Have you ever noticed that more than one place will sell the exact same thingee?

For example, I'll bet I can grab some rather sweet mobile phones from Amazon….and Commission Junction…and Overstock….and LinkShare….and….

You get the idea, right?

For example, mosey on over to Shopping.com (otherwise known as Now Owned by eBay.com) and search for

mobile phone

You should see something like:

See how results can come from eBay or Amazon or Buy.com or others?

Wouldn't it be really nifty neat to do that on your own site?

I sure think so, so I dug online to see what I could find.  And here it is!

1.)  Comparipress WordPress Plugin

This nifty plugin lets you embed a price comparison chart that includes affiliate products from:

• Amazon
• Overstock
• Commission Junction
• LinkShare
• AvantLink
• Affiliate Window

It also provides search engine friendly results as well!

Check it out HERE.

2.)  Data Feed File

This site offers you free affiliate feeds with price comparison too!

Check it out HERE.

3.) Commission Junction Shopping Plugin

This nifty plugin lets you add Commission Junction items directly to your WordPress site via one simple plugin.

Learn more HERE!

What an interesting idea for your site!

Think about it – let's say that you're focused on a specific niche, one where your visitors have a set buying preference.  

You could add the above to your store or shopping site to allow your visitors the value-added benefit of saving money when they choose to buy.

And saving money…that's simply just a Very Good Thing indeed.

Grow strong,

Barbara Ling

ps – speaking about saving money, have you seen:

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Morning!

In my last post, How To Bravely Close The Door On What You Love and Move On – Barbara Is Back!, I wrote about where I've been during the past 3 months or so…and how I'm choosing to move on in my life.

What I neglected to mention was that recently, I was commissioned with building a fitness site!

It's still not completed, not by a long shot (I need to SEO it, add in all the equipment and the like, etc.), but wow….the premium WordPress Store Theme that I bought make creating it….pretty awesome indeed.

The site itself is:

Now, what I utterly love and adore and worship about this theme is the following.

0.5) Eye-catching WordPress Front Page Slider

You'll see it when you visit the demo, but that nice huge white space to the right….it's a nice nifty slider that really catches your visitors eye.

Not only that, but I figured out how to use that feature for marketing purposes (you can also insert product sales, promotions and the like.

Yum!

==> Click HERE to see the WordPress Theme yourself!

1.)  Awesome Product Interface via WordPress Post Dashboard

"Easy"….is an understatement!  Look here:

To add new products, all you have to do is create a new post that specifies the category (the site automatically builds a cascading menu for it), the price, the picture and whatever else info you want.

I was able to add products in rapid-fire succession. 

No hassling about source code editing; it used the straight WordPress Post interface. 

Nice!

==> Click HERE to see the WordPress Theme yourself!

2.)  Easy WordPress Shopping Cart Settings

On one page, you can select:

Display Product Weight (Y/N)

Display Coupon on Check out Page (Y/N)

Display "Tell A Friend" (Y/N)

Display "Add Comment" (Y/N)

Display "Related Products" (Y/N)

Display Blog Page (Y/N)

Display Store Page (Y/N)

Display Category (Y/N)

Display Number of Orders on Dashboard (Y/N)

Here's what that looks like:

Very easy to use indeed.

==> Click HERE to see the WordPress Theme yourself!

3.)  Multiple Payment Processing Options Via WordPress Store

At the time of this writing, it supports:

Paypal

Google Checkout

Authorize.net

Worldpay

Pre Bank Transfer

Pay Cash on Delivery

And to turn it on is easy like so:

Making it as easy to pay as possible….it's a great way to grab more and more customers!

Love this particular feature.

==> Click HERE to see the WordPress Theme yourself!

4.)  Easy To Create Coupons For The WordPress eCommerce Store Theme

Want to offer special discounts?

Special coupons?

A specific amount of money savings….or a percentage?

This WordPress Store Theme gives you that ability easily!

The customer will see the ability to enter in a coupon code once they've checked out.

Nice, eh?

==> Click HERE to see the WordPress Theme yourself!

In closing, as you can probably tell… I'm 'way sold on this particular WordPress eCommerce Store theme.  It really made building my client's site backend a breeze.

If you're considering a store interface, do yourself a favor and check it out!  You definitely won't regret it.

Here's where you can find it, and some others to boot:

  WordPress Store Theme

  WordPress Store Front Theme

  WordPress Emporium Theme

  WordPress eCommerce Theme

  WordPress Rejuvenate Theme

  WordPress Products Theme

  WordPress eProduct Theme

As you can tell….good things are waiting for you. 

Grow strong,

Barbara Ling

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Let me start off this post by talking about….

Muffins.

No, not your typical muffin top (ie, you've squeezed your huge tummy into pants that would fit a Bratz doll instead of the mature full-figured individual that you might be).

But…muffins.

Big huge luscious muffins.

Imagine if you will….the following (insert dreamy music here)….

You're presented with biggest yummiest muffin one can imagine (covered with maple frosting and sitting on top of, oh, lessee…..cookie dough ice cream).

Not only one of them…you're gifted with dozens!  Hundreds even.

And you happily graze your way thru these delectable works of art.

But then….after awhile, you notice something.

Something *horrible!*

You notice…..

When you lift your muffin to your mouth, your arm is kinda sorta swamped with big huge amounts of fat.

And and and….your previously svelte biceps, those magnificent rounded muscles of wonderment, are no longer clearly visible.

You've lost your definition!

Instead of being toned and lean and one mean breathing machine, you're kinda sorta… well, not too pretty.

And the worst thing is is that your newfound icky condition *could* have been halted at a moment's notice…if you had taken the time to see how each little muffin chomp added to the overall hugeness you were developing.

Horrible indeed, eh?

Let's now relate this to your blogging efforts, shall we?

Stellar Fantastic Bloggers == Huge Naked Ripped Biceps!

In other words, bloggers who know what they want to achieve….they follow a precise rigorous course to attain their specific goals.

What course, I hear you ask?

Well, they:

1.)  Structure their posts intelligently

Excellent bloggers will work towards a common end goal.  Instead of rapid-firing shots all over the Internet, they'll take 3 or 5 or 10 days etc. to create tutorials or a thought-provoking series.

This takes advantage of Google rankings, SEO and a whole other slew of online goodness!

Next, they:

2.)  Sing their own songs

A-list bloggers start out unique.

A-list bloggers didn't copy others; instead they sang their own song and developed their own unique blogging personality and built up their own appreciative following.

This helped them distinguish themselves and blaze new paths that others craved to follow.

Next, really smart brilliant bloggers:

3.)  Network with their peers

While achieving fame and fortune *can* be done by one's lonesome, it always helps to have friends.

Alist bloggers asked these friends to promote them and in return…promoted others as well.

It might be done behind the scenes, it might be as simple as retweeting other Alist blogger posts….it might be promoting said posts on Facebook and other social networks.

Give some…and get a lot.  It's a smart thing to do!

Smart bloggers also:

4.)  Cast convention out the window

You'll never see a quality blogger shun posting ideas because "it's never been done before."

Indeed, masterful bloggers look for the unique, the never-done-before, the "I'm going to really cause a massively humongous uproar in my community!" topics because again…

It's one of the ways Alist Bloggers stand out from the thundering herd.

And finally, tremendous bloggers:

5.)  Never rest on their laurels

They always keep their hands in.

Sure, they might decrease the frequency of their posts.

Or they might add a different business model to their basket.

But they never think their learning is done!

They know that the more knowledge…the better.

They realize that they might not be able to utilize a new technique *today*, but that doesn't mean it won't be helpful in the future!

oOo…what I said.

So…just like achieving glorious biceps (and yes, the below is me, I'm the one to the right, and yes, I wear sleeveless gi tops *because* of my sexy biceps) …

…requires time and patience….

Powerful blogging….requires the same.

What's your take?

Grow strong,

Barbara Ling.

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Morning!

Ever have an insane urge for free quality wordpress themes?

Now, true – I still completely believe that when you’re going professional, you really should invest a premium theme like:

Invest in a PREMIUM WordPress Theme – Money well-spent

Themes like WPZoom Yamidoo and  Studio Press  are truly nifty indeed!

But…if you want to explore what’s out there in the free and open vast wilderness of WordPress land, you can visit the following exciting destination.

Free WordPress Themes Free Directory

When you visit the page above, you should see something like:

As you can see, you can choose lots of great parameters – the number of columns, the ability to set theme options, the colors, fixed-width, threaded comments, etc.etc.etc. 

So!  Let’s say that you want to check out all the themes that are blue and have two columns.  You can check off

• blue under Colors
• two-columns under Columns

like so:

Once you have checked off your requirements, click on Find Themes:

Once the search is completed, you’ll have to scroll down the page to see the result…but you should see something like:

And that’s how you can find bunches of great WordPress themes for free.  Remember, the page to get these gems is:

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tag-filter/

Enjoy,

Barbara

ps – speaking about WordPress, have you seen:

Teach Yourself Visually WordPress NEW by Janet Majure

Sports Betting Niche WordPress Blog

MRR — WP Covert Linkz (this is a plugin for wordpress)

6500 Professional WordPress blog Articles Text or Word

6500 Professional WordPress blog Articles Text or Word

WordPress Auto Content Generator

WordPress website Setup and Install and Year of Hosting and Domain Name

250 WordPress Plugins

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I like cheap.

Actually, I much prefer free!

But I’ve also come to realize…if I want my site to really stand out from every other resource online, showcasing a quality layout can truly make a difference.

For me, "quality" translates into  the following 3 components (and you can see an example at my former site, Virtual Coach):

• Tasteful visual goodies (ie, jquery sliders that showcase a moving gallery of articles/pictures)
• Intuitive layout (ie, categories/pages are already structured in such a way that makes it simple to navigate)
• Useful content (that’s where you come in!)

Now, if you can hack your WordPress code yourself, you can easily achieve the above.  Alas, however…not everyone can.   And in cases like that, investing in a Premium WordPress theme can make quite a lot of sense.

I used the WPZoom Yamidoo theme over at Virtual Coach; it was definitely worth the investment.

Another great place for WordPress Themes is Studio Press – over a dozen niche themes are available like

and many more.

Thesis is also a very popular theme – you can check out the showcase of sites that use it here (including Copyblogger!).

And don’t forget WooThemes – you’ll find goodies like

Now, what about free wordpress sites?  This site, BarbaraLing.com, uses the Branford theme – I customized it to my liking and for my own purposes here, it works very spiffy indeed.

I even found a book that walks you thru HOW to customize it as well (with plenty of other excellent tips) over at

Sites That Soar

So…if you don’t want to pay for a custom theme, but DO want to know how to make one sing…you should definitely consider that.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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QUICK!

Do you sell products via Paypal AND have a WordPress blog?

If so, I have dandy news for you – I just discovered (and bought!) a really nifty neato WordPress plugin that lets you run your own affiliate program!

Called the WordPress Affiliate Platform Plugin, it makes creating your own affiliate program easy beyond belief.  And the price is INCREDIBLY cheap – only $25 ($45 if you bundle in the WordPress eStore as well).

What I really like about the plugin is:

• Lots of favorable comments and responses by the developer -people post their questions and the answers appear rather rapidly indeed!  In other words – great customer support!
  
• Intuitive design – I’ve tested out LOTS of affiliate management thingees, and find the way this is laid out to be quite common-sense indeed.

For those folk who want more details, it also has:

I’ll be getting my latest affiliate program up and running and have high hopes for it indeed.  In the meanwhile, if you’ve been looking for an easy, cheap, reliable way to run your own affiliate program on your own WordPress blog, I can definitely recommend it!

See for yourself – click HERE to check out the WordPress Affiliate Platform Plugin.

You’ll see what I mean.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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NOTE!  This is a post of mine from 18 months ago on another site…and while doing some more thrilling site maintenance, I came across it once again.  Remember, you can’t make money with your blog if you can’t access the admin features, so it’s still just as relevant today.  Enjoy!

It was a dark and stormy night, and I remember:

My mom is always fond of telling me, if anything is going to happen to anyone, it generally happens to my daughter.

My oh my, was she ever right. 

For the past few weeks, I’ve been in a frenzy of work, creating new wordpress blogs, tying up loose ends, and generally wreaking havoc and mayhem in my vaguely non-existent sanity. 

Now, this by itself isn’t really news (the cutting edge of parallel processing has been my home ever since I was a sysadmin at AT&T), but it DOES lend itself to rather unique, ahem, opportunities for undying nail-biting shirt-ripping foot mooshing fist punching bouts of lovely delightful stress.

Take, for example, the past 10 minutes.  Earlier this week, I had set up posting Owlbert updates from Owlbert.com to Virtual-coach.com .  And I moved Barbaraling.com to new servers, adding a wordpress blog there as well (wow, talk about a blast from the past…..)!  Plus, I’ve been tweaking the blogs/databases at various other sites as well.

Now, I have specific passwords I use for specific sites.  I had thought I changed BarbaraLing.com from the default password and when I decided to login, typed what I believed was correct. 

HA HA, chortled my beloved domain name!  The password no workie!  It was then I realized I had failed to update it…but even more un-intelligently, had ticked off ‘Remember my (INCORRECT) password‘ in my browser window to boot!

DOES THE EXCITEMENT NEVER END??????

End result?  A wordpress blog with no way to access it.  Oh, sure, I tried sending the password to myself, and even now, I’m certain that after it finishes site-seeing on the Internet, I’ll eventually receive the information.

Sigh.  Only me.  Well, probably not ONLY me, but hey – it’s character building!

Anywhos, I searched about online for ways to recover the password and discovered:

How to recover from lost WordPress admin password

It was a true lifesaver!  I followed the instructions step-by-step and they were *perfect*.  Lots of good graphics support the tutorial; it was extremly easy to understand and implement.

Need other ideas as well?  Check out:

• How to Reset WordPress Password to Recover Forgotten Secret
• How to recover WordPress Admin Password
• The Agony of the Lost WordPress Password

So!  If you’re ever a rebel without a clue, and can’t get into your WP admin dashboard, visit the above link and give that a go.  It’s truly a lifesaver.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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Morning!

Today I was given the ultimate of a character-building opportunity!

You see, I’m one of the original pioneers in Internet Recruiting (have been teaching the subject since 1998) and I decided to update my flagship site, RISE.

Well!  Imagine my joy and excitement when I realized my older blog of that name had (get this!) several hundred posts I could re-activate for quality content!

Yippie, shrieked I in a quiet gleeful vibrantly bouncy way!  I would be able to instantly populate my site once again!

And then….

Imagine my frustration when WordPress basically laughed in my face and said, Jeepers!  I think I’ll time out because the file is TOOOO huge!

Wah!

The heavens darkened with fear, the sunlight melted away and all that was left was an empty coffee cup of despair and agony!

But!  Not to fear!

For I, dear intrepid reader, decided to poke around and gaze upon how I could fix this horrible horrible opportunity for mega gray hairs.

Thus began (insert ominous music tone here) my quest for A Simple Bleepin’ WordPress Export Function that (gasp!) Just Freakin’ Worked!

What a concept, I know. 

You see, the current WordPress export function is currently sadder than a toddler whose last bit of ice cream was chomped on by the family doggie.  We’re talking sadder than a fish WITHOUT a bicycle, sadder than a coffee cup WITHOUT coffee, sadder than….okay, I guess you get the idea. 

Anywhos!  Here’s what I uncovered … and what you can use yourself should you find yourself wanting to export ONLY a single category or other quantities of posts.

I present to you:

Advanced Category Export for WordPress  & WordPress MultiUser

It allows you to export based upon Category, Content, Status, Tag/Category terms and more!

I know what I’ll be doing this afternoon…. 

Hope it helps you out too!

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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Hey there,

I’m pretty stoked – I just found out that I rank #2 out of 78 MILLION for the search

high seo

No quotes either!

As the days and weeks go by, I’m pretty sure I’ll increase and decrease as the Internet sorts itself out, but WOW!  Isn’t that really neat to see?

The best news for you is that I wrote out the techniques that ANYONE can use to help boost their rankings skywards indeed!  I’m just about to release the book entitled Easy Free Local HIGH SEO…but for now, you can get a great discount by clicking on the book below (discount will end today, as today is when I’ll be turning on the site!).

Click HERE to see Easy Free Local HIGH SEO!

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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Today’s Make Money Tip

The fact is….making money online is a numbers game.

In other words….

The more people who see your offerings online…the more probabilty you have that someone will actually DO something with them.

Btw, notice how I do NOT say, the more people who will buy? Sure, that’s true too…but that’s not the only way you can make money on your site!  Visitors can optin to your newsletter, they can click on your affiliate links, they can tell their friends about your quality content….BUYING is NOT the only thing that will deliver you future profits today!

But I digress. 

Anywhos, one of the best ways to gain more targeted visitors to your blog is to optimize your posts for search engines (otherwise known as indulging in SEO).  And contrary to popular belief, this isn’t difficult at all.

One of the easiest ways to start increasing your SEO is to ensure you utilize smart SEO design. 

For example, ever since the dawn of time and back when "java" actually meant "coffee", it was known that search engines checked out what headings you used.

• H1 (or Heading 1) means the words that follow – it’s the main topic of your page.
• H2 (or Heading 2) is used for sub-topics – 2 or 3 different points which you discuss on your site.
• H3 (or Heading 3) is for sub-topics that might show up under H2s.

Thus, when you write your blog posts, instead of simply using BOLD words to highlight your main points….set your Format to "Heading 2" or "Heading 3" etc.

It’s a simple change that WILL help your overall SEO visibility…and ultimately, your income’s bottom line.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

PS – another nifty tip to make money with your online business endeavors is to review my blueprint, Income Fitness – it gives you the step-by-step process you need to build a LONGTERM, stable and healthy income online.   Click on the book below to see!

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