Archive for October, 2009

The Difference Between Hits And Unique Visitors

blog-maturityI hear all the time someone say “I get [fill in the number] of hits on my blog everyday”.

And I’m here to tell you…

Hits don’t matter. The number of unique visitors you get to your blog DOES matter. These two things are NOT the same number or even the same thing.

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This former Navy Senior Chief (ret.) and professional entertainer didn't stop when he retired from the military...

Steve Roye is also an author who has also been an online business owner and consultant for almost a decade.

Now Steve focuses on helping others start or expand their online businesses.

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If your blog has functionality that requires blog users to register and login to your blog, then it makes sense that you will want to make that process easy and readily available.

A perfect example of needing this sort of functionality lies in the plugin I talked about in a previous post that allows logged in users to purchase and gain access to protected content from a single blog post.

So, how do you make it easy for your blog visitors to register and login?

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About the Author/Founder of the IMS Blog


This former Navy Senior Chief (ret.) and professional entertainer didn't stop when he retired from the military...

Steve Roye is also an author who has also been an online business owner and consultant for almost a decade.

Now Steve focuses on helping others start or expand their online businesses.

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list-buildingOne of the things that every serious WordPress blogger should be doing is building an email subscriber list. Why?

Simple – to keep your fans, readers or audience engaged; to keep them aware of new information on your blog, upcoming events, etc. There are also other important reasons that I will address in a future blog post.

And I have mentioned this before — you DON’T want to manage your email subscriber list directly from YOUR webhosting account from which your blog is hosted because you run the risk being put on the “banned” list (I know this from first hand experience trying to save a buck on autoresponder services — which I will never do again).

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About the Author/Founder of the IMS Blog


This former Navy Senior Chief (ret.) and professional entertainer didn't stop when he retired from the military...

Steve Roye is also an author who has also been an online business owner and consultant for almost a decade.

Now Steve focuses on helping others start or expand their online businesses.

Please check out the Featured Articles page for direct links to articles on this blog.
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85071560I have been wanting to write about this for awhile now…

I was on the phone recently with a new online business consulting client who was using both FaceBook and MySpace as their primary Internet business platforms.

Here’s a part of the conversation we had on the phone…

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About the Author/Founder of the IMS Blog


This former Navy Senior Chief (ret.) and professional entertainer didn't stop when he retired from the military...

Steve Roye is also an author who has also been an online business owner and consultant for almost a decade.

Now Steve focuses on helping others start or expand their online businesses.

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Some Basics About Social Network Marketing

social-networking2It really doesn’t matter what social networking platform it may be, recent history has shown online marketers are quick to identify growth opportunities for their businesses and social network marketing has proven to be no exception.

If you are savvy and know what you are doing, social network marketing has proven to be a very viable way to grow an online business.

The original intent of social networking sites were for people to gather to share ideas, interests, stay in touch, or even meet new people all on a casual basis.

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About the Author/Founder of the IMS Blog


This former Navy Senior Chief (ret.) and professional entertainer didn't stop when he retired from the military...

Steve Roye is also an author who has also been an online business owner and consultant for almost a decade.

Now Steve focuses on helping others start or expand their online businesses.

Please check out the Featured Articles page for direct links to articles on this blog.
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