make-your-video-marketing-easy/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6119" title="Speedlinking to Making Your Video More Powerful " src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/http___www.Speedlinking-MakingYourVideoPowerful.com-.png" alt="Speedlinking to Making Your Video More Powerful " width="630" height="439" /></a></p>
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<h3><strong>Read More: </strong> <span style="color: #800000;"><strong><a title="Speedlinking " href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/29-tips-to-make-your-video-marketing-easy/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;29 Tips To Make Your Video Marketing Easier&#8221;</span></a> </strong></span></h3>
<p>Now that you have those 29 tips take at the best way to get that video out there.</p>
<h3><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Traffic Geyser vs. TubeMogul: The REAL Truth with David Risley @David Risley.com </span></strong></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6120" title="Speedlinking Your Video" src="http://www.newbielifeline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Speedlinking-Your-Video.png" alt="Speedlinking Your Video " width="630" height="463" /></p>
<h3 id="post-841"><strong>Read More: <a title="Speelinking | Video " href="http://www.davidrisley.com/traffic-geyser-vs-tubemogul-real-truth/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000;">Traffic Geyser vs. TubeMogul: The REAL Truth</span></a></strong></h3>
<p>Hope this helps your get viewed by those who are spending millions of hours looking at video.</p>
<p>I am off to work on a few of my own.</p>
<p>Sheila</p>
<p><strong>P.S. If you have a few tips or stats of your own be sure to comment.</strong></p>
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