Matt on WordPress

May 31, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
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MATT on WP

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Wtach this video – Matt Admit that people really wants some easy processes to upgrade their WordPress blog plus people do look for lots of customisation. Lets hope WordPress 2.6 would have have it all.

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Come in Today for Toyota

May 28, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
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Toyota

Toyota is somewhat different from all other small toys running around you. Toyota is something spectacular from the leading car manufacturer to appear in the top 10 of the BrandZ name recognition ranking.

New Toyota Leesburg VA -Meet the largest Toyota Dealer in Virginia go and test drive your dream Toyota car, van, truck or SUV today!!!

If you are within 50 miles of the Leesburg, VA area you owe it to yourself to check out the incredible new Toyota inventory at Koons Toyota. No matter what model of Toyota you want, we have it, or we can probably get it for you.

Toyota has introduced new technologies to the Leesburg, VA area including one of the first mass-produced hybrid gas-electric vehicles, of which it says it has sold 1 million globally (2007-06-07), Advanced Parking Guidance System (automatic parking), a four-speed electronically controlled automatic with buttons for power and economy shifting, and an eight-speed automatic transmission. Toyota, and Toyota-produced Lexus and Scion automobiles, consistently rank near the top in certain quality and reliability surveys, primarily J.D. Power and Consumer Reports.

You can also find your dream Oakton, Potomac, Reston, Rockville, Silver Spring, Sterling, Alexandria, Annandale, Bethesda, Burke, Centreville, Fort Washington, Gaithersburg, Glenn Dale, Fairfax, Manassas, McLean, Washington DC, and Woodbridge with new Toyota cars, trucks, vans and SUVs.

Toyota is headquartered in Aichi, Nagoya and in Tokyo. In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its division Toyota Financial Services and also creates robots. Toyota Industries and Finance divisions form the bulk of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.

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Drive Your Dream Cadillac

May 22, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
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Cadillac

How about having a pleasant ride in a Cadillac, am sure you want one oh come on its not a perfect flower “If you are within 50 miles of Harrisburg you owe it to yourself to check out the incredible inventory of used Cadillacs at Sutliff Cadillac in Harrisburg, PA.”

I will show you a place where you can find that dreamed Cadillac. Visit Used Cadillacs Harrisburg PA No matter what model of used Cadillac you want, they have it, or we can probably get it for you. A proud unit of the Sutliff Auto Group – The Sutliff family has been providing outstanding service to Central PA for over 75 years.

In their own Words

At Sutliff Cadillac, please review our extensive inventory of Cadillac cars, and SUV’s, including the Cadillac Escalade, CTS, and STS. We work hard to get you into the vehicle you have always wanted. That used Cadillac is waiting for you, and we work with a vast array of lending sources to make sure you will get the most complete and comprehensive financial package available.

Go Harrisburg and to see extensive selection of used cars and trucks including the Cadillac Escalade, CTS, and STS are available for you to look at and test drive.

Re: Warranty

The Cadillac Certified Pre-owned Warranty is up to 6 years and 100k miles from when it was new and has NO deductible. You also receive up to 72-months/100k miles Road Side assistance.

SO get set and choose from popular Cadillac used car models: DeVille, DTS, Escalade, CTS, STS, SRX, XLR. today.

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Where You Can Find Free Photos for Your Blogs?

May 9, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
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Picture Perfect

Image by David Niblack

They says a picture speaks a thousand words. So if you add a picture to your blog post its message get clearer and effective. I always try and put some pictures with my saying in my blog, definitely you will also love to do that but question is where you can find such pictures which are free for use and unwrapped from all legal strings attached? Certainly you don’t want yourself to get involve into copyright things so I Googled and searched the internet to make a list of some useful site where you can get needed pictures for your blogs. But one sincere advice, please check thoroughly about the usage rights before using any image on your blog.

Flickr

Flickr is the most used source picture but not all the images on Flickr are free to use on your blog. You can use only those images which are placed under common creative license. You can search for such images HERE. Interestingly is one WordPress Plug that can import images directly from Flickr to your WordPress WYSIWYG editor.

Stock.Xchng

This is the second reliable source from where I love to import images that you can see around here. There are 350000 quality pictures to choose from, but not all for free, you can use those pictures that are royalty free. You must also credit the photographer as per condition for use of images.

AarinFreePhoto

They offer free images for personal and commercial use. You may download and use their images on your web site, print ads, brochures or any end products. To maintain your right to use these images, you will need to display the copyright information “AarinFreePhoto.com” or “images courtesy of AarinFreePhoto.com” wherever any of these free images are being used, regardless of medium. The copyright information will need to be legible. If these images are in use on a website, a link to our AarinFreePhoto.com is required.

Imagebase

Its a collection of some really beautiful images by David Limblack. You can use the images for whatever you want, personal, commercial or non-profit use for free.

PD Photo

If you want to use these images: Go ahead. I’ve placed most of them in the public domain. Which means you can use them for any purpose you want, including publishing them, selling them, integrating them into your own work, etc. However While most of them are public domain, a few aren’t. Be sure to read the license under each of the enlarged pictures. If you have any questions, please ask. And if you plan on using something here commercially, please use some due diligence.

PIX

This is also a good FREE image site. Search, download, and use images for FREE, without registration.

Hope the above list will serve the purpose and help you finding that picture perfect for your blog post.

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Blogging Is Not Really As Sensational As It Seems

May 6, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
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Sensational

There are 13 Millions of us (bloggers) around the world. Every Month few millions ad up to the total and few million drop the idea of being a blogger. For many, blogging is a fascinating business, which you can run from home and earn dollars. Many start blogging when some exciting idea struck in the mind and very soon reach at the saturation point of thinking on that particular topic and find nothing interesting to write in their niche. Let me talk about the challenges that you might face if you have just started blogging.

[1] Building Community and network for your blog is a big tough task

It’s very tough and some times eat your years to build a network of unique visitor and place yourself as a establish blogger in a community. You have to work hard brand your blog among various resource and communities. You can’t earn it by night. Be ready for that.

[2] Write and then search for its readers

That’s why it is believed to be tougher then journalism. In journalism you just write and do not whether about its circulations but here you have to make sure your article reach to a wider group of audience. Beside a good write you also have to be a excellent marketer.

[3] Too Much stress and worries may book your bed in hospital

Pro-blogger Darren Rowse had received several e-mails from newbie bloggers illuminating him about their stress and worries about not getting the success they dreamed out of blogging. These worries may further lead to depression and inferiority complex. The outcome of unsuccessful blogging may be so terrible and dreadful.

[4] Blogging is not earning Easy Money.

I have explained it somewhere in my blog, it’s a myth and better you must accept it to avoid frustration in future when you are not making a single penny out of your blog.

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List Of Online Business Opportunities

May 3, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
Filed under Make Money Online

Make Money from Your Blog Part II

After understating what are the different Advertising Pricing Models now you have to decide which online ad opportunity to use to make money online. Well there are many to opt from, every single advertising agency come with rewarding offer. As a wise publisher you must dig out every possibility to increase your money and choose intelligently from that ads bucket of your luck. As you will go through the list below you will find there so many online advertisement opportunities.

To make the most profitable composition you may keep on changing your ad inventory or keep on experimenting with different advertising agency until you get that most money-spinning equation.

Here is list of some top money making machines for your blog.

Top Paid Reviews Sites

Top CPA Networks

Top CPC, Text Based, Contextual Ad Networks

Top Ad Widget, Shopping Cart Networks

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What Are The Different Price Models Of Site Advertisement?

May 2, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
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MAke Money

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DO You Make Money From Your Blog – PART I

If you are thinking about monetizing your blog then better you must start it from today. If you are a newbie and started blogging recently even then there is No reason why you should not do it. But then the question arise what are the different ad campaign price models, what kind of ad inventory you should place on your website, what are the different payout methods. I will try to write about all these things but today let me explain what are the different Advertising pricing Models?

Cost Per Action or CPA

Sometimes known as Pay Per Action or PPA is an online advertising pricing model, where the advertiser pays for each specified action i.e. a purchase, a form submission, and so on) linked to the advertisement.

Cost Per Mille or CPM

Sometimes know as Cost Per Thousand or CPT is a commonly used measurement in advertising. Mille means thousand in Latin; therefore, CPM means cost per thousand. Online advertising can be purchased on the basis of what it costs to show the ad to one thousand viewers. CPM estimates the cost per 1000 views of the ad.

Pay Per Click or PPC

PPC is an advertising model used on search engines, advertising networks, and content websites/blogs, where advertisers only pay when a user actually clicks on an ad to visit the advertiser’s website. Advertisers bid on keywords they predict their target market will use as search terms when they are looking for a product or service. When a user types a keyword query matching the advertiser’s keyword list, or views a page with relevant content, the advertiser’s ad may be shown. These ads are called a “Sponsored link” or “sponsored ads” and appear next to or above the “natural” or organic results on search engine results pages, or anywhere a webmaster/blogger chooses on a content page.

What is Click Through Rate or CTR?

If you are using Google AdSense on your blog you may be keen to know what CTR is, as it’s a very important factor measuring effectiveness of your AdSense campaign. A CTR is obtained by dividing the number of users who clicked on an ad on a web page by the number of times the ad was delivered impressions or if I drill down it to more simple language it mean the number of times that page has been viewed on which you have place an Ad.

For Example
Campaign Ad Page Impression 25000
Campaign Ad Click 100 times
CTR would be 100/25 = 4 %

What is effective Cost Per Mille eCPM?

eCPM is a useful way to compare revenue across different channels and advertising programs. It is calculated by dividing total earnings by the number of impressions in thousands.

For Example
A publisher earned from a campaign $50
Campaign Ad Page Impression 25000
eCPM would be $50/25 = $2

Which is best Price Model Advertisement for your site?

If you are a newbie and have very less traffic to your site then you would not like to run a ad campaign on your site on which compensation is payable per thousand page impression. That will not be a fruitful venture. If you decide to run an ad campaign payment on which is payable on CPA basis then it may possible that you can make few visitor click the ad and do the action (i.e. a purchase, a form submission, and so) as desired by the advertiser.

Please help me know if you found this post helpful in understanding some of the basic Ad campaign Price Model by writing your opinion in comment form below. If you like to have some more information o the subject please do ask in comments.

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Pick The Best For Mom This Mothers Day

May 2, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
Filed under The Internet

1800flowers.com

Mother’s day is approaching very fast; May 11th, and I know you are looking for some great ways to honor and thank your mom. Definitely you are planning to make this mother’s day truly special. First you will express out some really wonderful phrases in here honor like;

Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly.

One way to coddle your mom is through flowers. I don’t know about you but I really like the idea and following this since many years. In todays time as most of the tech geek do, I can use internet services for it.

Experts at 1800flowers are at your service, delivering your love for your mom in form of expertly design flowers. Now I tell you why I am referring them as an expert;

  • Receiving flowers personally delivered by a florist provides a truly special and memorable moment.
  • Same day delivery is available on florist delivered items.
  • They use only top quality florists. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM works with the BloomNet Network of florists, which carefully screens its florists for artistic quality and level of service.
  • Flowers are guaranteed to remain fresh for at least 7 days.

The good thing is that if you order now you got a chance to save up to 40%. Visit this YouTube page to see latest offers from 1800flower.com on mother’s day.

http://www.youtube.com/user/1800flowers

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How you are using Twitter and what for?

May 1, 2008 by Shanker Bakshi  
Filed under The Internet

Twitter

I sign up for my twitter account a couple of months back but was not using it anyway. But now did you notice everyone twitting around. The biggies, the smallies, the busy bees, the cuties and the sweeties. So when some of my ideal were there tweeting, I thought why not try it out again. So I decided to start using it. I am not using it in obsessive ways, well some do. Now I would like to hear your thoughts and your take on twitter.

Is Twitter your time wasting site?

The other day some lady asked all here twitter follower do you know any friends Friend Whore, the guy who is crazy adding and following friends on twitter. As I said earlier some people really use it in some additive sort of ways. Do you think it just another way to waste your time on the internet?

Can Twitter help you build traffic for your blog?

Some people see twitter as useful social media site where you can promote your blog’s brand, your latest posts and reach out to the largest audience through twitter. Do you think you can increase your RSS subscriber Base using twitter or can it make any value addition to your blog? How you are using it and what for?

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