Here is my quick blueprint for Websites/Blogs for 2010. The reason why I put this in here is because I have been reminded over the past few days that there are still a lot of people out there still don’t have a Website or a Blog or both.  Even if they do, they do not have all of the components that you need.  Reminded is actually more like been beaten over the head with this fact.

Having worked with Joomla, Drupal, Dolphin, straight HTML and PHP sites, I have to say that
WordPress as of right now is the only base for an online business that I can in good conscious recommend.

Nothing else has the flexibility of look, feel, and function that WordPress does along with ease of use and content management by people with ZERO experience or tech skills.

It is not perfect but, it is head and shoulders above the other options.

This is the bare minimum you are going to need for a successful online business in 2010.

Yes, this is a fun little Mind Map from Bubbl.us which I did a post on a bit back.

Go ahead and play with it using your mouse and scroll button.

If you click on the picture below, you can see it full size. —–> READ MORE

Tags: Blog Blueprint, Website Blueprint, WordPress

Google Confirms (Again) That Breadcrumb Navigation Can Help Your Site Ranking

Google has once again confirmed that Breadcrumb Navigation can help your page ranking.  What is funny is that I have been meaning to do a blog post on this for sometime now.  They actually officially came out with this in a 2008 PDF document that they released.

You can get the document for free when you sign up for my newsletter over there in the right hand column… hint, hint.  It is full of goodies directly from Google on how to get better page rankings.

I have used this in my previous sites but have only just got around to doing so on this site.  If you see my previous posts, this site is a work in progress with most of the things going on behind the scenes as it were.  Do as I say, not as you see here is my current motto.  —–> READ MORE

Tags: Breadcrumb Navigation, Google, search engine optimization, SEO/Traffic

I am updating this post.  While I would love to show you some results of this, the only thing that I will say at the moment is that this had helped me get several from page listings simultaneously on Google, Bing, and Yahoo.  But remember, you have to have great relevant content first and foremost.  Content really is King, and Queen and every other piece on the board.

If you are a regular reader here, you know that I don’t often recommend too many products and when I do, they are only the best of the best.  And if you are into getting your site ranked high in searches and if you are in business, this should  be one of your priorities, then I have something to share with you.

Most of your have probably never heard of Dr. Andy Williams, but you here is why you should get to know him and Colin McDougall for that matter.  More on Colin later.

He has what I consider the best tools out there to help you with search rankings.  It is not a gimmick, or trick, or black hat junk,  but some very advanced scientific analyzing software to find out what you need to do to help get your ranked for certain search terms using latent semantic indexing and giving Google, and Yahoo exactly what they want and need to rank you higher. —–> READ MORE

Tags: Google, Search Engine Ranking, SEO/Traffic, Yahoo

Get WordPress Installed For FREE.

It is easy and here is how.  When you sign up for hosting at only $6.95 a month through the hosting service this site is on by Going Here, 21to21 will install WordPress for you for FREE.  No hidden charges, no fuss, no muss.  . We will install WordPress for you for FREE.

Depending on how busy we are, we will get WordPress installed usually in just a few hours.  Plus, we will put in our SEO (search engine optimization) tweaks so that you can get better listings on Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

Bluehost is flat out the best hosting service I have used and I have gone through a ton of them.  Customer service is great and it is based in the US of A which means you can actually understand them and they know what they are doing. Plus, you get a free domain with the account as for as long as you stay with them.  Pretty cool.

So, if you want us to get you rolling and install WordPress for you for FREE with my secret SEO tweaks, just go here or click on one of the ads on the site here.  Then go here or use the contact page and lets us know that you got your hosting set up and give us your contact info and we will get WordPress installed for you in no time flat.

The great thing about Bluehost is that you have have a dozen or more sites hosted with them for the same low price of just $6.95.  This means if you want to have 10 or even 20 Blogs or Websites you cost for hosting just went do to about 69 cents or 35 cents a month if you have 20 of them.

Tags: Free WordPress Installation, Get Free WordPress Installation, Install, Install WordPress

WordPress Introduction:  WordPress Profits Video #1

This actually the first video in the series where I take you through the Why, What, How, and What If of WordPress. In other words, I show you why you need to be using this for your Blogs and Websites and how to use it profitably.  Plus, I show you how to get WordPress installed for FREE.

This for new users and those of you that are already using WordPress.  I show you some tips and tricks that you have more than likely never seen before.

This video is best viewed in Full Screen mode. Just click in the lower right hand corner and when you want to leave full screen mode, just hit escape.

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Tags: Free WordPress Installation, Introduction To WordPress, What Is WordPress, WordPress, WordPress Profits

WordPress,  How To Install It In Less Than 5 Minutes

The first thing to do is to get WordPress installed. It is the only software that I suggest you use at this time to build a profitable Web business or to make the one your already have more profitable.

This is the second in a series of videos on how to get your own profitable Website up and running. The series is called WordPress Profits.

I will go in to why in future posts. But you can use it for your Blog or for building your whole Website, including sales pages, squeeze pages, shopping cart, and more!  I am going to show you why no matter if you are big or small, WordPress is the only system you need.  Find out why the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Nikon, National Geographic and millions of others have switched to WordPress from expensive Web Platforms.  In case you did not know it, WordPress is FREE!  There are now over 300 million Websites  using WordPress.

It is open source software which means the source code is available to anyone.  As I write this I would bet there are at least 10,000 people working on improving it and making it better right now.

What this means is that bugs get found quickly and it is constantly being improved upon and it happens much fast than if it were private code.

But the first thing you need to do it to get your own hosting.  I recommend Bluehost. —–> READ MORE

Tags: Bluehost, Install WordPress In Less Than 5 Minutes, Installing Wordpress, WordPress, WordPress Lesson 1, WordPress Setup

12 Website Rules To Make You More Money

OK, you can start laughing now if you like, but I want to talk about some site design basics.  If you look at this site, I am currently breaking about 5 out of the 10 Website rules and I just want to let you know that I am aware of that and I am in the process of changing them this week.  Actually this site will go from kind of what not to do, to what to do. I mean seriously, this is site is at least a 50% poster child for what not to do on a site and the other 50% is what to do on a site.  And ultimately that is OK, because it happens with many people that are busy running their business. Perhaps this even happened with you.

The short reason why is that in spite of this site, I have been so busy I have not had time to come back and fix it.  Just goes to show you that Rule number ONE trumps all of the other rules though.

Well, I am going to list the Rules here and then will go over each in a separate post.   Some of these you may find a bit counterintuitive and as I said, I have not followed all of them on this sight but will do so over the next few weeks or so and show you the how and why while doing it.

Well let”s get started here.

The Top 12 Website Rules To Make More Money

1. Get your site up and make it public.  Well, while this might seem like a no brainer but, even and ugly website that people can find is better than no website at all.   Seriously with over 60% of businesses in the US not having any Web presence whatsoever, this is kind of funny but on the other hand not.

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Tags: 12 Website Rules To Make More Money, Andrew Anderson, Profit Consultant

Coke Got It!  YEAAAAA.   Coke finally got it and changed their website design.

After half a dozen emails, and a bunch of blog posts,they finally got the message. They are also going to lose their Darwin Dodo Design Award that I gave to them last month as well. It is a good thing. I am glad that they finally changed their Website.

There are some great lessons to learn from this story.  Watch the video and you see what I am talking about.

They went from this…

to this…

Don’t you think it looks better?

Tags: Berkshire Hathaway, Coke, Lessons, Warren Buffett

When you sign on to you blog after a couple of days of busting your butt and it is 12:01 AM.  LOL   Man, am I digging this stuff.

I pity the poor blokes and blokettes that have never experienced the up and downs of being and Entrepreneur.   Which I might ad is pretty unique thing….

For those regular readers, you know that I have interview Marilyne Woodsmall who is the Author of  of  the book Personality Language.

Well, in another part of a new interview that I did with here, I managed to pull out a tidbit or 7 on Entrepreneurs and what makes them tick.

It turns out that we are pretty rare duck indeed.  It also turns out that we also have some of the same Personality Language traits too that are not all that common.

As soon as I slow down enough to do some editing, I will share them with you.  And I know that I have said this before, but I predict their new way of looking at people and clients will be the cornerstone of the most profitable businesses on the Web over the next 5 years or so.

It is that spot on and new…..

Just got done putting our new product into Beta lockdown for the moment….cool stuff indeed……

More soon I promise.

Tags: entrepreneur, Entrepreneur's Advantage, Marilyne Woodsmall, Personality Language

OK, well 21to21.com is not quite as bad as the Drudge Report design, but it is getting rather stale. I should have the new Zippy look next week.

Don’t get me wrong, The Drudge report still rocks as far as content and if you really want to find out what is really going on in DC it is the bomb,  but it is about as blahhh design wise as it gets.

It has taken a bit longer than I had anticipated as I have been busy on another project which I will tell you about shortly. And hyperbole aside, it is going to not so subtly change how profitable websites are put together.

So, out with the Old and in with the new. Do you have a favorite website design? Would love to hear about it if you do.

Cheers,
Anderson

Tags: Drudge Report, Site Design