August 22nd in WP Solutions by Wordpress Jedi . Whether you are trying to optimize your website for the search engines or want to get your feet wet with paid advertising, you are going to need to focus on the right keywords. Sometimes it’s helpful to look at what others are doing in your field and learn from their positive strategies. That’s why spying tools are so handy. They give you all kinds of information on campaigns, keywords, and landing pages of your competitors and help you come up with some ideas of your own. With that said, here are 5 keyword spy tools that can help you take your business to the next level:
Compete: Compete is for power players. It gives you all kinds of information on your competitors and helps you optimize your own strategies. Whether you are looking for more keywords, want to increase your traffic, or find out what your competitors are doing right, Compete has you covered.
SEOmoz: not only has some of the best search engine optimization tips around, it has a set of tools that can help you find out more about your website (and more importantly your competitors’ websites).
SpyFu: the ultimate keyword spy tool for search engine and advertising professionals. Can dig up your competitors’ keywords and campaigns. Its Kombat tool lets you compare your website against those of your competitors’. (more…)
0 Comments August 13th in WP Solutions by Wordpress Jedi . No matter how powerful or dynamic your WordPress theme is, there are always more things you can offer on your website. That’s why I love those fancy (and sometimes not so fancy) toolbars. You can use them to promote your website more effectively, make it easier for your visitors to navigate through your content, and even share with them your latest news. Interested? Here are 22 WordPress toolbars that can help:
Wibiya: one of the most exciting social bars available for WordPress (we are using it on this site too). It has free and paid plans and let your visitors connect with you more effectively.
Meebo Bar: lets you add Facebook, Twitter, and other social sharing capabilities to your website. You can use it to chat with your website visitors too.
ShareBar: a powerful plugin that adds floating social sharing buttons to your website. Similar to what Mashable is doing on its website.
Digg Digg: very similar to the previous plugin but there are some differences between them. This one has more options and services, but it is slightly less flexible than ShareBar.
Gigya Toolbar: adds 80 social destinations including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Yahoo to your website. It loads after your page has finished loading, which means your visitors won’t notice any speed difference on your site.
TurnSocial: a more compact solution than some of the above toolbars. It does support top social networks and local websites (such as Foursquare).
Skysa Bar: a simple to use social app bar for WordPress. It has plenty of apps and give your visitors all the tools they need to help push your content.
Apture: sits at the top of your website and shows itself when your visitors go through your content or search for something. It can increase the number of hits on your website and can help your visitors share your content with their friends.
iconcy.com WordPress toolbar: adds a vertical bar to your website, giving your visitors the ability to find their way back to your home page, RSS feed, or Twitter presence easily.
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0 Comments August 6th in Wordpress for iPad by Wordpress Jedi . Apple iPad is one magical tablet. It has plenty of features for business owners, bloggers, and anyone else and can be used for entertainment, education, and business purposes. Unfortunately, not all WordPress websites are 100% compatible with iPad. Blogging from an iPad is not going to be too easy unless you have the right app installed on your tablet. As a webmaster, you owe it to your business to do everything you can to make your website as iPad friendly as possible. It’s just a no brainer move. These 5 WordPress products for iPad can help:
PadPressed: a theme (or plugin if you want to call it that) that turns your WordPress website into a native iPad or something close to it. It’s very dynamic and can make almost any website iPad friendly.
WordPress for iOS: need I say more? This iPad application gives you an easy way to keep up with your WordPress website when you are on the move.
iPad-Widget: inserts your image on the top of an iPad image. Pretty useful if you want to share what you are reading on your iPad (or anything else you are done). (more…)
0 Comments July 5th in Social Media, WP Solutions by Wordpress Jedi . Google Wave may be ahead of its time a bit, but it is expected to revolutionize the way we communicate with each other. Let’s face it. The e-mail technology has been around forever. It has major issues that have not been addressed in the past few years. Google Wave is a great tool for collaboration. It makes sharing content and discussing ideas with others much easier. There are plenty of plugins that you can take advantage of to add Google Wave to your blog. But what if you don’t want to use a plugin? Thankfully, there is an easy way to get the job done.
As long as you have a Google Wave account, you should be ready to go (if you have a Google account, you are set). Once you have logged on to your account, you need to grab the link for the wave that you want to add to your blog. Grab the link from the top of your browser and use Google Wave Element tool to grab the code you will need to add Wave to your website.
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0 Comments June 9th in WP Solutions, WordPress Themes by Wordpress Jedi . 
We have all heard this before: “you can do everything with WordPress.” That’s actually true. WordPress is a powerful open source content management system that can handle any type of website, as long as you have the right theme. Best of all, in most cases, you won’t have to break the bank to get the job done.
If you are interested in adopting WordPress, here are 50 things you can do it right-away:
1. Create an Online Store
Starting an online store with WordPress couldn’t get any easier these days. There are plenty of WordPress themes that let you start your online store and don’t cost you much. There are some plugins that let you do that too.
2. Start a Job Board
A job board can add a whole new dimension to your blog. It can not only help employers reach out to your community, it also provides unique value to your readers. The times are tough and any help you can provide your reader can only solidify your community. These job board themes let you start a job board with WordPress quickly.
3. Start a Forum
Lots of people use phpBB and vBulletin to start their forums. Did you know that you can do that with WordPress too? gForums is a good theme to do just that (our review).
4. Develop a Classified Website
Sites such as Craigslist are very popular and quite useful for people who are looking for things they may not be able to find in stores. Of course, there is a whole lot more to Craigslist. Nevertheless, with these classified themes, you can start your own free or paid classified listing website fast.
5. Go Micro-blogging
Everybody has seen Twitter and sites similar to that. It’s nice to be involved in those communities but sometimes you want to have your very own micro-blog. Thanks to micro-blogging themes such as this one you can get the job done quickly.
6. Go for a Celebrity Website
Celebrity blogging is not for everyone. It can be very lucrative if you know what you are doing though. Thanks to WordPress celebrity themes, you can start your own celebrity portal using WP platform.
7. Clone Everything with WordPress
That’s right. Facebook, Digg, Twitter, and CNN can all be cloned using WordPress. These WP clone themes should get you started.
8. Take your Restaurant Business Online
If you own an offline food business, there is no reason you should not start a website for your business to connect with your customers. These WordPress restaurant themes let you do just that.
9. Start an Online Presence For Your Retail Business
Those of you who own an offline retail business and want to reach out to more prospects online can use these retail themes to get started in a flash.
10. Become a Pro Blogger
Those of you who are passionate about blogging and want to go full-time with your blogging efforts are going to love using WordPress. These pro-blogging themes should give you a head-start with your efforts. (more…)
2 Comments June 7th in WP Stuff, iPhone Apps by Wordpress Jedi . Starting a WordPress blog does not necessarily mean that you are going to have success with it. In order to become a successful webmaster, you need to keep track of your website’s statistics at all times and keep an eye out for problem areas with your website. That’s where Analytics HD app is helpful. It’s a very simple to use and powerful iPad application that gives you an overview of what’s happening on your blog. Whether you are interested in finding out how your website is performing over a specific period of time or just want to find out what your top posts are, Analytics HD has you covered. It looks good on an iPad, which helps as well.
Analytics HD takes advantage of Google Analytics to help you run reports on the move and keep track of everything that matters on your blog. Whether you are interested in finding out who’s referring whom to your blog or just want to make sure you are targeting the right search engines, Analytics HD’s got a report for you.
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0 Comments April 24th in WP Solutions by Wordpress Jedi . So you have taken the time to create a killer WordPress blog and added super powerful content to your WordPress portal? You are going to have to spend a significant amount of your time to promote your website to get more people to visit your content. One way to do that is by giving your visitors a way to visit your blog on their iPhone. That’s when having an iPhone app just around your WordPress website comes handy. You may ask, “how am I going to afford an iPhone programmer?” With BlogApper, you won’t have to. The service is designed for those of you who don’t have the budget to hire an iPhone programmer and want to create a simple iPhone app around the content on your WordPress portal.
BlogApper is for those of you who own a WordPress blog or want to create an app around an e-book of yours. The process is quite simple. You are going to submit your RSS feed to the system. From there, you have plenty of ways to optimize your iPhone application and give it the look/feel that you feel represents your brand the best.
First things first, you will get a chance to choose the right layout for your app. Whether you want to show thumbnails next to each post or just show your stories plain and simple, this service gives you options.
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