When you create a new WordPress post, your blog will automatically ping and notify all the ping services that your blog has been updated. This encourages search engines and different blog directories/services to index your updated blog.

So the ping is a useful promotion tool that WordPress provides. The thing is, that the pings are only sent to the default list specified in your blog’s admin settings – Settings/Writing/Update Services.

The first thing you should do when setting up your blog is to expand the number of services you ping to. I use the following list of services in the QBS PC Help Blog, (please feel free to copy them):

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://rpc.twingly.com/

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://www.bloglines.com/ping

http://ping.feedburner.com/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

http://www.octora.com/add_rss.php

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://www.wasalive.com/ping/

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

The blog’s ability to ping is a powerful tool that can propel your Blog to new heights.

Whenever a blog pings, many background processes happen which get your blog quickly indexed by search engines as well as bringing traffic from many other sources.

There are many blog directories and ping services which accept pings. When you add a new post it sends a ping to all these websites saying, ” I’ve just added a new post to my blog”.

Some of those websites will add your blog to their main directory giving you a one way link and some will list your blog in their recently updated blog list. This will result in search engines quickly coming to your Blog to index it and start sending you traffic.

Effective and legitimate pinging does aid in search engine ranking and search engine optimization (SEO) because if search engines are pinged when new content is made readily available, the faster search engines can crawl and index the fresh content.

But is there a downside to this ping service? And what can you do about it? Please see the whole article for the answer to these two important questions – http://www.qbs-pchelp.co.uk/pingsandwordpressblogs.html

Studies show the average blogger is using 10 to 15 plugins on his WordPress blog. What about you?

There are “SEO” plugins. Anti-spam. Commenting. Forum integration. You name it.

Is there any “opt-in booster” plugin that can skyrocket your subscription rate?

There are quite a few; the question is, how do you know which one is the best.

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1. The only plugin that non-intrusively “hits” your visitors with multiple “sign-up” options and “forces” them to land on your list.

2. Automatically “fills-out” your visitors’ name & email – save them time, and add more subscribers to your list, faster!

3. Turn your blog into a subscriber gaining machine with point and click ease.

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It’s mandatory to build a list if you want to run a long term profitable blog.

Wouldn’t it be awesome not having to work your butt off digging for new traffic generation methods, but getting the maximum out of your current visitor streams to convert into subscribers?

I get puzzled whenever I see lots of bloggers struggling to build a decent subscribers list and not able to take a forward moementum to earn the kind of income that they’ve dreamed of.

That’s pretty frustrating. So, the questions is how are you supposed to build a big subscribers list using your WordPress Blog without getting any additional traffic?

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I don’t know about you, but the bloggers I talk with, have one thing in common – they’re all saying out loud how hard it is to make money online. And I’m talking about bloggers from all walks of life, in all kinds of niches and industries; beginners and pros alike.

Remember how easy it was back in the days when you could slap a banner on a free site and make one or two sales; today you can’t approach blogging the same way like 5, 6 or 7 years ago! You need to have a vision and plan a strategy because people are now more reluctant to buy online than ever.

And because today’s niches get crowded rapidly, competition grows fast too; although the demand for your knowledge, skill and information might be high, the competition is getting fiercer! And the problem is this – you can’t expect to make money fast anymore. Your blog visitors have the option to compare your blog and your product and whatever you recommend them to purchase or download, within seconds, with just one mouse click, using Google, Twitter and other related sites.

So what is the solution?

Start building trust with your blog visitors. You can do this via RSS, but there’s a major drawback; a big challenge. Trust takes time to build up. You don’t build friendships in a week. For example, you don’t talk with your best friend via email only. You will phone call her, and meet her face to face. The situation is very similar to blogging and to the method you should adopt in your venture. RSS is good. But it does NOT help with list building. The key here is you can’t afford to underestimate the concept of “list building” or neglecting it completely. List building is not just creating a list of subscribers. The big picture includes sending follow-up emails and stand alone broadcast messages, such as discount promo emails and special offers, etc.

Ask all the pro bloggers in your niche. The majority, the ones with the highest respect, authority and experience, are using email list building in combination with RSS feed subscriptions. They have seen tremendous potential in this strategy and have made it a habit in their projects. Now, if you want to put your WordPress list building on steroids, you should check out an amazing plug-in. It’s proven to rapidly build your email list by using a WordPress blog in some unconventional and unique ways. It’s unobtrusive and can have a huge impact on your list building efforts.

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Over the past few days the QBS Blog has been unavailable as I had a problem upgrading WordPress from version 2.8 to version 3.01. The latest upgrade version needs at least PHP version 4.3 and a MySQL version of 4.1.2 or greater. My web hosts  told me that shared Linux servers are using PHP4 on the server (4.4.9 to be exact) and MySQL version is 5.

So I decided to do the upgrade, but was faced with the message – ‘You cannot upgrade because WordPress 3.0.1 requires MySQL version 4.1.2 or higher. You are running version 4.0.27′.

This failed install left me with a viewable blog but had trashed the back-end admin so no posts could be added or removed. In fact, the blog could not be amended in any way at all, because at every log-in attempt the same error message occurred!

The only option was to create a new MySQL database version 5.0 and put my blog on that or forget the upgrade completely. I chose to upgrade and the only way to do this was to delete the existing MySQL 4 version and set up a completely new MySQL version 5.0 database. This meant the blog was out of action for a day or two while I the found  time to finally do this.

Thankfully, I had good backups which I was able to use. I also took the time to amend a few posts and delete some old news stories. The blog is now back to more or less its former size, although I am still reinstalling a few of my favorite plug-ins. However, there were a few problems because some of the plug-ins needed PHP 5.0  and my hosts were running PHP version 4.3.

This just needed a simple addition to my blogs .htaccess file so that the Linux server could read my blogs post and plug-ins as PHP 5. To achieve this parsing of my files the addition to the .htaccess file was just a single line -  AddType x-mapp-php5 .php - which promptly fixed all the problems I was experiencing.

So before you upgrade a WordPress blog make sure you check the versions of MySQL and PHP you need in terms of the WordPress install and the addition of any plug-ins. And don’t always take the word of your web hosting company no matter what they tell you. Try to check all the requirements yourself by using your hosts control panel and the power of the Internet.

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Just copy and paste some text into your Subscribers Magnet widget, and with one or two clicks of your mouse, you’re done. You have professionally designed subscription forms “instantly” appearing either on your sidebar, at the top posts, in the footer, within the blog post itself, or a combination of all these.

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Studies show the average blogger is using 10 to 15 plugins on his WordPress blog. What about you?

There are “SEO” plugins. Anti-spam. Commenting. Forum integration. You name it.

Is there any “opt-in booster” plugin that can skyrocket your subscription rate?

There are quite a few; the question is, how do you know which one is the best?

I did the research on your behalf, you don’t have to spend days on Google or buy each one of these tools; let me share with you my favorite plugin and why you should grab this right now.

1. The only plugin that non-intrusively “hits” your visitors with multiple “sign-up” options and “forces” them to land on your list

2. Automatically “fills-out” your visitors’ name & email – to save them time, and adds more subscribers to your list, faster!

3. Turn your blog into a subscriber gaining machine with point and click ease.

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Many people have heard that it’s hard to make money blogging, and without a proven strategy, this is pretty much true. Just setting up a WordPress blog, using it and then leaving it to die a slow and painfull death will not make you rich or successfull.

You may have also heard other things about blogging, but here is the full and complete truth.

• No one has ever really spelled out what sets the real blog “gurus” apart from the “hobby” bloggers.
• Most people make a few pounds here and there but nothing more.
• In some cases, blogging can be a highly profitable business – if you use the right strategies.

Most people think that blogging is about writing. The truth is that blogging is about attracting readers and not only getting but maintaining a flow of traffic. It’s NOT what you write that matters – it’s the interest you generate about what you have written.

Many bloggers start out strong and then because they do not know how to promote and advance relationships with their blog readers they die out like a slow suicide.

So, how can you learn more about what sets the profitable blogger apart from the hobby blogger?

Well, here’s a brand new PDF report on how to avoid the slow and painful death of your blog. And the best part is – you have the opportunity to grab the report
for free. Here is the link to download your own free copy – while they last.

If you have a blog you really must download this amazing PDF. It’s a great addition to anyone’s resource library and it’s on the house – no strings attached!

The math may be a little off, but if you look around , blogs are crawling off, into forgotten corners of the web and are blinking out of existence at an ever quickening pace. These blogs are definately suicidal.

Why?

Because blog writers tend to be fickle and selfish. Most of them only care about becoming popular and rich. If the blog they write does not perform the way they want it too, they neglect it, and then it dies. This is the sad state of things, but is unfortunately true.

Who is at fault, the author of the blog? No, because, no one can expect to throw love at a blog day after day and never get anything in return.

To show bloggers how to get more in return from the blogs they write, a great new PDF book has been put together, called “Talking Down A Suicidal Blogger“. It is all about the “secret” methods that the “guru” bloggers have been using to make their fortunes.

This free report speaks for itself so why not grab a copy right now.

You really need to see the whole report to get the maximum affect. When you open the PDF and get a chance to see the examples and the mind maps you will get so much more than I can possibly explain here. Be assured, it really works as I am seeing more readers and profits already!

I enjoy writing this style of blog post because someone already did the work of explaining the “secrets” for me, while I get to receive credit for passing along valuable information to you.

Don’t let your blog commit suicide. Show it the love you once gave it the day you wrote your very first post. Only this time around, you will have the knowledge of the “secrets” and they will unlock the hidden pleasures only a writer and a successful blog can share.

Here is the link again to download your own free copy while they last!

Saving the life of a suicidal blog will never be easier.

Besides being a good communication tool, blogging is also a great way to make some money.

If you’re new to blogging and yet want to start quickly, there are several business models you can try for maximum results in a short time.

This article discussed the three most popular methods.

The first method is get paid to blog. Using this method, you create your blog and add a few good articles to it. Then you signup with paid blogging networks like Pay Per Post or Review Me and see what “opportunities” are available. These networks are filled with advertisers looking for bloggers who can help them spread the word, and they are generally willing to pay. Accept the opportunity, write about it on your blog, and you get paid.

The second method is AdSense WordPress blogs and it requires a little more technical know-how. You need to build a WordPress blog on a specific niche topic, and start writing some good content on it. At the same time, try to get links from other blogs by leaving comment on the blogs or by doing a link exchange with the blogger. The objective is to get more traffic who will click on your AdSense ads and make you money.

The third and most sophisticated method is affiliate marketing with WordPress blogs. Again, you set-up a good WordPress blog but with this model the amount of content you publish is not as important as the “selling quality” of the content. Each post you write must pre-sell the web visitor and convince him to click on your affiliate links. When your visitor makes a purchase you will get credited for the sale and earn commission. The more vistors who click on your affiliate links and buy the products or services the more money you will earn

Ultimately, which model you choose depends on how much time and resources you can dedicate to creating and managing your blogs. Your best bet is to choose a low-investment option at first. When you get the hang of it, you can then venture into other blogging models as well.

If you’re serious about making money from your blog, I strongly recommend that you signup for these video tutorials: As a member you’ll get tons of step-by-step video tutorials on how to use WordPress, web 2.0 technology, search engine optimization, making money from Google AdSense and affiliate marketing, and so much more.

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If you are trying to make money by selling ad space and writing paid reviews then you are leaving behind a huge chunk of money on the table.

You can actually earn much more from your blog by promoting multiple affiliate programs.

How Can You Do This?

You can do so by linking specific keywords in your blog posts to your affiliate programs.

Take the following example: If your blog is about Health and Fitness and you’ve talked about “healthy diet”. You can link that very keyword “healthy diet” to an affiliate program. Now your readers can follow that link to buy the related product and you’ll be the one earning commission out of it.

Let’s say you have another post and you have the phrase “aerobic exercise”. You can link this keyword to a good aerobic exercise tutorial video and if your readers buy the video from that very link you’ll be the one getting paid again.

Getting paid commissions out of the keywords that lead to affiliate links is not a small deal. Can you imagine how much impact that will be making to your overall blog income? Having those keywords linked with your affiliate tracking code means that you will be the one to earn commissions even if someone reads that post after say, five months or even a year.

Now, think about all the hundreds of blog posts lying idle on your blog. If you have hundreds of posts its not possible to edit all of them, it will take far to long. The fact is, Ninja Affiliate can do all that work for you. All your blog posts that laid idle and all those keywords that you wanted to link to can be made affiliate links instantly, so you can earn passive ongoing commissions.

What about all those thousands of RSS subscribers you have? I bet that most of your loyal readers read your blog using an RSS feed. That means they see no ads, and they don’t increase any page views. Unfortunately they just don’t do anything to increase your earnings. But linking your keywords to affiliate links will earn you money even from your RSS readers as well. Check out what Ninja Affiliate can do for you: Think of the possibilities and fore-see how far you can go with your blog income.

The choice is yours, whether to stick with a blog that produces a little or no income or to learn an effective way to becomong an affiliate marketing star.

You may already know that promoting affiliate programs in your blog is one of the best ways to earn some money from your all your blog posts.

The problem is that you can’t think of recommending or linking the right affiliate program while you are trying to concentrate on writing a blog post. Even when you figure out what to promote, you first have to find the affiliate link, then link it to the right keyword in your blog post. You can usually do this for a new post that you are in the process of writing. But what if you discovered a new affiliate program and you want to promote it in your old posts? You’ll will obviously have to edit and save them all again.

Now, think about this – what will you do if you want to change hundreds of posts you have already written to include that affiliate link? It could take forever to do such a thing? But by using MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate, you can easily do that in mere seconds. You’ll just have to tell Ninja Affiliate what your affilite link is and what keywords you want it to link to. Then it will automatically replace all the keywords in your wordpress blog with the affiliate link of your choice.

The hundreds of old posts sitting there in your blog doing nothing will now instantly promote various affiliate programs which will keep on earning affiliate commissions on autopilot for you.

Not only that, MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate is a complete link management solution as well. You can also manage, track, cloak and shorten any number of links by using the Ninja Affiliate plugin.

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There’s no secret about it. In the affiliate marketing game, the promoter with the most clicks earns the most money.

So, how can you get more clicks with less, time, effort and energy?

The answer might shock you: all you need to do is install Ninja Affiliate which displays random affiliate links in your blog post, each directing to an affiliate product.

The KEY here is to make each link keyword rich and make use of the random feature that this cool software implements.

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Google and all the other major search engines love blog’s.

But to grab and keep the attention of the search engines you need to add posts to your blog on a regular basis, weekly if possible. So what can you blog about?

Here are a few ideas you can use to help you create a regular stream of interesting posts.

1. The Latest Trends in your Business or Service

Sign up to a few emails, blogs, forums, RSS feeds about your type of business or service and look to for what the latest trends seem to be. When you blog about the latest trend, put your unique perspective on it. If you disagree with the latest trend why no write about that. Different views can develop into ‘debates’ that can come up with new suggestions/ideas.

2. Current World or Local Events

Open up your daily newspaper, online news or your RSS news reader and see what’s happening. Give your opinion about an interesting news story that mentions a common problem and, if possible, provide a workable solution and relate that answer to your business in some way.

3. Frequently Asked Questions

If you’ve been in business for quite a while, you know the questions that clients ask you to answer over and over again. Instead of repeatedly responding to the same questions, write a series of blog posts that answer your target market’s most frequently asked questions.

4. How you helped a client Solve a Problem

If clients hire you to solve a specific problem they’re having, write a blog entry about the solution you came up with.

It’s quite a good idea to list all the recent problems that you have helped your clients solve. By doing this you will have plenty of material for future blog entries. It’s best not to use your clients name, address, email etc. Make the blog entry generic enough to hide your client’s identity.

5. Review Something

Blog about your experience with a product, book or service, highlighting both the high points and low points. Make a personal recommendation if the product is good and worth buying. This may even be an opportunity to earn some affiliate commission for the products you recommend.

6. Get up Close and Personal

Tell a story about what’s happening in your life or in your business that would be useful or instructive for your blog readers. Chronicle both your highs and lows, your wins and your struggles.

One key to successful blogging is getting personal with your readers. The more “real” you are with your readers, the better your reader gets to know you and begins to like and trust you.

7. Interview an Expert

What people do you know and admire in your industry? If you admire them, chances are that members of your target market do as well.

Contact these experts and ask if they can provide answers to three to five questions about their lives, their businesses, industry trends or how to solve a particular problem. Publish the interviews as blog posts, adding audio and graphics if you have them. Make sure you have the experts permission to publish what they’ve said.

8. Read other Blogs

Go to Google’s Blog Search or Technorati and find other blogs related to your industry, service or your target market. Add those to your blog reader and take an hour or two each week to read the posts on those blogs. Reading other blogs is a great way to generate ideas for your own blog.

9. Keep an Ideas File

Sometimes a blogging idea or concept will strike you when you don’t need (or want) to blog. Begin a ‘blog ideas file’ by creating a document or spreadsheet to track your ideas and thoughts.

10. Create a Tutorial

There’s always something you can tell your target market. For example QBS PC Help publish articles based on the computer repairs we have undertaken. We also design the occasional website and provide SEO services to a few companies, so we also write about these subjects. We announce these new articles in our blog. This in turn directs people back to the main QBS PC Help website.

To liven up a tutorial you could use audio or video to explain a process. The tutorial may need to created in multiple parts, like Part 1, Part 2, etc., which would make for multiple posts to your blog.

11. Take a Tour of your Competitors

Take an in-person or virtual tour of something useful to your readers. For example, if you’re a beauty consultant, tour the top five online beauty related sites and report your experiences as a client in each. If you’re a restaurant owner, visit three or four local restaurants and evaluate what’s often overlooked in staff training based on your experience as a customer.

12. Write about a Twitter or Facebook update

You only get 140 characters in Twitter to write about something. If you need more space, or want to respond in greater length to someone’s Tweet or Facebook status update, do so in your blog. Thought-provoking questions are often asked on Twitter, and the answers may inspire you to blog about them.

13. Create a “Best of” List

What are the top five blogs to read in your industry? How about the top five people to watch? What about the ten most useful online tools you use? Nothing attracts attention on a blog quicker than a list, so create one yourself or ask your readers to help you in the process.

14. Report from an Event

Try attending a professional trade show, conference or networking event? You can then report about your experiences at the event on your blog. Talk about the workshops you attended, the vendors you met and the speakers you heard.

15. Debunk a Common Myth

Each industry is plagued with myths and fallacies about success/failure or what does/doesn’t work in that industry.

Use your blog to debunk some of the most common myths/preconceptions/notions in your industry and set the record straight. This sort of post can often result in a lively discussion, with many comments on your blog entry.

16. Write about a Client Conversation

Typically the strategy/idea/technique you’ve discussed with a client will benefit your blog readers as well. The blog post should focus on the topic of the conversation, not the conversation itself.

Final Thoughts

These blogging tips will hopefully generate a few ideas for your blog entries. Take a look around your life, your business, your conversations with clients and colleagues and what’s happening in the world around you. You’ll soon begin to see plenty of opportunities that can be turned into successful blog posts.