Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Ebay Store Wordpress Plugin



An eBay store is a smart way to earn extra income if you are a blogger or have your own website by making commission on any eBay fees generated. One way to advertise that you have your own eBay store is by adding a plugin on your blog or website. Your regular fans from your blog already have trust and interest in you, therefore they will be interested in what your interested in. There are many different things you can use to connect with your eBay store and all the other features through your personal blog. Here are a a couple different eBay WordPress plugins you can utilize on your blogs: eBay auto poster, eBay store, auction affiliate, wordBay, eBay sales lister, free eBay store, etc.

eBay Auto Poster
The eBay auto poster plugin makes it easy to post eBay listings to your blogs automatically. This plugin is used with affiliate marketers usually.

eBay Store
The eBay store plugin makes it possible for store owners to display and sell their products through their WordPress website/blog.

Auction Affiliate
The auction affiliate plugin gives affiliate marketers the ability to include upcoming eBay auctions to their blogs. They are able to customize the theme and define what products they want included in the blog.

WordBay
WordBay is a step by step process dedicated to create a WordPress website featuring eBay listings based on chosen keywords. This is mainly available for people who want to create eBay-based WordPress websites.

eBay Sales Lister
This plugin allows a person to add eBay auctions/sales listings to their sidebar or blog in a simple way. It will display the title, the remaining time, and current bid on your listings. The settings on WordPress might have to be altered to include a convenient sidebar for your listings.

Free eBay Store
The free eBay store plugin is great for fans of the eBay affiliate program. This wonderful feature enables you to add an eBay store to your blog. All the requirements needed is your account information, a keyword, and how many rows and columns the store is going to have.
   
Furthermore, these are just several well-known plugins used dealing with the eBay business. Not only are you advertising your own personal eBay store and profiting, but you are sharing with other bloggers the positive benefits.

Monday, December 19, 2011

WordPress Reblog Plugin

A dedicated blogger thoroughly enjoys creating and posting original blogs on a regular basis. Another enjoyable activity is coming across another person's blog and having the desire to share the blog with more readers. There has always been a way to do this but the process can be frustrating and lengthy. WordPress wanted to make it easier for regular bloggers to be able to share other posts to their own blog. 

In WordPress, there is a simple way of re-posting another person's blog. The reblog plugin feature is a link that will automatically bring you back to the QuickPress tab on the WordPress.com home screen. The first thing you need to do when interested in re-posting a blog is to like the post. Once you have liked the post, that area will change to "You like this" and a drop down menu will appear for you to browse the options. The drop menu will have an option called "Reblog this post" that you click on. This will create a snippet of the post text, the link to the original post, and a link to the blog.  You may also add your own comments to the blog explaining why you enjoyed reading it.  If there are any pictures in the selected blog, they will be automatically be included in your new re-posted blog.  

The reblog plugin feature in WordPress is a great way to share blogs and get the message out to more people. Re-posting blogs will ultimately attract more people to read the original blogger's posts and also the other the person's material. It is a great way to share the same ideas and bring today's bloggers together.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Free Modular Wordpress Themes

There are tons of different themes to choose from when it comes to WordPress, many of which you can find for free. I'm going to share with you some of the best websites to look at. These websites have selections of free themes that you can choose from to put into your own page. So you can incorporate the newest styles and HTML code with WordPress.


  1. Slodive
  2. ThoughtMechanics
  3. Blogging Tech News
  4. Smashing Journal
  5. WordPress Arena
You can view these websites and more for some inspiring layouts and themes that you can use with your WordPress for free. 

Professional Blogger Layouts

If you have a blog, it's true that you want it to be unique and stand out, but it's important, especially if you're writing this block for a professional business, that you have a professional layout. I'm going to show you some examples and links to some really good professional-looking layouts that you can take advantage of, as well as a website that has many more of these examples for you to choose from.

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And here's the link to several pages of professional blogs for you to choose from. 




Thursday, December 8, 2011

How to Make Headline Font Bigger

If you want to change the font size in WordPress, it's a very simple HTML change. All you have to do is go into your coding and add in this:

#logo a { font-size: 18px !important; }

or for the tagline underneath that:

#tagline { font-size: 18px !important; }

If you want to change it up a little bit more than that, this is what you can do:

#header h1 a{
font-family: Arno Pro Bold Italic; (removed the other font families)
font-weight: 100;
color: #e7dede;
text-decoratoin: none;
font-size: 52px; (the default was 46px)
letter-spacing: 1px;
}

So that's very specific to your heading. You can change the color and fonts there to give your headline a unique look. So if you want to make your WordPress headline stand out a little bit, you can use some of these tricks to spice it up.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Good Blog Names

Naming your blog is definitely an important part of the blog process, and many times, it even aids the success of blogs. When choosing a name, there are a few things you want to keep in mind and consider while creating it.

  • Is it original and unique?
  • Is it descriptive?
  • What kind of image does it convey?
  • Would you remember it after seeing it just once?
  • Could you spell it after hearing it just once?
These factors all add up to a catchy name for your blog, but thinking of it only gets more difficult as the best names get more and more scarce.  So here are some tips for creating the best blog names. A good name is readable, pronouncable, spellable, memorable, concise, and unique. 

It also describes what it represents, but the amount of content it describes directly or over time with exposure is up to you. Don't go too far into invented names that you need massive buzz or a huge budget for people to know what it is. To keep it descriptive, think of it this way: combine target audience with benefits; your audience + benefit = targeted and attractive name. 

Avoid being generic. It might be tempting to go with words like "world," "place," or "thoughts," but try to aim for something more specific and unique that will stick with the audience.  Try to steer away from having a name that has the word "blog" in it. Don't just use a keyword and ad blog to the end. That's not creative or unique, and it's likely that the name is already taken.

Lastly, of course, have fun with your name. If your blog isn't about something super serious, use humor and fun. They actually show to be effective for getting noticed and being memorable. Some good examples of this are "MenWithPens" and "RottenTomatoes." Avoid inside jokes because they would probably exclude visitors, rather than invite them. 

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Blog Header Design

Blog headers should be simple, right? Most people don't put that much thought or effort into their headers on their blogs - but they should. Despite what you may think, there's more to your blog then just the content; looks actually do matter here. And your header is what's going to grab the visitors' attention, so don't you want it to be appealing?

You want something that's going to be memorable, and something that will represent your brand or business or have some kind of relevance to whatever it is your blogging about. You want it to give the people that visit your page a feeling - make it give them some kind of emotion when they look at it. Is it warm, cold, professional, classy, happy, or boring? What do you FEEL when you see your header?

So stop hiding. If your business is about you and your name and you're trying to make a living from that website, then you need to quit hiding, put a picture up of you and make your header stand out.

Following, I'm going to share with you a list of blogs you should check out and look at their headings. They're eye-catching and give a sense of emotion.

  1. http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/blog-structure/
  2. http://www.daveursillo.com/a-brief-reintroduction-to-your-absolutely-brilliant-and-limitless-power-from-within/
  3. http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/08/14/the-evolution-of-social-media-power-and-influence/
  4. http://manvsdebt.com/you-only-have-one-shot/
  5. http://www.johnpaulaguiar.com/how-to-use-images-in-your-blog-posts/
  6. http://menwithpens.ca/become-a-classic-writer/
  7. http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-make-your-first-100-online/
  8. http://expatlifecoach.com/expat-entrepreneur/waiting-right-time/
  9. http://www.convinceandconvert.com/content-marketing-2/accelerate-the-convergence-of-social-search-and-content/
  10. http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/social-media-experts-and-the-new-marketing-integration/
Look at some of those headers and incorporate the ideas into one for your own blog. Use a picture of the writer or at least a picture that incorporates something to do with your blog. Your header is the first thing that your visitors will see - right at the top of your page, so you want them to notice it and remember it. Be creative and have fun and make it something that nobody can ever forget.