Archive | May, 2012

Motivation Beyond The Quotes

beyond the quotesBeing motivated and in the right state of mind can definitely take you places.

We all start our weeks really pumped and eager to do a lot of great things.

Our facebook timeline is spinning super fast with all those motivational quotes and you think you’re going to be left out if you don’t do something as well.

You may even drop a few favorite quotes yourself and hit the “like” button on a few quotes you like from others.

Nothing wrong with that, the only problem is… Are you taking any action upon them?

If you aren’t, then the wisdom contained in those quotes are not going to do much for yourself.  Continue Reading →

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How To Install The Thesis WordPress Theme For The First Time Using cPanel

How To Install The Thesis Framework Using CpanelOn this update I’m going to teach you how to install the Thesis WordPress Theme for the first time using cPanel.

Normally people would use an FTP client to upload their themes to their servers but since I haven’t taught you how to use an FTP client yet, I decided to use cPanel instead.

That means you don’t need any other third party applications to install Thesis on your server.

But first of all, let me quickly explain what Thesis is all about.

What Is The Thesis WordPress Theme?

Thesis is a premium wordpress theme.

In other words, it means there is a company behind it (DIYThemes) and there’s also real human support for the theme (forums).

Thesis is also a wordpress developing platform.

This means that for the people that aren’t scared to play with CSS and PHP, you can end up with really unique sites without compromising the SEO structure built behind the looks.

You can check out some unique designs on the Thesis gallery here.  Continue Reading →

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How To Install A Free WordPress Theme From Your Dashboard

how to install a free wordpress theme from your dashboardKnowing how to install a wordpress theme is a MUST these days.

Bloggers are wising up, everyone is learning more about techie stuff and things are getting easier to do as we speak.

Literally, if you were able to install wordpress using Fantastico on your own, then installing a wordpress theme should be a LOT easier.

The problem that will arise here is how to choose your best wordpress theme?

Almost every single person I know in the Internet Marketing industry, has bought at LEAST one premium wordpress theme they didn’t like.

Particularly, their very first theme.

So if you want to avoid all the common newbie mistakes, read the article I have linked above on how to choose your best wordpress theme.

I explain everything about wordpress themes, frameworks, parent & child themes, etc; and you’ll need to understand that information first in order to be able to follow up on these videos.

If you are already familiar with these terms just keep on reading!  Continue Reading →

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WordPress Post-Installation Basic Configuration Checklist

wordpress basic configuration checklistOkay so you managed to install WordPress for the first time.

Congratulations! But… you do realize you STILL need to clean up and configure its settings inside now right?

I thought I was supposed to blog away when I first installed mine but oh sorpresa… I couldn’t be more wrong!

Writing blog posts is what you do AFTER your initial configuration, not before.

I wasn’t aware of this when I first got my first WordPress blog up and running so I don’t want you to do that mistake either.

WordPress Post-Installation Basic Configuration Checklist

This is the basic configuration process I normally follow whenever I’m installing wordpress for the first time.  Continue Reading →

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How To Install WordPress Using Fantastico In cPanel

wordpress installation using fantastico deluxeLearning how to install a wordpress blog is so easy that even my mom could do it.

Well maybe not my mom (she just knows how to use e-mail so far) but yeah, almost anybody!

But before we go any further…

You need to understand a few concepts like cPanel, one-click installation scripts and of course, Fantastico deluxe.

What The Heck Is cPanel And Why You Should Care About It

cPanel is your best server friend.

Think of “cPanel” as a control panel that lets you manage and maintain your web hosting account without being a geek.

Nothing more, nothing less.

From inside your control panel (cPanel from now on) you can do a lot of nifty little things such as:

  • Creating e-mail accounts
  • Forwarding domain names
  • Subdomain creation
  • File management tools
  • Database administration
  • Raw visitor statistics
  • 1-click script installation
  • And many more…

Important: Not all hosting companies offer cPanel in their plans.  Continue Reading →

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How To Update Your DNS Inside Namecheap

how to update your dns inside namecheapKnowing how to update your domain name servers (DNS) is an essential step to properly link your domain name to your hosting account.

For anyone that has been putting sites out there for a while, updating their domain name servers is already something that feels almost second nature but for a newbie it can be overwhelming.

I want to help you understand this DNS concept in a very non-geeky way.

Requirements For Domain Name Servers Updates

Before we go any further, if you’re looking how to update your domain name servers I’m assuming you already have bought at least one domain name and registered for a hosting account.

In case you haven’t, you can learn how to buy a domain name on Namecheap here:

And in case you still don’t have a hosting account, I teach you how to do that on this article:

After all, you can’t really go any further if you don’t have a domain name and a hosting account so let’s move on!  Continue Reading →

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How To Register Your First Domain Name With NameCheap

namecheapWhen you finally decide that you’re going to work online, you’re going to be pulled in many different directions when it comes to registering your first domain name.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, it is very easy to not understand what all these people are recommending you to do, thus ending in a bad choice such as picking a lousy domain name, registering on the wrong company or even worse, buying stuff that you don’t even need.

The problem with picking a lousy domain name, is that it is not going to benefit you in any way and it may actually even end up hurting your business.

So before anything else, let me show you why you need to register your own domain name first.

Searching for Your First .com Domain Name

Let’s pretend your name is John Doe for the sake of simplicity.

Then you need to register johndoe.com

I don’t want you to have second thoughts about it. It doesn’t really matters that it is not the name of a product you want to be an affiliate for or that it doesn’t have the latest product launch campaign product’s name on it.

First of all, you have to register your own domain name.  Continue Reading →

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There’s No One-Size-Fits-All When It Comes To Internet Marketing Online

say no to one size fits all marketing programsYou’ve read right, there really isn’t.

When I say there’s no one size fits all to Internet Marketing Online what I really mean is that if somebody is telling you they have the RIGHT solution for you to become successful online…

Then my friend, somebody may be lying to your face.

That’s right.

While it is okay that everyone can market their own products as they want, I think it is way misleading to say that YOUR course is what people need to be successful with marketing on the internet.

Let me explain why.

Making Money Online With…

Just for the “making money online with” keyword I am receiving 9,680,000 results on Google.

making money online in google

Do you REALLY believe that some report, book, audio CDs or even a high paid training course is going to cover ALL the possible ways to earn money online with internet marketing?

I highly doubt it.  Continue Reading →

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