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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th January 2012, 11:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,666
Posted By brianman
Re: RankBuilder 2.0 software: Anyone have any experience? Compliments or Cautions

This rank Builder sound a lot like Auto Traffic Buddy. Very in depth with great tutorials but you need a University degree to run it and the patience of Job. Not the kind of back link building...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th January 2012, 07:45 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,745
Posted By brianman
Re: Automatic Backlink Builders

From my experience Kael41 knows what he is talking about concerning back link automation. Yes the others who advocate manual work are also correct but if your target is for high volume back links,...
Forum: Website Design 1st September 2011, 05:58 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 605
Posted By brianman
Re: I would like your advise on my site.

It's a little hard to read. I would make those boxes a bit more opaque so you can read the text more easily.
Forum: Website Design 1st September 2011, 05:57 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,013
Posted By brianman
Re: Business Cards/QR codes

You can change your image DPI in Photoshop. You go to image/image size/ and change the DPI to 300. Be sure to leave "resample image" unchecked.
Forum: Website Design 1st September 2011, 05:53 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 550
Posted By brianman
WordPress Author Page

Does anyone know how to make it so when you click on an author in WordPress blog it goes to an author page with the author's bio and picture?
Forum: Website Design 29th August 2011, 03:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 530
Posted By brianman
Re: WP: Link To Pop-Up

I hate to be a ... hater... but, why are you doing this? Pop ups are never a good idea, especially when someone really is interested in reading your content. If you have to use a popup, you could try...
Forum: Website Design 29th August 2011, 03:43 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 568
Posted By brianman
Re: Margin Problem

Have you tried using responsive layout design? In other words, you set your width to be 100% and then you allow the browser width to adjust appropriately. You can then set your images to be a...
Forum: Website Design 29th August 2011, 03:39 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 468
Posted By brianman
Re: Any site similar to detectmobilebrowsers(dot)com?

Why don't you use your own detection script? That way you're not dependent on another website to be up in order for the script to function?
Forum: Website Design 29th August 2011, 03:37 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 365
Posted By brianman
Re: Need Help with site

Yeah, those are images. If you want to make HTML text that's styled and a different font, you should try using fontspring [dot] com and place their custom code in your CSS file.
Forum: Website Design 25th August 2011, 04:26 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 11,936
Posted By brianman
Re: How Much Do Web Designers Make?

If you are talking 5000 US $, you're going to find it difficult at the beginning. It takes a designer a few years to gain the right volume of business and good clients to get to a consistent...
Forum: Website Design 25th August 2011, 04:23 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 729
Posted By brianman
Re: Yet another "Please Critique My Web Site" post!

I would lose the green theme color. Green speaks more of forests and trees than water. I would use either white or a blue color that looks clean and pure. Whenever you're thinking water, you think...
Forum: Website Design 25th August 2011, 04:20 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 631
Posted By brianman
Re: Review My Blog

It lacks uniqueness. I would look for a good design template. Overall, I like the easy access to the posts. But, it's very white and needs a theme.
Forum: Website Design 25th August 2011, 04:19 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 651
Posted By brianman
Re: What do you think of this Website Design & Layout?

Why did you make the large headline an image? I would change all the headline text to live text so that you benefit for SEO purposes. Also, I think people like to interact with text. From a design...
Forum: Website Design 25th August 2011, 04:16 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 741
Posted By brianman
Re: Please Review My Site (120k visitors a day)

LOL! I love how you put generous and attractive separately. It's like you are saying generous people are ugly and attractive people are misers! Nice! It's a good looking site overall.
Forum: Copywriting 24th August 2011, 03:53 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 930
Posted By brianman
Re: Say no. I dare you.

Like others have said, it depends on the audience. But, I think it also depends on where the message is being sent and received. If you are posting your question where people are more likely to need...
Forum: Copywriting 24th August 2011, 03:46 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 864
Posted By brianman
Re: Could You Offer A Brutally Honest Copy Critique?

I don't get the sense of what you're selling, offering, or trying to say in this article. The headline is vague. And, from there, I can't really get into the article at all. I think there are way too...
Forum: Website Design 23rd August 2011, 08:18 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 615
Posted By brianman
Re: My new blogger template..

I would increase the font size in the main content areas. Other than that, it looks pretty good. I like the photography you used.
Forum: Website Design 23rd August 2011, 08:07 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 620
Posted By brianman
Re: Help with modifying WP 2011 theme

Part 2 of your question is will it affect the pages and posts. I think so, because you will be changing the root CSS file, if you do as Karen says. As long as you change the body {} tag, you should...
Forum: Website Design 23rd August 2011, 08:02 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,779
Posted By brianman
Re: Converting Photoshop files to Wordpress Theme

I don't think you'll find what you are really looking for. Slicing up a design for an HTML and CSS layout is too complex for any software to build 100% accurately. I challenge anyone on here to...
Forum: Website Design 22nd August 2011, 12:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 443
Posted By brianman
Re: Need opinions on this website

What do you want users to do on the site? I don't see any call to action anywhere on this website. First, find out what you want them to do: call, email, buy, etc: Then, design around that.
Forum: Website Design 22nd August 2011, 12:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 523
Posted By brianman
Re: I am going mad

In GoDaddy, if you have an upgraded account, you can do a forwarder on a domain. So, for yourdomainhere.com - domain hosting (http://www.yourdomainhere.com), you can forward to...
Forum: Website Design 22nd August 2011, 12:26 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 522
Posted By brianman
Re: html email in outlook - attached image

Hmmm, how are you sending out the emails? Sometimes, if you send out emails from your own mail client, they will attach the images. I'd recommend using a third-party client like Constant Contact.
Forum: Website Design 22nd August 2011, 12:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 856
Posted By brianman
Re: index page problem in Google...

Are you redirecting your home page to another page? Did you add a title and meta description tag? We'd have to see the site in order to fully help you.
Forum: Website Design 22nd August 2011, 12:23 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 512
Posted By brianman
Re: Zen Cart Template Issue

Have you made certain that you've published the templates from the admin area? If you don't publish them, they won't show.
Forum: Mind Warriors 19th August 2011, 07:26 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 586
Posted By brianman
Re: My site it's live!!

LOL! Every site I finish for myself or my clients, I get excited. Usually, it's like "hooray, that project is finally off my list!" I really enjoy the part where I start and where I finish a website....
Forum: Mind Warriors 19th August 2011, 07:24 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,815
Posted By brianman
Re: Do you do this at night?

I try to take an hour break before sleep. But, sometimes, when you're running multiple businesses and trying not to be poor, you go astray. I need to start relaxing before bed.
Forum: Mind Warriors 19th August 2011, 07:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 842
Posted By brianman
Re: Motivational Movie-

Shawshank Redemption does it every time for me. I just get up and get going after that movie.
Forum: Mind Warriors 19th August 2011, 07:21 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 1,679
Posted By brianman
Re: What stole your time?

1. Warrior Forum ( just kidding...but seriously. )
2. Listening to Music
3. Social Networking ( Facebook )
4. Playing Tetris
5. Working
6. Watching TV
Forum: Website Design 19th August 2011, 07:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 646
Posted By brianman
Re: A nice resource, 250 design tips

Wow, 150 items! I would say there are a lot of items you could move higher up that list like "brainstorming" and the bit about research for your target audience. That's usually where things start, no?
Forum: Website Design 19th August 2011, 01:39 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 23,742
Posted By brianman
Re: Stop redirect from iframe

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Are you trying to stop a redirect that is being called from whatever is inside the iFrame? We need more specifics please.
Forum: Website Design 19th August 2011, 01:37 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 452
Posted By brianman
Re: My Dreamweaver doesnt like tables

Try working in the code and not design view. Dreamweaver is moving more toward code-based HTML creation. A typical table looks like this:

<table>
<tr>
<td> something here. </td>
</tr>
</table>...
Forum: Website Design 19th August 2011, 01:34 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 992
Posted By brianman
Re: Multi e-commerce store advice

I have to be honest, I don't see you doing this with a pre-built ecommerce system. It sounds like you'll need custom development. I just haven't seen anything out there that will allow that level of...
Forum: Mind Warriors 18th August 2011, 08:00 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 2,843
Posted By brianman
Re: What motivates you to make more money?

Money itself motivates. But, it stops motivating after a while. I find that going on a vacation, being able to afford things I want, and helping other people are good motivators. If you can get...
Forum: Mind Warriors 16th August 2011, 11:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 667
Posted By brianman
Re: Stop Working When You Aren't at Work!

I have to admit. I struggle with this. I can't do one thing and enjoy it. When I'm not working, I'm trying to think of what I need to do when I get back to work. When I'm working, I think of how nice...
Forum: Mind Warriors 16th August 2011, 10:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 624
Posted By brianman
Re: Task Lists: Do You Use Them?

No, I have to admit I don't. Here's why. If I have a task list, it makes me nervous and I begin to worry about how to get it all done. But, I do have a list of the top 3 things I need to do that can...
Forum: Mind Warriors 16th August 2011, 10:50 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 1,885
Posted By brianman
Re: What is your inspiring music?

For me...

DJ Tiesto, U2, and Zero 7.

I can really get focused and get tons of work done listening to this stuff.
Forum: Website Design 16th August 2011, 05:57 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 489
Posted By brianman
Re: problem with div pushing an image

We'll need an URL to look at. Usually, if you are getting padding or margin issues that aren't resolve by fixing the styles for that div ID or Class, it's usually a parent div or the body style....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th August 2011, 04:40 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 871
Posted By brianman
Re: 10 month old domain - SERP strategy

Google places and social bookmarking are things you might want to add. I bet your competitors are not leveraging social bookmarking efforts. So, if you have a network of FB and Twitter followers,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th August 2011, 04:35 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 781
Posted By brianman
Re: Is placing google ads affects my website google rank

I would advise against placing ads on your site if it's only got a PR1. Advertising drains your site of page rank. If you care about page rank, don't put ads on your site until you have a PR3+ ......
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th August 2011, 04:33 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 429
Posted By brianman
How to improve quality score on Adwords

I'm trying to lower my PPC cost per click. One thing Google mentions is improving quality score. Does anyone have good advice on how to best improve this score without jumping a million hurdles?
Forum: Website Design 15th August 2011, 04:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,197
Posted By brianman
Re: Self design web sites

There's an easy to use system I found called IntellySite. You can search them online. Other than that, you could use WordPress to install and quickly add pages. But, for custom work, there really...
Forum: Website Design 15th August 2011, 02:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 513
Posted By brianman
Re: Wordpress blog designer

I might be interested, depending on the project deadline. You can see our work on our site listed in my signature.
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:39 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,243
Posted By brianman
Re: How do I overcome procrastination and distraction?

Take 15 minute breaks every 2 hours at least. If you're working on something too long, you will stop producing. Get excited about achieving the result. Don't try to complete the entire thing all at...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:35 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 595
Posted By brianman
Re: How you handle the competition and everyday changes

Just remember, your product is never "finished." Find out what your competitors don't have. Build it. Market it. Promote your product based on that unique selling proposition. How do you think all...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:32 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 552
Posted By brianman
Re: Searching For help - A mentor

Not sure if this is the right place for mentoring to the level of what you need. I bet everyone on here wouldn't mind giving some feedback here and there. I would suggest reaching out to people you...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:26 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 5,036
Posted By brianman
Re: Habits of Highly Motivated People

Set up daily goals. Do things one at a time. Stop trying to make more money. Start trying to improve people's lives. Stop trying to get rich. Start trying to enrich your life with relationships. Stop...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:22 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 506
Posted By brianman
You Can Do It!

I wanted to motivate you all by encouraging you that you can do it. What is it that you want in life? If you put your mind to it, you can do it. Here are some steps you can use to get the results...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:13 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 930
Posted By brianman
Re: Fear Vs Faith

Fear is the fuel that produces destruction, chaos, and loss. Faith is the fuel that produces success, greatness, and a positive attitude that affects all around you. Never walk in fear. In all...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:11 PM
Replies: 220
Views: 287,459
Posted By brianman
Re: Three Word Quotes!

You Can Win

Rise above chaos

ply your trade
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:05 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,217
Posted By brianman
Re: Focus..The key to success in anything you want!

The problem with people I meet under 28 years old is a lack of focus. They don't know what they want. When they do want something, they don't want it long enough. They lack ambition, determination,...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:01 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 2,332
Posted By brianman
Re: My quote to share

I needed this today. Thanks for posting it. What we sow does create the world around us.
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 08:00 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 719
Posted By brianman
Re: A Warrior Cry: Open Letter To Future Leaders Part II

Honesty, belief, and self-respect are wrapped up in this thread. These traits are the heart and soul of what I believe. In everything I do, I try to stay honest and make a contribution. If I'm...
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th August 2011, 07:54 PM
Replies: 3,690
Views: 141,067
Posted By brianman
Re: Inspirational Quotes ... Post Yours!

You are never beaten. Get up. Learn from your mistakes.
Forum: Website Design 14th August 2011, 11:45 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,183
Posted By brianman
Re: learning to build websites, resources needed!!!

I'm actually starting a site where I do videos and train how to use Photoshop and also build websites. I you want to check it out and ask for something in particular, I can create a video for...
Forum: Website Design 14th August 2011, 11:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 513
Posted By brianman
Re: A COOL TOOL!!

Sweet tool. I'm not sure I would ever use it. But, I can see how someone would use it if they didn't already have a go-to software they use for this purpose
Forum: Website Design 14th August 2011, 11:37 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 3,364
Posted By brianman
Re: Best Web Hosting Company?

Hostgator all the way!! You can't beat their customer support. And, their servers are lightning fast! I would never ever use Godaddy for hosting. I have twice and was disappointed both times. I've...
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