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Dec
30th
By Mert Erkal in WordPress | Comments (1)
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If you are a dummy or beginner blogger, you don’t need to pay so much money for a custom blog design like mine. You may buy a good quality premium theme, and make some changes on it so that it looks unique.
Do you remember my old post Say Hello To Premium WordPress Themes? They extended the 4 for 1 special until 31 December. If you are looking for a premium WordPress theme, you can get 4 premium themes for $70 from the WooThemes. If you can not afford $70, you may try one of their free themes. They are all very good quality and fancy looking.
You should ask your blogging buddies to collect the $70. 4 bloggers are enough. Each blogger will pay only $17.5. Then you will share the themes.
Good deal, right? One 4 All, and All 4 One!
Popularity: 6% [?]
Dec
18th
By Mert Erkal in WordPress | Comments (2)
I received a very nice email from the WooThemes yesterday. Since we are in the Christmas season, along with their Merry Christmas & prosperous New Year’s wishes, they launched two new goodies on the WooThemes website. With the “4 for 1″ Special campaign, you can now grab 4 premium WordPress themes for the price of one. Their offer is valid from 17-24 December only. Take a look at the 4 for 1 special
WooThemes is one of the best premium themes producer I have ever seen. If you are looking for a premium theme, don’t miss this offer. You will get 4 awesome themes only for $70. You may also pay some money to a WordPress designer to make them look like custom WordPress themes.
WooThemes suggest that you upgrade your version of WordPress to version 2.5 or higher. Their themes are still compatible with older versions, however they can’t guarantee that all aspects will be faultless.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Dec
11th
By Mert Erkal in WordPress | Comments (5)
Upgrade to WordPress 2.7
The latest version of WordPress, WordPress 2.7 - codenamed “Coltrane” - is now ready for download. I prepared a short guide on upgrading to WordPress 2.7. Plus I compiled the latest posts on WordPress 2.7 by some remarkable bloggers.
Should You Upgrade Immediately?
Unlike the previous upgrades, WordPress.org suggests you to upgrade to the 2.7 release immediately. Because it has already been tested on 5 million blogs over the past week. So you don’t need to worry whether it is stable or not. It is the most stable WordPress release ever, and it includes the latest security updates. Read the rest of this entry »
Popularity: 14% [?]
Nov
26th
By Mert Erkal in WordPress | Comments (11)
WordPress Plugins
As a WordPress fan I use plugins every single day. I constantly try new plugins to manage my time and daily blogging more effectively. Here are the top 6 plugins that I like most. You may check them out and see if they fit you too.
- All In One SEO: This plugin optimizes your blog titles for search engines, generates META tags automatically, and avoids the typical duplicate content found on WordPress blogs. What else can I add? If you don’t use it, believe me you will miss a lot.
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Popularity: 20% [?]
Oct
10th
By Mert Erkal in Affiliate, Blog, Making Money Online, Marketing PR, Search Engine Optimization, Small Business, Social Networking, WordPress, copyblogger | Comments (4)
The new Bloghology Blogging Community, or Social Network, is another important extension of Bloghology. However, it is significantly more interactive, to reflect the community nature of blogging and the softer web 2.0 style of marketing. It functions and looks similar in many ways, to today’s popular social networking sites. The Bloghology Community Platform is unique in that it provides additional features and functions which are special to bloggers and blogging related issues.
We launched it a few weeks ago. It is still at BETA stage. We started with a hundred BETA testers. After having received so many positive feedback from them, we decided to open our doors to more bloggers. You are also invited to join Bloghology Community.
Up to now, the users were able to add friends, send message, update their profiles. We will add chat and classified ads functions by the end of this weekend. Our members will be able to chat with their friends/contacts/partners, and develop better relationships.
The “Classified Ads” will allow you to post classified listings. Categories created (like “Sponsorship Opportunities”, “Jobs”, “Personals”, etc.) and you can post relevant listings. You will also be able to search for other listings via a “browse marketplace” area. The good thing is each users’ listings will appear on their profile. No need to spend your time at forums like Digital Points to find sponsors/advertisers for your blog!
Join Bloghology Community, and feel free to invite your friends/colleagues/partners. You can do so by clicking on the TOP header”Invite” and you will be taken to the form where you can add your friends details.
I hope you will like these new features. We look forward to have your feedback. Please go to “Help” menu, and then click on “Contact Us” and submit your thoughts.
I will also appreciate if you can post about Bloghology, and help us spread the word.
Popularity: 19% [?]
Oct
9th
By Mert Erkal in Blog, Making Money Online, Marketing PR, Relaxation, Search Engine Optimization, Small Business, Social Networking, WordPress, copyblogger | Comments (2)
Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in my life. I gave my first ever public speech on a blogging related topic at Cebit Bilisim Eurasia exhibition. It was titled “10 Ways of Making Money Online with Blogs” You can check the presentation at SlideShare. Unfortunately it is only in Turkish now. I will later translate it into English too.
I also make a very nice video interview with Sekit Can Gokalp, Turkey country manager of Mixxt.You can watch the interview at OkumaSitesi.com
All in all it was a very exciting event for me. I am planning of joining more events like this in the future.
One side note; Bloghology social networking site for bloggers are growing. We requested from our current beta testers to invite their friends. If you want to become a member of this selective community, please sign up my weekly blog tips newsletter.
Popularity: 19% [?]
Oct
5th
By Mert Erkal in Affiliate, Blog, Making Money Online, Marketing PR, RSS&Subscription, Small Business, Social Networking, WordPress, copyblogger | Comments (6)
The PRWeb is worldwide known with its effectiveness on online promotion and marketing campaigns. They have recently launched RSSPad, a free service for RSS feed promotion for websites/blogs. RSSPad provides a tool that will allow you to syndicate your content through the power of RSS.
What is RSS and How Do You It?
You use RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to syndicate or subscribe to the feed of a website, blog or almost any media content online (not just articles, it can be music, video or almost any digital media). By syndicating you subscribe to the feed of the site which means you do not have to go visit the website to read the latest content. Instead you use feed reading software or a website to read the latest articles. Instead of going to each of your favourite sites individually you can collect all the feeds of the sites (provided they make them available) in one place. The purpose of syndication is to therefore make it more efficient for you to consume your favourite content. For more details about RSS please refer What is RSS and How Do I Use It?
How Can You Use RSSPad.com?
- You need to have a free PRWeb access to use the service
- Go to RSSPad.com
- Click on “Register Free” button on the right sidebar
- Fill the form, and register your account
- Login your account, and then Import your RSS feed
- You need to manually categorize your RSS feed at the beginning
- That’s all! Now everytime you logon to RSSPad, you will be taken to quick stats page, where you can monitor your RSS feed’s popularity at RSSPad.
Here is my RSS Feed address at RSSPad: http://www.rsspad.com/SearchForBloggingcom.xml.If you find the information helpful, you may want to take a minute and subscribe to My RSS so you do not miss any great articles.
Popularity: 29% [?]
Oct
4th
By Mert Erkal in Affiliate, Blog, Making Money Online, Marketing PR, RSS&Subscription, Search Engine Optimization, Small Business, Social Networking, WordPress, copyblogger | Comments (10)
Since a very long time I have been telling you that the Bloghology is not just a blogging magazine. It will become one of the largest blogging networks of Blogosphere. I have very good news for you this weekend. The long-waited Bloghology community site is up and running at beta stage. We are looking for 100 lucky beta testers at the moment.
The Bloghology community site looks somewhat similar to today’s popular social networking sites, but with some extra functionality for bloggers and blogging related issues, like affiliate marketing. It is going to be a social networking site mainly for bloggers.
A few hours ago I announced to my mail list that we were looking for beta testers for the Bloghology community site. Honestly I did not expect so many people to reply me back so quickly.
We still have some seats left to meet the 100 limit. If you want to be one of the lucky 100 beta testers of Bloghology community site, then all you need to do is join my blog tips newsletter (signup form is on the header above). First come, first serve. Hurry up!
Beta testers will use the site before it is available for every blogger in the blogosphere. We expect them to tell us honestly what is missing on the site today. So that we can make a superior social networking site for bloggers.
If you believe you can contribute the Bloghology community site with your suggestions and innovative ideas, please join my blog tips newsletter now.
Popularity: 29% [?]
