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One Service Rep – Above and Beyond

Cenay Nailor — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:08:04 +0000

Actually, it’s more like 5 service rep’s over the last two months, but today’s rep at IX Web Hosting really impressed me. Let me share a little about Carson with you.

A little background… a hacker POS found a way into my hosting account. An unsecured back door or careless password from someone on the server and the little scum sucker wiggled his or her way in. IX notified me immediately that my account password might have been compromised. They changed ALL passwords immediately and required me to do the same.

However, in the short time between hack and discovery, they were already at work. Automated bot’s ran scripts that propagated itself into thousands of files. I have spent a lot of time over the last two months restoring files, reinstalling Wordpress, updating Plugins.

Today, I went to my site (as I do almost every day) and Avast screamed a warning at me. My site was infected with malware! An iFrame was injected into my site doing God knows what. (As far as I can tell, nothing, but you know how those sneaky little devils can be).

Refresh the page, and it disappears. Owwww. This is gonna make it hard to find and fix if it won’t stay still more than a minute.

I reinstalled all files again and then went to the site again. Still there. Frustrated and pretty upset at the absolutely worthless crap some people have the need to share with others, I called IX. They offer live chat (which I mostly use), and a 24/7 ticket system (which I have to use sometimes when the live chat guys can’t help) and phone help.

Today, frustrated and ready to pull my hair out, I needed a real live human being to vent to. Someone to ask questions of. Someone who would let me know I am not alone out here. Today, that was Carson.

Carson of the southern drawl. Carson of the enormous patience. Carson, my hero.

More than 40 minutes on phone as we explored every security measure possible, Carson never once was anything but a gentleman. This despite the fact that I was a woman on a vent. Not to him certainly, but rant just the same.

By the time I got off the phone with Carson, I felt pretty good about what we were able to accomplish, and what the next steps were. It’s a rare service tech that can calm me down once I am pissed off, but Carson managed to do it without even seeming to try.

Thanks Carson. I really appreciate you.

And to those of you worried about your sites, let me share something I learned today. Make sure your permissions are no higher than 755 for any file or folder on your site. Above that, and anyone can use the *open door* to inject code. I found more than a 100 open doors!

Don’t depend on a new upload to just set the permissions for you (like I did). Make sure they are set correctly. That little extra step would have saved me a lot of grief.

So, need a host that has excellent tech support with compassionate people on the other end of that lifeline? You really have to give IX Web Hosting a try.

Affiliate Theme In Review

Cenay Nailor — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:20:31 +0000

Converting An Existing Blog To Affiliate Theme

There are a lot of Wordpress Themes out there, but none that could make affiliate marketing easy. Until now.

I recently purchased Affiliate Theme by Unique BlogDesigns to give it a whirl. Before getting the Affiliate Theme, I had to find a Wordpress theme that somewhat matched my *market*, and then make extensive edits and upgrades to make it work. Getting the Affiliate Theme was like getting an *Easy Button* for affiliate marketing.

The real test came when it was time to convert an existing site over the Affiliate Theme. This video shows you exactly what I did and how I did it. It wasn’t painless (because the blog already had a numbers of *posts* or products I was reviewing), but it was easy. Let me show you how.

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To see their video on features and what is offered, click the Learn More About Affiliate Theme link here. Oh, and tell them Cenay sent you. They already know my name, I spent some time in the support forums helping folks out that were asking questions about how to set it up.

Ultimate Guide To Wordpress Plugins

Cenay Nailor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:05:16 +0000

Would you like to know just how those *Top Blogs* are raking in visitors and money day after day?

Then you aren’t alone. In fact, there are over 70 million blogs on the web today, with a new 120,000 created world wide, every single day. That’s about 1.4 blogs created every second of every day.

And the sad truth is 90% of them will fail and be abandoned after 3 months. Why? Because most bloggers can’t master a couple of simple concepts.

Simple Concept 1: Get Found

In order to get visitors, you need to be seen.

In order to be seen, you need to be listed in the organic search results of all the major search engines when someone types in a keyword and searches.

Simple Concept 2: Convert Visitors

In order to earn money from those visitors, you need to convert them into paying customers. Ideally, you want to attract people to your blog with credit card in hand, ready to buy.

The Ultimate Guide to Wordpress Plugins is a must read for Wordpress bloggers looking to ease their *management burden*, make blogging more fun and productive, and snag a little *Google Love* in the process.

It’s more than 68 pages of plugin advice and 80+ plugins described and detailed in plain English. Each plugin is rated and the *timing* is explained. Links are provided to go get the plugin.

Want to know what to do when a plugin breaks your theme? Want to know the best plugin for branding yourself? Or how to bring visitors back to your site? It’s all here.

Check out Ultimate Guide To Wordpress Plugins : Your Guide To A Better Blog here. Don’t forget to let me know what you think!

Mindset Marketing : When You’re Ready To Succeed

Cenay Nailor — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:36:11 +0000

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A friend of mine from one of the Mastermind groups I belong to is about to launch her first product, thus proving the value of her product .

I say that because her new product, Mindset Marketing is exactly what she used to go from product idea to product launch.

She is one of those frustratingly upbeat people who simply *shine* in almost any situation you throw her into. Her writing style is down to earth. Her information is powerful.

Kurt Henniger had this to say about Mindset Marketing…

Dali Burgado has hit the nail right on the head here.

Often times, true success is limited by ourselves, not others. What she teaches in this book is hands down some of the best success mindset training on the market.

This book can help you improve yourself and improve your productivity at the same time. A must read for those who want to achieve true personal and financial success.

Dali (that’s her name, I don’t know if I mentioned that already ) dispels a number of myths about working successfully online in a clear and easy to read Work of Art . In fact, her Mindset Marketing book should be called a Manifesto and be required reading for anyone hoping to be successful in business.

I think my favorite part was the Passion Check section. She explains exactly how to market your passion, something near and dear to my heart.

I highly recommend Mindset Marketing .

Tags: daliburgado , mindset marketing , success online , business success , business mindset

Easy Website Creation – No Geek Speak Required

Cenay Nailor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:34:46 +0000

As we all know, creating a website and displaying on the internet for the world to see, is a very complicated process for the average person. The website creation process was not designed for the average, every-day person. It was designed for people that have a knack for, and understanding of geeky computer programming languages. The end result, the average, every-day person is either stuck with a very poorly designed, boring website… OR no website at all.

Enter BlinkWeb.

Finally… An easy way to create a professional looking website without knowing HTML, PHP, Javascript, and all the other techie nonsense needed to put a website online. (Well, okay, it’s not nonsense, it’s how I make a living (in my day job), but it is *nonsense* to a lot of folks).

Let’s face it, it should NOT be complicated to create a website. I mean, come on, it’s the year 2008! By now, you shouldn’t be forced to use bulky HTML editing software or pay some "nerd" (that would be me!) thousands of dollars to create a site for you.

For the past 8 months, Brad and Matt Callen, have been working extremely hard to provide a solution to this MAJOR problem that most people face. (You might know them as the creators of SEO Elite , Keyword Elite , Affiliate Elite and other web tools designed to make your Internet/Network Marketing business explode).

They’ve created a short video (below) to show you just how easy it will be to create a professional looking website with Blinkweb . I’m super excited about it and they have poured their hearts and souls into creating this for you, so I hope you like it.

After watching the video, please post your comments below by clicking on the comments link. I’d LOVE to hear what you think! :-)

Convinced? Here’s where you can go sign up for your free account right now.

BlinkWeb – Website Creation In The Blink Of An Eye

Can BigSeminar Help You Triple Your Income?

Cenay Nailor — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:04:53 +0000

It’s a bold claim, but one that Arman Morin backs up with a "Money Back Guarantee ".

And let’s be honest here, a lot will depend on you. If you are trying to grow your online business (Internet or Network Marketing), and have stalled out, or just want to learn from one of the best, then you really need to see what all the "hub-bub" is about.

Armand has hosted 11 BigSeminar’s so far, and each one sold out in record time, and created successful entrepreneurs out of attendees. In fact, if you click the link below, you will get a chance to see Tom McBride’s results. Attending the seminar helped him triple his income in 6 months.

Don’t Know Who Armand Is?

Armand Morin is someone who is not only making millions on the Internet EACH YEAR, but who has specialized in teaching folks just like you , exactly how he does it week in, week out – month in, month out. Armand hosts a 3 day seminar twice a year and invites the best and brightest to help him teach you exactly what you need to know to succeed.

And this is not your average “seminar”, this is a focused learning environment where the distractions have been removed, the learning environment cultivated, meals provided, and the very best training that money can buy are all under one roof.

Do yourself a favor, take a couple of minutes and click over to his video to get more info. If you complete the opt-in there, he will send more info, give you free access to all the remaining training calls and show you Tom McBride speaking about exactly how he tripled his income in 6 months.

I Want To See More About Armand’s BigSeminar

Video: Find, Install and Use FTP Client To Transfer Files

Cenay Nailor — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:27:16 +0000

When you have your own domain, you will often need to transfer files between your computer and the Internet location (your domain). FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the means by which you send and receive those files.

I recommend Filezilla for those on a budget (it’s free), and demonstrate how to find it, download it, install it and use it in this video. Personally, I use (and recommend) FTP Voyager (it’s about $40) for those with more advanced needs, because it also contains a built in scheduler that will monitor directories and upload / download files automatically for you.

For most people however, Filezilla will do everything you need it to.

I uploaded this video to my "Tech Stuff" category on my I Can Do It Myself video blog.

FAQ: Automate Article Submissions?

Cenay Nailor — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:39:33 +0000

Recently received this question from a loyal reader named Jim F. (Okay, gotta protect his privacy unless he says differently), about a conversation we had recently regarding “Article Marketing” and improving your SEO rankings and traffic to your website.

Decided to start a new category on the blog to handle those questions I get asked a lot so everyone can see the “answer”. If you have a question yourself, drop me an email and let’s feature you in the category. (Please let me know if using your name is acceptable)

Jim writes:

Do you use an article placement program or do you just manually place the articles on each site?

Just wondering. So much stuff out there.

Thanks

Jim

Thanks for the question Jim.

Here’s what I do. I currently use two important tools in my article marketing efforts.

Article Submitter is a tool that allows me to put all my articles into one local repository, and upload to multiple directories with a few clicks of the mouse. As anyone who reads my blog knows, I am all about “easy” when it comes to repetitive tasks. To see the demonstration video, get more info or to download your free copy, follow this link: Article Submitter.

Before I found Article Submitter, I had created a template in Word that contained all the “fields” the article directory was likely to ask during my manual submission. Article URL, email address, bio info, etc. When I got ready to publish a new article, I browsed to their location, logged in, and manually copied and pasted from my Word document into each of the form fields the directory had. A few times doing this, and I got where I could submit a new article pretty quickly, but man was it boring!

Once I got Article Submitter, the whole process got a lot easier.

I “insert” a new article into Article Submitter and save it. Then I just double click on each of the directories in their extensive list of online article directories, click a couple of times to submit my login info (the program fills it in, I just have to click “submit”) and I am done. Double click on the next one in the list. Fast, easy, painless.

There are something like 700+ directories out there today — with each having a different reach, market and readership. Plan to spend a little time finding and setting up your accounts on each directory (with Article Submitter you just have to setup account with the listed directories, they have already found them all for you) and determining which directories are targeting your market before you go off “half-cocked”. Jot them down somewhere safe, along with login info for each one you sign up with (or just record them one time in Article Submitter so it can log you in every time you are ready to submit a new article).

I mentioned I used two tools for my article marketing… the second is a research tool that helps me investigate additional topics within my keyword group.

It’s called Instant Article Wizard and this cool piece of software makes creating articles a LOT easier than it was before. Give it a keyword to focus on, and it goes out and finds 200 references to it. Click and drag a few sentences into the “preview” area, change to another keyword and repeat. It takes about 17 seconds to gather all the research I need to support my articles. I can’t work that fast and I type 120 words per minute on a good day. While this one isn’t free, if you are having trouble writing or researching articles, it can really make the difference in success or failure. You can see it in action in the video located on the page this link leads to: Instant Article Wizard

So, Jim. I hoped this answered your question. If not, drop me another note and I will try harder.

Keep those questions coming in, they are keeping me on my toes!

MLM Traffic Formula – Redefining The Rules

Cenay Nailor — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:14:27 +0000

It used to be…

You called all your friends
You called all your family
You “pitched” everyone you came in contact with
You pumped your new team mates for their friends
You pumped your new team mates for their family
You went to parties to talk about your business
You quickly went broke buying leads because you ran out of people to talk to

Not any more.

Mike Dillard and his home study course titled “MLM Traffic Formula” are redefining the “rules” of network marketing. Following his guidelines, you can change the dynamics of “prospecting”. Tell me, how many more people do you think you could convince to join your organization if THEY called YOU first?

MLM Traffic Formula (MTF) teaches a few simple techniques to position you exactly where your prospects are looking. It teaches you how to be a better leader. It teaches you the steps necessary to become the Hunted, instead of the Hunter. In other words, it teaches you how to succeed in network marketing.

These are just words though. You have no reason to believe me. Yet. Let me tell you exactly what it did for me.

I bought the course in August. I listened to all 11 CD’s. I read the supplemental manual. A real manual by the way, not just a transcript of the recordings. I watched the two DVD movies. And then I Googled my name — to establish my “baseline”. I got 5 pages returned, which surprised me — I didn’t think there would be any. I found some posts I made on a newsgroup from 1994 for goodness sakes!

Then I began implementing the steps outlined in MLM Traffic Formula.

It took a little while to build some momentum. Almost two weeks. And then I Googled my name again. 1012 pages returned. Sweet.

I continued doing the steps. I focused my energy for a solid month – all my spare time, every extra 15 minutes I could find. Googled myself again, and guess what? More than 2500 pages returned. Even better.

Fast forward 3 months and there were 12,200 pages returned. But even more impressive than all this was what was happening to my business. People started calling me. Can you imagine what it was like to GET a call asking me about my business? And even though many weren’t interested in my particular company, I still earned commissions on those that said no.

Why?

Self-funded advertising. I was offering a tool that helps people succeed in business. . . any business. So, even if they say no to Nussentials, many said yes to a “retail” product I endorsed. And I should mention that although MLM Traffic Formula carries a “price-tag” that is out of the range of many “start-ups”, I made back my money in less than a month, and I continue to earn 3 times what I paid, every month.

Google changed their indexing method again (they do this about every 3 months or so), and despite the number of pages dropping to less than 5000, I am still getting calls. More every week. My business is growing. My commissions are growing. My confidence is growing. Can you put a price on that?

If you are serious about network marketing (and I assume you are since you are here reading…), then you need to consider a different approach. MLM Traffic Formula is that approach. It offers the skills necessary to dramatically change the way you grow your business and income.

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