Most Wordpress Themes I have come across can be pretty hard to modify and make them look how you want them, but Woothemes FREE Themes are different, I have been working with the Original Premium News Theme on a couple of sites as I think its work quite well for review site, this site is in VERY early development  http://www.onlinesurveysblog.com/

This particular theme has good advert management (simple to use) and easy admin that allows you to change things like the header image without messing about with any source code or images.  I have no affiliation with woothemes, just thought I would share this link to their free themes…

http://www.woothemes.com/themes/free/

When I first started using Twitter it was just to find out a bit more about my favourite celebrities but now I am using it more and more to connect with other Internet Marketing people.

It really is viral and addictive, I am going to have to turn off email notifications, because I just can’t help but look immediately to find out more about who has just decided to follow me.

What I have done is automate a number of things, which I really recommend if you are a Tweeter. Check them out:

Using http://www.socialoomph.com/ I can:

• automatically follow those who follow me
• automatically send a message to those who follow me, thanking them for the follow and sending them a link to this website
• automatically unfollow those who unfollow me!  catch out the sneaky spammers!
• keep a track on statistics about my accounts

I use http://twitterfeed.com/ and twitter tools to automatically update twitter with new blog posts and links to the blogs.

I really don’t want to become a twitter spammer, so I am focusing on quality content for my blogs and twitters rather than over promoting.

Towards the end of 2009 I took my eye off the ball and pretty much just kept checking on the Clickbank accounts, swapping around when required and playing with a few tweaks.  Not much real ACTION to be honest.

2010 needs more ACTION, I plan to do the following:

1) Update a number of existing sites with fresh content, maybe a fresh look to try and improve conversions.  Making sure that I also meet the new FTC rules on testimonials etc.

2) Link building for key money making sites to improve traffic, some have dropped a fair bit dur to my lack of ACTION.

3) Cut down on the number of sites I have and focus.  A lot of the sites I bought on a whim (probably when drunk) have now expired and I have not re-registered them.  These were mainly product name URLs like forexboomerangreview.com etc which never really made any money.

4) List building – I have realised that I have missed out on building a relationship with my site visitors and more importantly the opportunity to upsell to them later on.  For example my most successful site has had over 10,500 visitors in 2009 and I don’t have a single email address!

5) Product creation/become a pubisher – I think I probably said this in 2009 Goals!  I have an idea for a Clickbank product, it is in a competitive niche, but I think I have a unique idea for it and I have the data/info for it.  What I need to do is be honest with myself that I probably need help with it, both technically and graphically for the the website.  I have not decided if this will be on a pay as you go basis or having a partner.  Watch this space.

6) Make some decent regular money again to pay off last years tax bill and more importantly this years holidays!  First holiday planned is to Vegas in April so I need to get moving!

COME ON 2010 BRING IT ON!!!

If you have a spare $2.3million to spend on a new home and you want to live in Highland Park, Illinois you could buy a piece of Architectural History but more importantly the house used in the Film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” to store the Ferrari.

If you have never seen the film, then shame on you, no seriously it is a must see.  In the film Ferris and his buddies “borrow” Cameron’s Dad’s priceless Ferrari, pictured left and go into Chicago for a day out.

When they return they realise that his Dad will notice the additional milage on his pride and joy, they come up with a “genius” idea to put the car up on blocks and run the car in reverse to turn the milometer backwards!  Unfortunately the car falls off the blocks and reverses through the window of this spectacular glass pavilion into a ravine.

This 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom house is for sale here…

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/370-Beech-Street_Highland-Park_IL_60035_1109385563

more pics

The second part of the news article referred to a website called peopleperhour.com which is a site putting

“freelancers” in touch with a variety of jobs/projects placed by “employers”.  How it works is shown here http://www.peopleperhour.com/howitworks.php

Right now there are

BBC Article – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8067449.stm

It makes it so much easier to capture whatever is on your screen.  The clickbank screenshot in the previous post was created in seconds.  I have also used it to get screengrabs of my website traffic stats which is great when selling some of the sites I will be putting up for sale shortly.

I don’t know how I managed without it!  There is also a Pro version which has an affiliate program, so you can promote and make 25%.

Fireshot Firefox Add-on

Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the story of Christian the Lion…….

“All this talk about “stimulus packages” and “bailouts”…

A billion dollars…

A hundred billion dollars…

Eight hundred billion dollars…

One TRILLION dollars…”

The whole thing can be seen here….

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

In an earlier post I mentioned that I had made a bit of extra money selling off a number of websites Domaining By Accident, one of them being a site promoting a Franking Machine Offer that pays £50 (at the time of that post about $100).

After I sold the original site I bought another (even better) domain and put exactly the same content up on.  This time I promoted http://freefrankingmachine.com with Adwords.  As it is such a good payout for CPA there is a lot of competition, but I have never bid top dollar.

This week I had my first sale, which cost me just £3.79.  That was from 26 clicks.  It has taken three months, so now that I know it converts I can increase my CPC and try and bring in more traffic.

I am certainly happy with the profit margin and there is room for more spend on clicks.

This offer I found on tradedoubler.co.uk which has a lot of good (well known brand) offers.

While there are ways to jumpstart your traffic flows, many sites don’t have the resources that others have to generate more traffic for your site. Well, you don’t have to spend a cent; all you need is the proper mindset and a lot of eagerness. You also must have the drive and perseverance to do hard work and research to generate more traffic for your site.

How sweet it is to have more traffic for your site without spending a single cent.  Now it’s a sure thing that many sites have articles that offer tips and guidelines in how to generate traffic using only free methods. Because it is possible, you don’t need to speed a single cent, it may take time, to say honestly, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you. You get better chances by paying for your advertisements, but at least you get a fighting chance with some of these free methods I’m about to tell you.

Take advantage of online forums and online communities. The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer.  Another great advantage is that you know what you are getting into and you will be prepared.

With online communities and forums you can build a reputation for your company. Show them what you are made of and wow them with your range of expertise about the subject, with that you can build a reputation and build trust with the people in your expertise and knowledge.

You can also make use of newsletters. Provide people with a catalog of your products and interesting and entertaining articles. If you make it really interesting and entertaining, more people will sign up for your newsletter and recommend it to other people. The more people who signs up for your newsletter, the more people there will be that will go to your site increasing your traffic.

Another great idea is trading links with other sites. You don’t have to spend a cent. All you have to do is reach an agreement with another webmaster. With exchanging links, the efforts both sites do will benefit both sites. Every traffic that goes to the site could potentially click on the link of your site and visit your site as well. This works well especially when both sites feature the same niche.

Write articles that could pique the attention of people that have interest in your product. Try writing articles that will provide tips and guides to other aficionados. Writing articles that provide good service and knowledge to other people would provide the necessary mileage your traffic flow needs.

Many sites offer free submission and posting of your articles. When people find interest in your articles they have a good chance of following the track by finding out where the article originated. Include a link or a brief description of your company with the article and there’s a great probability that they will go to your site.

Write good content for your site. Many search engines track down the keywords and keyword phrases your site uses and how they are used. It is not a requirement that a content should be done by a professional content writer. You could do your on but you have to make content for your site that is entertaining as well as informational. It should provide certain requirements as well as great quality.
Generally, internet users use search engines to find what they are looking for. Search engines in return use keyword searching in aiding their search results. With the right keywords, you could get high rankings in search engine results without the costs.

All of these methods and more will drive more traffic to your site for free. All it takes is a bit of effort and extended man hours. Learn all you can about the methods depicted here and you will soon have a site with a great traffic flow without the usual costs that come with it.