WordPress Blogging Hot Seminar Series Free Pass Giveaway

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Make the Switch

Last night I participated in the 2nd Session of the Blogging Hot Seminar Series on WordPress, hosted by Kelly McCausey.

The Guest Speakers were the dynamic duo twin sisters, Susan and Janice from 5 Minutes for Mom fame, who host the Ultimate Blog Party every year. During the 2-hour webinar, there was a Q & A session, and topics covered included branding, marketing, SEO & online ecommerce, as well as monetizing your blog.

An added bonus was that links were provided to some fantastic sites offering information to build and promote your business or blog that even I wasn’t aware of! And I get around the blogosphere! Additionally, Susan and Janice even recommended experts to follow on Twitter.

For participating and tweeting during the webinar with the hashtag #hss, one lucky participant was going to win a FREE PASS to the remainder of the 9-week session. And guess what! The winner was ME!

One of my lucky readers or WAHMs is going to WIN this pass so that you too can get in on all the action for the remainder of the summer! Just think how blazin’ your blog or online ecommerce store, Etsy store or eBay store will be come fall and winter, during the busy shopping season!

This is going to be a FAST Contest, so you’ll be able to catch the next seminar, which are hosted on Wednesday nights at 9 pm. EDT

Always wanted to learn how to blog on WordPress but were afraid it’s too hard? Are you a WAHM blogger who’s thinking of switching from Blogger to WordPress but hesitant to make the move? Don’t be! Sign up for this expert speaker webinar series!

Nine hot weekly webinars are planned, each one designed to help you up your blogging game and make better use of the WordPress blogging platform.

Mark all of the Wednesday nights on your calendar now before anything else comes up… this is a series you will not want to miss!

Nine hot weekly webinars, each one designed to help you up your blogging game and make better use of the WordPress blogging platform.

Current Speakers who’s name you’ll recognize from around the ‘Net and topics include:

Choosing a Great WordPress Theme

Amazing WordPress Plugins

Guest Experts: Susan & Janice (Branding)

Guest Expert: Traci Knoppe (WordPress Security)

Guest Expert: Lynette Chandler (Internet Marketing)

Guest Expert: Alexis Rodrigo (Freelance Options)

Guest Expert: Lynn Terry (Quality Content)

Guest Expert: Nicole Dean (Wrap-up How to get Maximum Profit for your Blog)

You’ll also receive access to view seminar session by video later or to download an Mp3 recording.

I’ll was there, and I hope you will be too!

For more information visit: WordPress Blogging Hot Seminar Series

Moomette’s Magnificents is hosting a Giveaway Contest! For a chance to win, there will be one (1) winner of a Free Pass to the remaining sessions of the 9-Week WordPress Blogging Hot Seminar Series.

Please include a way of contacting you. Should you be the contest winner, this information may be shared with the contest sponsor in order to send your prize.

Main Rule: (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
a) Sign up for my free Newsletter Updates to my blog through my e-mail Feedblitz link (on the top of my right column or let me know if you already are, in a separate comment) AND

b) Let me know why you want to win this Free Pass and what you hope to learn from the webinar.

~ One Extra Entry: Become a Moomette’s Magnificents Facebook Fan and leave a comment on our wall with your thoughts on this giveaway.

~ One Extra Entry: Click the “Like” button on this post (top or bottom) and leave and leave your name in a separate comment

~ One Extra Entry: Follow and Rank Moomette’s Magnificents on Networked Blogs (right sidebar) and leave your name in a separate comment.

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~One Extra Entry: Tweet this giveaway and post the link in your comment- (may do this daily) 1 extra/day (50 Followers minimum to qualify for extra entry)

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This contest will run until June 28, 2010 at 11:00 pm.

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9-Week WordPress Tutorial Sessions

Nine hot weekly webinars are planned, each one designed to help you up your blogging game and make better use of the WordPress blogging platform.

Mark all of the Wednesday nights on your calendar now before anything else comes up… this is a series you will not want to miss!

Nine hot weekly webinars, each one designed to help you up your blogging game and make better use of the WordPress blogging platform.

Current Speakers who’s name you’ll recognize from around the ‘Net and topics include:

Choosing a Great WordPress Theme

Amazing WordPress Plugins

Guest Experts: Susan & Janice (Branding)

Guest Expert: Traci Knoppe (WordPress Security)

Guest Expert: Lynette Chandler (Internet Marketing)

Guest Expert: Alexis Rodrigo (Freelance Options)

Guest Expert: Lynn Terry (Quality Content)

Guest Expert: Nicole Dean (Wrap-up How to get Maximum Profit for your Blog)

You’ll also receive access to view seminar session by video later or to download an Mp3 recording.

I’ll be there, and I hope you will be too!

For more information visit: WordPress Blogging Hot Seminar Series

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Get The Real Time Advantage

Whether you blog for personal enjoyment, or have branded, monetized and established your blog as a work-at-home venture, every business needs to know how it’s doing. One way to monitor your blog’s “health” is by using comprehensive analytics.

Just as major online retailers use exit surveys, customer feedback forms, suggestion boxes and other devices, without feedback from the customer (in this case your readers) businesses can quickly fall off the radar screen without the owner (you) ever seeing it coming – or being able to stop the slide!

To avoid this happening, I’ve installed Clicky Real Time Web Analytics.

As a WAHM blogger, there are certain things that you should be monitoring on your website. Most of these can be classified as traffic related or server performance related.

Here’s a few to keep in mind:

Traffic Totals You want to know how much traffic your generating. If you’re like me, you’re may be wondering, if I’m writing, is anybody reading? If the line on the graph is heading down, you know you have to find out why.

Referrers It isn’t enough just to know how many visitors you’re getting. You also need to know where they’re coming from. My stats show me that my participation in social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Networked Blogs and Ning sites are sending me a tremendous amount of traffic.

Searches Clicky allows me to see what terms and keywords readers arriving at my site have searched for. This is Valuable Information to me, and in turn, since I do a bit of internet marketing, allows me to properly optimize that particular page and get even more traffic.

Pages Viewed Per Visit If people visit only one page per visit, you know you have some work to convince them to visit more pages, (especially those that make you money.)

Pages VisitedSo you threw up on your site something cool as an add-on. How were you to know that other webmasters would link to it and send a whole bunch of traffic your way? Well, now you know, so add some copy to the page to pull visitors into the rest of your site.

Forms Are they all functioning? A good website monitoring service can keep tabs on them for you. The last thing you want is to have lost hundreds or thousands of subscribers because a sign-up form or a Contact form has stopped functioning.

Time of Day Traffic Clicky shows me the time of day that the majority of traffic arrives on my site. I can then optimize the time I schedule my tweets to take advantage of when my targeted readers are most likely to click through to my site.

Download Speed Clear your cache and test your pages. Perhaps those images are a bit large. Take the time to compress them. In a previous post I recommended some wordpress plugins that can help you accomplish this. Remember that some people are on a much slower connection than you are.

Server Speed Are there problems with server speed? There might not be where you are, but maybe on the other side of the world. Global website monitoring can alert you to a transatlantic connection problem, so you can take it up with your web hosting service.

Server Accessibility All the web hosts promise 99% accessibility. But is that for real? Who monitors them? I use and recommend
Mom Webs.

Clicky is customizable, and there’s a free version - however the paid version allows me to see who’s actually on my site in real time. There’s also a WordPress plug-in available where you can monitor your stats right through your dashboard. Another feature I like is the ability to shorten links I use on Twitter. I have the bookmarklet placed right on my toolbar.

Working at home and being a webmaster should be fun!

For More Information: Clicky Real Time Web Analytics

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WAHM Tips

My latest tweak to my blog to make it more reader and user friendly has been to install the wordpress plugin, KeywordLuv.

In addition to CommentLuv and the wp DoFollow plugin, as a blogger or internet marketer, KeywordLuv benefits you by improving not only your own SEO links, but those of your readers as well.

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When you go to leave a comment at the bottom of a post that has the plugin installed, you’ll see a notation that says KeywordLuv enabled, and instructions to leave your name @ your keywords that you would like to link to.

Gail from GrowMap writes on business blogging topics and offers a more detailed explanation of the benefits of link building in a recent post.

You can download the wordpress plugin to use on your blog at KeywordLuv.

UPDATE March 4, 2010 I have deactivated Keyword Luv as it was my intention to help my WAHMs and bloggers and I am receiving too many comments that I must manually moderate.

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If you’re new to blogging, or even an old hand at it – you’re probably aware of how much time and thought goes into writing a post. It’s always nice to receive traffic, comments and feedback, along with new subscribers.

One of the ways to drive traffic to your blog posts is by having it Stumbled.

I belong to the website Stumble Upon. I also have the Stumble Upon toolbar installed. Whenever I see a post that I enjoy, I give it a “Thumbs Up” and write a short review. I have a profile, and have “friends” on the network. We suggest various sites that we enjoy, and if my friends like the sites, they’ll Stumble it, and give it a thumbs up.

There’s also the ability to become an Advertiser using Stumble Upon.

You can see how much traffic you’re getting from Stumble Upon by checking your stats.

Here’s an informative article to let you know a bit more about Stumble Upon, and why it’s important to Stumble Posts that you enjoy.

What is Stumble Upon and How Does it Work?

By Simon Lissa

Are you sick of doing Google searches and constantly getting search results that just aren’t relevant to your needs?

If you know anything about how Google and other search engines work then you would already know that when you search for a particular item the result on the first page are usually the site with the most capital to invest in online marketing. In my opinion this is not a good way to find the thing you want to buy as the companies that have spent the most on online marketing are also going to need to charge top dollar for the products they sell to cover the costs of their marketing expenses.

Stumble Upon is a great tool that is installed on your web browser toolbar. The web user votes for the best sites in a particular niche so when someone looks for a website through stumble upon they only get results from the highest voted pages for that niche.

This is the new generation of site searching and it may even one day take out the need for search engines, it is definitely a more accurate way of giving the web searcher more relevant results for what they need and soon the search engine index will become obsolete.

This constantly growing website is shaping the future of how people will find the things they want on the net by only giving results of the most heavily voted for site on the particular subject you are looking into.

I highly recommend anyone start using stumble upon the get the websites they need and if you ever find a particular page that was helpful simply use your stumble upon toolbar to give it thumbs up!

Simon Lissa is an Online Home Based Business Entrepreneur and the owner of Online Surveys Australia.
Please feel free to visit: Best Paid Surveys

Article Source: Ezine Articles

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WAHM Tips

If you’ve been blogging for awhile, you probably are aware of all the controversy surrounding mommy bloggers and review bloggers. I’ve been following along for awhile.

Having taken all the posts under advisement, Moomettesgram’s Musings will be undergoing some changes. I’m going back to my roots.

This blog originally started out as a personal blog on Blogger, and then morphed into a work-at-home WAHM blog. Down the road, it became bifurcated and product reviews were added. Like Octomom or a lab experiment in a petri dish, I split into a third blog. Each blog had it’s own niche – WAHM, Reviews, and Mama Mentor for all my personal shenanigans and memes.

Do you know how much work it is to maintain 3 blogs? Just to show how crazy I am, I added my Virtual Assistant blog, and then because I like to cook, I added a Recipe blog.

But I’m digressing. Under advisement (through posts) I took the advice of JessicaKnows, Trisha over at MomDot, as well as Jessica Gottlieb Kelby at Type-A Mom where I also am Editor of 50-Something Moms and Erin at Queen of Spain and am now zipping it all up neatly into one blog again. A whole new makeover is taking place, and this blog will have not only a face lift, but a new name – simply, Moomette’s Magnificents. You’ll find all my work-at-home advice, product reviews, news of happenings in Dysfunction Junction, Connecticut, memes and more.

I’ll wrap this up by sharing some linky luv and tidbits that I think you might find helpful that are taking place around the blogosphere this week:

How NOT to Get a Guest Post Published on a Blog, courtesy of ProBlogger

Are You Underestimating the Power of Link Building to Bring You Traffic? Courtesy of Internet Marketing Strategy for Moms

Building Blog Community: Comment Features courtesy of Web Success Diva Impact Agent

I’ve Got My Blog Online – Now What, courtesy of Genesis Blogging

The Secret Weapon I Use to Get My Sites Indexed, courtesy of Internet Marketing Strategy for Moms

Soon you’ll be able to find all my advice under one roof again. It’s a big undertaking, not without logistical problems.

Stay tuned.

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I can’t say enough about Mom Masterminds, I’ve learned so much from their site. Plus, I was interviewed in a Cross-Blog Conversation and found it such a new concept and so exciting to participate!

The ladies at Mom Masterminds have gone mad!

Why do I say that? Well, this Sunday is Mother’s Day, right?

These Moms decided they were going to have a mad sale of their products starting on Mother’s Day. It’s aptly called “10 Day May Madness.”

http://10daymaymadness.com/

Here’s the crazy part: each of the products are on sale for just $5 each.

These products normally sell for 4 times that amount or more!

Here’s a sampling of what you can get for $5 each:

- a custom blog header
- an Ebook about a specific aspect of Internet marketing
- 6 months of advertising
- private label rights content
- an Ecourse about blogging

- an Ebook about once a week cooking

I don’t know about you, but I’ve already made a list of all the stuff I’m
getting from this page. Go here to make your wish list now:

http://10daymaymadness.com/

I told you these Moms have gone mad! And what’s wrong about that? Nothing!

Happy Mother’s Day!

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Today is Tuesday Toot Day!

What does that mean? Well, it means every Tuesday, you get to post an accomplishment that you have done. As moms sometimes, we are quick in praising our kids and others about their accomplishments but we are “shy” when it comes to our achievements so … here is our chance.

This week I was awarded the honor of receiving the WAHMMY Award from from WahmZone.

This means your site is considered to be a valuable Women’s Resource or Women’s Business site.

The Wahmmy Award is given to those sites that we feel provide excellent service and resources to work at home moms.

The WahmZone is a growing Work at Home Mom’s web site with extensive online promotion and resources , and their traffic is increasing everyday!

Once again, I am humbled and honored to have Moomettesgram’s Musings bestowed with yet another WAHM Award.

Please visit the WahmZone and see how it can help your online business or blog advance in 2009.

Be sure to stop by MommyCommunity for more Tuesday Toots and Memes!

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I must apologize that I haven’t posted recently, as I’ve been under the weather with a nasty version of a sinus thing that’s going around. The Rx is finally kicking in.

Blissfully Domestic

Many of you know that I recently became the Editor of the Timeless Bliss channel, for mature and Baby Boomer women at Blissfully Domestic. BD, a premier online magazine, is hosting the BlissDom09 conference this weekend in Nashville, Tennessee.

BlissDom is YOUR conference. It was developed for bloggers by bloggers.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to factor the conference into the budget this year, but I’m hoping to find a sponsor for the BlissDom10 conference.

Whether you’re a wannabe or newbie blogger, or perhaps a seasoned veteran, you can still follow all the history and blogging tips that were being tweeted by attendees on Twitter, just use the hashtag #Blissdom09 or #Maven

To pick up a copy of the transcripts and audio, go to BlissDom09 Conference.

Bonanzle

Playing catch-up here, as an update to my recent flight from eBay to Bonanzle ~ the first week that I launched my booth I saw some pretty good traffic.

I decided to give the Premier level membership a test-run. For an additional monthly fee, Premier members get a *star* added to their profile, and receive additional benefits, such as having their booth items Featured. The jury is still out whether I will continue with this level of membership, as so far, I haven’t experienced any significant increase in sales. You can read more about the Plus level and Premier level memberships on Bonanzle HERE.

PlumDrop

Through other Bonanzle members and blogs, I came across a site called Plumdrop, which is a site where Sellers meet. At Plumdrop, you can set up your own profile page to promote your selling venues and deals. There are Etsy and Bonanzle sellers, as well as sellers with their own independent boutique stores, such as my Olde Towne Shoppes site.

All in all, I’ve networked and made some new Twitter friends, added some new blogs to my Google Reader and gained some new insight and WAHM tips.

I also found out tonight that there might be an early retirement package in the offering in my future, so I’ll be reviewing the BlissDom notes very carfully for blogging and WAHM tips! Stay tuned!

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Bonanzle ~ WAHM Ventures Into New Online Marketplace ~

One of my new goals for 2009 as both a Work-at-Home Mom and a Baby Boomer trying to establish a supplemental source of income in order to retire, was to phase out my eBay store and set up a new booth at Bonanzle, the latest online marketplace.

Over the past year, I’ve slowly liquidated much of my merchandise and my eBay store specialized in strictly Vintage Collectibles ~ mugs, dinnerware, sewing patterns and boutique children’s clothing.

The changes that eBay implemented within the past year became just too much for me to keep up with. I couldn’t believe how much I am paying in Fees each month, just to maintain an online presence at this auction site. Whether I sell anything or not, the fees just keep racking up.

Despite what many of the eBay blogs and mainstream news articles I’ve been reading are saying, mainly, that people are supposed to be looking to eBay and Craigs List for bargains ~ I haven’t seen an increase in my business. The holiday shopping season sales this past year were very dismal in comparison to previous years.

Tonight I closed my eBay Store for good.

As an active member of Twitter, I found out about an alternative venue and marketplace, .

It’s premise is simple if you’re a Seller:

Import Items from eBay or Craigs List

Import Items with one click

Import eBay Feedback

As a Buyer, you can search for items by categories, or those posted within the last 24 hours.

There are no fees to list your items or set up a booth. Yay! Fees are only incurred once you sell your wares.

Bonanzle accepts Paypal and other methods of payments, such as Google Checkout and Money Orders.

I was able to set up my booth in minutes, and it didn’t take long at all for Bonanzle to import my items from eBay. The process couldn’t have been easier! The FAQs and Help instructions are very easy to follow.

You can even create a special “Bonanza” to improve sales! What’s a “Bonanza”?

It’s a quick sale where everyone on the site is directed to your booth for a couple hours to get your stuff gone. Pick a day, start time, and duration below. Choose the items from your booth that you most want to include in the sale. Pick a discount price for those items. Then show up at your booth at the time you declared.

What does this new venue mean for me? I can continue to sell the items I have a passion for ~ vintage collectibles, as well as boutique clothing items. I’ll continue to promote my new Bonanzle Booth in the manner I was promoting my eBay store ~ through widgets, Squiddo, Facebook, my blogs and Twitter.

The only difference I can see is that I won’t be paying fees unless something sells. Hopefully, through viral marketing, the word will get out about Bonanzle and the Buyers will arrive!

I can’t believe I waited as long as I did to open a booth.

It’ll be interesting to see whether Bonanzle will give eBay any competition this year. I’m thinking the answer will be “yes.”

What do you think, have you tried selling or buying on Bonanzle yet?

Visit my new booth at: Mooettesgram on Bonanzle

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