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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th October 2010, 01:30 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,076
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Facebook Ads - From Being Frustrated to Pure joy

Thanks Riz, that's exactly what I wanted to hear! I've been procrastinating on this for the past week but you've given me the inspiration to get a test campaign up tonight!

£0.12 doesn't sound...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th October 2010, 10:29 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,076
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Facebook Ads - From Being Frustrated to Pure joy

That's an awesome result Riz!

I've recently had my Adwords account suspended (surprise, surprise!) and I'm planning on testing Facebook advertising. Any suggestions or pointers for setting up...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd February 2010, 02:44 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 684
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Paydotcom.com down?

No problems getting on the site from here either!
Forum: Programming 2nd February 2010, 02:33 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 645
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Wordpress Category Pages

Or create a new template file, use the above code in the template, and set your page to use that template!
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 1st February 2010, 04:51 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,201
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: What's your favourite Anti-Virus program?

I've had more clients who had problems with Nortan on their system than just about anything else over the years, it's a real system hog and tends not to "play nicely" with lots of other software. I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st February 2010, 04:47 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,410
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: 50+ Hot Markets of Proven Buyers

Great list, some obvious ones but a few hidden gems too!
Forum: Programming 11th September 2008, 04:25 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,491
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Self Taught PHP?

Hi Cary

Yes - if you are committed then self taught is the way to go. I did a 3 day intensive course in PHP a few years ago and learned very little - spent a couple of weeks with my head in a...
Forum: Website Design 10th September 2008, 04:59 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 836
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Site loads source code in Firefox, ok in IE

That foward slash shouldn't break the page...

What file extention are you using? The URL is Recession Proof Your Income (http://www.yrtimenow.com/recessionrescue) which would default to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th September 2008, 01:29 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 687
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Chrome is just a gimmick, it's Useless!

I'm with Mike here - yes, some sites don't render as expected in Chromes, but that's precisely why you DO want it installed so you can test!

Personally I've had a copy open all week and in general...
Forum: Programming 9th September 2008, 01:51 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 917
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Flash Programmer Needed

You're right a PDF link would be cheaper... Just add the link in to the Flash movie and your client can produce updated PDFs in Openoffice...

Parsing an XML file or database isn't difficult in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2008, 07:24 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 3,050
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Why Google Chrome Will Be The Best Internet Browser Ever

I see - so it's not a bug it's a "feature" ;)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2008, 04:21 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 3,050
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Why Google Chrome Will Be The Best Internet Browser Ever

Interesting info Neil. I just opened task manager for something else and noticed that there were 12 instances of Chrome running!!! It appears that each tab has its own instance, and since some of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2008, 03:20 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 3,050
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Why Google Chrome Will Be The Best Internet Browser Ever

Well I wasn't planning on installing Chrome today but all this talk got me curious and wow - yes it really is fast!

I've only tried it for a few minutes, but as first impressions go I'm impressed!...
Forum: Website Design 4th September 2008, 01:58 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,663
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Downgrading Wordpress

Thought that might be the case... thanks for the advice.

Bill
Forum: Website Design 4th September 2008, 01:11 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,663
Posted By Billy Deakin
Downgrading Wordpress

Hey

I just installed WP 2.6.1 on a fresh domain and it turns out that one of the plugins I use most doesn't work. I need to downgrade but I don't know if there is a way to do this without delting...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 01:32 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,447
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Do you send PLAIN or HTML emails to your list?

I wouldn't be quite so sure on that. When I used to sell hosting I was always surprised by the number of clients who would use Squirrel mail or Horde. Be interesting to see some stats on this, my...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd September 2008, 01:28 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,447
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Do you send PLAIN or HTML emails to your list?

I have one list I send HTML using GetResponse (it's a clothing niche and needs pictures!), everything else I send plain text using Aweber. I have noticed some marketers sending html but looking like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd September 2008, 01:49 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 953
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Is Anyone Making Money without having a list or doing Affiliate Marketing?

Mistyone - what are your reasons for not wanting to build a list, and not wanting to promote any affiliate products?

No matter what you're doing online, you can build a list and also promote the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2008, 09:37 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,397
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Is anyone here generating a consisent amount of 1000 unique visitors per day?

I have a non IM site that averages around 3000 uniques per day, all from organic search (no paid advertising at all).

Most of my sites do much less than that, and my new IM blog only does between...
Forum: Website Design 29th August 2008, 05:05 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,064
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Is anyone using Nvu?

There's nothing wrong with Nvu for learning HTML, and doing basic sites, but try working with it for a long time or on more complex projects and you'll get frustration. It has a habbit of trying to...
Forum: Website Design 29th August 2008, 12:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 708
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Creating a form without a autoresponder

Hi Peter

You actually need 2 things - the form, and a script to process it.

For the form, click on the Forms menu tab in Dreamweaver, start by adding a Form (icon is a red dashed square). Then...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2008, 02:03 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,346
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Your Last 48 hours?

Finally finished proof reading and editing a free report which is ready to go online, and have been working through the Commission Blueprint videos which look like they'll keep me busy for the next...
Forum: Website Design 27th August 2008, 02:02 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,791
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Domain buying

Both 1&1 and Hostgator are reputable companies. Domains are very cheap now so don't waste too much time choosing a registrar, you'll be fine with either of these.

Bill
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 27th August 2008, 01:56 PM
Replies: 201
Views: 30,750
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Commision BluePrint

I've just purchased this but I can't comment too much yet since there's a lot to get through. The videos appear to be quite well made, and are available streaming and for download, although the...
Forum: Website Design 27th August 2008, 10:17 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,372
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Help please - I need advice

Yes looks a lot better. Good advice from Asher above so I won't repeat anything. Just one tiny comment - at first glance the Paypal button in your bonuses looks like where a user should click to...
Forum: Website Design 27th August 2008, 10:12 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 775
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: MEMBERSHIP SITE

I would suggest you take a look at Amember. It's around $200 but they offer a free trial and can integrate with Wordpress or Joomla etc.

Bill
Forum: Mind Warriors 27th August 2008, 12:49 AM
Replies: 107
Views: 8,633
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Favorite Self Help Books?

A few mof my favs...

"4 Hour Work Week" - Timothy Ferriss
"Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life" - Larry Winget
"Think and Grow Rich" - Napoleon Hill
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" -...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2008, 12:40 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,237
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Where Do You Get Royalty-Free Photos From?

stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu/) also gets my vote - great pics, good prices and a decent search...
Forum: Website Design 27th August 2008, 12:33 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,372
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Help please - I need advice

Hi Mike

Totally agree with Asher here, newbies really are scared of code and you are probably putting a lot of them off with your page examples. One page in particular has the line "Here's the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th August 2008, 08:20 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 521
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Has Ezine Got Stricter?

Iive not had a problem either - in fact I had a blatant affiliate promotion article approved just this morning. It linked back to a post about the product on my blog, not direct to the affiliate...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd August 2008, 04:45 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,445
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: What is your favorite online procrastination site?

Popurls, reddit, slashdot, several forums, miniclip, FB, digg, surprising I get any work done at all actually ;)
Forum: Website Design 23rd August 2008, 04:06 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,583
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: how would I create my own website???

What sort of site are you wanting to create?

If you're looking to get content online then personally I'd suggest the Wordpress platform - free, easy to install, simple to customize and loads of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd August 2008, 02:37 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 6,238
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: What's Your Favorite Quote?

"Successful people will do the things unsuccessful people are unprepared to do" - Unknown

or

"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad!" - Peter Kay
...
Forum: Website Design 22nd August 2008, 04:01 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,379
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Is this right anchor text please?

Yes - exactly...

Anchor text just refers to the text which you use for a hyperlink - i.e. the actual string of text that your user clicks on!
Forum: Website Design 22nd August 2008, 12:48 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,379
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Is this right anchor text please?

Rich - I don't use Frontpage, but assuming it works the same as every other editor, you need to enter that in code view!

If you're in normal view then just type your anchor text (Click here) then...
Forum: Website Design 21st August 2008, 08:58 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,281
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Best way to design a squeeze page?

Hi Rich

Go grab yourself a copy of Nvu (free WYSIWYG HTML editor) and use that.

Just stay in 'Normal' view most of the time. Type your heading, bullets and text etc. and use the toolbar to set...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st August 2008, 04:00 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,048
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Can I get a response on Get Response?

I've used both GetResponse and Aweber in the past. Personally I only use Aweber now, but I still handle one of my client's lists and they use GetResponse.

Both are solid and very reliable. ...
Forum: Website Design 21st August 2008, 12:28 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,217
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Help with loading PDFs to website

Hi Chris

Sorry if I confused you.

Following Neoneria's advice above should sort it for you - but something I noticed from one of your earlier posts - check the case of your filenames......
Forum: Website Design 20th August 2008, 03:38 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,217
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Help with loading PDFs to website

Sorry - forgot this forum uses forum code, not HTML for links so yes, use the [url] tag as Neonerai stated.

You can have more than one index.html on a site - in fact you want one per directory...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th August 2008, 10:28 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 763
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Design/Development. Is it my credibility??

Hi Matt

I remember very clearly feeling exactly the same a few years ago when I was trying to get started as a web designer and it's very frustrating.

As has already been said, getting some...
Forum: Website Design 20th August 2008, 09:24 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,217
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Help with loading PDFs to website

BTW Chris - you can use that same code to turn your signature URLs into clickable links! Just put the anchor text (what text you want your user to click on) in place of Download example, and put the...
Forum: Website Design 20th August 2008, 09:23 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,217
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Help with loading PDFs to website

Chris

If you have Nvu just create a brand new page and save it as index.html in the same folder as your PDF files.

Now on the page list each file one at a time in NORMAL view, one per line. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th August 2008, 01:14 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 7,955
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: 32 Most Important SEO Tips

Good list H1dayah, only comment I would make is re:



Not necessary, and in fact could slow down your site getting indexed. Better to get a couple of backlinks and let the search engines find...
Forum: Website Design 18th August 2008, 01:26 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,220
Posted By Billy Deakin
Update

OK - just so you don't waste your time... I just tried Komposer and it's just the same!

Bill
Forum: Website Design 18th August 2008, 01:23 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,220
Posted By Billy Deakin
Re: Help Needed with NVU

Yep - this is a VERY annoying problem with Nvu but AFAIK there is no solution, I hunted for one myself for quite a while. I use Dreamweaver myself, but I use Nvu with my seminar students since it's...
Forum: Website Design 13th August 2008, 07:31 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,294
Posted By Billy Deakin
You can also try thesitewizard.com, that's the...

You can also try thesitewizard.com, that's the site I direct my students to. Just cut and paste the code into your site and voila!
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