Learn How to Add YouTube Video to your Blog or Website

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This post will show you how to easily add a YouTube video to your website.

YouTube specifically and video in general have taken the Internet by storm. For the small business owner this is an opportunity to get your message out in a simple and yet cost effective way.

The great thing about YouTube video is the ease with which it can be embedded in your blog or website content. Another great thing about YouTube video is that it streams from one og Google’s servers so there is no impact on the bandwidth you might have to pay for a site that is self-hosted. Depending on the quality, size, and length – video can really run up your bandwidth charges.

We’ll get into the specifics about actually creating web video in future posts – the focus of this article will be how to place an existing YouTube video on an existing site.

Interested in learning an easy way to add videos from YouTube to your blog? Follow along and I’ll make the process as painless as possible.

Let’s insert a video of Leona Lewis, the winner of the British version of American Idol – the X Factor, singing “Over The Rainbow”. A song, by the way, that really shows off Leona’s impressive vocal chops.

(Note: We’re using Leona’s video in this example, but if you’re running a business and have a message you want to publicize, this could just as easily be a video you’ve uploaded to YouTube.)

First – Locate the video on YouTube that you would like to insert into your WordPress post (the video I’m inserting in this example is located here). When you reach the YouTube page, look to the right of the video. You will notice a box that contains a URL, and below it another that contains an Embed box.

Next to the Embed box is a blue star (the customize button). Select the star to display the customize options. I chose the following options: to not display related videos, to display a grey/blue color scheme, a window size of 480 by 385 pixels, and to not display a border around the video.

YouTube Setup Screen

YouTube Setup Screen

Once you make these selections, select the code that appears inside the Imbed box. then copy and paste it into your WordPress post using the HTML option. Use “Preview this Post” to view the results prior to publishing. If you’re not happy with the results, you can go back to the YouTube site, change your customization options and repeat the process.

These simple steps will allow you to display a YouTube video on your own blog.

I’ll cover video modifications in a future post, until then practice what you’ve just learned and let me know if you have any questions.

 

Get Your Credit Score Free – then Learn How to Improve it.

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Credit Report versus Credit Score

First, your credit score – How important is your credit score? In a word – extremely. Your credit score effects your ability to borrow money, the interest rate you pay, the risk you present when you want to buy insurance, even the ability to get a good job, all can be impacted by your credit score. Your Credit Score is sometines referred to as your FICO score (after Fair Issac and Company who developed the scoring system). So FICO score is usually how people in the financial industry refer to it.

Your credit score is an attempt to measure how good a credit risk you are – your credit report is more like a historical report of your financial activity.

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Your credit report -  Thanks to a federal law, everyone is entitled to a free annual credit report from each of the big three credit rating agencies – Transunion, Experian. and Equifax. Rather than get them all at the same time – a recommendation is that you request one every four months and each time rotate which agency you request it from. This way you have your three free credit reports spaced out over the entire year, which conveniently allows you to keep a closer watch on any changes in your credit information and the possibility of identity theft.

If you’ve never requested your free credit report do so now. You can do this online at www.annualcreditreport.com the official site to request your credit reports.

OK, what about your Credit Score – what is it and how do you get that. If you’re lucky enough to belong to credit union or other financial institution that provides this as a free service then its nice and easy. But for most people, getting your Credit Score might involve a fee. If you request it directly from the credit rating agencies listed above there will be a fee (they may tell you it’s free – but it usually involves signing up for a credit monitoring service – so free? – not so much.

Fortunately there is a company that makes your credit score available for free. Just use the link below and you can find out your credit score at each of the bureaus.

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To improve your credit score – pay your bills on time, reduce your overall debt, don’t cancel cards that you don’t use since it impacts your total available credit (lately card companies have been cancelling accounts that are inactive – so use them occasionally then pay them off ), use credit wisely.

A perfect FICO score is 850, but the average for the USA is around 675. This varies by state, with some states higher and others lower. Your Credit score also my differ among the three agencies for a variety of reasons – this is why it’s worth your effort to get all three scores. The link below makes that easy.

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How to Make Your WordPress Blog Mobile Friendly

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Its not a secret that Mobile is rapidly becoming the defacto way to access the Internet. In fact more Smart Phones were sold than Laptops last year – so clearly the days when desktops/laptops ruled the Internet are fading fast.

If you run a website whether it’s for business or pleasure, the failure to make your site mobile friendly will likely cause you to lose business to your competitors that do. Even if you just have a social blog – you want as many users as possible to be able to easily read the content on your site.

Luckily – there are several ways to accomplish this, some are rather technical and require that you understand a bit of code, but fortunately a simple, straight forward way to bring mobile friendliness to your WordPress site is to use the free plug-in WordPress Mobile Edition.

To install – log into the admin panel for your WordPress site and navigate to add plug-ins. Search for the plug-in WordPress Mobile Edition. Once located, install, then activate the plugin. Since the auto install doesn’t correctly put all the pieces of the plug-in where they belong, you will get a message that says WordPress Mobile Edition is not installed correctly.

The WordPress Mobile Edition plug-in contains a special WordPress theme needed to provide the correct mobile access. Here is the easy fix -  log into your web hosting account and move the folder Carrington-mobile-1.0.2 from the wp-content/plugins directory to the wp-content/themes directory. Note: the wp-mobile.php file remains in the plugins directory – do not move this file.

The Carrington-mobile-1.0.2 folder contains the mobile themes needed to provide your site visitors mobile access. The Carrington theme automatically adjusts itself to the level of sophistication of the phone accessing your site  – so, for example, smart phone users get a more advanced user interface then less capable phone users do.

Note: the Carrington-mobile-1.0.2 folder is current as of this writing – depending on when you make this installation, it may have a different version number.

Once installed, open your site in your mobile phone browser and check out your new mobile friendly site.

Relatively painless, and now you have a site that won’t get lost in the rush to mobile.

Can You Make Money with PPV Marketing?

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It depends. Yes – You can make money with PPV Marketing, and you can lose a lot of money with PPV Marketing. The difference between the two is knowledge. Without the proper knowledge I can guarantee you will lose money, become frustrated, and give up PPV Marketing forever.

This would be a pity and it doesn’t have to be that way – since the kicker is that with the proper knowledge you can earn a real and sustainable income – the kind of income that allows you to become self-employed.

Be warned though, PPV Marketing, even with the proper knowledge, is not a path to easy money. Mastering the knowledge to be successful is what separates you from those that will most certainly lose their shirts trying to do this. Even with the knowledge, you must be dedicated to taking immediate action. There are people that tell you making money on the Internet is easy. These people are either delusional, or lying to you for a some selfish motive – don’t believe them.

So where do you get this knowledge? A good place to start is with the PPV Playbook written by David Ford – who also runs the PPV Playbook Coaching Forum. PPV Playbook is priced at $47 and IMO worth every penny. Its backed by a 60 day money back guarantee – so you really have nothing to lose. If you dream about making money with an online business – this is a great place to start. You really won’t find more for your money anywhere – this is the real deal.

In the PPV Playbook David covers:

  1. What is PPV
  2. Finding offers that can make winning campaigns
  3. Using free tools to analyze offers
  4. Finding low cost traffic
  5. Creating landing pages that work
  6. How to use techniques like dynamic keyword insertion
  7. Understanding the competition
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Can Penny Auction Sites Really Save You Money?

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One of the latest phenomenons to hit the Internet is the expanding number of so called “penny auction” sites. These sites get their name from the bidding process they employ – the bidding is generally done in increments of one penny.

All of these sites work pretty much the same way. The bidder joins the auction site and purchases a package of bids. The bidder then uses these bids to try and buy the products being offered at auction. As with any auction, the winning bid gets the product.

Each time a bid is made, a count-down timer resets and the remaining bidders get a another chance to bid. The person with the highest bid when the timer goes to zero wins. All the auction sites have various ways to reward you with free bids based on the size of the package you buy or other metrics they measure – like how many bids you have placed.

If you’ve ever bid on eBay items, there is some similarity to the strategy you might deploy to win the bid at a penny auction. Timing of course is a major factor as well as your bid strategy. One major difference is that with a penny auction there isn’t a definite ending time – each new bid can extend the length of the auction giving other bidders another chance to bid. This changes the strategy since snipers can’t easily sweep in at the last minute and steal the bid like they can with an eBay auction. On the other hand this also can raise the final price you might need to pay to win. Another major difference is that on eBay the bids cost nothing – you don’t pay anything unless you win the bid.

So how do you evaluate a prospective penny auction site before you lay your money down and start the bidding? Here’s some basic guidelines that you might want to consider:

  • Does the auction site sell only new merchandise – most do, but you need to check.
  • What about shipping and handling – is it free (covered by the site), or is it an extra charge?
  • Does the auction site have products that you really want to bid on – seems like an obvious thing to consider, but you need to look beyond that iPad you have your heart set on, and make sure they have other things you want or need if the first auction you participate in doesn’t go your way – which of course is possible.
  • Is the auction site reputable? – check the Internet by searching for the site and see what turns up – people that have been burned are likely to complain loudly about it. See where the auction site is geographically located and call the Attorney General’s office in the state where they are doing business. They can tell you if the auction site has issues.
  • Do some research on the item you want to bid on. Determine a fair price to pay – check eBay, Amazon, and other discount sources to check it’s selling price.
  • Set a limit on how high you will go with the bidding. Emotions can play a big part in the bidding process – some thought before you start can keep you from doing something foolish.
  • Finally, take the time to understand the bidding process and bid purchase process – not all penny auctions have the same rules. See what the bonuses might be – some offer extra bids when you buy a package.
  • Remember to conserve your bids – and bid responsibly – each bid costs you money – money wasted unless you win the bid.

One of the few books available that discusses how to best approach penny auction bidding is written by E. M. Michaels and available in paperback Your Strategy Guide: How to Win and Profit from Penny Auction Sites, Vol. 1 . This is by no means a definitive guide, but it does provide valuable information and gives you things to be on the look out for before you decide to take the plunge.

To answer the original question – yes it is possible to save money at auction sites. In some cases you might save a lot of money – but there are no guarantees. So do your homework, and good luck. Luck is always a factor with auction bidding.




Bidz is typical of this type of auction – the best way to see what it’s all about is to check out one of the sites. There’s no obligation as you learn. If you decide to bid on an item then there is a charge to buy bids. Bidz primarily offers auctions featuring jewelry.
Bidz has LIVE auctions running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so you can enjoy bidding at home in your pajamas or even on your lunch break at work. Visit us and browse our collections. If you like what you see, then join the thousands of other happy jewelry lovers pampering themselves on Bidz live auctions.

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RankBuilder 2.0 – Is this the Secret to Search Engine Rankings?

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RankBuilder 2.0 is the just released powerhouse that allows you to improve your search engine ranking for any website. If you want to dominate the search engines with free traffic, building your rankings for the keywords you desire is an absolute must.

RankBuilder 2.0 includes six powerful, mind-blowing modules that will help to skyrocket your site to the top of the search engines.

Module 1 – The Link Wheel Builder is a very powerful way to interlink scores of web properties to boost your back-links.

Module 2 – Profile Link Builder adds links from hundreds of high page rank sites.

Module 3 – Social Bookmark Submitter allows you to instantly link your site from over 30 top bookmarking sites with the ease of pushing a few buttons.

Module 4 – Article Submitter allows you to submit articles to the top 30 directories. Note – this method has lost some of its effectiveness since the latest Google algorithm changes, but it’s still very powerful, and this tool makes it easy to accomplish.

Module 5 – Press Release Submitter creates automatic press releases to the 30 top press release sites.

Module 6 – Video Submitter submits your video to the top 10 video sites automatically.

Combine the power of these six modules, and you can create an avalanche of back-link juice that will help to shoot your web property to the top of the search engine heap.

This amazing set of tools in RankBuilder 2.0 can be yours to try for only $4.95 for seven full days. Try it out on one of your properties and see if you don’t think this tool will help you to succeed, even if you’ve tried and failed before.

If you like your results, you can continue using these powerful tools for only $67 a month.

I like one of Dr. Phill’s sayings which I paraphase here – if what you’re doing isn’t working, you need to do something different. Doing the same as before and expecting different results is insanity.

So if your an internet marketer and you aren’t happy with your results, you owe it to yourself to risk the $4.95 and see what RankBuilder 2.0 can do for you. By the way – the product also comes with a 60 day money back guarantee, so honestly you really have nothing to lose.

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Has this Cornell PhD Developed an Unbeatable Sports Betting System?

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John Morrison

Has this Cornell graduate with a PhD in statistics developed a sports betting system that boasts a 97% win rate? His supporters claim that he has.

If you’ve ever bet on a sporting event or think you might in the future, you owe it to yourself to learn about this new sports betting system. Click on the link below to see this new informational video that explains the complete story behind the system. This is the system that reportedly allows you to beat the odds and put your sports betting results on the winning track.

 

 

Apple iPad 2 – New Reward Program

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Qualify for a free Apple iPad 2 with this new rewards program. The wait is over, the iPad 2 is finally out and it does not dissapoint. While we would have liked to see user changeable memory and removeable batteries, the new iPad is one amazing product.

With a powerful new processor, more memory options available, a slimmer and lighter form factor, and featuring two cameras (one facing forward, one facing rear) you can video chat with ease.

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Auto Traffic Tycoon

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Can a software product make you money? That’s the claim of the creators of Auto Traffic Tycoon. Using patent pending technology, Auto Traffic Tycoon can generate absolutely free traffic to a website of your choice.

With a full 60 day money back guarantee from trusted ClickBank, you really have nothing to lose but opportunity. Click the image below to get the full story – it’s time will spent.

Auto Traffice Tycoon automates the process of creating websites and gathering backlinks. Because of the automation built into the product and ease with which it can be used, very little prior knowledge is required.

Need a Job? – Let Find Local Jobs+ Help

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