13

Apr

Blog Carnivals

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Wow; I have just heard about Blog Carnivals and my brain nearly exploded!  What an amazing idea!  It is the first time I had heard of Blog Carnivals so it shows what a sheltered life I lead!
 
I am currently a member of John Thornhill’s MasterClass and one of my fellow students Mandy Allen has just floated the idea of running a monthly Blog Carnival.  It sounds amazing fun and a great way to build friends and backlinks.  I have blogs on several servers scattered around the world and have often wondered about how I can use this diversity of IP Addresses to provide link juice to help others and this looks an ideal, and fun, way to achieve this.
 
For those, like myself, new to Blog Carnivals, it appears that they consist of an organised blogfest where participants each write a post on their blog on a pre-defined topic and submit their nominated post to the Carnival Organiser who checks the post meets the defined criteria and then, on the pre-defined date, publishes a list of posts allowing everyone to engage in a massive blogfest visiting, and commenting on, the posts of all the participants.  It sounds an absolutley fun way to build relationships, and share link juice, with fellow blogging adicts.
 
I am looking forward to participating in my first Blog Carnival around 1 May so stay tuned to this blog for a laugh at my pathetic attempt at trying to register as a participant, my attempt at writing a suitable Blog Post, and of course, more exact details of the Blog Carnival when it launches so you can unleash your blogging passion by visiting all the participants blogs!
 
Lets go for it!
Ian.
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26

Sep

Free Beginners WordPress Blog eBook

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After a busy couple of weeks I have now finished writing my “A WordPress Blog Of My Own” eBook. I will soon be selling it through my main Made Simple Guides online store but, as promised, I am first offering it free to all my blog visitors. You can read about it by going to my Free WordPress eBook page and claim your FREE COPY by filling in the claim form on the right hand side of this page.

Have you ever dreamed about publishing your own book? If so then don’t let your aspirations and vision fade and wither. Simply use the contact form on this blog to share your dreams and ideas with me so we can chat about my personal coaching service. By working together we can explore and develop your dream and I will be happy to assist you reach your full creative potential as you turn your vision into reality.

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13

Sep

A WordPress Blog Of My Own

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Although I have received good feedback about my Blogging Made Simple eBook showing people how they can get their own free Blog I have started to receive requests from others wishing to learn how to set up their own WordPress Blog on their own webspace.

Using a free Blog is an excellent, low cost, introduction to Blogging which I would recommend to everyone starting out in the world of Blogging but it does have several limitations:

• You do not own the Blog so they can shut it down whenever, and for whatever, reason they like which could cause you major problems if you have had it running for a while and so made hundreds posts and built up good ranking in Google.

• The website URL addresses of free Blogs does not look very professional.  It gives a much better image of your business to call your Blog www.BlogOfMyOwn.com rather than http://awordpressblogofmyown.blogspot.com

• You dont have the freedom to install any of the large number of plugins available for WordPress on your Blog

I have therefore listened to your requests and have started creating my eBook “A WordPress Blog Of My Own” which I intend to offer free to all my Blog visitors as a way of thanking you for stopping by and to help you set up your own self-hosted Blog.  My illustrated, step by step, Guide will be packed with screenshots not only showing you how to get your own domain and install WordPress but also how to customise the appearence of your Blog and walk you through how to post messages on it and also how to leave comments on other people’s Blogs.  As I said I will be offering it free to all my Blog visitors so if you would like to be informed when I have completed it simply sign up to my newsletter using the signup box on the right hand side of this page.

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20

Jul

Where can I get a free blog?

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Imagine the situation:  You have heard your friends talking about their blogs.  They are really enthusiastic about them. You have gone online and visited their blogs, like what you see, and think blogs are a really cool idea.  You think to yourself “I wish I had a blog of my own” then your mind goes numb as your technical friends start talking about Domains, Blog Hosting, creating a WordPress Blog and you think “I wish I could find a simple to use Blog which was easy to set up and use for free”.

If this is you and you are looking for an easy to follow beginners guide to setting up a free blog then I would recommend that you take a look at Blogging Made Simple.  Blogging Made Simple is a cheap, easy to follow, illustrated, step by step beginners guide showing how to set up your first blog without the need to purchase a domain or hosting.

Following the simple step by step instructions in this book should allow you to get your own blog up and running quickly.  It takes you through the steps of customising it’s appearance and personalizing it as well as showing you how to post messages onto your new blog and how to leave comments on other peoples blogs.

Why not get a blog of your own and make your dream come true?

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10

Jul

Are you a computer addict?

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  1. Do you talk to your computer?
  2. Does your house contain more computers than humans?
  3. Can you remember the day you brought your first computer but forget your families birthdays?
  4. Does your Address Book contain details of all your family and friends neatly arranged in alphabetical order… of website address rather than by name?
  5. Do you spend more time sitting in front of your computer than you do in front of the TV?
  6. Is your favourite film “The Matrix”?
  7. Did your computer cost more than your car?
  8. Do you think “doing housework” means cleaning your computer screen?
  9. Do you start shaking and break out in a cold sweat if your internet connection goes down for more than 5 minutes?
  10. When you go on holiday is your laptop the first thing you put in your suitcase?

If you can sympathize with any of the above then welcome to my Blog!

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