Wealthy Affiliate $1 Trial – Black Friday to Cyber Monday    

On this coming Friday, also known as Black Friday, Wealthy Affiliate University is offering a special $1 trial offer. That mean you can get full access for 30 days to everything Wealthy Affiliate offers for only $1.

Kyle and Carson have laid everything out on the public Wealthy Affiliate blog.  I'm also going to create a post with full details in the coming days.

Wealthy Affiliate Review

I've created another video review of Wealthy Affiliate and wanted to share it on this blog as I haven't added any content here in some time.
You can view the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOM8wcEtc4c or you can view it on my personal blog here: Wealthy Affiliate Review

Finally A Kick ASS Heatmap WordPress Plugin

I've been testing a heatmap wordpress plugin call "Click Heat Dynamo" for a few months now on several of my blogs, this heatmap plugin kick ass and is something everyone should be using.

I'm a huge fan of wordpress and have a list of plugins that I install on every blog/site I setup.

Well Click Heat Dynamo is now the latest plugin that been added to my list.

Wesley the owner of this plugin and several other plugins has just released it to the public. It's currently at a discounted price, so if you're looking for a top notch heatmap wordpress plugin now is the time to get one. Click Heat Dynamo

Heatmap WordPress Plugin Video

I created a quick video to show members of Wealthy Affiliate how it works, I may create another video but for now I'm just going to post the same video here. It's not the greatest video on how the heatmap plugin works, but you should get the point and clearly see how having the ability to see exactly where visitors are clicking is going to help you.

Basically the wordpress heatmap plugin tracks every single click of the mouse and displays it on a heat map from inside the blog admin area. 

It works with all major browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera and Safari. Also because Click Heat Dynamo tracks every click by element and the exact position on that element the click occurred it can ACCURATELY track clicks from ANY resolution.

Here is a screenshot of heatmap taken from the homepage of one of my blogs:

Click Here To Checkout Click Heat Dynamo

This heatmap wordpress plugin comes with a developers license allowing you to install on unlimited site, clients sites and more, plus you get 1 year free support and upgrades.

Wealthy Affiliate Bonus – WA 6th Birthday Special

Wealthy Affiliate celebrated there 6th birthday on September 12th and are now holding a one week special for anyone who joins Wealthy Affiliate during the time.  

• Starts: September 12th noon EST
• Ends: September 19th 3pm EST

Special Wealthy Affiliate Throw Back Link: WealthyAffiliateUni.com

Kyle and Carson first launched WA back in September 2005. I personally joined on April 2nd 2007 after reading a review of Wealthy Affiliate and signing up for a free pdf report Kyle and Carson had sent me.

Wealthy Affiliate Bonus Video Details

 

Even though they have a 100 times more than they did when they first launched in 2005, there rolling back to the 2005 prices but YOU get the full 2011 service.

You can get all the bells and whistles. You get all of there support! You get unlimited hosting and websites. You get instant access to Live Chat, Live Video, and the ability to connect with millionaire marketers and much much more.

WealthyAffiliateUni.com

Plus you will get couple of unbelievable BONUSES as well!

Live Training Discussions with Kyle & Carson

• 1 – September 14th, 2011: The Domain Business – Earning money with domains (ALL DAY)
• 2 – September 21st, 2011: Advanced Hot Niche Finding Techniques (ALL DAY)
• 3 – September 28th, 2011: Everything “online” Chat – An open talk about earning money online (ALL DAY)

Live Video Training – Become a Local Marketing Expert & Sell Your Services Series

• 1 – September 16th, 2011: Keyword Research Google Panda Style
• 2 – September 23rd, 2011: Advanced WordPress Strategies
• 3 – September 30th, 2011: Website Hot Sats – Live Site Evaluations

Traffic Explosion 2.0 (2011/2012 edition)

• A guide to getting 20,000+ Clicks on Less Than 3 Hours of Work. This is something that everyone can do and we outline exactly how. Generating massive amounts of free traffic can happen literally overnight.

So I've been a member for over four years now, I haven't been promoting WA much but here is an old Wealthy Affiliate Review I create last year some time.

If you decide to jump on this great offer and use my affiliate link wealthyaffiliateuni.com please contact me inside WA or via this blog (that I haven't touched in over a year). I'll then set you up with the pre-made niche blogs, I have over 50 different niche blogs pre-loaded with content, plugin and more. I'll even help you install a few of them to get you going.

Looking forward to meeting you inside Wealthy Affiliate

Installing A SQL Database Backup Video

Installing a wordpress database backup isn't that hard, but for many people this can be very scary. In this video that I posted on a new blog I've been working on, I show you exactly how to install the backup SQL file.

If you have a self hosted wordpress blog then you should already installed a plugin called "WP-DB-Backup" also called "WordPress Database Backup". It's 100% free and you can have it setup to email you the database backup daily or weekly etc.

So in this video I show you how to restore the backup file:

(video will only in new window as it's locate on my new blog) http://PLRwpBlogs.com/blog

FaceBook Comments & Like Button Video

Have you ever wanted to add Facebook comments to your wordpress blog?

In this video I'm going to show one method of doing this using a free wordpress plugin.

 

 

Not exactly sure how easy that video was to follow along too as I'm still learning how to create videos… if you didn't understand something please post a comment and I'll try help you.

As mentioned in the video, if you have trouble getting this plugin to work with your wordpress theme that feel free to contact me and I'll have a look for you.

Here is a list of links from the video, they all open in a new window:

http://www.facebook.com/developers

http://grahamswan.com/facebook-comments/

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook-comments-for-wordpress/

 

Step 1: Sign up for Facebook Developers.

Step 2: Create application for blog.

Step 3: Install "Facebook comments for wordpress" plugin on your blog.

Step4: Copy blog application ID from Facebook and Paste into plugin setting ID field on blog.

Shrink O'Matic Image Resizer

Hey,

Well I know many of you have a hard time resizing images, I personally use CS3 for most image editing resizing but a few weeks ago I came across a software that's 100% free and works like a charm.

It's called Shrink O'Matic and you can download it here: http://toki-woki.net/p/Shrink-O-Matic/   Or just Google it.

I've created a quick video to show you how it works, if you have any questions or comments feel free to post them below, comment URL's are also follow links.

 

Want To Know Why I Use & Recommend Hostgator?

Watch the video below:

As you probably know Wealthy Affiliate provides all members with free website hosting, this is great for people just starting out, but it currently has PHP running in Safe Mode. So if you intend on installing and running WordPress or anything that uses PHP then this is going to cause a few problems.  Google : "php safe mode on"  for more information on this.

I feel bad pointing this out because Kyle & Carson are both great people and only trying to help build our businesses, I'm sure at some point they will change this because they know how popular and powerful wordpress is for affiliate marketers.

 

If you've checked out the Wealthy Affiliate hosting forum section, I'm sure you've seen that I help out when member have problems, I've even create many different resources covering the common hosting problems.

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I've been using Hostgator for almost 3 years now and highly recommend them because the support, services and price is A+.

As I pointed out in the video I'm not allowed to offer bonuses for signing up via my affiliate link, but if you do sign up via my link I'm going to offer my own personal support.

What type of support can I get from you Craig?

Basically you can email or PM me when ever you want, with any hosting or website creation type questions/problems. Maybe you need a website transferred over, software script installed, help customizing a blog, editing images, hosting/creating videos, what ever it is you can contact me, odds are I'll be able to help, if not I can definitely point you in the right direction.

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Hostgator Promo Codes

You have the option of using three promo codes during the checkout when signing up for Hostgator.

1. First month Free – code: 404PAGE
2. $25 OFF – code: SLICKDEALS
3. 20% OFF – code: GBB

Before joining Hostgator I recommend you figure out what's going to save you the most money, sure the first month for FREE sounds great, but if you have the funds to pay for 6 month or 1 years hosting up front then consider using coupon code SLICKDEALS

So I finally purchased Easy Video Player, it's a little over priced if you ask me but still a great tool.

I created a video giving you a quick peek inside and showing you how it works plus some of the features, it's not the greatest video but should help you understand what Easy Video Player is all about.

 

Why I Don't Use WA Hosting!

I've had several Wealthy Affiliate members PM me asking "Why don't you use WA hosting?", so I decided to create this post and explain why.

Well first  off I've been a member of Wealthy Affiliate since April 2007, back then WA didn't offer free web hosting and had far less tools and features then they do today. Kyle & Carson are both great guys and everything they do/add to WA is designed to help you and I succeed online. Lets face it, one thing we all need sooner than later is web hosting.

Before you read on I want to make one thing clear. WA hosting is perfectly capable of running websites and building your business, all I'm doing is pointing out some of the reasons why I don't use WA hosting.

 

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Reason 1: Already Have A Great Web Host!

Over 2 years ago I switched hosting company and joined Hostgator, I've never had any problems with the service and it cost me approximately $8 US per month. I currently have 26 websites many of them have streaming video that's not allowed on WA hosting.

Reason 2: What If I Leave Wealthy Affiliate?

If I ever left Wealthy Affiliate I'd need to find a new web host and transfer 26 websites over, backup all databases, change all DNS setting. I'm guessing to switch all 26 sites over it would take me a full day 8+ hours.

Note: I'll never leave WA unless I get kicked out   K&C pay me far more than I pay them every month, so if your a WA member start driving traffic to WA.

Reason 3: Far Less Features Than Hostgator & No Cpanel

Wealthy Affiliate hosting has far less features and options available, they also use Plesk and not Cpanel, my personal opinion is Cpanel is much better and user friendly. With Hostgator I can view my website stats via 3 different scripts in the Cpanel, you can instantly update stats unlike WA that only updates once per day.

Reason 4: Support – If I Need Help I Want It Now Not Later!

Support, now I rarely need any support but that's because I have more experience in this area, if I used Wealthy Affiliate hosting and require support, my option are either contact Kyle & Carson then wait for a response or search/post a message in the forum.

With Hostgator I have access to support within minutes as seen in the video below:

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Reason 5: Shared IP & Server Load

Currently ever single website using WA hosting is sharing the same IP address 74.53.174.242 and more than likely using the same server, meaning if some websites hosted on WA hosting all of a sudden received huge amounts of traffic, it's going to affect all other websites speed/load time. It's also possible that the IP 74.53.174.242 could get blacklisted if someone created adult or spam type website.

My current plan with Hostgator also uses a shared IP, but I'm pretty sure it's shared with far less people. I also have the option purchase a Dedicated IP for $2per month or just upgraded to a business plan.

Reason 6: WordPress – Easier To Install & Run With Hostgator!

WordPress, I'm a big fan of WP but setting up and using WP on Wealthy Affiliate hosting isn't an easy task, WP admin area features don't work unless you create some security holes. The One-Click WP installation installs version 2.0 so that's no good.

With Hostgator I can install WP 2.8.6 using Fantastico within about 20 seconds, login to my blog and upgraded to the latest version with 2 clicks.

Reason 7: Need More Reasons?

If you need more reasons then I can give you more, but I'm guessing you see my point. Wealthy Affiliate free hosting is fine to get you going especially if you haven't started making sales. Once you start making sales then I strongly consider getting a different web host.

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How Much Does Hostgator Cost?

 

Hostgator always has a 20% OFF coupon code located on the homepage, as seen in the image on the right:

20% OFF is the maximum coupon code you will find, apart from on "Black Friday" as they have a special on that day.

You can also use any of the follow coupon codes to receive discounts

• SLICKDEALS = $25 OFF Order
• 404PAGE = First month for $0.01
• GBB = 20% OFF Order

Use the coupon codes wisely, if you intent on paying for 6 or 12 months hosting then calculate what coupon code will save you the most.

I use the Baby Hosting Plan that would cost $9.95 if you paid monthly and didn't apply any coupon codes, but let me show you how much cheaper you could get the same plan for:

• 6-Months = $59.70  with 20% OFF  = $47.76  Or $25OFF = $34.70
• 1 Year = $119.40  with 20% OFF  = $95.52 Or $25OFF = $94.40
• 2 Years = $214.80 with 20% OFF = $171.84  

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Do You Offer A Bonus If I Sign Up For Hostgator?

I'd love to offer bonuses rewarding people that use my affiliate link, but sadly this is against Hostgators Affiliate Terms.

How ever I'm not the type of person that will recommend a product or service and not offer my personal help or support.

So if you decided to use Hostgator I'm going to help you, need to transfer a websites or blogs over from WA hosting or another host? Just let me know and I'll do it for you.

Have question or want to know how to…….? Just contact me and I'll show you how.

Try Hostgator Today – 45 Day Money Back Guarantee

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If you have any question or comments in regards to this post please post them below.

Easily Create Killer SEO Optimized Sales Pages, Landing Pages & Squeeze Pages That Google Will Love, Using The Power Of WordPress…

Download These Preformatted WordPress Sales Page Themes & Have Them Running On Your Site, Within 5 Minutes Flat!

Now I had intended on writing a big post about using these WordPress Sale Page Themes, but figure a video tutorial would explain better. This video is included in the download if you wish to use these themes.

 

Here are just a few screenshots of the wordpress Sales Page themes:

So how can you download these WP Sales Page themes for free? Well it's simple, in the top right corner you can opt-in to my personal mailing list. Enter first name and email then hit Submit. Once you confirm your email address you'll receive a welcome email containing a special link plus a password to a download page. Already know the password? Click Here To Access The Goodies Page Have any question or need help, post a comment below. Craig