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		<title>10 Online Communities Where You Can Learn From Other Bloggers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>As a blogger, you have quite a number of responsibilities. You need to provide great content, have a visually appealing site, and somehow get visitors to your blog. Fortunately, there are others who are in the same situation. Here are ten places to find help for your blogging and internet marketing]]></description>
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<br/>As a blogger, you have quite a number of responsibilities. You need to provide great content, have a visually appealing site, and somehow get visitors to your blog. Fortunately, there are others who are in the same situation. Here are ten places to find help for your blogging and internet marketing. </p>
<p><strong>1. <a href="http://www.createblog.com/forums/">Create Blog Forums</a></strong></p>
<p>Get information about Xanga, Blogger, Myspace, Livejournal and Friendster on these forums. You can also receive graphics assistance and design assistance. You can also talk about items and events which are not related to blogging, like music and television shows. </p>
<p><strong>2. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=62352&amp;trk=anetsrch_name&amp;goback=.gdr_1250798681054_1">Digital Marketing on LinkedIn</a></strong></p>
<p>This group was intended for professionals who want to learn more about internet marketing and ecommerce. They discuss the practices over SEM, SEO, PHP and email marketing within their field. </p>
<p><strong>3. <a href="http://www.bloggeries.com/forum/">Bloggeries</a></strong></p>
<p>This site encourages people to be active in the forums by sharing half of the Adsense revenues with the creator of the thread. You can talk about finding the best WordPress theme, SEO, SEM and social media in these active forums. There is even an area where you can buy, sell and trade blogs. </p>
<p><strong>4. <a href="http://www.bloggingtips.com/forums/">Blogging Tips</a></strong></p>
<p>This is one of the smaller blogging forums on the web, but it provides a chance for you to be part of an engaged and active community. With 127 active members, there are still thousands of posts which may provide you the answers that you are seeking. </p>
<p><strong>5. <a href="http://forums.digitalpoint.com/">Digital Point</a></strong></p>
<p>This is a gargantuan site which is devoted to making money on the internet through blogging and other methods. If you have something that you need answered, look through their forums and there is probably an answer or information available. </p>
<p><strong>6. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&amp;gid=2028421&amp;trk=anet_ug_hm">Professional Bloggers on LinkedIn</a></strong></p>
<p>The Professional Bloggers group on LinkedIn was founded by Darren Rowse, the founder of Problogger.net. It is intended for those who want to learn about the business of blogging. This LinkedIn group will teach you the basics of blogging and generating traffic for your site. </p>
<p><strong>7. <a href="http://bloggst.com/forums/">Bloggst</a></strong></p>
<p>At Bloggst, you can submit your blog&#8217;s feed to the site and they will broadcast any updates that you make. The more people who know about your site, the more popular your blog becomes in Google&#8217;s eyes. There are thousands of participants on this forum to interact with. </p>
<p><strong>8. <a href="http://www.blogcatalog.com/groups/popular/">Blog Catalog</a></strong></p>
<p>Blog Catalog is one of the largest blogging sites in the world. Submit your site to the catalog, and it immediately becomes available on their site. There are people from all walks of life, including those with your interests. Blog Catalog encourages people to look at their groups section to find others of like mind. </p>
<p><strong>9. <a href="http://forum.authorityblogger.com/index.php">Authority Blogger</a></strong></p>
<p>On Authority Blogger, there are threads for everything having to do with blogging. You can find bloggers to write your posts as well as bond with the other subscribers. </p>
<p><strong>10. <a href="http://www.warriorforum.com/">Warrior Forum</a></strong></p>
<p>The Warrior Forum has been around for twelve years and has a thriving membership. The members are centered around internet marketing, including article marketing, affiliate marketing, ad networks, SEO marketing and much more. This is the forum to join if you are serious about monetizing your blog. </p>
<p>With the variety of places to go, you can find a place to call home. You want a forum or group that is friendly and welcoming, one that makes you feel at home. Good luck!</p>
<p><em>James is a full time writer and analyst at a leading <a href="http://www.cartridgesave.co.uk/">ink cartridges</a> store based in England where he writes reviews for products like the <a href="http://www.cartridgesave.co.uk/CC641EE.html">HP 300XL ink cartridge</a> as well as covering the latest news and developments in the design world on their blog.</em></p>


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		<title>10 Tips to Make the Blogging Process More Efficient</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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When you started blogging, you probably had no idea of the time that it would take. You wanted to make content that was easily readable and distribute it to the world. Writing 300-500 words a day sounds easy, but it takes a lot of time and planning to do it efficiently. Here are ten tips that will help make the process more efficient.</p>
<h2><strong>1. Keep a list</strong></h2>
<p>Carry a memo pad with you to capture the moments when you say, &#8216;I should write a post about that,&#8217; or &#8216;that&#8217;s pretty interesting.&#8217; When you sit down to write a blog post, you will have a ready-made source of ideas so that you can spend your time writing instead of daydreaming.</p>
<h2><strong>2. Schedule posts</strong></h2>
<p>Most blogging software allows you to schedule your posts. With scheduling, you can get ahead of the game and pre-write posts that are fascinating or important to you and still keep the schedule that you&#8217;ve set up. You can also back-date posts in case you miss a day.</p>
<h2><strong>3. Stay focused</strong></h2>
<p>Writing in a Notepad window with your browser closed is the best way to stay focused on what you are writing. That way, you are not distracted with the latest and greatest events which are occurring in the world. Turn your phone off for a few minutes, and put your hands on the keyboard.</p>
<h2><strong>4. To-Do lists</strong></h2>
<p>There are plenty of things for you to keep track of. To do lists act as reminders of what needs to be done for that day and the coming day. Throughout the day, keep a list of the things which need to be done to keep your blog running. You won&#8217;t be suck for something to do.</p>
<h2><strong>5. Use Pen and paper</strong></h2>
<p>Hand writing is a wonderful way to disconnect from the fast-paced internet world. You write slower and have more time to think about what you&#8217;re writing down. As a result, the quality of your posts will improve. If you type too many words a minute, the meaning can be lost from the brain to the keyboard.</p>
<h2><strong>6. Develop Recurring Series</strong></h2>
<p>Inspiration can often strike to write a series of posts about one specific subject. These posts often build upon one another and are written concurrently. Give your readers bite-sized posts which tackle a specific topic. Write a story and separate it into parts.</p>
<h2><strong>7. Create time limits</strong></h2>
<p>Working under deadline produces some amazing results. Set yourself a time limit for how long you will work on the blog post. Make sure that it is a hard limit, and your brain will soon conform to the schedule that you&#8217;ve set. This is a great method that can be used for people who are constantly running.</p>
<h2><strong>8. Don&#8217;t worry about SEO</strong></h2>
<p>A lot of time gets wasted in discovering how the proper keywords are going to be put into a post. Writing the post naturally will make it more entertaining to read. You will save yourself a lot of time by eliminating the SEO restrictions.</p>
<h2><strong>9. Use your passion</strong></h2>
<p>Passionate writing makes for fast writing. There is little time spent for the research because your topic has already been studied. Readers are much more interested in hearing what you have to say if you&#8217;re writing from the heart.</p>
<h2><strong>10. Don&#8217;t edit your content away</strong></h2>
<p>Editing often removes the passion from a piece. Bloggers sometimes spend hours working on a post, crafting it so just the right words are used. Sometimes a post can be edited away to nothing. Stick with only one or two editing passes and your readers will be thankful.</p>
<p>Blogging efficiently takes focus, inspiration and practice. When you sit down at the keyboard, you should have something which is itching to get onto the page. Good luck, and happy blogging!</p>


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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Your landing page should provide a clear and compelling reason to buy your product. That sales pitch should turn your passive users into active customers who interact with and enjoy the merchandise that you sell. Here are some tips to create a more effective online sales pitch.</p>
<h3>1. <a href="http://www.effectivemeetings.com/presenting/delivery/sales.asp">Tailor the pitch to the customer</a></h3>
<p>The product that you&#8217;re selling should provide a solution to a customer&#8217;s problem. When they find you, they want to know what you can do for them right NOW to solve their problem. Prepare a message that addresses the reason that they came to your site.</p>
<h3>2. <a href="http://www.bnet.com/2403-13237_23-313856.html">Be engaging</a></h3>
<p>Your sales pitch needs to be interesting and entertaining to the reader. Use action verbs rather than passive ones and that will get their attention. Customers don&#8217;t want something that puts them to sleep any more than you do.</p>
<h3>3. <a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/sell-without-a-sales-pitch/">Offer case studies</a></h3>
<p>Customers want to know how your product helped others in similar situations. Present problems to the customer and outline ways that your product or service eliminated them. Unlike testimonials, this is content written by you.</p>
<h3>4. <a href="http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/olsaleslet.htm">Break your content up</a></h3>
<p>The average reader doesn&#8217;t want to be faced with a dissertation when they get to your landing page. Break your content up into a list format or short paragraphs. Your customers want a fast and accurate breakdown of the benefits of your product.</p>
<h3>5. <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Make-an-Effective-Sales-Pitch&amp;id=3886112">Create a pitch with integrity</a></h3>
<p>Customers want to know why you are passionate about your product. Be completely honest about why you enjoy using that product over similar products in the field. Your passion and integrity will shine through.</p>
<h3>6. <a href="http://www.amrmedia.com/selling/effective-sales-pitch-example-simple-strategy-for-sales-pitch/">Offer testimonials</a></h3>
<p>Having someone else tout your product is one of the most important forms of organic marketing. Honor the customer who took the time to write by including their testimonial on your site. That feedback is valuable.</p>
<h3>7. <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/ebusiness/ebusinesscolumnist/article79002.html">Pitch one product at a time</a></h3>
<p>Too much information about too many products dilutes your message. You don&#8217;t want them to have any opportunity to be confused about what you&#8217;re offering. Instead, you want them to have an intense focus on buying the one thing that will satisfy their needs.</p>
<h3>8. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/marketing/customer-service-acquisition/how-to-write-an-effective-sales-letter-11-tips.aspx#Howtowriteaneffectivesaleslettertips">Let the readers know what&#8217;s in it for them</a></h3>
<p>Use an effective headline to dramatize the solutions that you offer. Customers REALLY want to know what&#8217;s in it for them. The primary question your site&#8217;s visitors ask is, &#8216;What can YOU offer ME to make MY life better?&#8217; An effective answer to that question creates more conversions.</p>
<h3>9. <a href="http://marketing-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_deliver_the_perfect_sales_pitch">Include a call to action</a></h3>
<p>Your readers have made it to the bottom of the pitch. What should they do now? Provide them links and a call to action to guide them to your sales page. Make it as easy as possible to buy your products and services. Close the sale as you would in the brick and mortar world.</p>
<h3>10. Proofread and grammar check your pitch</h3>
<p>Typos and grammatical errors are unprofessional. They show that you do not care about your work. They distract your readers from the content of your site and can potentially turn them away. Proofread your pitch. Read it aloud to see how it flows. Look for grammatical errors.</p>
<p>Making an effective sales pitch is the key to converting online prospects into online customers. Your presentation should be short and sweet, addressing the customer&#8217;s needs. The attention that you pay to your sales pitch can lead to conversions.</p>


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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creative and Clean Landing Pages are becoming a norm to sell Products, Services or anything Good.  Many people spend Time, Effort and Money to Build Landing Pages that sell.   Here is a tool to build them in minutes, for much higher quality at a much lesser cost!]]></description>
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<p>Creative and Clean Landing Pages are becoming a norm to sell Products, Services or anything Good.  Many people spend Time, Effort and Money to Build Landing Pages that sell.   Here is a tool to build them in minutes, for much higher quality at a much lesser cost!</p>
<h2>What is PageDo?</h2>
<p><a href="http://pagedo.com/" target="_blank">PageDo</a> is an Online Service for building clean and efficient Landing pages &#8211; for your Business, Products and Social Media Campaigns.</p>
<p>Landing Page is a proven tool for increasing conversion rates &#8211; that encourages a user to complete the desired action like Filling a form or Buying a Product.  PageDo helps you build such effective Landing Pages, with little or no technical knowledge.</p>
<h2>Features of PageDo</h2>
<p>You don&#8217;t need to be a Web Designer/Developer to build a Landing Page.  It is a simple WYSIWIG tool, to get started all by yourself.</p>
<p>Pages are carefully designed for higher conversion rates, than the traditional web pages.</p>
<p>Get superior conversion reports and Analytics on how your Landing Page is performing</p>
<h2>Do I need to Pay for every Visitor?</h2>
<p>That&#8217;s the Best part of Page/Do.  <strong>You need not!</strong></p>
<p>You Pay for the leads that the Landing Page generates.  PageDo count a lead as a visitor to your landing page that &#8220;converts&#8221;.    In other words, someone who completes your call-to-action such as the lead capture form on your landing page.</p>
<p>To know more details about their Pricing &#8211; <a href="http://pagedo.com/plans" target="_blank">head over here!</a></p>
<h2>Branding the Landing Pages</h2>
<p>All Plans offered by PageDo, enables you to setup own Subdomain for the Landing Page &#8211; thus helping a Branding.</p>
<p>Also, the premium plans offer capabilities like Ad-Free Pages, Custom Autoresponders, Custom Thank You Pages etc. for better Branding</p>
<p><em>So, if you are looking for Cool Landing Pages to Promote your Business &#8211; at affordable Cost and Effort &#8211; head right over to <a href="http://pagedo.com/" target="_blank">PageDo</a>.  Let me know how it helped you.</em></p>
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		<title>How to NOT Suck at Blogging?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 12:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many People start their Blog with a Bang.  Everything goes Great and Traffic starts coming in.  Suddenly, they start sucking at Blogging!  Their Content Sucks!  Design Sucks! And, Ultimately the Traffic!

Hmm... Sounds dramatic but this can happen to your well-nurtured Blog too!  So, How to NOT Suck at Blogging?]]></description>
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<p>Many People start their Blog with a Bang.  Everything goes Great and Traffic starts coming in.  Suddenly, they start sucking at Blogging!  Their Content Sucks!  Design Sucks! And, Ultimately the Traffic!</p>
<p>Hmm&#8230; Sounds dramatic but this can happen to your well-nurtured Blog too!  So, How to NOT Suck at Blogging?</p>
<h2>Don&#8217;t Post a Set of Links, because you don&#8217;t know what else to!</h2>
<p>You have a Series of Drafts and Start Posting them one after another.  One fine day &#8211; you realise, there is nothing to Post.  You can&#8217;t think of anything, that&#8217;s worthy of posting.</p>
<p>Resist your temptation to post a Set of Links to News Items or Others&#8217; Blog Posts.  Though an occasional shot at this might be useful, don&#8217;t make this a Habit.</p>
<p>Web is full of links, and nobody wants another bunch at their RSS Feed.</p>
<h2>Don&#8217;t Blog (only) for Money!</h2>
<p>A Blog full of Affiliate Links and Banners &#8211; makes you look desperate for Money.</p>
<p>Worse even, your Content might be lost among those links.</p>
<p>Avoid Excessive Affiliate Banners at any Cost!</p>
<h2>Don&#8217;t Switch your Blog Niche, every Week!</h2>
<p>Identify a Niche for your Blog and try (your best) to stick to it.  Though occasional Niche Switches are acceptable, depending on the Traffic and Popularity &#8211; frequent niche changes confuse the readers and sometimes you!</p>
<p>If you desperately want to switch the Niche &#8211; think through it and perform it in a systematic way.  Again, don&#8217;t do it every week!</p>
<h2>Don&#8217;t Live with a Shabby Design</h2>
<p>Though you may start with a Moderate Design, when your Blog is still naive and looking for Traffic &#8211; make sure to give it an uplift once the Blog grows.</p>
<p>A Shabby Design always sucks!  Grab a nice theme, Hire a Designer (if required) and make your Blog look good.</p>
<p>Though Shabby Design don&#8217;t affect the Traffic &#8211; it leaves an impression (many times, a bad one!) in the minds of your Readers.</p>
<h2>Don&#8217;t Be Monotonous</h2>
<p>Not all your Readers want to know, what you did the last weekend.  Neither all your Readers want to know, what you think about the Recent Elections.</p>
<p>Maintain a Healthy Type of Posts and keep writing across them.  Write a Tutorial, Give a Tip, Post a Review and if possible, Interview someone in your Niche.</p>
<p>Being Monotonous, is no less than Sucking!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all I wanted to say.  So what do you think about Sucking at Blogging?  Let&#8217;s talk.</p>


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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 12:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thesis 1.7 has introduced a slew of New SEO Controls and Features. But do you know How to Use them? This Post will show you, How to Configure and Use everyone of them like a Pro! Understanding the &#60;meta&#62; Robot Tags The &#8220;Robots&#8221; Meta Tag gives you an opportunity to keep your Content out of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Thesis 1.7 has introduced a slew of New SEO Controls and Features.  But do you know How to Use them? This Post will show you, How to Configure and Use everyone of them like a Pro!</p>
<h2>Understanding the &lt;meta&gt; Robot Tags</h2>
<p>The &#8220;Robots&#8221; Meta Tag gives you an opportunity to keep your Content out of Google&#8217;s Indexing Services.  But why would you want to do that?</p>
<p><em>Not all Pages of your Site, must necessarily be indexed for better SEO.  For example, the &#8220;Tag&#8221; pages of your WordPress Blog do nothing much to the Search Engine, but dilutes the Search Results.  Essentially, you&#8217;ll want to keep the &#8220;Bloat&#8221; pages out from Google&#8217;s Purview.</em></p>
<p>Here is an example of a &#8220;Robots&#8221; Meta Tag, that prevents the Search Engine from Indexing the Page and also ignore scanning of the Pages, for the Links to follow:</p>
<pre>&lt;head&gt;
&lt;title&gt;...&lt;/title&gt;
&lt;META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW"&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;</pre>
<h2>What Content Values are Possible for the  Tag?</h2>
<p>Following &#8220;Content&#8221; Values are possible to be used in the &#8220;Robots&#8221; Meta tag:</p>
<p class="alert"><strong>INDEX, NOINDEX</strong> &#8211; Prevents the Indexing of the Page by the Search Engine.  To be used for &#8220;Bloated&#8221; Pages that can dilute Search Results</p>
<p class="alert"><strong>FOLLOW, NOFOLLOW</strong> &#8211; Prevents the Scanning of the Page for Internal and External Links to follow, by the Search Engine.  To be used for Pages with too many links, which you don&#8217;t wish the Search Engine to follow</p>
<p class="alert"><strong>ARCHIVE, NOARCHIVE</strong> &#8211; Prevents the Archiving of Pages by the Search Engine.  Generally used to Protect Privacy, but Archiving is sometimes useful &#8211; for instance to serve Pages when your Site is down!</p>
<p class="alert"><strong>NOODP, NOYDIR</strong> &#8211; Prevent search engines from displaying Open Directory Project (DMOZ) listings in your meta descriptions.  NOYDIR is the Yahoo! Version of it!</p>
<p>Please note, if <strong>NOXXXXX</strong> is not specified for any Page, then the appropriate feature &#8211; Indexing, Archiving etc. &#8211; are assumed to be available, by the Search Engines.  That is, for example, If there is no robots &lt;META&gt; tag, the default is &#8220;INDEX,FOLLOW&#8221; and so on.</p>
<h2>Setting up &#8220;Robots&#8221; Meta Tag Controls with Thesis 1.7</h2>
<p>Thesis gives you 2 ways of setting up the &#8220;Robots&#8221; Meta Tag Controls:</p>
<ul>
<li>Default Setting at the Site Level</li>
<li>Overridden Setting at the Specific Page, Category or Tag Level</li>
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<p>Any setting at the Site Level will be applied to all appropriate Pages, Categories and Tags.  To set this, you&#8217;ll have to go to <em>Thesis -&gt; Site Options</em> in your WP Admin Panel.  Here is a screenshot:</p>
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<p>In addition, you can override the Robots Meta Tag setting at the Specific Post, Page, Category and Tag level.  For instance, this can be helpful, if you wish to &#8216;NOINDEX&#8217; all Categories, except a Particular Category.</p>
<p>For Home Page, Category and Tag level override setting, you&#8217;ll have to go to <em>Thesis -&gt; Page Options</em></p>
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<p><span style="font-style: normal;">For Individual Post and Page Settings, you can check the controls at the Post or Page Edit Pages respectively.</span></p>
<h2>Page, Category or Tag Specific &lt;META&gt; Description and Keywords</h2>
<p>The Page Options setting we just used by going to <em>Thesis -&gt; Page Options, </em>also allows you to set up &lt;meta&gt; Description and Keywords for the Home Page, Category and Tag Pages.</p>
<p>&lt;meta&gt; Description Tag is used by most Search Engines as a Summary of a Page and often shown in the excerpt of the Search Results.  It resides inside the &lt;head&gt; element of your HTML Page.</p>
<p><em>Use appropriate Text inside the &lt;meta&gt; Description Tag, that you think as the Summary of the Page.  For individual Pages and Posts, you&#8217;ll find the option in the Page or Post Edit sections, respectively.</em></p>
<p>&lt;meta&gt; Keywords Tag is used to match the search terms that people type in the Search Engine.</p>
<p><em>Use appropriate Keywords, which when people search, you&#8217;ll want your Pages should be shown up in the Search Results.</em></p>
<h2>Easy 301 Redirects for your Affiliate Links</h2>
<p>Using this feature of Thesis, you can turn the URL of any Post or Page into an Affiliate Link &#8211; thus not preventing People to click on it.</p>
<p>You can also use this to do a 301 Redirect to any other URL, you wish to.  Handy Feature!</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">Target Link where the Post/Page Permalink will Redirect to</p>
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<h2>Don&#8217;t have Thesis Yet?</h2>
<p>You are definitely missing a lot of WordPress!  <a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/thesis-theme" target="_blank">Go grab it</a> and let me know if you need some Help with Thesis.  We offer <a href="http://www.webnovum.com" target="_blank">Thesis Customization Services</a> at competitive prices.</p>


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		<title>Essential Productivity Tips for every Freelancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a Solo Freelancer is tough, as he/she is solely responsible for the success/failure of the Business.  Everyone of us know it and I am not going to repeat it here. What I am going to tell you are some proven and essential productivity tips, that can take your Freelancing Career on to the fast [...]]]></description>
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<p>Being a Solo Freelancer is tough, as he/she is solely responsible for the success/failure of the Business.  Everyone of us know it and I am not going to repeat it here.</p>
<p>What I am going to tell you are some proven and essential productivity tips, that can take your Freelancing Career on to the fast track.<br />
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<h3>Break down Tasks into &#8216;Atomic&#8217; Activities</h3>
<p>If you are not using a To-Do list, then you should send me an e-mail and tell me how you keep your Business going!</p>
<p>Many of us use To-Do lists.  But what we miss out is to identify the &#8216;Atomic&#8217; Activities, among our tasks.</p>
<p class="note">By &#8216;Atomic&#8217; Activity &#8211; I mean any activity that has a definite Start and Finish and completes to achieve exactly One Objective</p>
<p><em>An example of &#8216;Atomic&#8217; Activity will be &#8211; to Setup WordPress 2.9.2 on the Customer Site and make sure it&#8217;s working.</em></p>
<p>Break down all your Tasks into &#8216;Atomic&#8217; Activities, add them to your To-Do List (possible as sub-tasks) and Check one-by-one as you are done with them.  You&#8217;ll feel the Power of Joy that it gives (and also the hidden benefit of improvement in Productivity)</p>
<h3>Maintain a Library of Repetitive Tasks</h3>
<p><em>Do you Write the same piece of PHP Code, for every Client Project that you do?</em></p>
<p><em>Do you Design the Footer same way for most of your Clients?</em></p>
<p>Then it&#8217;s time to maintain a Library of all the Repetitive Tasks &#8211; be it the Code or Copywriting Text.  You&#8217;ll immediately notice a jump in your productivity.  Guaranteed!</p>
<h3>Start using a CRM Tool</h3>
<p>I have spent hours digging through my E-Mails and the Documents, for information on my Clients &#8211; may be it for some Communication or a Prospective Business.  Much of this time can be saved, if a good CRM is in place.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to spend thousands setting up a Commercial CRM tool for your Business.  If you are freelancing and have a good number of clients &#8211; then <a href="http://www.highrise.com" target="_blank">Highrise</a> or <a href="http://www.batchbook.com" target="_blank">Batchbook</a> will be a good fit, at affordable cost.</p>
<h3>Learn the Art of Outsourcing</h3>
<p>As a Technology Freelancer, I have the urge to do all the Technical Work for my Business &#8211; myself.  Be it the Blog Design, Maintenance, Upgrade or New Sites &#8211; I tend to do it myself.</p>
<p>But as you go on doing Big Stuff, you should seriously learn the Art of Outsourcing.  There are Good Programmers around who can develop a complete PHP Website for you, at costs as low as $500, than you spending about 40+ hours on this task.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t advise you to start Outsourcing everything.  But understand that it is an option and use it wherever applicable.  Selective Outsourcing can improve your Productivity and give you more time to concentrate on &#8220;High Value&#8221; stuff.</p>
<p class="note">P.S.: I recently received an E-Mail from Yaro about an Outsourcing Course &#8211; <a href="http://www.massoutsource.com/" target="_blank">http://www.massoutsource.com/</a>  You can try it out if interested but I don&#8217;t recommend it myself</p>
<h3>Use Social Media as a Tool; Not a Habit</h3>
<p>I don&#8217;t have to explain this.  Use Social Media just as a Tool.  Don&#8217;t make it a Habit, to spend 3+ hours everyday on Twitter.</p>
<p class="alert">A Simple Technique &#8211; Allot 1 or 2 Fixed Times during the day and Limit your Social Media Activities during that time.  Never get into Social Media out of this window.  Simple!</p>
<p>Just start practicing these Simple Productivity Tips and I am sure this would Improve your Business (and make you feel happy).  Know of other tips &#8211; take a couple of minutes to let me know.  Thanks!</p>


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		<title>How to Install any Thesis Skin on your WordPress Blog?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thesis Skins add Beauty to your already-Powerful Thesis Powered WordPress Blog.  Though any clean Thesis Skin come bundled with sufficient Installation information, this post will give you the basics to Install any Thesis Skin on your Blog. Prerequisites WordPress Thesis Theme (Licensed, of course! If you don&#8217;t have one, get it here) Usual Contents of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Thesis Skins add Beauty to your already-Powerful Thesis Powered WordPress Blog.  Though any clean Thesis Skin come bundled with sufficient Installation information, this post will give you the basics to Install any Thesis Skin on your Blog.</p>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
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<li>WordPress</li>
<li>Thesis Theme (Licensed, of course! If you don&#8217;t have one, <a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/thesis-theme" target="_blank">get it here</a>)</li>
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<h2>Usual Contents of a Thesis Skin</h2>
<p>Though not all Skins are similar, they share some similarity in the way the files are organized.  Here is an example of how a typical structure of a Thesis Skin might look like.</p>
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	<a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/thesisskininstall_1.jpg" rel="shadowbox[post-1712];player=img;"><img class="size-full wp-image-1716" title="thesisskininstall_1" src="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/thesisskininstall_1.jpg" alt="Thesis Skin Structure" width="182" height="204" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">Typical Thesis Skin Structure</p>
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<p>The <em><strong>custom</strong></em> files are the core of any Thesis Skin and the other files/folders support the customization.</p>
<h2>Check the Thesis Theme + Skin Compatibility</h2>
<p>One of the thing to check &#8211; is the compatibility of the Thesis Skin with your Thesis Theme.   The best source, is the information available on the Download (or Purchase) Page of the Skin.</p>
<p>If it is not mentioned explicitly, contact the Author of the Theme for relevant information.  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Make sure not to Buy or Install a Thesis Skin, unless the Compatibility is known.</span></p>
<p class="note" style="text-align: center;"><strong>As of this writing, the Stable version of Thesis Theme is 1.6 and your Skin must be able run with this!</strong></p>
<h2>Backup your Existing Thesis Theme Customization</h2>
<p>If you are using Thesis Theme for sometime and planning to switch to a New Thesis Skin, it is highly recommended to backup your existing Thesis Theme Customization.</p>
<p><strong>Thesis 1.7</strong> has an in-built backup feature, but it is not yet production ready.  Till theb, you can use the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/thesis-settings-export/" target="_blank">Thesis Import/Export Plug-in</a> for backing up your existing Customization.</p>
<p>Follow the instructions that come with the plug-in and here is how the sample Export screen looks like.</p>
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	<a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/thesisskininstall_2.jpg" rel="shadowbox[post-1712];player=img;"><img class="size-full wp-image-1719" title="thesisskininstall_2" src="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/thesisskininstall_2.jpg" alt="Thesis Export Plugin" width="425" height="341" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">Thesis Export Plugin</p>
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<p>Make sure to &#8220;Download Current Layout&#8221; both for <em><strong>Thesis Options and Design Options. </strong></em>These will create 2 files &#8211; both with a <em>.dat</em> extension.  Keep them in a safe place &#8211; in case you require.<em><strong> </strong></em></p>
<h2>Installing the Thesis Skin</h2>
<p>Now the showtime.  Keep the Installation document that came with your Thesis Skin handy and following it &#8220;step after step&#8221;.</p>
<p>If the Skin author gave your the &#8220;Importable&#8221; files with a .dat extension &#8211; then the above plug-in should do the job for you.  Follow the instructions carefully.</p>
<p>If the Installation must happen by copying the customization files using FTP Uploader: <em>make sure to download your &lt;WP Installation&gt;/wp-content/themes/&lt;Thesis Installation&gt;/custom </em>folder to your Computer, before overwriting/copying the contents.</p>
<p class="alert"><strong>In any case &#8211; Installation Document supplied by the Author must be used as the Reference and should be followed as is</strong></p>
<h2>Something Screwed Up!</h2>
<p>Most of the skins start running great at this point.  But if you find that the display of components and hence your Blog is screwed up &#8211; don&#8217;t panic.  There is a &#8220;possible&#8221; quick fix!</p>
<p>Go to: <em>WP Admin =&gt; Thesis Options</em> <em>=&gt; Thesis Options </em>and click on the &#8216;Big Ass Save Button&#8217;.  Do the same for <em>WP Admin =&gt; Thesis Options</em> <em>=&gt; Design Options</em></p>
<p>If this doesn&#8217;t work out, use the Backup to restore your Thesis Blog and contact the Thesis Skin Author</p>
<p><em>This is pretty much all you have to do &#8211; for installing any Thesis Skin on your Blog.  Have any questions?  Drop in a comment and I will be glad to help.</em></p>


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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thesis 1.7 Beta was released last week, amidst enormous expectations and enthusiasm.  Being one among the crowd, I would say that I am not disappointed &#8211; both as a Thesis User and Thesis Developer. Let&#8217;s take a quick look at what&#8217;s new in Thesis 1.7 Note: If you have a Thesis Developer License, you can [...]]]></description>
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<p><em>Thesis 1.7 Beta</em> was released last week, amidst enormous expectations and enthusiasm.  Being one among the crowd, I would say that I am not disappointed &#8211; both as a Thesis User and Thesis Developer.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take a quick look at what&#8217;s new in Thesis 1.7</p>
<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If you have a Thesis Developer License, you can download the Beta file here <a href="http://bit.ly/8ZVoqV" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/8ZVoqV</a></p>
<h2 class="note">Better and Improved Options Management</h2>
<p><img src="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/thesis17preview/new_options.jpg" alt="New Options" align="left" />The first thing you&#8217;ll notice on installing Thesis 1.7, is the additional option panels in your WordPress Dashboard and also (better) re-grouping of few existing options.</p>
<p>The earlier <em>Thesis Options and Design Options </em>are re-christened and re-grouped as &#8211; <em>Site Options, Design Options and Page Options. </em>The third option is something new, that helps you better control the configurations related to Pages.</p>
<h2>Thesis Setting Export/Import</h2>
<p>Good news for Thesis Developers!  Now you don&#8217;t have to worry about exporting/importing Thesis Theme settings &#8211; across the Development and Live Sites.</p>
<p>The new addition of &#8216;Manage Options&#8217; (in the above snapshot) helps you seamlessly export or import the Thesis Theme Settings of any site.  So good bye to the &#8216;Thesis Export/Import Plugin&#8217;! (ooff, one less plugin!)</p>
<h2>Better SEO &#8211; Control Robots File from within Thesis</h2>
<p><img src="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/thesis17preview/seo_1.jpg" alt="SEO Thesis" align="left" />As promised, here is a welcome feature on the SEO front.  Now you can control the Robot meta tags for your &#8211; Pages and Posts from the Thesis Administration Panel.</p>
<p>Also added is the support to include Canonical URLs for your site.  These are very welcome features!</p>
<p>Now you can control the Home Page Meta and Title Tags, from within <em>Thesis -&gt; Page Options.</em> Very Nice!<br/><br/><br/><br/></p>
<h2>Never Upload a Javascript Library</h2>
<p><img src="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/thesis17preview/js.jpg" alt="Thesis JS Libraries" align="left"/>This is really cool for the developers!  You&#8217;ll never need to manually upload and use a Javascript Library, for the customization needs.</p>
<p>All popular JS libraries including &#8211; <em>jQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous etc.,</em> &#8211; are included and can be activated from the Thesis Administration Panel.  So you&#8217;ll never need anything out of this list.</p>
<p>You have an option to select one or more of these libraries for the site!  But make sure of library compatibilities, when planning to use multiple ones.<br/><br/></p>
<h2>Word of Caution</h2>
<p>Thesis Theme 1.7 is still in Beta and the Thesis Community Members on Twitter (<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=thesiswp" target="_blank">#thesiswp</a>) are coming up with some problems already &#8211; in terms to compatibility to their existing skins and customizations.  Hopefully, these will be resolved as the Beta is transformed into a &#8220;production ready release&#8221;</p>
<p class="alert"><strong>Make sure NOT to install Thesis 1.7 Beta yet on Live Sites!</strong></p>
<p class="note"><strong>If you still don&#8217;t have a copy of the <a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/thesis-theme" target="_blank">Marvelous Thesis Theme</a>, Grab it here now!</strong></p>


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		<title>MagicMembers &#8211; A Premium WordPress Membership Plugin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime back, I wrote a post on how to turn your WordPress Blog into a Membership Site using Free Plugins.  Though it is sufficient for beginners, a fully-featured WordPress Membership Site requires much more than that! In this post, we will look a Premium and Highly Robust WordPress Membership Plugin &#8211; MagicMembers &#8211; and what [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sometime back, I wrote a post on how to turn your WordPress Blog into a Membership Site using Free Plugins.  Though it is sufficient for beginners, a fully-featured WordPress Membership Site requires much more than that!</p>
<p>In this post, we will look a Premium and Highly Robust WordPress Membership Plugin &#8211; <a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/mgm" target="_blank">MagicMembers</a> &#8211; and what it has to offer.<span id="more-1683"></span></p>
<h2>About Magic Members</h2>
<p><a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/magicmembers">MagicMembers</a> is a Premium WordPress Membership Plugin that turns your WordPress Blog in to a fully featured Membership Site</p>
<h2>Highlights of the Product</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Multiple Membership Levels</strong> &#8211; You can choose to have Gold Members, Silver Members, Bronze Members and what not!</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Membership Options</strong> &#8211; Choose to create Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Annual Subscriptions for your Members.  So they have all the flexibility to pay you</li>
<li><strong>Payment Options</strong> &#8211; Choose popular Payment Options for your Membership site like PayPal, ClickBank &amp; WorldPay, thus helping your customers choose an option of their choice</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited Coupon Creation</strong> &#8211; Create Promotional Coupons and boost your sales.  There is no limit!</li>
<li><strong>Login Redirection</strong> &#8211; Use different and custom login pages for each of your Membership Levels</li>
<li><strong>Partial Content Display</strong> &#8211; Easily choose what your Paid and Public Members will see!</li>
<li><strong>Pay-per-Post Access</strong> &#8211; Also enable your readers to pay per post or article, thus allowing free memberships to purchase articles on per post basis</li>
<li><strong>Secure RSS Access</strong> &#8211; Make sure that your Members have easy access to RSS Feeds while others are not</li>
<li><strong>Protect Downloads</strong> &#8211; Protect your Download Files for Member Access and restrict it for non-Members</li>
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<h2>Help &amp; Support</h2>
<p>A Purchase of the MagicMembers Product, will automatically enrol your for the following benefits:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>Free Video Training and Tutorials</em></li>
<li><em>Free Screenshots and Support Guides</em></li>
<li><em>Free Unlimited Updates</em></li>
<li><em>Free Unlimited Support</em></li>
</ul>
<h2>Pricing</h2>
<p>MagicMembers WordPress Membership Plugin is very reasonably priced.  You can choose one among these 3 options:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/magicmembers" target="_blank">Single License</a></strong> &#8211; can be used on 1 Site</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/magicmembers" target="_blank">3 Users License</a></strong> &#8211; can be used on 3 Sites</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/magicmembers" target="_blank">Unlimited License</a></strong> &#8211; can be used on any number of Sites</li>
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<p>All Licenses are eligible for the Help &amp; Support, as described in the previous section.</p>
<p>So what are you waiting for?  Go grab your copy of <a href="http://thoughtsunlimited.net/blog/mgm" target="_blank">MagicMembers WordPress Membership Plugin now!</a></p>


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