Month: January 2012

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WordPress How-To Video Tutorial : Installing WordPress

January 26, 2012

Have you thought about starting your own self-hosted blog or a website for your small business? Surprisingly it is simple and more affordable then you think, so lets get started. In this WordPress video tutorial I’ll show you the process after you have your domain name and hosting set up. Visit GreenHostUSA.com to search for a domain name and pick out your hosting plan. WordPress hosting starts out at just $2.95 for those wanting a personal WordPress blog. Businesses pay a little more for their hosting but at affordable rates. The process of installing WordPress takes less than 5 minutes. Then the fun gets started and you can start creating the perfect website. The cPanel is where you will install WordPress from and have access to others areas of your hosting account. The QuickInstall button under Software/Services will take you to the screen below. The QuickInstall screen(see below) shows you a list of all the software available for installation to your website. Select “WordPress” under the Blog Software choices and you will see information on the version, install file size and the WordPress website. Click the “Continue” button to start the install process. This is where you choose how you want WordPress installed. Do you plan on having a separate website along with a blog? Do you want to use WordPress for your primary website? If you plan on using something different to create your website and just using WordPress as a blog you probably want to install it off the root directory. If you are using WordPress as your primary website or just to blog then do nothing and it will install to the root directory. Enter in your main e-mail address as the Admin email, a title for your blog (you can change this later), then your first and last name. Click the “Install Now!”button and WordPress should install within a few minutes or less. Write down your user name and password and keep it in a safe place. The same information should be e-mailed by your hosting provider to the Admin email you entered. Now that WordPress is installed all you have to do is take your user name and password. Follow the link provided by your hosting provider and login to the WordPress Dashboard and get started. Stay tuned for more WordPress Tutorial videos from GreenHostUSA. Dennis J. Smith is the author of “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – The Beginner’s Handbook” and owner of GreenHostUSA.

Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media - A Beginner's Handbook

Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media–A Beginner’s Handbook

January 22, 2012

Download the Amazon Kindle version of “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook”. Just $3.49! Do you have a Kindle? Amazon Prime Members can download it free now! Please share this with your friends and feel free to leave a review on Amazon if you like the book. Sign-up for my free social media newsletter to get a reminder for the next free download date. If you have social media questions please leave those in the comments and I will be happy to answer them for you. Amazon.com Kindle format: Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook Purchase a Kindle Fire (Affiliate Link)

Where did Facebook Notes go?

January 17, 2012

Many have probably wondered where certain features of Facebook have gone after the recent Timeline conversion. Most are still there but take just a little more difficult to locate. One of those features is Facebook Notes and something I’ve used before myself. It is not really needed anymore because you can post 63,206 characters of less on your status update now. But it is still there for those who like using it or those who want to view old notes. An easy way to get to them is just to type in your user name after facebook.com and then forward slash notes after your user name. So my notes are at https://www.facebook.com/SocialMediaDJ/notes. Want my book for free? Just click! The 2nd way to reach your Notes is via your Timeline by selecting the drop down arrow to the right of the tiles/boxes. Click the drop down arrow to reveal more tiles and you should see one labeled Notes. Just click and you should be able to see your old notes and create new notes if you would like. Let Your Friends Know How to Find Their Facebook Notes – [TweetThis] Here’s the Facebook how-to video for those of you who would like to see how this is done. Clicking on the Pen icon will let you edit which tiles you want where by swapping positions with other tiles. Give it a try and see what works best for you. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Facebook, 2nd Edition [Kindle Edition] [divider] Are you still using Notes or you posting longer status updates? Feel free to comment below or share suggestions.

Tweet Old Post–WordPress Plugin

January 16, 2012

I came across some really cool social media plugins while I prepped for a past workshop. It is a plugin that automatically tweets out an old WordPress blog post. Tweet Old Post connects to your Twitter account and then randomly sends out tweets linking to your old post. It does this on a schedule you set-up once you install and active the plugin. You can choose to add just the title or title and body. Plus you can add #hashtags and control how new or old the post is that you want tweeted. If you want to exclude certain post you can do that under the “Exclude Posts” settings. I did this for a few events I had posted that have already past. There is no point in posting those to Twitter since the event dates have already past. Search the WordPress Plugin Directory for “Tweet Old Post” or go to the plugins page and download the latest version. Tweet Old Post What’s your favorite social media plugin? Feel free to list it down below in the comments. Looks like the creator of this plugin has plans to post to Facebook and Google+. So keep an eye out for that and make sure you are always checking for plugin updates. Dennis Smith is the author of “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media ““ A Beginner’s Handbook“.

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