I hate this question. Because, when you have a WordPress website, you already have a blog. So it leads me to ask in reply, "What do you mean by the word "blog?" Continue reading
Run Your Own Website
Building Your Website, Step-By-Step
Can I get someone else to set it up and still protect my ideas?
Question: I know NOTHING about computers but I have an idea for a website. How do I go
forward? How do I get someone who is a genius at computers setting it up for
me but protect my idea from getting stolen ? Continue reading
RYO ‘Oldest to Newest’ WordPress Plugin
A WordPress webmaster wanted a routine that would periodically take the oldest post and make it the newest post, showing up at the top of the home page. This would rotate articles through the system, recycling old material. Continue reading
Look what happens when you post an article to a WordPress website!
After you post an article on the website, magical things happen (thanks to the WordPress ping and RSS facility). Continue reading
How easy is it to add an article to my website?
Here's the test to see if you can actually run your own website. And you're the judge!
Read the short list of what you have to do to add an article. Then watch the video. Continue reading
How to Run Your Website Yourself and Do It for Peanuts
Questions I've received recently...
Is it really possible to build a website yourself, and not spend much money? Continue reading
AOL, Comcast, and Forwarding Email… Another Reason Why You Really Need Your Own Email Address
Most web hosts, including DreamHost, have a mail option that let's you receive mail at your domain, but forwards it to another address which is where you really get your mail. Continue reading
How well does RYO work with search engines?
Sooner or later, I get asked about search engines. The underlying system we use with Run Your Own Website is WordPress. And the story about how we started using WordPress is all about search engines. Here's that story... Continue reading
Article Marketing & Copywriting Secret: How To Make Your Article TITLE Sell
Most authors are wasting their time producing dozens to hundreds of high quality articles that never reach a fraction of their traffic potential. It's a darn shame.
When I review the behind-the-scenes traffic statistics on over 20,000 articles that have produced over 1 million monthly page views in my article marketing lab...ONE thing is clear: All articles are not created equal even when everything about them is identical except for the TITLE.
Here are my secret findings that can help skyrocket the web traffic that your articles can create back to your website: Continue reading
Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box
If you want to really make your article "SELL" then you've got to craft the perfect RESOURCE BOX. This is "author bio" that is below your article body and it's also known as your "SIG" (short for SIGnature).
Here are the essential & optional items that should be in your resource box along with my list of what to NOT include in your resource box:
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