10 Tops Tips For Effective Video Marketing For Your Business

Nearly all internet marketing professionals use video as one of the core methods for marketing their business. Video grabs people's attention far more quickly and effectively than text, audio or photographs. Making a short video can capture a thousand words and pictures and helps to get across your personal brand and lifestyle.

Research your top keyword phrases and use these in your upload descriptions and titles. It's important to stand out in the crowd on video channels and search engines. Aim your headlines at capturing the imagination regarding your topic. So don't be dull - test out curiosity, shock or fun tactics for getting those download clicks.

These ten tips aim to help you create short, attractive, effective videos based on solid keywords that convert and that stand the test of time.

First of all, get set up.

When you're starting out, it's ok to just use your webcam. This is what I've used in this video for illustration. You can see it's not great, but it does the job. It will give you the opportunity to practice while you're honing your presentation skills before you fork out for a camcorder. When you're ready, you can buy an inexpensive digital video recorder, like say the Flip and a tripod and you'll be set up to rock and roll.

Make sure you take your videos in well-lit conditions. Inside your office you'll need decent lighting, or you can whip out your camera when you're out and about. It makes for a much more interesting back drop.

OK. So now let's go through each of my TOP 10 TIPS for creating and using videos to market your business.

TIP 1: Keep your videos short

Whether you're loading videos on YouTube or just putting them up on your website or blog, it's really important to keep them short. Just 5 or 6 minutes is really all that's needed. It's just enough for introducing yourself to people that may not know you yet. In fact, YouTube.com will not accept videos over 10 minutes. I guess that's a maximum for all kinds of reasons that make sense.

If needed, you can of course break longer topics up into a series of smaller videos, which you could market as a series - see tip 10.

TIP 2: Post videos on your sales pages

You can use video on your sales page to introduce the main benefits of your product or business opportunity. You might even put a very short video on your landing page or capture pages. It can help to orientate visitors and to highlight the main points of your regular, written sales letter. People often want to listen or watch an explanation rather than read a whole long story. And let's face it, sales letter are becoming more and more alike these days, with everyone using what they think it 'good sales copy' to draw buyers in and provide proof and testimonials.

So you can use videos to introduce yourself and what you represent, to demonstrate your product or an explanation, and talk about how easy it is to get started and to get in touch with you personally. Often what we prefer is to hear it from the horse's mouth.

TIP 3: Choose your keywords carefully

This is really important tip, because it will affect how your video gets picked up by the search engines and other internet 'bots' that seek out content. If you're loading your videos onto YouTube then it's really important that you allow people to find those videos. So if they are putting in words or phrases into a search box like google, yahoo, msn or on YouTube itself, you need to ensure your video shows up.

Pick keywords that will attract the right kind of traffic and leads - research like crazy to find out what your prospects are looking for - and then use a keyword tool to identify long tail keywords that you can really dominate. Make sure you headline and description includes your main keywords.

Getting this right is critical because it will help people again to find your video when they type in those keywords and over time will mean you get ranked higher. Doing this research and tracking click thrus (CTR) and conversions will help you secure your most cost-effective keywords and keyword phrases.

For example, if you pick a long tail keyword such as "find online marketing coach in uk" (use exact match or phrase match), there may not be many searches but when there are, you should find your video comes up high.

Once you find a set of keywords that are fit-for-purpose, make sure your video answers those questions, give visitors solutions to what they were searching for, make things crystal clear. (With the above example, you'd certainly want to introduce yourself as coming from the UK. Make a different video for any other countries you might want to target.)

TIP 4: Have a clear purpose & structure

Your keywords will help make sure you target your video on the right purpose before you start. Keep on topic and provide value - unique value if possible - and the videos will convert much better for you.

Write down a structure - a set of headings - for what you're going to cover, so you don't waffle on. Have a script if necessary (but be careful you don't appear to be reading from it and not looking at the camera, see tip 5!) So be very clear what is the focus for each video and have a list in front you. It really does help you to stay on topic and to present things in a logical flow.

For example, if your video is on the topic of using video to market your business... don't go too far off on a tangent and start talking about blogging or SEO. If there's a link (see tip 9), make the point and move on. Those links will provide you ideas for other topics and you can mention in your video that you have another video specifically on that related topic. So in my video about making videos, I would mention about putting your video or a link to it on your blog, and then tell them about my other video on using blogs to market your business.

TIP 5: Look at the camera

The aim here is to connect with your audience, both in the topic you choose and the content but also in your communication style. Remember you are talking to people - real live people. What are their needs and wants, hopes and fears.

With regards to presentation, stick your list of headings right next to the camera. This way, you'll stay looking in the camera at all times, rather than looking away at a screen on down at your notes. This gives you a far better connection with your audience.

A video made from the heart can come across as far more authentic than a skillful, broadcast-like production. So don't worry if you're not up to TV presenter standards. Just be yourself and enjoy the opportunity to reach out to people in a different way than using text copy.

TIP 6: Create a clear call to action

You should create one very clear offer and call to action. It's very important that people know exactly what to do as a result of watching your video. What is your most wanted response (MWR)? Don't confuse visitors with lots of options and different offers. Focus on the single most wanted response.

So it might be you want them to visit your website. You can provide your domain link. For example, your can add your web address (URL) as a title on your video, so that's it's showing throughout or comes up at the start or at the end. Make sure it's there for sufficient time for people to write it down or put it in their browser.

Alternatively, you can put your video up next to a sign up box - linked to your email marketing - and you clearly ask them to opt in, more than once. Provide an incentive, such as a free report or further video coaching resources. And clearly say "just put your information in the box on the right... and you'll get instant access to...".

TIP 7: Encourage comments on your video

One of the best things about video is that it's very personal, social medium. So the more you can link into other social activities, the more exposure you'll get. So if you're posting your video on YouTube or your blog, make sure you enable comments. Allow visitors to enter comments about your video, add their own tips or advice. The more people that are talking about your video and passing it on, the more buzz you'll create. Visitors may return to your page to see who has commented since their last comment. There may accumulate a whole list of tips that have been created by your niche community, prompted by your initial video post.

TIP 8: Write articles, forum posts and blog & emails about your video

Write a short article (500 words - like this one) on the same topic as your video. Then create a short blog post that links to your article and/or video. Have a link on your blog to your video, send people watching on your video back to your blog or capture page.

If you have a list of existing contacts and subscribers, send them an email with information about your new video you just posted up. Ask them to pass it on to their contacts and lists. This can help with the viral process and get your video out beyond your own marketing circle of influence. You may have joint venture (JV) partners and could send them a personal email asking for some feedback on your video and if they'd like to make any joint offers or provide a free report. They may even blog about your video or send out an email to their list or include it in their regular newsletter or digest.

This relates to tip 8 in many ways. It's about linking different marketing on a single, focused topic and ultimately setting up many different entry routes into your marketing or sales funnel, using the linkages and relationships you have already built up.

TIP 9: Make linkages with other content, social sites

Use the social sites to jump start the viral effect. One of the mistakes newbie marketing make is they spend a lot of time creating videos, or writing articles and blog posts, even twittering and don't make enough linkages between these. Yet they often don't unleash the true power of social marketing and they totally lose out on getting more leads out of their efforts.

Creating links between other marketing you're doing helps with the viral effect, and you'll get more leads than just the sum from the individual components - they work in synergy. So you need to link to and embed your video into social media sites, like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Integrate icons for sharing tools, like Digg, StumbleUpon etc to allow visitors to pass your link onto to their contacts.

Make those integrations really work and the momentum will really build up on your marketing activities.

TIP 10: Use time twice by re-purposing and repackaging your videos

Finally, following on from tips 8 & 9... put your videos on a DVD or CD and give it away for free in exchange for their contact details or other call to action (see tip 6). If you create 10 videos on different marketing topics, you would have a neat series of using internet strategies to market your business. For example, one video would be on using videos to market your business. A second might focus on using twitter, another on article marketing, using blogs, pay-per-click, and so on.

You can use your 10 video series in different ways. You can offer a 'boot camp' via email; subscribers receive an email explanation with a link to your video and/or full article each day or week. You could create a microcontinuity programme over 10 or more weeks; subscribers pay a monthly fee to get their package each week. You might simply create a webpage with links to the full set of videos on your opt-in thank you page.

How about creating a physical DVD product as a "free plus shipping" offer for subscribing members or as a ClickBank product for affiliates to market. You'd need to create or buy some attractive graphics. You could even include an upgrade for the set of associated articles you have written.

People like to get a physical product in the post. You can follow up subscribers whose addresses you have with postcard marketing, sendoutcards.com/jayd for a free gift account, and start bringing in offline methods to complement your online marketing.

To summarise... your video marketing checklist: Short - Focused - Clear offer - Complemented - Linked - Viral - Repurposed

Were these tips useful?

More advice, coaching & resources on my personal site at www.jayallyson.com

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How SEO executes Blog Commenting Service

We go to many blogs, read them, and comment as well if liked them. But has blog remained confined to this meaning only? Do you know this commenting on blog thing is very important part of SEO? Did you know that it helps you raise your page rank on search engines?

Look closely when you read the services of any SEO provider company. They will certainly provide Blog Commenting Service with their other services. It is a technique which includes, finding relevant sites and commenting on them. They comment in a way which attracts readers and make them respond on your comment. Many SEO services who take Blog Commenting Service seriously do this task manually. They find relevant blogs and comment their; which in fact is a perfect part.

Every search engine has its own strategy; therefore, these SEO companies follow the strategies and plan their services accordingly. They always search blogs who stand relevant to your website and business to make more profit.

Most important thing, if you manually do blog commenting; then always post meaningful comments, avoid entering "Good One", "Nice Stuff", etc-it seems you have got some spam software. The reader would escape from reading such kind of statement and refuse to have you. Try writing some informative stuff and add contact and website details in your signature. The time when you will post the comment your signature will show the details, thus, your website and forte will appear to the maximum readers.

If you already know the significance of doing Blog Commenting, do hire some professional; because this technique sounds simple, but, factually it is difficult. Why? Because posting comment is not only the aim. Many blogs have some moderators who first review your comments then give agreement and you will want moderators to approve your comment. SEO expert is a professional indeed; it understands the need of moderator and its blog, it keenly studies the techniques and post comments on that basis. Not only this, expert adds relevant keywords in comments to seek the attention of search engines. They choose crisp language which includes relevant keyword (the best part of SEO expert).

Now what? Get some SEO service providers; know about Blog Commenting Service and many other important services. They offer you complete plan as well as chosen plans. Choose best suited and see your website on top within few days.

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Have you ever wished it was easy to set up a perfectly optimized blog?
That with just a few clicks, you could have your blog ranked in the search
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If you don't have the money to hire an SEO consultant, and don't really want to
spend days, weeks, or even months working to get your site ranked highly in
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When you've finished reading, you'll know how to optimize your blog for SEO,
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WordPress really is one of the most effective pieces of software available for
web design. Many people use blogger.com as their choice of blogging platform.
This is done mainly because it is free and can be done in a few seconds. This is
OK to a certain extent but the problem is that you are putting all your hard
work into someone else's hands. Blogger can shut your blog down in an
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This means all your hard work is gone for good and we don't want that now do
we! So the choice for a more permanent solution, which puts everything in
your OWN hands, is to use WordPress.org

Again this is free and can be setup in just a few minutes. The only thing you
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By using WordPress.org, you are also given instant access to plugins and tools
that aren't available in Blogger.com. These tools can make your blog more
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But one thing to bear in mind is always keeping everything under your own
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If you want to build sites quickly, there's no better way to do so. However, you
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Installing WordPress, putting up a few PLR articles, and sitting back isn't going
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else // default to below position.y = anchorPos.y + anchorDim.height; _leoHighlightsDebugLog("_leoHighlightsUpdatePopupPos() - sideBottom: "+position); } } /* Make sure that we don't go passed the right hand border */ if(position.x+iFrameDim.width>centerDim.width-20) position.x=centerDim.width-(iFrameDim.width+20); // Make sure that we didn't go passed the start if(position.x<0) position.x=0; if(position.y<0) position.y=0; _leoHighlightsDebugLog("Popup info id: " +iFrame.id+" - "+anchor.id + "\nscrolled " + scrolledPos + "\ncenter/visible " + centerDim + "\nanchor (absolute) " + anchorPos + "\nanchor (screen) " + anchorScreenPos + "\nSize (anchor) " + anchorDim + "\nSize (popup) " + iFrameDim + "\nResult pos " + position); // Set the popup location iFrame.style.left = position.x + "px"; iFrame.style.top = position.y + "px"; } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("_leoHighlightsUpdatePopupPos()",e); } } /** * This will show the passed in element as a popup * * @param anchorId * @param size * * @return */ function _leoHighlightsShowPopup(anchorId,size) { try { if(_leoHighlightsSnoozed) return false; var popup=new LeoHighlightsPopup(anchorId,size); popup.show(); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("_leoHighlightsShowPopup()",e); } } /** * This will transform the passed in url to a rover url * * @param url * @return */ function _leoHighlightsGetRoverUrl(url) { var rover=LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_ROVER_TAG; var roverUrl="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/"+rover+"/4?&mpre;="+encodeURI(url); return roverUrl; } /** * Sets the size of the bottom windown part * * @param size * @return */ function _leoHighlightsSetBottomSize(size,clickId) { /* Get the elements */ var iFrameBottom=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_BOTTOM_ID); var iFrameDiv=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_DIV_ID); /* Figure out the correct sizes */ var iFrameBottomSize=(size==1)?LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_BOTTOM_CLICK_SIZE:LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_BOTTOM_HOVER_SIZE; var divSize=(size==1)?LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_DIV_CLICK_SIZE:LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_DIV_HOVER_SIZE; /* Refresh the iFrame's url, by removing the size arg and adding it again */ leoHighlightsUpdateUrl(iFrameBottom,size,clickId); /* Clear the hover flag, if the user shows this at full size */ _leoHighlightsPrevElem.hover=size==1?false:true; _leoHighlightsSetSize(iFrameBottom,iFrameBottomSize); _leoHighlightsSetSize(iFrameDiv,divSize); } /** * Class for a Popup * * @param anchorId * @param size * * @return */ function LeoHighlightsPopup(anchorId,size) { try { _leoHighlightsDebugLog("LeoHighlightsPopup() "); this.anchorId=anchorId; this.anchor=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(this.anchorId); this.topIframe=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_TOP_ID); this.bottomIframe=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_BOTTOM_ID); this.iFrameDiv=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_DIV_ID); this.topIframe.src=unescape(this.anchor.getAttribute('leoHighlights_url_top'));; this.bottomIframe.src=unescape(this.anchor.getAttribute('leoHighlights_url_bottom'));; _leoHighlightsDebugLog("1) LeoHighlightsPopup() ("+this.topIframe.style.top+", "+this.topIframe.style.left+")"); _leoHighlightsDebugLog("2) LeoHighlightsPopup() ("+this.bottomIframe.style.top+", "+this.bottomIframe.style.left+")"); leoHighlightsSetSize(size); this.updatePos=function() { _leoHighlightsUpdatePopupPos(this.iFrameDiv,this.anchor);}; this.show=function() { this.updatePos(); this.iFrameDiv.style.visibility = "visible"; this.iFrameDiv. style.display = "block"; this.updatePos(); _leoHighlightsDebugLog("3) LeoHighlightsPopup() ("+this.topIframe.style.top+", "+this.topIframe.style.left+")"); _leoHighlightsDebugLog("4) LeoHighlightsPopup() ("+this.bottomIframe.style.top+", "+this.bottomIframe.style.left+")"); }; this.scroll=function() { this.updatePos();}; } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("new LeoHighlightsPopup()",e); } } /** * updates the url for the iFrame * * @param iFrame * @param size * @param clickId * @return */ function leoHighlightsUpdateUrl(iFrame,size,clickId,destUrl) { try { _leoHighlightsDebugLog("leoHighlightsUpdateUrl() "+destUrl); var url=iFrame.src; var idx=url.indexOf("&size;="); if(idx>=0) url=url.substring(0,idx); // size=1; _leoHighlightsDebugLog("leoHighlightsUpdateUrl() size="+size+" "+url); if(size!=null) url+=("&size;="+size); if(clickId!=null) url+=("&clickId;="+clickId); if(destUrl!=null) url+=("&url;="+destUrl); _leoHighlightsDebugLog("leoHighlightsUpdateUrl() "+url); iFrame.src=url; } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsUpdateUrl()",e); } } /** * * This can be used to close an iframe * * @param id * @return */ function leoHighlightsSetSize(size,clickId) { try { /* Get the element */ var iFrameTop=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_TOP_ID); /* Figure out the correct sizes */ var iFrameTopSize=LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_TOP_SIZE; /* Refresh the iFrame's url, by removing the size arg and adding it again */ leoHighlightsUpdateUrl(iFrameTop,size,clickId); _leoHighlightsSetSize(iFrameTop,iFrameTopSize); _leoHighlightsSetBottomSize(size,clickId); /* Clear the hover flag, if the user shows this at full size */ if(size==1&&_leoHighlightsPrevElem) _leoHighlightsPrevElem.hover=false; } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsSetSize()",e); } } /** * Start the popup a little bit delayed. * Somehow IE needs some time to find the element by id. * * @param anchorId * @param size * * @return */ function leoHighlightsShowPopup(anchorId,size) { try { if(_leoHighlightsSnoozed) return false; var elem=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(anchorId); if(_leoHighlightsPrevElem&&(_leoHighlightsPrevElem!=elem)) _leoHighlightsPrevElem.shown=false; elem.shown=true; _leoHighlightsPrevElem=elem; _leoHighlightsDebugLog("leoHighlightsShowPopup() "+_leoHighlightsPrevElem); /* FF needs to find the element first */ _leoHighlightsFindElementById(anchorId); setTimeout("_leoHighlightsShowPopup(\'"+anchorId+"\',\'"+size+"\');",10); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsShowPopup()",e); } } /** * * This can be used to close an iframe * * @param id * @return */ function leoHighlightsHideElem(id) { try { /* Get the appropriate sizes */ var elem=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(id); if(elem) elem.style.visibility="hidden"; /* Clear the page for the next run through */ var iFrame=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_TOP_ID); if(iFrame) iFrame.src="about:blank"; var iFrame=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_BOTTOM_ID); if(iFrame) iFrame.src="about:blank"; if(_leoHighlightsPrevElem) { _leoHighlightsPrevElem.shown=false; _leoHighlightsPrevElem=null; } } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsHideElem()",e); } } /** * * This can be used to close an iframe. * Since the iFrame is reused the frame only gets hidden * * @return */ function leoHighlightsIFrameClose() { try { _leoHighlightsSimpleGwCallBack("LeoHighlightsHideIFrame"); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsIFrameClose()",e); } } /** * * This is used to snooze the highlights. * * @return */ function leoHighlightsSnooze() { try { _leoHighlightsSnoozed=true; _leoHighlightsSimpleGwCallBack("LeoHighlightsSnooze"); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsSnooze()",e); } } /** * * This is used to snooze the highlights. * This gets fired into the top frame. * * @return */ function leoHighlightsSnoozeTop(id) { try { _leoHighlightsSnoozed=true; leoHighlightsHideElem(id); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsSnoozeTop()",e); } } /** * This should handle the click events * * @param anchorId * @return */ function leoHighlightsHandleClick(anchorId) { try { if(_leoHighlightsSnoozed) return false; if(_leoHighlightsIsFrame()) return false; var anchor=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(anchorId); anchor.hover=false; if(anchor.startTimer) clearTimeout(anchor.startTimer); /* Report the click event */ leoHighlightsReportEvent("clicked", window.document.domain, _leoHighlightsGetAttrib(anchor,'leohighlights_keywords'),null, _leoHighlightsGetAttrib(anchor,'leohighlights_accept'), _leoHighlightsGetAttrib(anchor,'leohighlights_reject')); leoHighlightsShowPopup(anchorId,1); return false; } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsHandleClick()",e); } } /** * This should handle the hover events * * @param anchorId * @return */ function leoHighlightsHandleHover(anchorId) { try { if(_leoHighlightsSnoozed) return false; if(_leoHighlightsIsFrame()) return false; var anchor=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(anchorId); anchor.hover=true; /* Report the hover event */ leoHighlightsReportEvent("hovered", window.document.domain, _leoHighlightsGetAttrib(anchor,'leohighlights_keywords'),null, _leoHighlightsGetAttrib(anchor,'leohighlights_accept'), _leoHighlightsGetAttrib(anchor,'leohighlights_reject')); leoHighlightsShowPopup(anchorId,0); return false; } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsHandleHover()",e); } } /** * This will handle the mouse over setup timers for the appropriate timers * * @param id * @return */ function leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver(id) { try { if(_leoHighlightsSnoozed) return; if(_leoHighlightsIsFrame()) return; var anchor=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(id); /* Clear the end timer if required */ if(anchor.endTimer) clearTimeout(anchor.endTimer); anchor.endTimer=null; anchor.style.background=LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_BACKGROUND_STYLE_HOVER; var underline=_leoHighlightsGetAttrib(anchor,"leohighlights_underline")=='true'; /* The element is already showing we are done */ if(anchor.shown) return; /* Setup the start timer if required */ anchor.startTimer=setTimeout(function(){ leoHighlightsHandleHover(anchor.id); anchor.hover=true; },underline?LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_SHOW_DELAY_MS:LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_SHOW_DELAY_NO_UNDER_MS); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver()",e); } } /** * This will handle the mouse over setup timers for the appropriate timers * * @param id * @return */ function leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut(id) { try { var anchor=_leoHighlightsFindElementById(id); /* Clear the start timer if required */ if(anchor.startTimer) clearTimeout(anchor.startTimer); anchor.startTimer=null; anchor.style.background=LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_BACKGROUND_STYLE_DEFAULT; if(!anchor.shown||!anchor.hover) return; /* Setup the start timer if required */ anchor.endTimer=setTimeout(function(){ leoHighlightsHideElem(LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_DIV_ID); anchor.shown=false; _leoHighlightsPrevElem=null; },LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_HIDE_DELAY_MS); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut()",e); } } /** * This handles the mouse movement into the currently opened window. * Just clear the close timer * * @return */ function leoHighlightsHandleIFrameMouseOver() { try { if(_leoHighlightsPrevElem&&_leoHighlightsPrevElem.endTimer) clearTimeout(_leoHighlightsPrevElem.endTimer); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsHandleIFrameMouseOver()",e); } } /** * This handles the mouse movement into the currently opened window. * Just clear the close timer * * @param id * @return */ function leoHighlightsHandleIFrameMouseOut() { try { if(_leoHighlightsPrevElem) leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut(_leoHighlightsPrevElem.id); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsHandleIFrameMouseOut()",e); } } /** * This is a method is used to make the javascript within IE runnable */ var leoHighlightsRanUpdateDivs=false; function leoHighlightsUpdateDivs() { try { /* Check if this is an IE browser and if divs have been updated already */ if(document.all&&!leoHighlightsRanUpdateDivs&&!_leoHighlightsIsFrame()) { leoHighlightsRanUpdateDivs=true; // Set early to prevent running twice for(var i=0;i0) url=url.substring(0,idx); /* Append the text to the end */ url+="#"+encodeURI(txt); /* Set the iframe with the new url that contains the hash tag */ topIFrame.src=url; } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHighlightsSetExpandTxt()",e); } } /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Methods provided to the highlight providers... */ /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** * This will set the expand text for the Top window */ function leoHL_SetExpandTxt(txt) { try { _leoHighlightsDebugLog("leoHL_SetExpandTxt() "+txt); _leoHighlightsSimpleGwCallBack("LeoHighlightsSetExpandTxt","expandTxt",txt); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHL_SetExpandTxt()",e); } } /** * This will redirect the top window to the passed in url * * @param url * @param parentId * @return */ function leoHL_RedirectTop(url,parentId) { try { try{ var domain=_leoHighlightsGetUrlArg(window.document.URL,"domain") var keywords=_leoHighlightsGetUrlArg(window.document.URL,"keywords") var vendorId=_leoHighlightsGetUrlArg(window.document.URL,"vendorId") leoHighlightsReportEvent("clickthrough", domain,keywords, vendorId); }catch(e){ _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHL_RedirectTop()",e); } _leoHighlightsRedirectTop(url); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHL_RedirectTop()",e); } } /** * This will redirect the top window to the passed in url * * @param url * @param parentId * @return */ function LeoHL_RedirectTop(url,parentId) { leoHL_RedirectTop(url,parentId); } /** * This will redirect the top window to the passed in url * * @param url * @param parentId * @return */ function leoHL_RedirectTopAd(url,parentId) { try { try{ var domain=_leoHighlightsGetUrlArg(window.document.URL,"domain") var keywords=_leoHighlightsGetUrlArg(window.document.URL,"keywords") var vendorId=_leoHighlightsGetUrlArg(window.document.URL,"vendorId") leoHighlightsReportEvent("advertisement.click", domain,keywords, vendorId); }catch(e){ _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHL_RedirectTopAd()",e); } _leoHighlightsRedirectTop(url); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHL_RedirectTopAd()",e); } } /** * This will set the size of the iframe * * @param url * @param parentId * * @return */ function leoHl_setSize(size,url) { try { /* Get the clickId */ var clickId=_leoHighlightsGetUrlArg( url,"clickId") var gwObj = new Gateway(); gwObj.addParam("size",size); if(clickId) gwObj.addParam("clickId",clickId+"_blah"); gwObj.callName("LeoHighlightsSetSize"); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHl_setSize()",e); } } /** * This will toggle the size of the window * * @return */ function leoHl_ToggleSize() { try { var gwObj = new Gateway(); gwObj.callName("LeoHighlightsToggleSize"); } catch(e) { _leoHighlightsReportExeception("leoHl_ToggleSize()",e); } } "); ]]>[removed]

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CPANEL GUIDE: Domains, Subdomains, Cpanel, WHM and Wordpress. HOW TO

Hi Folks, This is my step by step guide to set up domains, subdomains and install Wordpress using the services provided by any good hosting company.

Our goal is to have your account setup quickly and easily so that you can start using the full potential of Cpanel.

STEP 1: Setup your Web site Having a Web site implies having a domain name. What is a Domain? A domain is YOUR address on the internet. This is a Unique name that belongs only to you. It is as unique as is your home address, phone number, or Social Security number. No one else has this Domain name, except you. Your domain is where you live on the internet, so to speak. All your webpages, with associated graphics and documents are placed on your domain so people can visit YOUR website. If you do not have your own domain, it is imperative that you get one.

The best way to be successful on the Net is to have your own site for people to visit. Not only will people visit your offers with the use of our tools, but they also get a chance to "stumble" on to it via search engines and link sites. This guide is to start from nothing (if you already own a domain name please read a step ...

1.1: Register your own domain name: http://www.godaddy.com/

Register your own domain name and host it. Once you click on the bellow link, choose a domain name, create your register account and purchase that perfect name! You have a lot of companies to register your domain name. you can google "REGISTER DOMAIN NAMES" and select the company you want. You will register your domain like YOURSITE.COM (.net, .org, .ws, etc).

You can check the video and follow all the instructions using Go Daddy...

Go Daddy is a great Choice. >Go ahead and Pick up your Name. Its fast, easy and Cheap!. If you want other option to register your Domain name just google it.

1.2: Activate your hosting account Now you own a domain name. Next step: Access your Web Host Manager (WHM) now and create your hosting account!

Check this video to Know how to create your Hosting Account in WHM

Now you can use your Cpanel. A control panel for your domain. If your registered domain name is for example "ilovemysite.com" your Cpanel address will be http://ilovemysite.com/cpanel. Sign in at your cpanel and you will see all available tools.

Preferences: Start here and follow the Getting started wizard to set your main options.

Mail: Set up your email accounts and use these great webmail clients and tools. if you use all these tools, your email will be more effective and powerful.

Files: The cPanel "Disk Usage Viewer" provides a quick way to see the amount of disk space being used by folders. It will not show you individual files located in the folders. If you wish to view the individual files located in these folders where you can delete them you will need to use the file manager. Also you can set up your ftp accounts that you use to access your FTP from your FTP client that you must download and install. One great and free client is FileZilla. If you haven't installed Filezilla, you can download at http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

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Logs: see the bandwidth usage for your site, Webalizer is a complex stats program that produces a variety of charts and graphs about who has visited your site, Analog produces a simple summary of all the people who have visited your site. It is fast and provides great lightweight statistics, Awstats produces visual statistics about visitors of your site. You can use all tools included.

Security: Manage the secuity settings

Domains: Show and set all your domains and subdomains. You can use unlimited subdomains names for your domain. Example: Your domain name is ilovemysite.com and you can add subdomains like sales.ilovemysite.com, blog.ilovemysite.com, etc. Another cool function is to redirect your new domain or subdomain to another site. Redirects allow you to make a specific web page redirect to another page and display the contents of that page. This way you can make a page with a long URL accessible by a page which has a shorter and easier to remember URL. Try it!

Databases, soft and Services : This is for advanced users. There will be a new post about it. Is not mandatory set these options.

Lets talk about Fantastico. Use Fantastico to automatically install any of the scripts on your domain or subdomain. For example, the blog your are reading now was installed on one of my subdomains through Fantastico de luxe automatically. Installing any script will use one of your available MySQL databases. Removing any script will free up one of your used MySQL databases. "Fantastico De Luxe" scripts-. You can select any script and will be installed automatically ready for use!

Classifieds Content Management Customer Relationship Discussion Boards E-Commerce F.A.Q. Hosting Billing Image Galleries Mailing Lists Polls and Surveys Project Management Site Builders Wiki Other Scripts Extras

Get Full Cpanel Documentation at

http://twiki.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WebHome?build=11.24.5-RELEASE_38506&basetheme=x3&theme=x3

Step 3: How to install wordpress in your Subdomain just with a few clicks.

Create a subdomain: Access your Web Host Manager (WHM) and click "Modify an Account"

Select the domain name to use for your subdomain and click "modify"

Modify the number of Max SubDomains. I change this number every time I need a new one.

Just click save and your domain is Ready. Go to your CPANEL: Remember, If your registered domain name is for example "ilovemysite.com" your Cpanel address will be http://ilovemysite.com/cpanel. Click subdomains.

Enter your Subdomain name and select your main domain. Your root folders will be created automatically so, click "Create".

Now we are ready to upload WordPress via Fantastico. Click "Fantastico Deluxe" at your main Cpanel Page.

Select Wordpress Script and "New Installation"

At this screen you must enter your data. Domain name, Admin name, pass, nickname, mail, site and description. Click "Install WordPress" If every step is right, you will get a message like this:

"Install WordPress (2/3) The MySQL database and MySQL user YOURUSERNAME_wrdp1 will be created and used for this installation.- You chose to install in the main directory of the domain yoursubdomain.yourmaindomain.com - The access URL will be: http://yoursubdomain.yourmaindoamin.com/.Click on Finish installation to continue."

Now, Click "Finish Installation"

CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG IS READY AND WORKING!

Now you are ready to blogging using the most Friendly and complete Blog Platform available

See you next post! PS: if you like this post or if you have any question about cpanel, WHM, etc... please post your comments! Silvia Rod.

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Want to start blogging, which Wordpress version is right for you?

There are many benefits in using Wordpress as your blogging tool and the first benefit is there are three versions of Wordpress you can choose from. Actually four if you included the Enterprise version but that version is not free. For the majority of us bloggers, the first three versions should be fine to use.

The first of the three versions of Wordpress is the hosted version, meaning your blog is located on a subdomain at the Wordpress website. Having a hosted Wordpress blog is very easy to set up. Once you have signed up for an account at the Wordpress website, your blog can be up and running with several useful wordpress features within minutes. You can choose your username, which will become the subdomain name part of blog address as long as someone else has not taken that username. This version is great for people who are starting out in the blogging word and may want things to be simple while they learn to blog. It's also good if they're not computer savv y and the idea of registering a domain name, fiddling with databases and uploading files is too much for them to handle.

The second version of Wordpress is the self-installed version, meaning you download Wordpress from their website and install it on your own web server under your own domain name. This option is suitable to people who are computer savvy or willing to learn the setup process before they can even write their first blog or article. The great thing about this version is it gives you more flexibility and advantages over the hosted version. For example, you can display Google ads on your blog and get paid by Google if someone click on the ad links whereas on the hosted version, you are not allow to do this. Being more flexible means you can also modify the code to suit your needs. Of course you can still keep your blog as simple as you want to after you have installed it and avoid messing around with the code.

The third version of Wordpress was formally called Wordpress Multi-User or Wordpress MU for short (pronounced em-you). As its name suggests, Wordpress MU is not designed for an individual blogger but is ideal for organisations or groups that want to host a network of blogs on one server under one domain. Released around ore before 2008, Wordpress MU allows you to install one time but setup tens, hundreds and even thousands of blogs on your own domain. With the release of Wordpress 3.0, Wordpress MU was merged and is no longer a separate project. It is now continuing development as part of the main WordPress branch under the name 'multi-site' or MS.

With three different versions of Wordpress for you to choose from, there's something for everyone when it come to the world of blogging. As the saying goes "Variety is the spice of life". Happy Blogging.

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What Blog Software Should I Use?

So you want to create a blog but you aren't sure what blogging service will best fit your needs. Welcome to the club! There are a number of great options out there but each service has its own strengths and weaknesses. To help you find the best service we've gathered up all the important data so enjoy the read and hopefully when you're done you'll be better prepared to pick the best service for your needs!

The first thing you need to undestand about blogs is that there are two main types: hosted and self-install. Some of the blogs offer both versions, but basically what this means is with hosted you will simply join a service somewhere and the blog software is ready to go. The second type, self-install is a bit more tricky for the less tech savvy user. You'll need to find a hosting service and then install the software yourself. Either way the real question here is which blog service is going to best fit your needs so let's have a quick overview of the main blog ging software options.

Blogger
Cost: Free

Blogger is a free, hosted service. It is one of the older services and has a lot of users. Getting setup with blogger is pretty fast (about 10 minutes from start to blogging) and the system is pretty simple to use. The real issue with blogger is that its simplicity is also its limit. You won't find many professional bloggers using it though as you are more limited in some aspects such as performance and customization.
Blogware
Cost: ~$8 - $15 a month (varies by reseller)

Blogware differs from most blog services primarily in how you purchase it. You will need to purchase it through a reseller so you'll find that the prices and packages vary from reseller to reseller. Again with Blogware you'll have trouble if you want to make major customization changes to the looks of your blog, but there are a good number of options that let you tinker with the setup without editing the templates themselves.

Expression Engine
Cost: $149 (non-commercial) - $199 (commercial)

Expression Engine is actually more than just a blogging software. It would be better categorized as a content management system. Unlike some services it also includes things such as image galleries, mailing lists, and other useful tools. Again all this power comes at a cost and that cost is ease of use. You'll be able to do most anything you want but how to get it done will always be the big question.

Movable Type
Cost: Somewhere likely between $69.95 and $199.95

Very powerful, but difficult to both setup and use. One of the strengths of Movable type is that you can set it up to not appear like a blog at all. The feature set is large and you can do most anything you want but each time you update your template you'll have to rebuild your blog. If you really want to do some interesting customization this may be the blog service for you, but the faint of heart need not apply due to the technical skills required to accomplish the changes.

Typepad
Cost: $4.95 - $14.95 a month (depending on what service you choose)

With Typepad you have three options: Basic, Plus, and Pro. Each option gives you a distinct set of options and naturally the more you pay the better your options will be. Typepad is another very popular service and works well with journalistic bloggers who aren't much interested in messing with the s ites templates. Once again customization is possible but difficult so most users of Typepad simply stick more or less to the defaults and do not worry much about the looks of the blog.

WordPress
Cost: Free

WordPress is both free and poweful. Many professionals use WordPress both due to its many customizable features as well as its ability to handle large traffic loads. Wordpress also supports third-party plugins which offer you many features that other services cannot provide. With WordPress you can both use their free service or add the blogging software to your own host. Some hosts also offer it as an easy one-click install feature.

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JB Transport: The Back Story

This is a very exciting time on the pages of the JB Transport blog. It is May and we all know what that means it means history! May has officially been declared history month here on the JB Transport blog. A couple of weeks ago we dipped into the deep and cool pools of history with our brief overview of the trucking industry and the progression and evolution of technology and policy that has impacted flatbed trucking companies and freight transportation across the ages, ok, maybe just throughout the century. This century has seen incredible change in the industry that sprung from a simple need, to transport goods and freight from place to place. Whether the goods be raw materials or finished products, there has been a need for freight transportation for as long as people have been in the business of being people, trading with other communities, nations, or people. The earliest freight transportation definitely looked nothing like what we understand freight transportation t o be today. There were certainly no motors, and, if we go back far enough, there were probably not even wheels.
The skeleton of freight transportation, that being the elemental quality that human beings have of transporting materials from place to place, is the quintessential bonding element in every variety of freight transport, from every era and epoch. Regardless of place, time, or class, people have been transporting goods forever. This observation is basic and simple, but it allows a unique perspective on the nature of the freight transportation industry, and really, a lot of other industries as well. Taking this perspective on the trucking industry lets us view it as an ever shifting system with a stable and fixed spine (that spine consisting of an elemental need driving the industry). In this way we can view the entire industry as a process of development and progression. The trucking industry, specifically, is an excellent place to track the changes and develop ments significant to the industry because of its stable core characteristics. Regardless of the trappings, and trimmings, freight transportation has remained consistent throughout time. With that understanding out of the way, we'll look at some of the developments and changes that have impacted the industry over the years on the next JB Transport blog.

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