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Premium WordPress Themes Review

By Alison Wood on Sunday, October 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment

I am always on the lookout for great themes for use on my different WordPress sites. Now these themes need to fulfill a couple of criteria, because firstly I want the sites to look aesthetically pleasing ;-) and secondly as I am not very technical (ok slight understatement there) they have to be easy to install and use.

One that I came across and really liked the layout on was the Simple Site from PremiumThemes.net. I decided to take the plunge and make the purchase and with my limited technical expertise (ahem) I pushed ahead.

Firstly, the theme was easy to install and upload to WordPress and it also came with a theme guide, which proved very helpful. The website also has a forum where you can ask other questions if they are not covered by the guide. The theme itself has a visual editor where you can change certain information at the pointand click of a mouse. It also come pre-packed with a Home Page, Blog Page and Gallery if that is your thing. For example you can feature certain products here and link directly to where they can be purchased.

The only thing I had problems with was getting the thumbnails to appear on the top of the homepage. The guide does explain how to do this, but as I say I am technically challenged. However, I posted in the forum and very quickly I was in touch with the owner of the site who put it right for me – a definite plus point was how helpful he was.

Anyway if you would like to see the fruits of my labours you can check out my pet blog, which is based on the SimpleSite01theme PetHooligans.com

Another big plus point that I discovered after I had bought the theme was that on the 1st Oct 2009 Premium Themes switched over to GPL (General Public License) so that the theme I bought, which I thought could only be used on one site, can now be used on as many sites as I wish, hurrah! In consequence an overhaul to this very website is coming soon.

If you want a professional, easy to use theme, with helpful customer support if you need it, I would say that you can’t go very far wrong with ==>> Premium Themes.

Update: 1st November. This site has now been updated using the Premium Theme, but the blog part only – I love the clean look. Any thoughts let me know!

Professional Article Submitter: SubmitYourArticle.com

By Alison Wood on Sunday, October 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment

I think we are all aware of the power of article marketing, not only for driving traffic to our site but also for building backlinks.

The problem though can be in the time that it takes to submit the article to all the article directories and to also provide different variations so that the search engines are more likely to pick up your content.

I was interested then in hearing about SubmitYourArticle.com which seems to offer a huge boost to your article marketing efforts. Not only does it feature your article in its own article directory, which only members can feature in, but then it also distributes your article to literally thousands of places. In addition the new Article Leverage moves things on to the next level.

I have joined and over the new few weeks I am going to bring you the results I am achieving. Of the 8 articles I have submitted since the 3rd October 2009 and which now appear in the SubmitYourAticle directory they have been viewed 892 times and re-published through Easy Publish 232 times.  This does not include all the places that my articles get submitted to, such as other article directories, ezine publishers etc. This is just one source and so far I am very pleased with the results. I’ll give you an update soon.

If you would like to find out more then head over to ==>  SubmitYourArticles.com


Affiliate Marketer? Get the Lowdown on the New FCT Rules

By Alison Wood on Friday, October 9th, 2009 | No Comments

If you are an internet marketer, you may well be aware of some rumblings about the new FCT rules that will be coming into force on the 1st December 2009. These revised regulations will affect testimonials, endorsements and blogger affiliations.

Before you swing one way or the other and either panic or decide to bury your head in the sand, it is worth heading over to this valuable blog post which runs you through the essentials of the new rules and sheds some much needed light on what you can do to comply.

Head over and check out the post from Big Sky Marketing, it’s a short read and you will come away with a clearer understanding of the steps you need to take between now and the 1st December.

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