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If you’re used to email marketing, then you’ll probably be very used to the idea of “List Segmentation”. This article looks at how you can use the same idea in a Membership area.

For newbies: segmentation is simply a way of separating out your “paying” customers from your “free” ones. This then gives you an idea of who’s more likely to “buy” your product – customers who’ve purchased have parted with their cash, made a connection and so trust you a little more.

Okay… enough of the basics. Let me ask you something:

If you have a membership plugin like WishList Member or WP eMember, then wouldn’t it be cool if you could have very specific targetted messages to your users? This article discusses how this could be achieved… the irony is, it’s currently NOT being implemented! That’s right, you IM Guru’s have missed a trick! member segmentation marketing, membership plugins, wordpress, hidden messages, shortcodes, WishList Member, WP eMember, forums.

I’ve recently been building my own NLP Life Coach site. And yes, I’ve been using all the WordPress skills I’ve acquired from building sites for other people the last few years. Very handy! It’s been quite a task, mainly as I probably know too much and spend far too much time tweaking things so they’re just right rather than getting any content together… Anyway, I’ve just published my very first NLP Life Coach podcast called “2011: A Retrospective Of A Wonderful Year Ahead”. (Have a listen – it’s pretty bloody good. Even if I do say so myself… and I do!).

As I sat and admired my handiwork, I noticed something missing. Yes, I’m using the all the SEO tricks I possibly can. I even found this nifty little WordPress Facebook Like plugin (by AJ Batac) to use on the site. I like it. It has those pictures of people you know appearing under the “Like” button – not like the one I’m using on this site. Cool.

…but, here’s the problem:

“The WordPress Facebook Like plugin doesn’t work with Pages!”

Not good. I’m quite proud of the jQuery tabs on my NLP Life Coach Contact page on my new site. It would be nice if people “Liked” it. Or had the option to! For some reason, this option isn’t built into the plugin.

Nuts.

But it’s okay folks… I got another WordPress Hack to fix this page issue. And it’s simple too! So here it is:

The WordPress Facebook Like Plugin Pages Hack

Important: Always remember to make a backup of any files you edit! You have been warned.

1. In WordPress, click on Plugins / Editor.
2. For “Select plugin to edit:“, choose the WordPress Facebook Like plugin and click Select.

   Alternatively, you can use your favourite editor and open:
   /wp-content/plugins/wordpress-facebook-like-plugin/Wordpress-Facebook-Like-Plugin.php

3. Look for the following on line 198:

   if( !is_feed() && !is_page() && !is_archive() && !is_search() && !is_404() )

4. Change it to read:

   if( !is_feed() && !is_archive() && !is_search() && !is_404() )

5. Click the blue “Update File” button and save the file.
6. You’re done!

All that’s really been done here is to remove the !is_page() function so the plugin doesn’t look to exclude it from Pages.

When you check your Pages, you should now see that you have the WordPress Facebook Like plugin working on Pages!

Improving the WordPress Facebook Like plugin

Having looked at the code, it wouldn’t take much to add something like this:

<h2>Posts &amp; Pages Setting</h2>
<div>The Post Type of the plugin (Default: Posts)</div>
<select name=”wp_fb_like_posttype” id=”wp_fb_like_posttype”>
<option value=”post” <?php if (get_option(“wp_fb_like_posttype”) == “post”) echo ‘selected’; ?>>Posts</option>
<option value=”pages” <?php if (get_option(“wp_fb_like_posttype”) == “pages”) echo ‘selected’; ?>>Pages</option>
<option value=”both” <?php if (get_option(“wp_fb_like_posttype”) == “both”) echo ‘selected’; ?>>Both</option>
</select>

to make another option, then have a few conditional statements so people could select what they’d prefer to output.

…but I’ll leave that to AJ Batac to update!

For the moment, it’s worthwhile checking out the WordPress Facebook Like plugin. Even if you do need to use it on Pages, a slight code tweak and it can be easily done.

Enjoy!

Sheesh. It’s been almost 2 years since I posted anything on this website. Nice to see that it’s still doing well in the search engines for “WordPress SEO Beginner” though. Who’d've thought my free training article from a couple of years ago would still have such an impact? I certainly didn’t.

Which leads me nicely on to why I’m writing today. Quite simply. I’ve had issues over the last 3 years. It’s been up and down… but I’m back. Kind’ve…

Well – I’m re-focusing my efforts on a new website called “Think and Act Rich“. It’s based on Napoleon Hill’s classic book “Think and Grow Rich” and looks to go further. Personally, I think it takes a little more than simply “thinking” to become successful – there’s a certain element of “action” that’s required.

Law Of Attraction? Meh… it’s not enough just to “think positive”. Go out there and DO!

So, I’m now focusing on this new site and – get this – I’m going to be doing training on the site for FREE. Yeah, moving the free-line, yada, yada…

I’ve already got 12 video tutorials on this new site showing you how to create your own professional looking WordPress website for FREE. Training time? Around 30 mins – no guff. You don’t have time – I don’t have time. Just step by step stuff. I’m teaching – not telling you my life story! Then I also provide people with how you can make your first $97 simply by using the recommended hosting provider’s affiliate program. It’s easy stuff.

You’re probably wondering why I’m doing this for FREE?

Well, quite simply… I want to change the world and make it a better place. It starts with “excellent education” for people who can’t afford to buy really expensive courses.

The logic is this:

• people who are financially stuck have no opportunities as can’t buy themselves out of their situation.
  (i.e. people with money can get better education)
• educate the stuck people and give them excellent FREE training
• great free training leads to excellent opportunities for those people
• excellent opportunities means they create “riches” and will become successful
• successful people have an impact on those around them and so help to spread more “riches”
• more “riches” (emotional, spiritual and financial) means a better life for everyone
• ergo, I’ve just helped to make the world a better place!

Now, the main difference between what I’ll be showing you and what other’s show you is this – I’ll be doing this with “integrity” (Hold on, let me google that for you!). It’s a word that not many Internet Marketers know…   In this game, I know too many people who would sell their own grandmothers. Let’s face it, they’d even sell MY grandmother if it would make them a quick buck…(I love my Gran, so get yer mitts off!)

I completely disagree with doing things where the underlying motivation is “greed”. I just can’t do that. So, I’ll be teaching and showing people that it’s possible to make a bit of cash by spreading benefits. It’s all actually taken from Napoleon Hill’s work… As you can see, my “intention” is completely different here.

If you visit the new site and wonder why I’ve made it a “membership” site – it’s not ’cause I’m going to sneak a fee up on you (although it does give me options!). It’s actually because this site starts with “taking conscious action”. I want people to go there with the right intention. You’re not just heading there to grab freebies – you’re going there because you want to change your life, make it better and help people around you too.

It’s a different mindset. If you’re just there for the freebies – then you’ve missed the point entirely. I’m looking to change the world to make it a better place. I can’t do that by myself. There are people who have already joined the cause…

Care to join me?

Check out the new Think and Act Rich website.

Anyway, that’s what I’m up to at the moment. Have a great weekend!

If you read my post called “Internet Marketing & WordPress: Nancy Andrews Was Right – Forget Social Networking“, then you’ll know that geting indexed in Google is extremely fast if you’re using WordPress or some other blogging tool to get your pages (and site) re-indexed quickly.

And I mean *really* quickly. Those of you that remember, will know that it only takes a couple of minutes and Google go through your site, re-index and you can rank well for your keyword terms (if you’ve written your content properly, that is!)

Well… I now tend to check my site when I’ve done a post as it’s pretty amusing to see how quickly I can get my pages indexed. And I’m loving it when it does it well.

For example, the WordPress Plugin Review on the WordPress LinkSync (aka Blogroll Sync) plugin that I wrote on about an hour ago has already been indexed.

That’s amusing in itself.

But here’s something funnier…

WordPress SEO Results: WP LinkSync plugin keyword dominated »

Are you a professional WordPress Web Developer looking to sync your blogroll from one source to multiple WodPress blogs? Or maybe you’ve got some great links on one blog that you just want to transfer to another? Perhaps you’re a WordPress SEO professional looking to create a continuously growing list of links on your various WordPress blogs just by updating 1 source blog?

If you are, then you may want to try out the WP LinkSync plugin by DCoda Ltd (previously named WP BlogrollSync).

I’m going to admit, that it’s not perfect (yet). However, in this post, as well as reviewing this WordPress plugin, I’ll be outlining how the WP LinkSync plugin can be hacked to get it to do what you need. (I’ve also left a comment on the DCoda WP LinkSync page, so hopefully, they might implement these changes without you having to hack the files like I’m about to show you!).

This post will also look at the relatively undocumented WordPress OPML feature that can be used for importing existing blogroll links into a new site. Did you even know that you could do this?
WP LinkSync Review & Extending WordPress OPML Data For Improved Blogroll Imports »

Possibly the shortest post I’m ever going to write. Mainly cause I’m pooped… I’ve been flat out so that FAQ-Tastic Lite version 1.0.7 can be released.

So, here’s what you get:

• A new FAQ-Tastic website devoted to FAQs.
• FAQ-Tastic Lite 1.0.7 – updated with some really funky features.
• A new FAQ-Tastic user manual.
• FAQ World Project
• 5 great tips when you subscribe to the mailing list (more to be added!)
• FAQ-Tastic now compatible with WordPress 2.5 – the new site runs on WP2.5!

Okay… I’m done. Got to get ready to join a kid’s parade now.

Oh, I nearly forgot the link – you probably want to check out the new FAQ-Tastic Lite website. Apologies for the rest of the site – the Pro version is next!

I’d just like to take a moment to thank Michel Fortin for the favourable review he wrote around a year about the original FAQ-Tastic plugin. That review really spurred me on. FAQ-Tastic is much more than that now!

Okay. I’ve had a couple of emails and comments from some Internet Marketers/WordPress SEO types worried about WordPress 2.5 (Brecker) and SAVED page slugs. Everyone seems to be fretting about how you can’t edit these!

“OMFG The Sky Is Falling!”

Chill.

Lighten up.

It’s possible.

Yet again, I’m here to the rescue and will be showing you with a quick and easy, step-by-step, easy how-to guide on changing your saved page slugs.

Firstly, let me reassure you that you’re not mad – I can’t change those saved Page Slugs either in WordPress 2.5! It’s okay though because I’m full of solutions – that’s why people hire me to build their sites!

Let me say that once again – this is for Posts/Pages that have already been saved – if you’re looking for how you edit them in the first place, then read my original post on How To Change WordPress 2.5 Page Slugs. The original article will show you how it’s done in the first place – this post will show you what to when you mess it up but don’t want to delete your entire post and go through all of that nonsense of copying and pasting the old stuff into a new post etc.

So are you ready? How To Change Saved WordPress 2.5 "Saved" Page Slugs, Step By Step. Read More »

Just a quick post about something I’ve been meaning to test on WordPress for a couple of weeks now. The idea comes from Nancy Andrews LiveBlueprints.com vNews (non affiliate link) on 7th April 2008 which looked really interesting:

“Blog posts work *REALLY* quickly. Forget Social Media”.

I’m going to summarise the essence of what she said in the vNews: basically, Social Media like Facebook and all of the other community type Web 2.0 sites aren’t really viable as Internet Marketing tools. It’s a controversial position but one also echoed by Michel Fortin in his excellent post “Is Facebook A Viable Marketing Tool?“.

Now, I’m not a natural Marketer – I’m willing to admit that – although I do happen to think that they might be right on this point.

Why?

Because here’s the proof that I’ve just found out for myself which I’ve screengrabbed for you:

Social Networking (Web 2.0) vs Blogging (Web 1.0). FAQ-Tastic Keyword Phrase Indexed In 20 Minutes. See the results »

Firstly, apologies for the delay on FAQ-Tastic 1.0.6. It’s been a really busy 2 weeks and it’s not been helped by school half term; having kids about; unexpected guests; cleaning the flat for unexpected guests; assisting on an NLP Practitioner training course; recovering my NLP breakthrough coach client’s hijacked WordPress website (now there’s a blog post case study…); doing NLP allergy interventions (I happen to be a fully qualified NLP Master Practitioner, Time Line Therapist and Hypnotherapist btw) and helping out on the official Skindred website (excellent RaggaMetal band well worth checking out – I’m also happen to be the admin for the Skindred Facebook group and we’ve now got more members than Sherman Hu‘s “Friends of Sherman Hu” and “Beginners Guide to Mastering Web Basics” Facebook groups put together since I became the Skindred Facebook Admin! Sorry Sherman… and I’m not even a Facebook specialist! ). Woah… that’s a load of link love!

As you can see, I’ve been a little busy and every moment has been a great learning experience. So now that I’m more on top of things, FAQ-Tastic Lite 1.0.6 will be coming very shortly.

If you check out the new FAQ-Tastic website, you can see how much high quality stuff I’ve been doing – like designing new product shots and putting together the new user manual for the Lite version. There’s still a whole load more to do – like adding the tell a friend scripts and the standard Aweber name captures to be done. It’s not been easy and yes, I did everything from setting up the site to the designs all by myself – I’m not just a pretty face

Why email captures? Well, you Internet Marketers out there will probably get the feeling that I’m gearing up for a proper product launch for FAQ-Tastic Pro. And I am.

For all you newbie Internet Marketers out there you might want to read on, I’ll be detailing the 8 things I’ll be doing for this launch so you can get a better idea of what’s involved and things to do. It’s going to be quite a ride, with all the ups and downs, as I’ve never done a product launch before. There’s going to be quite a lot of things to learn and at the end of the process you’ll be able to gain the experience from my mistakes.

(Oh… and just to be clear: there are NO affiliate links in this post, just pure value!)

FAQ-Tastic Product Launch Formula: An Overview. Read More »

I’ve not been well the last 4 days. Despite the shivers; aches; hot and cold flushes; runny nose and sore eyes, I’ve still been doing whatever I can to get this latest version of our WordPress FAQ plugin out.

Not just that. I’ve also been working hard on completing a new user manual for it. It’s nearly done except I just have to create some supporting pages and add those links to it.

The FAQ-Tastic User Manual is also Fa(q)ntastic – even if I do say so myself. Why? Because this 30 page, PDF user guide been lovingly crafted and taken just over 6 days to complete to include:

• screengrabs of every page in the WordPress administration needed to use plugin (and images of how it would appear on your site)
• a step by step guide showing exactly what to do – from installation, activation to using the plugin.
• a detailed explanation of the difference between Simple and Paged FAQs.
• an explanation of Paged FAQs and their real purpose.
• bookmark links to easily jump to the section you need.
• and best of all… it’s FREE!

WordPress FAQ-Tastic Lite version 1.0.6 User Manual and plugin - read more »