Archive for November, 2009
As we continue to bring converted Wordpress themes to Blogger templates, we’ll continue to update you guys on various free blogger templates that are made available to you guys. In this weeks Free Blogger Template, we give you the “Bams GrayYel”, if I’m even typing it right.
The GrayYel theme is a two column Wordpress theme with a gray and yellow combination which looks pretty nice especially if you’re going for the web 2.0 type of look. This theme was originally created by Bams and it has a lot of features that you all will enjoy.
The GrayYel theme includes such features as :
- gray and yellow color combination
- mouse hover effects on the RSS links
- sidebar links
- header navigational pages
- includes psd category to add more in the sidebar, if needed
Below is the screenshot of the GrayYel theme:
Someone mentioned this last time but if you’re looking for a live demo so you can see if you like the entire theme, click here.
Click here to download the GrayYel Blogger template
Enjoy!
I’m sure a lot of people know this already but since I do this on a regular basis, I feel I should, at the very least, mention it. I mean, people overlook the small things all the time so why not give a quick reminder. Who knows, many most people don’t even notice it because its so small and they see it all the time.
There are a lot of ways on how to get long tail keywords easily and you can use all these keyword programs for free or you can pay for them but they aren’t reliable all the time too. And if you definitely pay for those programs, there’s a easy and free way of getting these long tail keywords.
Did I build up the hype for it yet? Probably not. So, let’s continue…
What Is a Long Tail Keyword?
You know I realized that a lot of people who come here or are subscribers of mine are brand new to the online entrepreneurship stuff so they don’t know all the terms and stuff. So, I’m going to try to explain things a little bit so people can follow along without having some sort of blank stare at the computer screen (or iPhone or whatever nice gadget you have).
Long tail keywords are phrases surrounded by a specific keyword. Long tail keywords are specific phrases that people search for. They are generally more targeted than the generic keyword itself which could lead to a higher conversion rate, more subscribers and simply more traffic from search engines. Let me give you an example…
Say your generic keyword is “money”, then your long tail keywords could be something like:
- make money online
- money making ideas
- how to make Adsense money
- DatMoney is the best website ever
Okay, maybe people won’t be searching too much for that last long tail keyword but I figured I’d toss that in there anyways. 
How Can Long Tail Keywords Help You?
I quickly mentioned it already but long tail keywords can help you in numerous ways. Long tail keywords will help you get more traffic, particularly targeted search engine traffic. Of course, not only will you get more traffic but since it’ll be more targeted, it will lead to higher conversion rates on whatever you’re selling (if anything), possibly more clicks on your ads and or a increase in your subscribers.
I was trying to get this post out last week the week before but I’ve been busy with a few things. Plus, I usually like to put my weekly updates closer toward the end of the week simply because people come to my blog a little less on the weekends so I figured you guys don’t care too much for the updates to begin with.
Too bad I couldn’t wait for the weekend…
But there are a lot of things I need to highlight in this weekly update but the very first one is the fact that I’m having troubles with my outgoing mail on my server all of a sudden. So, why does it affect you guys? Well, it postpones the delivery of the passwords to the protected posts and then a domino affect takes place.
Outgoing Mail Server Problems – Honestly, I don’t know what happened and I didn’t do anything different but all of a sudden when I tried to reply back to someone last week from my mail client, I kept getting an error message that I couldn’t connect to my outgoing mail server.
If you did receive an e-mail from me, it was because I had to jump on my web mail server.
Passwords to Protected Posts on Hold - Like I mentioned above, I’m having outgoing mail server issues so sending out a mass e-mail from my mail client simply is not going to work. Of course, I could e-mail everyone individually from my web mail server but that would take forever.
But I apologize for keeping some of you guys waiting for a while. Instead, if you guys have not received the password and you’ve been subscribed for more than two weeks then leave a comment below with contact information and I’ll try to get it to you sooner. I know a lot of you guys are in a big rush to read it and I don’t blame you. If you have instant messenger, I think that’d be easier. But again, please comment on this post if you have not received the passwords and you’ve been subscribed for two weeks or longer.
This will be the only time I would suggest commenting on not receiving the password. I don’t need people commenting on every post every other day or e-mailing me letting me know they haven’t received it… like some people.
And for those of you that have just subscribed and keep asking for the password, obviously you didn’t read “Reasons Why I Don’t Send Out Password Immediately” which I linked at the bottom of the $100/Day subscribe post.
I check most of my sites regularly and it was very nice to come to my internet entrepreneur blog, DatMoney, to finally see the little image below:
Yes folks, I finally hit that infamous 1,000 RSS Feed Subscribers mark. I swear it took forever just to officially get past that hump. I mean, just a week or two ago I posted that I hit 999 subscribers but technically, I still never made it past that hump. Though, that’s the closest I could possibly get to it without going over… too bad I’m not playing The Price is Right, huh?
Honestly, I didn’t do anything different to increase my RSS Feeds. Matter of fact, I’ve been a little more focused on my other projects right now because of the income its bringing in. But I guess it was only a matter of time.
Getting past 1,000 subscribers was pretty similar to trying to get past your first 100. And once you get past that hump, it should get that much easier. But we’ll see… I bet tomorrow my feed count is going to drop back down to like 970 or so.
Anyways, I mentioned a few things were going to change, or take place, once I hit 1,000 subscribers, officially, and one of the big things that people have been waiting for is my long awaited contest. I’m still looking for sponsors for my contest theme but I’ve been having outgoing mail problems with my server so its a little hard to adjust. (I’ll talk about that on this weeks weekly updates).
If I don’t get enough sponsors for my current theme then I’ll hold a smaller contest just so I can get this underway and you guys can enjoy it.
Well, this post isn’t going to help anyone but I just wanted to let you guys know I finally got past the hump and now we’re going to be celebrating very soon! Of course, you guys can feel free to celebrate now if you want! Spread the word! Dance! Sing! Write a post linking back to me… okay, that last one was a shameless promotion but I had to try!
Update: I completely forgot to mention this earlier… thank you to everyone that has helped make this happen! If it wasn’t for you guys, this blog wouldn’t even be where it is at now. So, I appreciate what you guys have done to help me out.
I finally got a chance to analyze my stats since I implemented the use of Wordpress tags as Keywords just a few weeks ago and its actually quite rewarding. So, if you are a Wordpress user and you’re looking to increase your Adsense earnings, I would suggest you read that post.
As I was going over my Google Analytics, I was pretty much in awe on how you can check so many different stats. There is even an option to track your Adsense earnings, what posts/pages the money is coming from, which referrer brings in the most clicks, etc.
Personally, I thought they only tracked visitors, pageviews, etc but analyzing the money aspect definitely helps you improve what to focus on and what makes you the most money.
If you go to your Google Analytics dashboard, on the left hand side, there is an option under “Content” and “Adsense”. If you have multiple sites under one account, you will need to embed an extra code on every page/post you want to track for the Adsense earnings.
But trust me, it’s definitely worth it.
