Step 5. Design your site to make it surfable (Website Feng-Shui) If you are creating a website to make money off CPC Advertising then you don’t have to really worry about this step as your goal is to get people to click away from your site (click advertisements) so you get paid. On the other…
Step 4. Create the content. Research can be the fun and interesting part, the harder part is getting down to business and writing the actual content. In general it is a good idea to write clean 250-300 word articles that focus specifically on your keyword subject. Such as “apple cider nutritional content”. Content is the…
Step 3. Use Niche Refinery to get more ideas on what people are searching for: NicheRefinery.com is a free, very powerful tool I use not only to see how much traffic and competition a certain keyword is getting, but to conduct actual market research. It also gives me very good hints on subjects related to…
Use Google Adwords Keyword Tool for this. It is a very powerful tool. EDIT: As of October 2010, it has come to my attention that Google has lowered the capabilities of its Keyword Tool so that you only find terms it wants people to promote using Google Adwords. I am not sure how accurate these…
Default Hook usage in Thesis – see what Thesis hooks you have to remove when adding other hooks for your site. Hooks, simply put, are the assorted elements of your site, and functions are the elements that show up within them. WordPress PHP Conditional Tags – use these tags to modify how exactly your hooks…
So you’ve bought Thesis. Now what? Thesis is an extremely powerful tool, and contrary to many novice Thesis owners beliefs, it is very efficient, once you learn to use it. Its confusing to put all the puzzle pieces together, so I’ll be compiling a comprehensive, step-by-step resource on how to start customizing your Thesis theme….
While content is key (ok I know I’m getting redundant) then your websites design is the lock to open to door to a successful website. The way you organize your site will determine how long people will visit your site and how accessible the information will be so as not to frustrate your users… (read…
When first building a website, you need: 1. Content… content is king. 2. SEO (if you want traffic)… a complicated, and ever-changing process. Most people get good at the two above… but the design is where the hard part comes in, and is essential if you are planning on building a website designed to directly…
Going through the process of taking an idea and creating it into a useful, feasible, actual end product is a grueling experience. Its usually filled with potholes, setbacks, delays… you name it. Keep your eyes open to that light at the end of the tunnel though, and you will eventually make it happen. Some first-hand…
The great thing about WordPress is its a SEO-optimized blogging software which can be used to create a professional looking website. There are plenty of examples of amazing looking sites which use the same software as clunky-looking blogs, namely, WordPress. If you want a professional looking landing page, you can’t have news content on there…