Apr 07 2012
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Mar 26 2012
Did you ever have a moment in time, right after disaster stuck, where you wished like everything that you could just go back? A realization that everything would have been just fine if you had only made that one decision differently.
Yet, there you were, stuck in the present, powerless to change it. I think it’s safe to say that most of us have felt that way at various points in our lives….
Perhaps we’re always just one decision away from another disaster.
A man recently had something happen to his online business, something pretty devastating. I’m sure this must have been running through his mind for a long time afterwards.
Let me tell you what happened. It’s not a happy story, but it needs to be said. Hopefully you’ll be able to avoid this situation so it won’t happen to you.
I was reading a post in a forum recently. It was about how a man had recently lost something belonging to his clients which they had worked hard on for a long time…all of their websites. In a flash, everything was gone. All it took was an instant to wipe out all of their heartfelt, dedicated work.
Seriously.
All of the blog posts, media, tags, all their user’s comments, everything. Gone. Poof! Imagine loosing countless weeks, or even months of hard work.
The scary thing is that it seemed like he was safe before it happened. He had apparently taken all the right steps to ensure that this sort of thing would never happen, but nonetheless, happen it did.
I’m not going to give the name of the service he was using to host his client’s sites, because for one thing, they’re a really reputable company and I’d hate to cast them in a bad light. In fact, it’s the same company that I use, and I’ve never had a problem with them-they’ve always treated me fairly. Also, it turned out that the incident wasn’t actually their fault at all!
Unfortunately, sometimes things just fall though the cracks.
The gist of the story is that the hard drive on which all those sites were hosted had failed. You can maintain those things year after year, but eventually, time catches up. It’s just inevitable, and it’s going to happen at some point.
But, here’s the thing that’s nuts: They have a service where they back up your data onto a separate hard drive once a week…but the second HD also died! The hosting company had apparently told him (according to what he said) that there was nothing they could do about it.
But really, he should have backed everything up. It came back around to bite him in the end,unfortunately.
So, if you do what he did, and put all your trust into company to back up all your important data, even your websites which you count on for your income, than this kind of thing is bound to happen to you at some point. Word to the wise: keep your blogs backed up!
However, backing up a ton of user comments, posts, pages, settings, plugin configs, tags, affiliate links, and everything else could be a time consuming thing to do, so it might almost seem understandable to some that this man put his trust in this company to do it for him.
But…
If he was using WordPress, there’s a way he could have backed everything up with ease. In fact, after those HD’s failed, he could have been back in business within minutes. Most people don’t know that there’s actually a way you can “clone” a WordPress site. You can copy it verbatim, so that everything’s perfectly intact, with no need to go put the all the tiny pieces back together!
You might not believe me, but I’m about to prove it to you.
There’s an excellent piece of software which can actually copy an entire blog in under one minute. Watch this video for proof.
This nifty little invention is called WP Twin, and besides it’s ease of use, it’s also a huge time saver. With WP Twin, you no longer have to painstakingly go through and constantly make sure you’ve backed up each and every one of your blog’s features. This software takes care of it for you.
Check out this video of WP Twin in action!
Don’t leave all your hard work to chance. You can’t afford not to back everything up!
Mar 23 2012
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Feb 17 2012
I was doing my morning walk recently and came across a row of trees, as I always do. This time though, it made me think.
See, any good business is the accumulation of a regular routine. It’s kind of like exercise, for example. You can exercise every once and a while, and have it do pretty much nothing to benefit you. It’s when you engage in that activity day by day that you start to see the benefit.
Anyways, when I came across the row of trees I had to step over the roots, because of how far out they were from the tree trunks. I realized that this is good way to think about business. Any good business has it’s roots deep in the “soil”. It has a foundation, and that foundation has to be sturdy! As with the foundation to a house, this must be established first before you will see more visible results.
Also, I’ve been thinking about the fact that all those roots from the trees were spread out in different directions, but they all led back to a central source in order to feed the tree. The same can be true with business in that you can have your “roots” in several places. However, the trick is that they all need to be beneficial to one area in order to have the most impact; there must be a synergistic effect. When there is, that’s where your business can truly have the potential to profit greatly, because each element serves to enhance the other.
Not to get too preachy. I even admit that I’m still in the process of trying to teach this to myself as well. Take care, and if you have an honest, good business, I hope it flourishes!
Feb 11 2012
I’m talking about that fire inside you which needs to be continually set!
Sometimes we need a bit of encouragement. A reason to keep doing what we are doing, even though it doesn’t yet seem to have an effect. What would you give to be able to get that spark of motivation to happen on a daily basis?
Here’s some good news: It doesn’t take much!
The answer is simple. Here’s what needs to be done: You just write down all the reasons that you ever wanted to create your business in the first place. Get a pad of paper and a pen, or open a word processing application such as OpenOffice and create a list of “whys”.
For example, you could ask yourself: “Why am I pursuing this business venture?”
Then you could list every reason you can possibly think of:
Because I’m way too creative of a person to be told what to do on a daily basis
Because I need to be able to set my own hours, and having my own income streams will allow that.
Because I want more time to spend on the things I’m passionate about
Because I want time to spend with my family.
Because I need to be financially independent.
Because I need more time to relax, and having a job just doesn’t give me that.
Because my job is a stressful and unhealthy environment for me to be in.
Because I need a higher level of income so I can send my daughter to college.
Because I work better on my own project, not for someone else.
Because my health will benefit when I have more free time due to my passive business.
Because I want to retire early.
Because when I have my own business, I can choose to sleep in!
Make a list as long as you can. Add to it every chance that you get. List all the things that really get to you.
Now, what you want to do is turn this list into something that can benefit you on a daily basis. That’s easy. Every morning, just open that document where you’ve saved all your why’s for building your business, and read over every reason. You could even retype everything out again as a daily routine to further cement it.
Over time, you’ll probably see your list get longer and longer, and this will only help you to see even more just how imperative it is that you continually work on that next step of making your business grow!
Commit to this, and you’ll be yet another step further ahead.
Feb 05 2012
If you have a WordPress blog, then you already know that it has huge advantages when it comes to SEO. If you don’t have WordPress, you may soon find yourself wishing you did.
One reason that WP is so SEO friendly is due to the kind of URL name it gives to each one of your pages. There are two types of urls: dynamic, and static. Whenever you see a url like this: example.com/.php?id=13459&sort , that’s a dynamic url. There’s one problem with those, and that is that they are generally not favored with the search engines.
A static url looks like this: http://wakeupandprofit.com/free-mini-series-3-reasons-internet-business-owners-succeed/ Notice, this looks a lot cleaner than the other link. This is something that’s readable to the average person, and they can easily see what kind of info they’ll see when they click the link. There’s much more of a chance that a user will click your link if it’s static, vs. dynamic!
Search engines tend to give static urls a better ranking (they are also typically indexed faster), and the great news here is that WordPress can be set to do this automatically. Yes, unlike building your own website from scratch, you can easily select the option to have WP give this type of url with each word separated by dashes to each page that you create.
What’s even better, however, is the fact that this applies to all your posts as well! Every time you make another blog post in WP, it creates a page devoted to that post where people can comment on it. The great thing about this is, now not only do you have a properly named page which will stand a better chance of ranking in the search engines, but you’ll also be adding pages to your site every time you make a post. Of course, the more pages your site has, the more chance it has to be seen as an “authority site” for that particular niche market you’re working in.
On top of that, not only do WordPress users benefit from a huge selection of themes, but you’ll also have access to free SEO plugins that can help your site fair better in the search engine war. Best of all, it’s free, and the installation is super simple, at least if your hosting company provides cPanel. In cPanel, installing WordPress literally takes me 1 or 2 minutes, and only requires a couple super quick steps.
cPanel is basically like a home menu admin area for your site. One great hosting company that provides cPanel is Hostgator. I personally use Hostgator.com for my sites, and not only are they very affordable, but also really reliable. You can even choose to host an unlimited amount of sites for just a few bucks a month!
If you’re planning on setting up a site, you really owe it to yourself to try WordPress. It’s one of the easiest, simplest ways to have an SEO-friendly site, even if it’s not a blog.
Feb 02 2012
What if there was a way to opt-in potential customers which only required them to click 1 button? No need to leave their name and email. What’s more, what if this didn’t cost you a dime?
Well, such a thing exists!
It’s the Facebook “Like” button, and it’s a great way to get leads. It has several advantages: For one thing, it’s a super easy opt-in. They only have to click “Like”-that’s non-intimidating enough, right? Another thing is that people spend (waste?) tons of time on Facebook every day, and this works to your advantage. Every time someone Likes your FB page, as you probably already know, their “Like” shows up in their friends Newsfeed, thereby potentially generating their friends interest in your page as well. Yet another advantage of generating opt-in leads this way is that your page now shows up in their list of Liked pages. Whenever someone is checking out that profile, they may see your page listed among their “Likes” and decide to check out your page as well.
Basically, it’s like a viral opt-in form, but without the form!
Now, of course what’s really powerful is the fact that you can reach everyone who’s Liked your FB page by posting your status updates which will then appear in their Newsfeed. While it is inevitable that some will eventually take you out of their Newsfeed (just like email, you don’t want to engage your audience too frequently!), this can still be very effective. The reason? As mentioned earlier, people spend a bunch of time on Facebook! They’ll likely see your status update for longer periods of time then they would an email, and they’ll probably see it multiple times. A great way to make use of this is to post an update of your latest blog post, or some interesting thing that leads them back to your site.
Also remember, FB pages are free to set up and you can post a link to your site in the info section. What’s more is that they’re super simple to set up. You can be up and running 5 minutes from now! Create your free Facebook Page here.
Facebook pages also each have their own set of analytics built in, so you can track just how many people you’ve reached with each status update. You can even see things such as the average age of audience, and even what countries they’re from.
So is this actually superior to email? Perhaps not, but you should realize the potential here. If used in conjunction with other efforts, this would be a great way to interact with your market and get people back to your site, which is of course the name of the game. This can be a great source of traffic for anyone who is willing to work to take advantage of it!
Jan 31 2012
You’ve probably heard over and over again that in order to be successful, you need to learn the traits of people who have already become a success themselves. Would you like to learn some key things successful online entrepreneurs have in common?
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Jan 28 2012
Or he could, anyway.
The shy alter ego of the Superman character who would trip over his words would probably make a great internet marketer. You want to guess why?
We creative types can often come off as shy compared to most people and I for one don’t sound like a genius when I talk (yes, I’ll admit that!). That doesn’t mean you don’t have a huge amount of things to say. Sometimes it can make you feel like a regular Clark Kent. It can be frustrating when you know you’ve got so much inside you just waiting to get out, but you can’t seem to express it.
However….
That’s what’s so great about the written word! You can say what you want to say, just how you want to say it. If you change you mind and you don’t like what you said, you can just go back, delete parts of it, and say it again before you ever post it to the web! It’s like getting endless second chances to nail it perfectly. The power to type can change everything, and that goes hand in hand with online marketing.
Here’s an example
I’m currently reading a book from an author who is extremely eloquent (and extremely wealthy!). He goes through the book and gives you the information in a very concise, intelligent way. Well, guess what?
I saw a webcam video he did. You can’t see his face in the video, but if you listen to him talk, you might be very surprised that this was the same man who wrote that book. While he certainly doesn’t sound stupid, he does seem to come off as the more reserved type, quiet type. He may have not sounded like a smooth talker, yet he’s earned millions of dollars and now he’s a retired author! Yeah, and where are his old high-school classmates now?
And that’s the secret to this whole game, folks: Creative outlets. Utilizing ways of getting your creativity out there can make you a success. The great thing is that it doesn’t have to matter how you come across in person. When it comes to writing and other components of internet marketing, we can use these mediums to become transformed into the people we know we can be.
Quite simply, the internet levels the playing field.
Now we can truly heard, and people will see who we really are, all because we finally found the right method for saying what we want to say.
Jan 23 2012
This is my first post on wakeupandprofit.com. If you keep updated on this blog, you will gain access to many tips and interesting tactics which can be used for creating online income streams. Take the time to look around. You’ll find a whole lot of good, free information! God bless you, and I think you’ll find some really useful information!
