Thursday, October 29, 2009

Top Misc Content on Internet

Top Misc Content on Internet

Commercial Wheelchair Lifts

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Commercial wheelchair lifts are incorporated with multiple control stations, key lock and emergency stop switches.

Choosing the Right Wheelchair Lift for Your Home

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Wheelchair lifts are an ideal accessibility solution for the elderly and handicapped.

Benefits of a Wheelchair Platform Lift

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

The benefits of a wheelchair platform lift include: capability to function even during power outages, enhanced durability, etc.

Electric Stairlift for Commercial and Residential Use

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Electric stair lifts are one of the practical accessibility solutions available for commercial and residential use.

How to Legitimately Locate the Best Performing Debt Relief Programs

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Debt relief services are hired by loan takers to negotiate with the bank. These debt relief companies charge the customer for their services so it is important that they are reliable in every manner.

Forex Trading and Optimism

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

This article discusses the emotional impacts of Forex Trading.

Instant Auto Insurance Quote - 4 Proven Tips that can Help You Get the Beat Insurance Deal

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

If you are interested in getting the best instant auto insurance quote, this article will provide you with ideal information you need to achieve your aim.

Looking for Your Cheap Car Insurance

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

The best way to set out a search for cheap car insurance is to go online and get comparisons. Pulling up several of these companies at one time and showing you the rates. It will save a tremendous amount of time and can save you a bit of money.

It's Up to You to Check How Much Insurance will Cost

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

You have just turned 16, and today you took your driving test and turned your permit in for a real driver's license. You bought a nice used car last week, and now you're ready to drive, right? Wrong! First you need to check how much insurance will cost.

How to Buy and Secure Gold

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

More and more frequently financial analyst are stressing the importance of diversifying one's investments with the purchase of physical gold. While nobody disagrees that attaining actual physical assets at a time of market turmoil is a great idea, the people that are making suggestions generally don't go into the one drawback of owning assets such as gold bars or coins - safe storage.

Transporting Goods for Importation and Exportation in South Africa

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

The process of transporting goods in and out of South Africa involves a series of declaration procedures and inspections. Transported goods must be approved before you export them out of South Africa or import them into the country. The procedure is a stringent one and must be followed precisely in order to prevent your goods from being detained.

Car Insurance and the Risks of Dark Nights

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

As the clocks turn back, darkness could descend on motorists as the number of car insurance claims traditionally leaps during this period. New research shows that nearly eight million motorists put themselves at risk by not taking appropriate safety precautions - so we look at how to stay safe and avoid costly car insurance claims.

Loans for People with Bad Credit

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

The pros and cons of bad credit loans.

Home Based Business - Be Your Own Boss

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Find out what being your own boss and owning your own home based business really means.

Where are Your Pennsylvania Auto Insurance Rates Headed?

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

Ten years in an insurance soft market.The days of companies underpricing their products are nearing their end. Investment losses have already toppled some of the mighty, don't think it won't happen to your company.

The 3 Fatal Diseases that Kill Good Blogs

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 07:28 AM PDT

image of a man in a flu maskPicture this. You're in a fancy night club, one of the best in Vegas. You’re drinking free beer and watching 50 or 100 people party to heavy beats and exotic dance tunes. You should be enjoying the mood . . . maybe even letting a dance sneak out every now and then.

But instead, you’re off in the corner talking business. Not just any business either. You’re talking about the business of blogging.

I know . . . pretty lame right?

But hold that thought, because although on the surface it seems like you’re missing the point of the “nightclub experience,” the truth is that you are working feverishly to solve a problem that plagues the blogging world.

It might not be life or death, but the fact that most bloggers don’t see it is cause for great concern. So what’s the problem?

Bloggers make terrible businesspeople

I was at the Bank in the Bellagio hotel earlier this month, talking with my pal Rich Lazzara, and we started talking about something we noticed during the first two days of the Blogworld Expo.

Rich mentioned to me that bloggers were crappy business people (that’s putting it nicely) and proposed that if people like you and I started treating our blog as a business, we’d actually start seeing better results. At first I was a bit surprised by the assumption, but after digesting it this weekend I realized that he was absolutely right.

Over the course of our conversation, we discussed a variety of examples, but I want to share the three "blog killers" that really stood out to me.

1. Business Bloggers Making Hobby Money: These guys (and gals) work like Gary Vaynerchuk, but they aren’t making anything more than hobby money. They want to say that they are probloggers, but they allow the comfort of their job to lull them into a sense of security.

Rather than live up to their inner desire to become a blogging powerhouse, they use “hobby blogging” as an excuse to stay exactly where they are.

2. The Dreamers: These bloggers dream all day about blogging success, but they never get around to actually doing the work required to make it happen. They simply won’t take things seriously. To them, spending four hours on Twitter is just as productive as writing a blog post.

3. The Selfish: These bloggers just don’t see the point in networking or in spreading goodwill. They certainly don’t take the time to foster relationships that can help them reach the next level, including creating a solid relationship with their audience.

For selfish bloggers, everything is about them . . . what they can do, how good their products are, and how much you should want to be like them. They step on everyone else in order to get onto the shoulders of giants.

It's time to get serious

In my opinion, each of these three maladies hinge on what Chris Brogan said during his Blogworld keynote on Thursday, which is that as bloggers we all need to elevate our game.

If you are serious about blogging, you need to treat your blog like a business. You are the CEO of You Inc., and you’ve got to weigh every single decision as if there were millions of dollars on the line. Yeah, it would be great to blog in your underwear and sleep in every morning, but the reality is that most of us can’t afford to do that.

Measure the day’s work in results, not in hours spent typing on Facebook or Twitter. Absolutely, fostering relationships is important, but every action needs to be treated as an investment of your time.

This is especially important if you are a solo blogger, as there is only so much work that you can get done in a day. You’ve got to be efficient with your time. This means measured action and measured results — not just going with the flow.

Be honest with yourself

If you really don’t care whether or not you make any money as a blogger, then that’s fine. But don’t lie to yourself just so you can feel better about being broke.

Bust your tail

Copyblogger took about four years to get where it is today. Gary V busted his ass for two years before he got the book deal. And Chris Brogan spent 11 years on his "overnight success."

You’ve got to work hard to become successful. End of story.

Be strategic

Develop a short-, mid-, and long-term plan for your business and follow it to the best of your ability. You can adapt it as you gain knowledge and expertise, but if you go without a plan you’re toast.

Learn how to network

As someone who spends time in sales and marketing, I’m used to shaking hands and saying hello.

It’s important to get out there and meet people, but please don’t be "that guy." Treat relationships as an investment in your business.

Provide value

Quit worrying about what your customer can do for you and instead worry about what you can do for your customer.

Don’t think about how you can shove a new product down a customer’s throat. Instead, spend your time worrying about whether you can solve a problem or improve their experience. If providing value to your audience isn’t a priority, you're in for trouble.

There’s no secret to becoming a full-time blogger aside from hard work and adopting the right mentality. Sure, there are nuances that you’ll need to master, but the plan is already laid out there for you. Find your passion, develop a plan, and work your tail off by creating awesome content.

But heck, isn’t that what they’ve been saying here all along?

About the Author: Nathan Hangen writes about web entrepreneurship at NathanHangen.com, and about how to use social media to fuel your brand at Making It Social. Follow him on Twitter @nhangen.

Thesis Theme for WordPress

The Thesis Theme for WordPress Gets Even Better

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 06:38 AM PDT

Thesis Theme for WordPress

There's a new version of Thesis out that has our customers excited, thanks to some really cool new features. And it occurred to me that there are a lot of new Copyblogger subscribers who might use WordPress, and yet not really "get" what this Thesis thing is all about.

So in this post I'll tell you what's brand new in Thesis 1.6, and also bring everyone up to speed on why Thesis makes WordPress way better.

What is the Thesis Theme for WordPress?

Thesis is the flagship product of DIY Themes, a partnership between Chris Pearson and me. It's the theme framework that powers Copyblogger and many other high-traffic sites.

In a nutshell, Thesis is software that delivers rock-solid SEO website code, plus unprecedented design flexibility for WordPress — without requiring the novice user to code anything.

For sophisticated users, Thesis is a search-optimized development framework that allows designers and web developers to build sites better and faster than ever before.

* SEO

Search legend Danny Sullivan, Google's Matt Cutts, and Microsoft search engineer Jeremiah Andrick all use Thesis for their sites. So does search and affiliate marketing entrepreneur Rae Hoffman, SEO guru Michael Gray, top bloggers Darren Rowse and Robert Scoble, web-hosting entrepreneur Scott Beale, social media darling Chris Brogan, and thousands of others.

To find out why the Thesis approach to site code results in maximum search engine crawlibility, watch this quick video I put together.

* Design Flexibility

With most WordPress themes, you're stuck with the basic look and feel that the theme designer decided on. With Thesis, you can choose between one, two, or three column layouts (and the size of each column), change font types and sizes, create a magazine-style layout, and lots more. Again, watch this video for an overview, and then dive into the three demo videos listed below the general video to see what Thesis can do.

* Support

Even with everything Thesis makes easier, we know people don't want to be hung out to dry. Our support forums have evolved into a truly supportive community of over 10,000 of your fellow webmasters and bloggers. You'll have help from DIY Themes support professionals, Thesis Certified Designers, and tons of your peers who simply enjoy lending a helping hand.

What's New in Thesis 1.6?

Now, here's the new goodness. Thesis 1.6 offers a lot of improvements throughout, plus two major innovative capabilities – you can now change colors throughout the theme without getting into the CSS markup, and you can create drop-down interactive navigation menus right from the control panel in the WordPress dashboard.

* Change Colors Throughout the Theme Without Code

This is huge for someone like me, who would never mess with CSS in order to change background colors, column colors, etc. I only know enough code to be dangerous, but now if I want to throw up a new site with a varied color scheme, I can do it without bugging Chris or Tony.

Watch this video to see how to build a site with Thesis 1.6.

* Create Killer Navigation Menus

This is another awesome feature for people who don't code. Now you can create interactive navigation menus with drop-down subpages for each choice, all point-and-click from the Thesis design panel. It was cool the other day when Mark McGuiness proudly emailed me to check out his new interactive navigation menu (Mark's a poet and a creativity consultant, not a coder).

Watch this quick video to see how the navigation options work.

What About Thesis 2.0?

The buzz is already building about the highly-anticipated Thesis 2.0 – a complete next generation approach to an already innovative theme. From what I've seen so far, it's hard to believe this is the natural evolution from what we started with a year-and-a-half ago.

But don't think you have to wait. Our current model and pricing provides all Thesis customers with every future update and unlimited access to support… so you can get started with Thesis today and never miss out on what's coming next.

(And if you caught the hint by my use of the word "current," you understand that this will change in the near future. Come join the Thesis community today).

About the Author: Brian Clark is founder of Copyblogger and co-founder of DIY Themes, creator of the innovative Thesis Theme for WordPress. Get more from Brian on Twitter.

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