http://wptutorial.com/blog Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:42:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Copyright © miketestsite.info 2011 info@wptutorial.com (WordPress Made Easy) info@wptutorial.com (WordPress Made Easy) 1440 http://wptutorial.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://wptutorial.com/blog 144 144 WordPress Made Easy WordPress Made Easy info@wptutorial.com no no http://wptutorial.com/blog/basics/back-and-raring-to-go http://wptutorial.com/blog/basics/back-and-raring-to-go#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:06:49 +0000 Mike http://wptutorial.com/blog/?p=2271 http://wptutorial.com/blog/basics/back-and-raring-to-go/feed 1 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-april-10-2011 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-april-10-2011#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:23:52 +0000 Mike http://wptutorial.com/blog/?p=2220 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-april-10-2011/feed 3 http://wptutorial.com/blog/poll/will-reducing-posts-hurt-or-benefit-traffic http://wptutorial.com/blog/poll/will-reducing-posts-hurt-or-benefit-traffic#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:22:19 +0000 Mike http://wptutorial.com/blog/?p=2210 http://wptutorial.com/blog/poll/will-reducing-posts-hurt-or-benefit-traffic/feed 2 http://wptutorial.com/blog/profitable-blogging/lessons-from-mom-for-your-blogging http://wptutorial.com/blog/profitable-blogging/lessons-from-mom-for-your-blogging#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:31:54 +0000 Mike http://wptutorial.com/blog/?p=2199 http://wptutorial.com/blog/profitable-blogging/lessons-from-mom-for-your-blogging/feed 0 0:00:01 Yesterday I took off to play taxi driver and take my Mom’s cousin to Mom’s house while she is recovering from hip replacement surgery. This is not the first replacement for her. At this point she has both hips and a knee replaced. (Why [...] Yesterday I took off to play taxi driver and take my Mom’s cousin to Mom’s house while she is recovering from hip replacement surgery. This is not the first replacement for her. At this point she has both hips and a knee replaced. (Why she is now the bionic Mom .) There is something big to be learned here. One of Mom’s favorite things is to get out shopping. When they coined the phrase “Shop Till You Drop” they had her in mind. Obviously problems with her hips and knee were keeping her from her favorite sport. If you aren’t familiar with joint replacement there is always a good bit of rehabilitation that takes place to get things back to normal. Mom attacks it like a man that is thirsty crossing the desert upon finding an oasis. Often times, too much too soon but despite her age (no I won’t say how old as I want to be able to continue to visit her) she always ends up being a therapists dream patient. She follows the routines to the max and the only problem they have with her is slowing her down so she does not over do it. We had that problem yesterday when we brought her home. Now at this point I am sure you are wondering what the heck this has to do with anything about blogging. There really is a point here. As your blog grows you will have things break down and not work well. It is a given. It may be… the way you are monetizing things. problems with your theme lack of your voice resonating with your readers and many more things You can attack them head on knowing that it will take some pain and it will take effort to get comfortable with doing new things. It often is not pleasant to make changes or you can stay comfortable and suffer because of it. Are you always ready to address the things that seem to be stopping you from having the blog you want? Are you willing to go through the “rehab” of learning new things and making them part of your repertoire? That is how you will improve your blog. Being wiling to go through learning curves for new things and being uncomfortable for a short time to become better is the key. Guarantee you that Mom will be in perfect shopping shape in a few months and back to her “Shop Till You Drop” philosophy. Will your blog be improved over that time frame? About the author Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy. After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses blogs to enter various niches profitably. If you would like help in building your business check out my coaching offer. Social Bookmarking Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, hip replacement surgery, learning curves, rehab info@wptutorial.com no no http://wptutorial.com/blog/questions/working-on-something-new-need-your-input http://wptutorial.com/blog/questions/working-on-something-new-need-your-input#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:23:26 +0000 Mike http://wptutorial.com/blog/?p=2169 http://wptutorial.com/blog/questions/working-on-something-new-need-your-input/feed 0 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-march-13-2011 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-march-13-2011#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:41:20 +0000 Mike http://wptutorial.com/blog/?p=2166 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-march-13-2011/feed 1 http://wptutorial.com/blog/profitable-blogging/3-ways-to-attract-and-connect-with-new-readers http://wptutorial.com/blog/profitable-blogging/3-ways-to-attract-and-connect-with-new-readers#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:10:45 +0000 Mike http://miketestsite.info/wpt/?p=2147 http://wptutorial.com/blog/profitable-blogging/3-ways-to-attract-and-connect-with-new-readers/feed 1 0:03:53 Now it is no secret to regular readers that I read a lot of blogs. Personally, I think it is one of the keys to writing better blog posts. Feeding your mind helps you to get more ideas and often to take a slant that is uniquely yours. There are 3 t[...] Now it is no secret to regular readers that I read a lot of blogs. Personally, I think it is one of the keys to writing better blog posts. Feeding your mind helps you to get more ideas and often to take a slant that is uniquely yours. There are 3 things that will increase the likely hood that I will read your post. 1. The headline The first thing that attracts me is the headline. Whether I find a blog from my reader, Twitter, Facebook or Buzz that is the absolute first thing that gets me to open that blog. Just like a sales letter, the headline creates an immediate response from me as to whether this post is something I want to spend my time with or not. If you don’t sell me right then and there I am off to something else. After all you are competing for my attention with a lot of other content. My reader on an average morning just for the topic of blogging and WordPress usually has over 150 new posts each day. Out of that number I usually only open and read 15 – 20 at the most. So only 1 in 10 is likely to get read. Add in the social sites and the number of opportunities is massive. Time is our most valuable commodity so if you don’t have a rock solid headline the chances of attracting me is nil. 2. Formatting Once I arrive at your post the next thing is how it is formatted. Is it easy to read? Are there subheads if it is more than 3 or 4 paragraphs? Just this morning I went to a blog that the headline attracted me from my reader and as soon as I opened it there was one huge block of text. Guess what happened? Yep I was gone. Now it may have been excellent information and it was definitely a topic I was interested in. After all the headline attracted me. Seeing 300+ words in one block makes it very hard to read and consequently not worth the effort. It was an immediate turn off. For me the general look and the formatting are key to getting me to take the time to read something. If it is not easy to read on screen I am gone. Now for me that means lots of white space, easy to read (black text on white background works best for me). 3. Use Images Now this is less important than the formatting but if you are using images it gets my attention right away. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and it often can be. The big thing that an image does with me though is it shows extra effort. When making the decision to continue to read when I arrive an image can make the difference between whether I continue or not. The other advantage an image gives you is that sites like Google Buzz, Amplify and others will show the image and a properly selected image may just be the curiosity factor get me to click through. So these 3 ways that can help you to attract and connect with new readers but it only works if the quality of your content delivers. These 3 items are less important for readers that you have already connected with but aren’t we all always looking for new readers? That is my thought. What is yours? About the author Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy. After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses blogs to enter various niches profitably. If you would like help in building your business check out my coaching offer. Social Bookmarking Technorati Tags: 3 things, blog-readers, blogging, formatting, more blog readers, wordpress info@wptutorial.com no no http://wptutorial.com/blog/questions/the-power-of-blogs-and-social-media http://wptutorial.com/blog/questions/the-power-of-blogs-and-social-media#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:28:15 +0000 Mike http://miketestsite.info/wpt/?p=2139 http://wptutorial.com/blog/questions/the-power-of-blogs-and-social-media/feed 0 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/is-blogging-dead-are-they-kidding-me http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/is-blogging-dead-are-they-kidding-me#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:45:02 +0000 Mike http://miketestsite.info/wpt/?p=2098 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/is-blogging-dead-are-they-kidding-me/feed 0 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-february-20-2011 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-february-20-2011#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:03:25 +0000 Mike http://miketestsite.info/wpt/?p=2089 http://wptutorial.com/blog/information/sunday-goodies-february-20-2011/feed 0