How to Court Failure

August 30, 2010

This is a guest post by Brian V. Hunt of http://www.brianvhunt.com If there were any piece of advice I would offer to anyone starting a new venture in life, it would be this: court failure. Failure is a dirty word in our culture. It has a potent negative connotation that sends chills up many a [...]

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Can YOU Make Six Figures on YouTube?

August 23, 2010

Everyone’s buzzing over the article about YouTube stars making six figures per year that Yahoo Finance posted last week. This has sparked questions about my income earned from my YouTube channel that now has over 22,000 subscribers. I hate to disappoint you guys, but my YouTube Partner earnings aren’t NEAR six figures.  Some months I [...]

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Are You Using Images on Your Website Illegally?

August 16, 2010

This is a guest post by Jennifer McKenzie of StopCopycats.com. Is your first reaction, “Of course not!”?  Well, even if you think you’re sure about this, I recommend you read on … Webmasters use images all the time to create logos, help illustrate the point of a subject, break up text on a page or [...]

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Don’t Force Me to Watch or Listen!

August 9, 2010

I was inspired to write this post because I just finished browsing some YouTube videos.  Many of the channels use autoplay (the video starts automatically.) I always advise people to be careful with autoplay on YouTube and with music on their sites because both can be annoying. Not everyone’s watching from the comfort of home. [...]

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Why I Rarely Change My Social Media Avatar/Pic

August 2, 2010

Your avatar. It’s the little square that appears next to your tweets, FaceBook posts, etc.  It’s your identification for social media online. Someone recently asked me why I never change mine. I simply replied… It’s part of my brand. For the most part, I use the same icon for 2 Create a Website everywhere.  (There [...]

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A Code Change That *May* Improve Your SE Rankings

July 26, 2010

Please Note:  This is one of those posts that can be taken the wrong way if you don’t read carefully and watch my video below.  Please understand that I am not by any means guaranteeing a massive traffic increase.  This is only a suggestion based on common sense and SEO. As you may know, your [...]

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Where Does Your Traffic Come From?

July 19, 2010

Earlier this year, I asked you about your top referral traffic categories (search engines, direct/bookmark traffic, referring sites, etc.) So I thought it would be cool to see what specific sites send you the most traffic. My top 5 traffic sources in the past month were… 1) 2CreateAWebSite.com 2) YouTube.com (From my two channels combined) [...]

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Rent a Forum & Drive Traffic!

July 12, 2010

For months, I’ve been toying with the idea of letting people rent a sub forum to promote/announce their sites/services on WebsiteBabble.com. Now that the forum has been upgraded to the new platform (vBulletin 4.0), I am almost ready to move to the next step. But first, I need some feedback from you. Who Can Rent [...]

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Is Your Nofollow Blog Disappointing People?

July 5, 2010

I received a comment from a reader who seemed disappointed that my blog comments are nofollow. For those who don’t know, nofollow means that my site’s PageRank is not transferred to your site when you leave a comment along with a link to your site. In other words, the link from my site to yours, [...]

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Case Study: WeBlogBetter.com

June 28, 2010

Here is a case study of WeBlogBetter.com, a site acquired by Kiesha Easley in February of 2010. Viewing this via e-mail?  Click here to go to my blog and watch the video.

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The Detailed Guide to Accepting Guest Posts

June 21, 2010

This is a guest post by Ann Smarty of MyBlogGuest.com. It’s Part 2 of last week’s post, The Step-by-Step Guide to Guest Blogging. Last week, Ann provided outstanding advice for those who want to become successful, active guest bloggers. This week’s post will focus on blog owners and highlight ways to make your blog more [...]

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The Step-by-Step Guide to Guest Blogging

June 14, 2010

This is a guest post by Ann Smarty of MyBlogGuest.com. Lisa’s Note: This is a very solid article by Ann, so I hope you take the time to absorb her information.  Her strategy for guest blogging is superb, and it’s why she’s been featured on so many high-profile blogs. If you’ve been submitting guest posts [...]

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I Just Wanna Thank Ya!

June 7, 2010

Forgive me, but I had to interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast to say two simple words… Thank you. I think about the money I’ve made over the years and the material “stuff” I’ve been able to buy. That’s all fine and dandy, but it’s really nothing compared to the enjoyment of helping others and getting [...]

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How Interviews Quadrupled David’s Traffic

June 1, 2010

This is a guest post by David Tiefenthaler of tips4running.com. Hello fellow website builders. Here is by far the best advice I can give anyone who wants to increase their traffic and visibility. Interview people! My website was growing ever so slowly until I started interviewing people for my website www.tips4running.com. Now my traffic has [...]

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How Do People Read Your Blog?

May 24, 2010

I remember when RSS feeds started becoming popular in 2005.  Many bloggers said RSS was going to be the death of e-mail. Some even made the bold prediction that e-mail newsletters would be obsolete in a couple of years. Well it’s 5 years later, and even though RSS is more well known and understood, there [...]

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Ever Regret Your Domain Name Choice?

May 17, 2010

When I registered 2CreateAWebSite.com back in January, 2002, it was all about using your “important” keywords in your domain for SEO. No question. Since createawebsite.com was already taken, I simply put the “2″ in front.  At the time, it was a no-brainer — anything to get those all-important keywords in my domain. For the first [...]

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Traffic Low? Tips for Attracting Advertisers

May 10, 2010

This is a guest post by Jane Martin of torontoshopoholic.com. A while back Lisa posted about her experience selling advertising through the OIOpublisher marketplace. I am also using OIOpublisher, but the marketplace hasn’t been a source of ad sales for my site, torontoshopoholic.com. Not all of us have a recognizable brand like Lisa or a [...]

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Be My Guest and Increase Your Exposure!

April 26, 2010

I am officially accepting guest posts on the 2 Create a Website blog! [insert applause here] I receive quite a few guest post submissions.  Unfortunately over 90% of them are either poorly written, offer nothing original or the content is not very relevant to my audience. The quality has been very disappointing.  So I decided [...]

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Don’t Take the “Social” Out of Social Networking

April 12, 2010

One of the most popular ways to promote your site is through social networking. However, many of you are taking the “social” part out of the equation because you are relying too heavily on automation. By automation I mean using various online tools and apps that automatically post content to multiple social networking sites at [...]

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