
Amazon aStore in iFrames
Two of the main critiques of Amazon’s new aStore (the new beta test from Amazon that allows you to make your own Amazon store) that I’m hearing from publishers are: It’s hosted on Amazon’s domain which doesn’t look that integrated with your site There’s no link back to your site ...more
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Creating Interest in Your Posts – Persuasive Blogging Part II
Have you ever picked up a novel in a bookstore that just jumped out at you from the display and screamed ‘read me’. Perhaps it was the title that got your attention, perhaps it was the design of the front cover, or perhaps it was a recommendation that some newspaper ...more
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Attention Grabbing Blogging – Persuasive Blogging Part I
Getting eyeballs on your post is the first crucial step in it being persuasive. Read the Introduction to this mini-series on persuasive blogging. In order to persuade your reader to take a certain action you need to find a way to get their attention – otherwise they’ll never read your ...more
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Car Salesmen, Preachers and the Art of Persuasion
Have you ever wanted to be more persuasive in your writing? If so, this is the first post in a series that is designed to help you achieve just that. Warning – Tangent Ahead Lessons from a New Car Salesman A few months back, in the lead up to our ...more
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Amazon aStore First Impressions Review
Amazon have in the last day released a new beta test for their associates to try out – aStore. Put most simply – this is a way to add a shop to your blog (similar to Chitika’s shoplinc – the main difference being that Shoplincs are CPC (cost per click ...more
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Speedlinking – 21 August 2006
The Get Rich Project writes a post on 5 Ways to Improve Your Affiliate Sales. Liz has taken the links from our group writing project and is making a story out of it (definitely in the ‘fun’ box). Instabloke writes a post with 10 Reasons Why He Doesn’t Like Your ...more
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How to Set Up WordPress – Step by Step Video Tutorial
Rachel’s posted a great video titled WordPress Quickstart Screencast Tutorial which is well worth looking at if you’re at the start of your WordPress journey. She covers: 1. Installing a free FTP program and connecting to your website 2. Creating a database for WordPress. 3. Installing WordPress. 4. Configuring WordPress ...more
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Even the ‘Big Boys’ Call It Quits At Times
I was just doing my rounds of other digital photography blogs and discovered Weblogs Inc’s offering in the niche has closed up shop (although it hasn’t been moved to their ‘retired’ section of their network list yet). I have to say I’m not too surprised by the move – from ...more
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