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The Thesis Theme for WordPress – An Overview of the Popular Framework

BigManta — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:01:59 +0000

If you read sites about blogging or WordPress, then you probably have heard or read about the Thesis Theme for WordPress. This theme has quickly become one of the most widely-used themes (it’s extremely versatile and powerful) for running your WordPress-powered site or blog. Thesis is really more than just a theme, it’s a framework upon which you can build nearly any type of design or layout that you could want – while being the most search-engine friendly of the themes available today.

While I’m not going to get into a review in this post – I did want to give an overview of the the theme and its capabilities.

Watch a video overview of the Thesis Theme in action »

Optimized for performance

As one of the most powerful themes on the market, Thesis delivers on value, quality, and results when implemented. I have used it and it makes managing your content, layout, and design very simple. The major aspects that go into setting up a new site have all been addressed with this theme:

Optimized for search engines (SEO-friendly)
User-friendly (you don’t need to know how to code or program)
Easy-to-use interface
Typographically optimized for best results
Support in case you need help with something
Lifetime upgrades included at no extra cost

Used by the professionals

Since its release, Thesis has become the choice for some of the top web professionals and some of the most highly-trafficked sites including:

Chris Brogan
Copyblogger
Matt Cutts
Tip’d
and many other industry-leading sites

Powerful framework

As I mentioned earlier, Thesis is much more than simply a design for WordPress – it is a powerful framework that has features and functionality that put it in a class by itself.

Check out the theme

In order to really appreciate everything it does – you really need to go check out the Thesis Theme for yourself. You can watch a few of the intro videos that walk you through how it works on their site – and see for yourself why so many people are using it.

Check Out the Thesis Theme for WordPress

Blog Mastermind – by Yaro Starak

BigManta — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:53:30 +0000

What is Blog Mastermind?

Created by Yaro Starak of Entrepreneurs-Journey fame, Blog Mastermind is Yaro’s step-by-step guide to teaching you how to make money online blogging. Unlike a lot of the junk that you find in the making money online world, Yaro has built a solid reputation and following for himself over the course of the past several years. He consistently make between $10,000 and $35,000 per month with his blog, and this program was designed to walk you through his process and he shows you how to get up and running with your own blog and making money.

Yaro is one of the most respected and referenced professional bloggers and has a great reputation for delivering quality products that actually help you make money online by blogging.

Who should join Blog Mastermind?

Anyone that has a desire to make money online, work less, travel, and enjoy the financial security that comes along with making a living on the internet. Whether you’re brand new and have never had a blog before, or you’re a seasoned expert – the course offers some excellent tools and tips that will help you start making money immediately.

What is included in the program?

The foundation upon which Blog Mastermind is built, are the modules that are included that show you exactly how to get your own blog up and running. In addition to setting up a blog, Yaro will show you how to start driving traffic, building a loyal base of users, and making money from your blog. Included in the program are 6 different modules:

Module 1: How To Set-Up and Optimize Your Blog For Explosive Growth From Day One
Module 2: How To Create Blog Content That Magnetically Attracts Devoted Readers
Module 3: The Exact Traffic Techniques That Took My Blog From 0 to 5,000+ Daily Readers
Module 4: Super-Advanced Traffic Techniques To Really Ramp Up Growth
Module 5: How To Make REAL Money With Your Blog – Monetization Secrets
Module 6: How To Turn Your Blog Into A Real Business (Or, “How to Work Less and Earn More”)
BONUS Advanced Module: Lessons From Professional Bloggers Daniel Scocco and Alborz Fallah
Yaro’s 10-Part Audio Series “Master-The-Mindset”
Access To The Blog Mastermind “Members Only” Forum
VIDEO Blog Case Studies
Direct access to Yaro as your personal blogging mentor
Huge Library Of Q&A Audio Recordings
Membership of the Social Traffic Club

As you can see, there is a ton of stuff included in Yaro’s Blog Mastermind that can help you TREMENDOUSLY when you’re trying to get your foot in the door of making money online. He is well-respected in the industry and has grown his blog to have a huge following over the past several years.

Blog Mastermind Overview

There are few products that I would recommend as highly as Yaro’s Blog Mastermind program. It will teach you just about everything you need to know about starting your first blog and making money with it. Also, if you’ve not check out his free Blog Profits Blueprint report – you need to head on over and check it out. Yaro is one of the premiere instructors on how to really make money online and this course is one of the best available anywhere.

Check out Blog Mastermind

The ClickBank Code – How a 39 Year Old ClickBank Newbie Generated $48,000 in His First 4 Weeks

BigManta — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:50:59 +0000

What is the ClickBank Code?

ClickBank is one of the most popular affiliate marketing programs in the world with thousands of affiliate marketers promoting the products listed on their site. With The ClickBank Code, Michael Jones shows you how he generated over $48,000 in hist first 4 weeks simply by promoting ClickBank products. While there are a lot of various ClickBank strategies and methods, this is one of the most popular guides available about making money online with ClickBank.

Who can benefit from the program?

Anyone who is interested in how to make money promoting ClickBank products can benefit from The ClickBank Code. Most of the reviews that I have seen have been quite positive, and even if you learn one thing from the guide – you will have paid for the cost of buying it.

What is included with The ClickBank Code?

Included in the program are:

5 hours of high quality video tuition
Michael’s simple mathematical formula for picking the highest converting product every time.
Where to get insane amounts of the most targeted traffic you could ever want
How to use Adwords without losing your shirt
How you can throw together a landing page in an afternoon that will destroy the guys who have been at this for years
The secrets behind running a “set & forget” internet business that generates income while you sleep
Bonus 1 – Niche Navigator – A step by step guide to uncovering profitable niches…
Bonus 2 – Twitter Treasure Chest – Uncover the hidden riches inside Twitter…

Overview of The ClickBank Code

I have to say that even the introductory videos that Michael has put together are quite compelling. The ClickBank Code has received quite favorable reviews and acclaim from the internet marketing world (from what I have seen) and the program is actually one of the most popular products in ClickBank’s marketplace (which speaks to its appeal and popularity). If you’re interested in learning how to make money with ClickBank, this guide will probably help you when you’re learning and trying to promote different products.

Check out The ClickBank Code

Zero Friction Marketing – Six-Figure CPA Income

BigManta — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:59:36 +0000

What is Zero Friction Marketing?

Zero Friction Marketing is a program designed to help you make money online by promoting CPA offers. CPA offers are a form of affiliate marketing where you get paid to get people to fill in forms with their information (typically email addresses and zip codes that you may have heard referred to as zip submits). With Zero Friction Marketing, you will get a video walk-through and guide on how to drive traffic to these offers and make money from them. The program is comprised of many videos that will go over the basics of CPA marketing as well as the strategies and methods you can use to promote them.

Who is the program for?

The program is designed for those people who are interested in and want to learn how to promote CPA offers and make money with them. It covers the basics of CPA offers as well as the strategies and methods that others have used to successfully promote them.

What is included in Zero Friction Marketing?

The Zero Friction Marketing program itself is comprised of over 30 videos that walk you through the entire CPA process from an overview of what CPA actually is, to promoting various offers, and tips and strategies that you can use to drive traffic.

Included with the program:

30 videos
2 bonus modules
The Underground CPA Files Video Guide + Mindmap
MSN Covert PPC Secret Video Guide + Mindmap
Media Buying Traffic Funnel Bonus Video + Mindmap
MySpace Mystery PPC Methods
Instant VIP Access to a CPA network
5 quick-reference mind maps

Zero Friction Marketing Overview

If you are interested in making money online with CPA offers, you may want to check out this program. CPA has quickly become a very popular way to make money online because of the ability to easily convert – with CPA most times you don’t have to get visitors to buy anything, you don’t need a website, and many offers only require an email address for you to get paid.

Check out Zero Friction Marketing

Tell A Friend King – An Easy & Powerful Tell A Friend Solution

BigManta — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:51:51 +0000

What does Tell A Friend King do?

Tell A Friend King gives your site or blog visitors, the ability to easily forward and share your pages and content with other people. There is no software to download and you can literally be up and running in a matter of minutes. If you have ever wanted the functionality on your site that would allow your visitors to click a button and email your page to other people, then Tell A Friend King is an excellent solution for your site.

Who should use Tell A Friend King?

Anyone with a website or blog that wants to offer their visitors the ability to easily forward or share your content. Business owners, bloggers, and especially internet marketers can see hug benefits and returns by implementing a way for visitors to share your content.

What is included with Tell A Friend King?

There is no need for installation of the service, and there are many powerful features that make Tell A Friend King stand out from the other referral marketing solutions:

Build your newsletter list because visitors have the option of joining when they share pages
Complete customization without branding – Customize the buttons, links, forms, and more
Powerful statistics – See which pages are emailed the most, how many are shared each day, and several other powerful features
Easy-to-use and implement – No programming, downloading, or installation
Full support by email and phone
Spam free, private, and secure
Export, track, and save your data

Tell A Friend King Overview

I have used Tell A Friend King on several websites and have to admit that it’s one of the best investments I have made. While there are other solutions available, I find the tracking and ability to export data to make the product well worth the very inexpensive price. In addition, adding a way for your visitors to easily share your content and pages is one of the smartest decisions that any site or blog owner will make. It allows you to grow your traffic and referral or viral marketing is one of the most powerful tools that any site can have.

Check out Tell A Friend King

ClickTale – See Your Visitor’s Every Move & Their Clicks

BigManta — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:36:47 +0000

What does ClickTale do?

ClickTale is a powerful website (or blog) tracking and analytics solution that will let you gain deeper insight about your visitors. The service allows you to see exactly what people are clicking on in your site, view heatmaps of their clicks, record movies of exactly where they move their mouse and what they click on, and much more.

Here is a short video overview of how ClickTale works:

Who should use ClickTale?

Anyone who is trying to learn more about their website visitors should be using ClickTale. It allows you increase conversions, see exactly the things that people are click on, identify popular or navigation obstacles, and gives you a visual guide on how to make your site better and make more money.

What is included with ClickTale?

There are a lot of features that will be helpful for anyone who has a blog or website:

Visitor Insight:

Record your visitors’ every action as they browse your website. Including mouse movements and clicks
Watch movies of your visitor’s browsing sessions in Real-Time
Analyze you visitor’s behavior with advanced analytics tools and heatmaps

Watch videos of your visitors

Movies are created in real-time while visitors are browsing your site
Watch all mouse movements, mouse clicks, keystrokes, scrolling actions, and interactions with your forms
You can automatically skip periods of inactivity, watch movies in actual browsing speed or fast forward

Heatmaps

One of the most powerful (and cool) tools that ClickTale provides is their heatmap feature. It allows you to see where people are clicking, stopping, scrolling, and more.

Analytics about your forms

Understand the behavior of visitors that complete your online forms
Analyze your online forms’ conversion funnel to understand where your visitors are having trouble or falling out of the conversion funnel
Discover problem fields, find fields that generate errors, and analyze which forms or fields are causing visitors to leave
Receive recommendations that will increase shopping cart conversion, enhance form completion rates, and reduce abandonment of your forms

Analyics about links & clicks

Another one of the most powerful features of ClickTale is the ability to track clicks on links and images.

Discover which links, fields or buttons gets hovered-over and for how long?
In what order do visitors hover-over the different elements of your site?
What is the hover-to-click conversion rate for each element on your site?
How long do visitors hesitate before they click?

ClickTale overview

If you are trying to increase conversions, split-test your landing pages, or find out more insight about how visitors are interacting with your site, then ClickTale is the ideal solution. One of the most unique things about their service is the ability to record and actually watch your visitors – what they are clicking on and how they are navigating your site. It’s an excellent solution for anyone trying to increase sales or optimize their site for their visitors.

Check out ClickTale

The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords – by Perry Marshall

BigManta — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:36:37 +0000

What is The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords?

Perry Marshall’s Definitive Guide to Google AdWords is arguably the most well-respected and most sought after program for learning Google AdWords that exists on the market today. Listen to any internet marketing guru or visit any of the online internet marketing forums and you will no doubt hear Perry’s guide referenced. His guide has been referenced thousands of times by the top internet marketers as THE guide on getting started with Google AdWords.

Who can benefit from the guide?

While the guide is designed to be an excellent way to jump-start your learning of Google AdWords, it is equally beneficial for AdWords veterans. Not only does Perry guide you through the basics of what AdWords is and how it works, he shows you how to set up campaigns, advanced bidding strategies, and tips that will help you drive more targeted visitors to your site – which will result in more sales or conversions.

What is included in the Definitive Guide to Google AdWords?

The unique aspect of Perry’s program is that he offers three different levels to choose from so you can tailor your needs and pay only for the things that you need. In addition to his guide, are the following bonuses:

The Definitive Guide to Google AdWords Overview

As one of the most respected courses on marketing with Google AdWords, Perry Marshall really delivers with his guide. Combine his guide with the extra bonuses and the credit to use towards Google AdWords, and you will find few programs that can deliver the value and quality that you receive from Perry Marshall.

Check out the Definitive Guide to Google AdWords

Affiliate Theme by Unique Blog Designs

BigManta — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:39:17 +0000

What is the Affiliate Theme?

Affiliate Theme is one of the easiest ways to create affiliate sites using WordPress. Usually when you create sites or blogs to promote affiliate products you would either have to build a theme from scratch, find a theme and customize it to your needs, or hire someone to develop a landing page for you. With Affiliate Theme, all of the hard work and hassle that is typically associated with building a landing page is removed so you can focus on promotion and making money.

How does it work?

You can be up and running very easily and quickly (sometimes in just a few minutes). Affiliate Theme was specifically designed for affiliate marketers to promote various products and setup is very simple:

Upload the product(s) you are promoting
Customize your theme – you can choose colors, layouts, fonts, headers, and more in just a few clicks
You’re ready to start promoting!

What is included?

In addition to the easy and highly-customizable Affiliate Theme, you will also receive:

Affiliate theme video tutorials
Dedicated support forum
Knowledge base
Exclusive interviews with some of the top affiliate marketers (John Chow, Shoemoney, John Reese, and more!)
You can use it on unlimited sites
Lifetime access to the Affiliate Resource Center
Bonus header graphics, tutorials, and videos
Lifetime support and free upgrades

Affiliate Theme Overview

If you have ever tried to create an affiliate site in WordPress then you understand how long it can take to create a site, set up the design, decide a layout, etc. With the Affiliate Theme, you can put your focus on making money, instead of spending hours (or days) trying to create a site – additionally, you can then use the theme on an unlimited number of sites.