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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2015, 06:20 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 712
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: VPS - Virtual Private Servers?

I use WiredTree VPS and anything you can do with a reseller account, you can do with your VPS plus more. Just remember, as previously mentioned, you won't have unlimited everything like you do with...
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st March 2013, 06:32 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,756
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: I'm a SISSIE and I need HELP!

Thanks Jon,
Hey, you might be on to something - the singing cold caller! No way they could ignore you! :)
With my voice there would definitely be no return engagement! :eek:
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th March 2013, 02:33 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,758
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Give your price and LOSE THE SALE

What about answering that you customize your packages to the clients needs and then continue to inquire about their needs?
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd March 2013, 06:21 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,072
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How To Sell $$$$ At A Discount ($5K for 5 Hrs)

Here's a great piece on conversion rate optimization (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/holygrail-of-ecommerce-conversion-optimization-91-points-checklist).
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st March 2013, 02:49 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,843
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: The YP.com trap - BEWARE!

Thanks for the heads up. I wouldn't bother with their current domain, just wait for their current hosting agreement to expire. Instead just get a new keyword domain, include the cost in your offer...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th March 2013, 12:58 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,072
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How To Sell $$$$ At A Discount ($5K for 5 Hrs)

Exactly, it won't work, as a business model, for small budgets. Sure you could do the initial setup only and when their campaign fails because they didn't manage it correctly and do the test, test,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th March 2013, 08:55 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,072
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How To Sell $$$$ At A Discount ($5K for 5 Hrs)

Great post and share Tommie. There are still an amazing number of businesses without a website but you are dead on that most of them are just static billboards. The challenge with providing PPC...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th March 2013, 03:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,686
Posted By Brian Alaway
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2011, 01:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 645
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: which wordpress theme is this??

it's his own and you can get it for free here: Free Instant Download: Premium Affiliate Wordpress Theme | Internet Marketing Secrets, Affiliate Marketing Blog, Affiliate Internet Marketing...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th December 2011, 11:15 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 2,660
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: HostGator is going Down Again and Again.. Need some serious help!

Not a particularly great deal when compared to VPS Solutions | ServInt | www.servint.net (http://www.servint.net/vps.php)
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th December 2011, 01:54 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 466
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Aweber question

Aweber does not allow different levels of access. So the only way to give anyone else access to lists under your account is to give them your account user name and password. And then they have access...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th December 2011, 11:10 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 439
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How would you do this? Strategy to help a real estate

All real estate is local. Rather than offering some generic report like all the other agents you need to niche down his market. Get real specific into neighborhoods with specific details on public...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th December 2011, 05:01 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,783
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: What's wrong with my site?

How much traffic have you driven to this page? Without traffic, the best sales page in the world will disappoint. Rather than scrapping the page why don't you create a couple other alternatives and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th December 2011, 12:04 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 762
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Do you use Feedburner?

1) just means you've added/redirected your feed to FeedBurner

2)WordPress has a built-in rss feed. Type this in your browser <yourdomain>.com/feed
You should see a list of your feed posts. If...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th December 2011, 09:37 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 762
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Do you use Feedburner?

You can use various pinging services but if you want to keep it simple to begin then just do the following. Once you've burned your WP feed (ususally domain.com/feed) to FeedBurner, click on the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th November 2011, 08:34 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,157
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Heads Up : Email Hacking Incident

The reality is that in today's always connected online digital world, anybody can be hacked at any time. There's no such thing as 100 per cent safe. Look at all the security breeches at major...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th November 2011, 02:10 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,220
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Wordpress, Xsitepro or Serif Webplus x4?

Google doesn't care what tool you use to create your sites. What they do care about is your content. If you produce unique, relevant and interesting content, Google will love you no matter what you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th October 2011, 11:08 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 582
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Advice from realtors/ estate agents sought

You'll have better luck posting here: ActiveRain Real Estate Network (http://activerain.com/)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th October 2011, 09:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 925
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Wordpress theme creation

There is a WSO that gives you the ability to create custom themes using drag and drop. I believe it's called Website Weaver or something like that. Good luck.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st October 2011, 11:40 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 469
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Is Google Analytics Still Ok To Use On Wordpress For Tracking Or Is There A Better One!

Yes it works fine. Here's an alternative with a nice comparison chart.
Clicky -VS- The Other Guys | Clicky (http://getclicky.com/compare/)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2011, 08:18 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,746
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Facebook Account Is Full, Need Help Please

Your friend can now add a Subscribe button to his profile https://www.facebook.com/about/subscribe
Forum: Website Design 10th October 2011, 03:44 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 3,153
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: What's the best Plugin to make a WP site load faster?

For those on shared hosting, some hosts (Hostgator included) disable content compression on shared accounts because it is too resource intensive. For HG there is an "Optimize Website" icon in cPanel...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th October 2011, 06:44 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,127
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: HTML or Plain Text Email?

Both. I'm actually surprised how many emails I get from marketers that use only html. Why gamble when you don't have to?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2011, 06:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 366
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Wordpress Newbie Question

Now that you're the "Master of Your Domain" ;) no need to worry. Link all you want and use something like WordPress › Pretty Link Lite « WordPress Plugins...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th September 2011, 12:22 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,758
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: My hosting is hacked

Security related resources:

From Hostgator:
"If you are the victim of a hacker, immediately email security@hostgator.com and our experts will investigate this hack correctly.
Only security...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th September 2011, 06:41 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 582
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Just finished a major inbox culling... Who do you rate and why?

Marlon Sanders newsletter - you'll get the meat and not just the bone.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th September 2011, 07:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,104
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Hostgator Reseller Account Question

Most of your account creation/management will take place in WebHost Manager and/or cPanel.

Here are the user and How To guides for admins:

WHM User Guide...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th September 2011, 05:32 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,688
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Any Animoto alternative?

Here's another one that's similar FlixTime - Video Slideshows made easy! (http://flixtime.com/)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th September 2011, 12:58 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 659
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Google, Sites, and IP's

If you're not linking these sites to each other then the ip issue is mute. Think about it, there are probably thousands of sites selling same or similar products on shared hosting. How can there not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th September 2011, 05:34 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 3,067
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Watch Out Facebook! There Is A New Guy On The Block And It's Not Google!

Could be interesting. At this point they've basically revealed nothing, other than they will be different. We'll see.

However, I think the anti-social status quo marketing slant is and will be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 08:38 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 415
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: To do/project managment software

Not sure the one you're looking for but here's one worth a look:
Task Management At Its Best With Wunderlist | 6Wunderkinder (http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 03:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 888
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Comment Spam Attack - Bring the Rain!

Install this and comment spam will be history WP-SpamFree WordPress Spam Plugin - Powerful Anti-Spam Protection! (http://www.polepositionmarketing.com/library/wp-spamfree/)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 01:19 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 800
Posted By Brian Alaway
WARNING - FREE to exploit

We all love "free" and there are certainly some great freebies on the web - WordPress immediately comes to mind. But tread carefully when you're grabbing those free themes off the net. Many free...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 11:17 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,998
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Hosting company SUSPENDED my account with all domains on... [Help me choose the next step]

A Hostgator reseller account is nothing more than a shared hosting account with even more restrictions than their basic shared hosting.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 02:26 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,391
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Best Unsubscribe Page I've Ever Seen...

How Can I Add a List Selection Field To My Web Form? :: AWeber Knowledge Base (http://www.aweber.com/faq/questions/378/How+Can+I+Add+a+List+Selection+Field+To+My+Web+Form%3F)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2011, 05:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 482
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Best Support site options??

If that doesn't work out for you, might want to take a look at Assistly - Help Desk for Social CRM, Customer Service and Support (http://www.assistly.com/).
I haven't needed a ticketing solution...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2011, 05:14 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 570
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How do I use CDN if I don't use wordpress, I use xsitepro.

cdn=content delivery network

Just point your link for your image, video, etc. to your bucket.
Use a cname, link shortner, cloaker or combo to make life easier.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2011, 12:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 486
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Lost At PP Sea. Help Before Drowning?

Instead of looking for a niche, look for where the traffic is going. You can use a site like Alexa>Hot Topics or Google Trends>Hot Searches (look at different dates not just the current date) to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th August 2011, 02:38 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 4,292
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: WHY IM IS A BAD IDEA FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON

So true but I think this is true of many businesses today, including off-line business. They are so under capitalized that they're forced to focus on just making payroll and consequently all their...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th August 2011, 01:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,816
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: What's the Difference between a Facebook Business Account and a Fan Page?

You can have either a business account or a personal account but you cannot have both.
And "Each business account or personal account on the site should only be used by one individual. This...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th August 2011, 08:09 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,543
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Why doesn't anyone set up a hosting reseller account?

Justhost allows you to register private nameservers but you're right, if it's just for yourself it might not be that important.

Not sure about Jushost but for a standard HG shared account you get...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th August 2011, 08:53 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 613
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Need help with sitemap.xml

You can create multiple sitemaps via a sitemap index file: sitemaps.org - Protocol (http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php#index)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th August 2011, 11:02 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 770
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: I need your opinion - - yes you!

Rather than just build websites for attorneys, real estate agents, or other offline businesses, why not sell them ready to deploy membership sites. You could not only sell the initial site but charge...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th August 2011, 11:29 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 2,653
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: WARNING! DANGER! Got A Wordpress Fancy Theme or Timthumb? Vital Hackers Alert!

Think of it as encryption for your file transfers. Highly recommended. They mention Putty and WinSCP for client support but Filezilla also supports SSH/SFTP...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st July 2011, 02:14 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 848
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Fan Pages / Wordpress?

WP Fan Pro (http://wpfanpro.com/) is pretty slick. But it's a theme not a plugin.

I've also used this: Fanpage Connect, a FREE Facebook Fan Page Plugin for WordPress...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st July 2011, 12:33 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 920
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Wordpress Hacked - Need Expert Advice on this one...

Stick with a reliable well known company but realize that security is ultimately your responsibility. There are many threads here about taking necessary security precautions but most users are...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th July 2011, 01:54 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 672
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Is it time to upgrade to a VPS hosting?

Another option: host your video on Amazon S3/Cloudfront and you can integrate it with W3 Total Cache.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th July 2011, 11:45 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 14,904
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Screw SmartFTP, Filezilla, CuteFTP! ... You don't need them!

Been around a long time but unfortunately it is NOT secure.
I prefer Filezilla or WinSCP as they both support SFTP, which Hostgator also supports on their shared servers.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th July 2011, 06:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 457
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: AWS, What is it?

Amazon Web Services (http://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/) is just that, a set of services for storing and managing data on Amazon servers. Although the Amazon plugins your referring to may require...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd July 2011, 10:54 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 640
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Newbie that want to learn SEO

With no money you'd be better off educating yourself with the basics of seo first, otherwise you'd have no clue if your "teacher" actually knew what he was doing.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th July 2011, 11:17 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,301
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How to FB Like+Reveal / Fan Gate?

Customizing your Facebook iFrame Application – Reveal Tab Fan-gating & More! | HyperArts (http://www.hyperarts.com/blog/customizing-facebook-iframe-application-signed_request_reveal_tab/)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th July 2011, 10:11 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,008
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Sitemap without www?

In Webmaster Tools you specify your preferred domain (www.domain.com or domain.com) here:
WMT>click on site link>Site configuration>Settings>Preferred domain

Once you have selected your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th July 2011, 11:29 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 449
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: Do I Need a Facebook Fan Page to Add a Facebook Like Button to my Page?

You don't need a fan page.
Just pick your url: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th July 2011, 12:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 570
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How to presell in less than 100 characters?

Like Alexa said "pre-sell". Send them directly to a squeeze page where you offer them something of real value in exchange for their email address. Then you have the opportunity to sell to them...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th July 2011, 10:37 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 457
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: ftp and aWeber quick question

When you're designing the form on the Aweber site, go to the second step Settings>Basic Settings and under Thank You Page enter your Thank You page url. Then it will be included in the Aweber code.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd July 2011, 11:21 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 930
Posted By Brian Alaway
Re: How Do I Stop WP Blog Spamming?

Many users don't realize that Akismet is not free for commercial use.

"If your site is for a business, if it makes money from ads, or if it promotes a product or service, you should pick from one...
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