WordPress and Twitter

Earlier today, I downloaded a new Wordpress plugin which is so good, I wanted to share it with you all.

Free Traffic-Getting SEO Plugin… that’s what Jeff Johnson calls it.

It’s his newest free SEO software that you can use to grab more
free traffic from the search engines.

All you have to do it plug it into your blog and his software does
all the rest.

Check it out:
http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/go.php?987272

Don’t worry:

If you already have a WP blog you can simply plug it in and let it
work its Traffic-Getting magic.

And if you don’t have a blog… Jeff shows you how to install a free
one in as little as 2 minutes using a secret “push a button”
technology that even the newest of newbies could use.

The great thing about Jeff’s brand-new Free Traffic-Getting SEO
Plugin is that it is…

It couldn’t be easier to use and it’s…

100% free and Installs in minutes.

Check it out:
http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/go.php?987272

Enjoy!

The very first blogs I wrote were using Blogspot and at the time I was quite happy with them. Since then blogging websites have become far more sophisticated and Wordpress has really taken over as the number one blogging website. Since I made the move, I haven’t looked back and if you are wondering whether to make the move or not, in my opinion, you can’t do it soon enough.

Apart from all the work in setting everything up again, there is also the question of losing the content. Well, the answer is you really don’t have to worry about it. I’m going to share with you what I did when I migrated from Blogspot to Wordpress.

It doesn’t really matter if you are going to use a blog hosted by Wordpress or one with your own hosting setup, the procedures to follow are still the same.

1. Set up your new Wordpress Blog.

2. Leave one final post on your old Blogspot blog along the lines of:

“This is the final post on this blog on here as we are migrating to Wordpress. Our new blog can be found at http://www.mynewblog.com. Thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you at our new home”

This takes care of redirecting visitors to your new blog but what about all the content from Blogspot?  The answer is simple, just move that as well. Wordpress will allow you to back-date posts. Just go through your old posts on Blogspot and copy them over to create new posts in your new Wordpress blog.

There is no good reason to remove your old posts on Blogspot. They will have aged in the search engines and will still have value. Your content will be repeated but as the posts are on different servers, there is no issues with Google penalising your blog for duplicate content.

So if you are still on Blogspot and thinking about moving to Wordpress, I have just one question.

“What are you waiting for?”

Twitter is the current social media phenomenon and it is definitely here to stay. However, before you sign up for your Twitter account (http://www.twitter.com) you need to consider a few things. Social media is just that – SOCIAL. The idea is that it is YOU interacting with other people. If you want people to follow you, it is better to be yourself.

If you were at a party and someone introduced themselves as “Marketing Guru Inc” instead of “Steve”, the chances are, you aren’t going to hang around to chat to him. You can only make a first impression once. So when you pick your Twitter ID (hopefully it will be available), it is always better to pick your own name or maybe a nickname.

Once you’ve signed up, you need to add a few things to your Twitter profile. Try to find a picture of yourself, looking at the camera and smiling.  Your picture is a major factor when people decide whether or not to follow you. You can also include your website and your bio is also important. You only have 160 chars for your bio so make it sharp, snappy and please avoid spelling mistakes and text speak.