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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th August 2011, 11:32 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 407
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Building my new company website question about wordpress.

I used Wordpress for my offline, service business. There are loads of great WP themes out there now that look just like a static website.

I choose 'Silverio' theme for mine in the end as I found...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 6th August 2011, 07:28 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 438
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Controversy around 2 IM'ers?

Ah yes, I was wondering when Ewen was going to catch wind of this!

And here's Ros' retraction.. http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/sorry-ewen/ !!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd August 2011, 07:07 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 528
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Why is my website not ranking?

Intriguing question, particularaly as I too run a commercial cleaning business and am focussing on getting rankings up.

I just had a quick look at your on page SEO (haven't looked at backlinks yet...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st July 2011, 05:53 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 14,498
Posted By LibbyC
Re: List of Ping Sites

Hi Justin

Thanks for this list! I use a ping list with 91 on it here: Get Indexed by Google Fast by Updating Your WordPress Ping List (http://libbycollier.com/wordpress-ping.html)

Think I will...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st July 2011, 05:33 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 691
Posted By LibbyC
Re: What is "pinging" a website?

By default Wordpress (if you are using Wordpress) only has one service that it pings when you post content (pingomatic.com)

You can add other sites to this list to ensure they also know about your...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th July 2011, 08:37 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 759
Posted By LibbyC
Re: I'm Lost in the SEO world - Any Help?

Me again!

I was thinking about your site last night and wanted to find an example to show you what I meant because if you're anything like me an example is worth about a squillion words.

NB:...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th July 2011, 01:19 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 656
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Useful SEO tools?

For me:
- Traffic Travis
- Market Samurai
- Google Keyword tool
- Affilorama toolbar (shows PR, Alexa rank etc but not as ugly as SEOQuake)
- SEOQuake (when I want more detail)
- IMAutomator...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th July 2011, 01:09 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 759
Posted By LibbyC
Re: I'm Lost in the SEO world - Any Help?

Hi, where are you getting your competition results from? I would imagine these are incredibly hard words to rank for!

They're also very untargetted. By that I mean what is a person thinking when...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th July 2011, 10:00 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,571
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Recommend me some good/premium Adsense Wordpress themes?

Have a read of this from Google Adsense blog:

1. Ads shouldn't be placed under a title or section heading in a way that implies that the ads are not ads.

The blog article is here:
Another look...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th July 2011, 05:43 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,571
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Recommend me some good/premium Adsense Wordpress themes?

Hi Drew

I've just started using WooThemes' "Canvas" for my adsense sites. It's $70 for unlimited domains.

It's more of a framework than a theme really - you can choose 1,2 or 3 column layout...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th July 2011, 09:30 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,894
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Traffic Travis Screwed Me Over

Well said Mark, very restrained ;)

I LOVE traffic Travis - I use it pretty much everyday to check my SEPRs, analyze specific keywords etc.

But it's not the only KW tool I use. Like many people...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th February 2011, 12:09 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 900
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Hot off the press: Facebook Made Changes to Your Fan Pages

For me, being able to interact (comment, 'LIKE' etc) as a page rather than myself.

I don't really use FB for personal stuff so it was always really annoying trying to direct people to my FanPage...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 10:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 900
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Hot off the press: Facebook Made Changes to Your Fan Pages

Apparently it's just a bug. According to a Facebook Product manager the width of the page tabs is still 520px and it was a glitch that reduced the size.

Won't be the case for the profile picture...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 09:31 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 900
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Hot off the press: Facebook Made Changes to Your Fan Pages

Very good point Nathan, I hadn't even thought about that but it's very likely it has changed. The right hand column seems wider so that may have been where the extra space went but could also have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 08:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,225
Posted By LibbyC
Re: What are your top 3 Facebook FBML Page creation Tools ?

TextEdit, a couple of div tags and 1-2 images ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 08:15 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 900
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Hot off the press: Facebook Made Changes to Your Fan Pages

Here's my take on it (taken from a post I made on my own FB page..)

Some good things:
- you can browse Facebook as a 'Page' not just as a person
- a page can like other pages (these first two...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 04:02 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,039
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Where Do I Get Facebook Box Thing For My Website.

1. Log in to your FB page
2. Go to Edit Page (either under your profile pic or at the top right in the new version released today!)
3. Navigate to Marketing -> Add a Like Box to Your Website
4....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 03:39 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 491
Posted By LibbyC
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 03:03 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 491
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Some what confused...HELP !

LOL, perhaps don't be so literal.

Bottom line, Theo wants to know what you can do as a website owner to encourage search engines to visit and index your site.

My words "I never bother indexing...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2011, 01:54 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 491
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Some what confused...HELP !

Hi Theo, welcome!

Everyone starts somewhere :)

Here are some thoughts from my own perspective, others will invariably have their own way of doing things...

1. Indexing
I use Wordpress for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 06:58 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,667
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Built "LIKE TO UNLOCK", need your critique! Any Facebook guru's out there?

phew ;)


(hey, just tried to post that with just the 'phew ;)' message and apparently it's too short (10 characters min) so I will add this amusing little story at the bottom to keep the warrior...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 06:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,667
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Built "LIKE TO UNLOCK", need your critique! Any Facebook guru's out there?

Impressive, do you do work for others or sell the template?

I am 100% graphically challenged!
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 06:52 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,667
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Built "LIKE TO UNLOCK", need your critique! Any Facebook guru's out there?

Hi Mitch

Hope it didn't come across as harsh 'What's in it for me?' is an expression rather than what I would actually say myself :)

I LOVE Facebook for marketing (such an amazing channel) so...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 06:44 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,667
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Built "LIKE TO UNLOCK", need your critique! Any Facebook guru's out there?

Hi Mitch (again!)

Part of the problem is that I landed on the 'Tell Friends' tab - it's only now that I have discovered the 'Free ebook' tab and seen the 'Click like to unlock' graphic.

Same...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 06:41 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,667
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Built "LIKE TO UNLOCK", need your critique! Any Facebook guru's out there?

Hi Mitch

I'm a bit unclear - what are we critiquing?
Your idea? Your page?

If it's the idea I need a bit more info :)

If it's the page... I'd have to say 'what's in it for me?' Why would I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th February 2011, 06:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 766
Posted By LibbyC
Re: I need a SEO Plan

I agree, I really like seeing exactly what other people are doing rather than vague comments like 'do article marketing!'

I'm not sure if you mean which direction to move in for your SEO strategy...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 03:43 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 671
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Please save me from the monsters...

Mike, you're a gem :)

Thank you - indeed it was the setting under 'admin'. I was changing it under Settings -> General

No more monsters!

Thanks again
Libby
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 05:07 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 487
Posted By LibbyC
Re: HELP please! Which screen capture video and audio to use!?!?

PC or Mac?

Best for PC is Camtasia but at around $300 it's expensive.

Camtasia for Mac is oddly disappointing so I use a very cool one called iShowU HD

You can also use Jing (Mac & pc) which...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2011, 04:47 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 671
Posted By LibbyC
Please save me from the monsters...

..the gravatar monsters on my own wordpress blog.

Sure they are cute, but not quite how I want to be remembered ;)

I've set up my gravatar and it shows perfectly on other people's blogs but for...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 8th February 2011, 04:38 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 896
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Has anyone heard of a free autoresponder?

Yes they do, but not if you do any kind of affiliate or 'home business' marketing.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th February 2011, 01:23 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 766
Posted By LibbyC
Re: I need a SEO Plan

Glad you appreciated it :)

Interesting question re the same article or different ones. Just me, but I always keep my EzineArticles unique and haven't been so worried about the others.

In the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th February 2011, 12:24 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 938
Posted By LibbyC
Re: How to write SEO optimized articles.

There are two parts to SEO - on-page SEO and off-page SEO

On page : Have a read of this post: How I Got to #1 in Google (http://libbycollier.com/heres-exactly-how-i-got-to-1-in-google.html) and...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th February 2011, 11:33 PM
Replies: 1,177
Views: 205,023
Posted By LibbyC
Re: 40 Day Challenge – Top 5 in Google Within 40 Days!

You're welcome!

Thanks for the reply, I will ferret out the post where you picked the keyword again.

Hmm intriguing re your experience with the PR thing. Perhaps I am putting too much weight on...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th February 2011, 10:20 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 766
Posted By LibbyC
Re: I need a SEO Plan

Hi there

A comment is just a message you post on someone's site.

So yes, if you post a comment on a blog that has a keyword in the name and a link in the URL box that keyword becomes a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th February 2011, 09:19 PM
Replies: 1,177
Views: 205,023
Posted By LibbyC
Re: 40 Day Challenge – Top 5 in Google Within 40 Days!

Hi Joseph

Love it, love it, love it!

Thank you for your dedication to an amazing thread. I really appreciate the amount of time that it would have taken you to write everyone of those detailed,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th February 2011, 01:27 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,182
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Looking for a Good WP Theme for Reviews

That site is based on the 'Basic' theme from ElegantThemes.
It's just $39 for a 55 of them, sounds like exactly what you want :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th February 2011, 05:56 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,378
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Free blogging vs self hosting.

Oops, sorry for confusion, just tired and meant non self-hosted.
1am here in NZ.. need sleep!

** changed it now **
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th February 2011, 05:45 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 1,378
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Free blogging vs self hosting.

Hi back!

I'd never use a non-self hosted blog for the stuff I care about for the simple reason that you don't control your own real estate.

You could do months, years of work to have the owner...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th February 2011, 05:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 642
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Multi-Level Pages in Wordpress?!

Do you mean you want the navigation to say (for example) "Products" then the drop down to say Product 1, Product 2, Product 3?

If that's what you mean, then you can just create the pages as...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th February 2011, 09:12 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 581
Posted By LibbyC
Re: My art website...Any suggestions?

Well done on getting your site up :)

PhoebeSmellyCat has raised some really good points re moving the focus more to the customer rather than you.

Here's my 2c worth re the optin form in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th February 2011, 06:49 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 736
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Guess who just checked their clickbank account and saw they made their 1st sale!!!

Well done!

It's such a buzz isn't it to realise this 'internet marketing thing' really does work? ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th February 2011, 06:05 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,147
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Where to find free Pictures / Images

Stock.xchng /sxc.hu (same thing) is great!
That's where I get 95% of my images.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th February 2011, 03:59 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 627
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Not sure where to start with promoting my blog

Hi Pezerinno

500 visitors a day just seems like an awful lot of visitors to be getting with no idea of where they are coming from.

You can see they come from random blogs, but the question is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2011, 10:49 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 927
Posted By LibbyC
Re: it this worth the extra $40 per month with aweber?

Nope, you don't have hypertracker.com in the URL. See natty pic attached from their sales page :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2011, 10:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 573
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Getting started with facebook

Hi David

I'm def not a fan of Facebook when it comes to personal stuff (major time sucker!) but I love it for business.

I've just written a step by step guide to getting your FB business page...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2011, 09:02 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 927
Posted By LibbyC
Re: it this worth the extra $40 per month with aweber?

Tip #3 Use a tracking ID for every article you write

Tip #4 Use a tracking ID for every advert you place

Tip #5 Add a tracking URL to your Warrior Forum signature :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2011, 05:34 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 927
Posted By LibbyC
Re: it this worth the extra $40 per month with aweber?

Hi Simon

Yes, it's definitely worth getting some tracking software.

You could also try HyperTracker. It does the same thing and it's just $20 a month or $15 if you sign up for a year. I came...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2011, 03:20 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,949
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Call to Action Buttons + Wordpress

You're welcome. I'm certainly in the 'raving fan' category when it comes to OP, hope you will be too :)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd February 2011, 04:54 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,949
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Call to Action Buttons + Wordpress

Hi Kipper

Yes it has a blog function as well. There are simple setup videos you can follow. Very cool feature is that you can change appearance settings for really easily without having to bother...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd February 2011, 10:52 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 698
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Should I import subscribers on Facebook?

Hi Michael

Really good question!

When you use this feature Facebook will do the following:

1. Trawl through email addresses and match them up with Facebook email address

2. For those it...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd February 2011, 08:23 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 556
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Would Doing This Make any sense At all? Youtube

I'm with John on this one.

Make a video response which adds real value to the original video and get the traffic that way.

Or, just do YouTube keyword research, make a video with the keyword in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd February 2011, 08:16 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 719
Posted By LibbyC
Re: [Help] Hey Warriros please help me.

Personally I use Aweber and I love them.

I do have a GetResponse account but that's more so that I can test things so that I can help ppl who have either GetResponse or Aweber.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd February 2011, 06:46 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 719
Posted By LibbyC
Re: [Help] Hey Warriros please help me.

Glad you appreciated it :)

The post was meant to be addressed to you .. think I was reading Sonya's reply below yours and addressed it to her accidentally.

When you say 'this optin stuff' do...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd February 2011, 04:35 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 719
Posted By LibbyC
Re: [Help] Hey Warriros please help me.

Hi Sonya

I'm not sure you meant to say that you had $4 to spend but Istvan's advice to spend it on a coffee is a good idea :)

My advice is along the same lines - take a step back and set...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd February 2011, 03:52 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 627
Posted By LibbyC
Re: Not sure where to start with promoting my blog

Hi Pezerinno

500 unique visits per day is pretty good traffic! Where are these coming from at the moment?

Slightly off your original topic here but are you building a list from your visitors?...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st January 2011, 09:14 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 1,543
Posted By LibbyC
Re: I MADE MY FIRST SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hooray!

There's nothing quite like seeing that first sale come through is there?

Mine was for about $13 and even though it was small it was a huge buzz because it proved to me that this this...
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