Thanks to a post I read on courtneytuttle.com titled “11 Unescapable Steps To Wordpress Synergy” I found a plugin called Brian’s Threaded Comments which has apparently been around for a little while but is still cool nevertheless.

Brian’s Threaded Comments is a Wordpress plugin which allows both authors and readers the chance to comment to specific comments posted by you or the other readers. Essentially, it’s like forum commenting. That way, when you write a post, you can answer somebody’s comment directly beneath it so people don’t have to search your comment list for answers. This is especially good if you get lots of comments on your blog.

I have added Brian’s Threaded Comments to my site which is pretty much the only thing I haven’t already done from list list on Courtney Tuttle’s post.

You can downoad Brian’s Threaded Comments at Brian Meidell’s Blog.

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Wordpress is freaking awesome but at some point you have to tweak your site at least a little bit. Most bloggers end up changing all kinds of things especially if you have downloaded a custom theme from Wordpress.

I was surfing around the blogosphere and I found this site called wpcandy.com. They have lots of great stuff if you use Wordpress. They teamed up with Liquidicity and designed a really cool Wordpress help sheet.

If you you’re new and don’t know a lot about code, or maybe even if you do, The Wordpress Help Sheet will help you get it done. It provides a list of all the major Wordpress code snippets that get used throughout the site and what they do.

Visit wpcandy.com to download the help sheet.

If you don’t know about Wordpress, read this article I recently posted about titled “Get Your Blog Up And Running Fast“.

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Here are 6 really great articles about blogging tips and affiliate marketing tips.

Stealth Blogging Tips

Skellie from skelliewag.org writes a post titled “Grip Your Readers With These 7 Knock-Out Opening Sentences” on ProBlogger.net. Skellie writes:

In this post, I want to suggest seven tried-and-tested methods to craft a gripping opening sentence.

This could mean the difference between someone reading your post from start to finish or skipping to the next item in their feed reader (or browsing to another blog).

These seven methods should also be a source of inspiration when you’re unsure how to start your next post. In that sense, they have the potential to benefit both you and your blog. More…

Keith Dsouza from Techie Buzz posts an article titled “Two Column or Three Column Wordpress Theme? Which One Is Best For You?” on bloggintips.com. He writes:

The question of which theme you should use is mostly based on how good the theme looks, there are some other factors too which you should consider while choosing a theme. The decision to choose either a two column theme or a three column theme is a bit difficult. I will run a comparison between both these format in certain key areas which could help make your decision easier. More…

Stealth Affiliate Marketing Tips

John Chow writes a ReviewMe review title “How To Be An Uber Affiliate” for uberaffiliate.com on johnchow.com. He writes:

Affiliate marketing is this blog’s second biggest money maker after private ad sales. Personally, I like affiliate marketing a lot more than private sales because it’s a lot less work. There are many sites and blogs that teach affiliate marketing. One of the newer ones on the scene is UberAffiliate. They ordered up this ReviewMe review to get their name out and generate some buzz.

Randfish writes a post titled “Rewriting the Beginner’s Guide - Part III: Why Search Engine Marketing is Neccessary” on seomoz.com. Lots of good information about search marketing.

While many readers of this document may have overcome their skepticism about the need for and value of search marketing (and specifically, organic search engine optimization), it’s entirely likely that others in your organization, company, network or client meetings may have differing opinions. Thus, this section is provided to help explain the need for proactive search engine optimization.

Shor writes an article titled “5 More Books Search Marketers Should Read” on SEOmoz.com.5 great books for search marketers especially if you are new to the game.

As search marketers, we are rabid seekers of knowledge - any and all knowledge, that can help us make sense of our strange and rapidly evolving industry. However, our job should not revolve around reacting to the latest push by a search engine. We should be staying ahead of not only the latest search marketing changes, but as some of the savviest knowledge professionals in business, we should be ahead of marketing trends, period. More…

Aaron Wall writes an article titled “How Natural is Your Site’s Growth? Check Your Google Indexing Profile” on seobook.com. Provides a link to a stealth tool called the Index Rank to help you better understand how your site ranks on search engines.

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Have you started a blog and now your wondering how to get people to find your blog? As a new blogger myself, I have spent a lot of time recently trying to figure out how to get other bloggers to notice my blog. Here are 5 basic steps to get your blog syndicated faster:

Create a sitemap

This is one of the most important things because most sites traffic comes from search engines. A sitemap tells the search engines all the pages of your site that need to be indexed even if there is no direct link to a particular page. If you use Wordpress, I can tell you that the Google XML Sitempas plugin is perfect. If you use another platform to generate your content, you can get a free sitemap from www.xml-sitemaps.com.

Sign up for FeedBurner

Feedburner provides a universally compatible feed which is compatible with almost any browser. They also provide solutions for your readers to receive emails whenever you produce fresh content.

Sign up at blog Aggregator Services

Sign up at all the blog aggregator services like digg.com and technorati.com. Digg seems to be especially effective these days. Sign up for an account, add lots of friends, digg your friends stories on a regular basis, and your stories will get dugg more too. That means more traffic. For detailed description of how to maximize your digg experience, read “Digg Power User” at earnersblog.com.

Post on a regular basis

You need to post on a regular basis because many of the indexing bots (not just search engines) can tell how often you add new content to your site. The more often your site is updated with new content, the more relevant it becomes.

Comment like a mad blogger

Add comments to everything your look at. If the article title was interesting enough to get you to read it, then its good enough to add a comment. Blogs get read all the time right. So do the comments. The more often you add comments to blogs you read, the more visitors you will get as a result. Every day I add comments to the blog posts I read and every day I get traffic to my site as a result. This can also be called “comment marketing”. Plus, a lot of blogs have their comments indexed by bots so you’ll get indexed on other peoples sites. That’s why its good in the long run not to leave junk comments.

If you not doing these things now then get started because this is the basics!

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News

Blog Rush Phase 2 is out and it looks pretty good.

Blogging Tips

Mani Karthik from Daily SEO Blog writes a post on bloggingtips.com titled 5 simple tips to make your average post look appealing.

Sara Christensen from Pajama Professional writes a post on bloggingtips.com titled The Seven Most Important Leads Types for Bloggers

Chris Garrett writes an article titled Small Increments to Make Big Traffic

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