Quick Tips Posts
358 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Building a blogging platform is incredibly easy thanks to WordPress 3.0's Multi-Site feature. I'm using this feature to power my corporate podcasting platform (work in progress).
I wanted to be able to offer my clients a bunch of unique themes to choose from, but wasn't happy with any of the "free" themes available in the WordPress Theme Directory. After digging around I stumbled on Elegant Themes, a subscription based model for 55+ amazing looking WordPress themes.
For $39 a year, y...
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365 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![8iFY Podcast now on your Dashboard [mac widget]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/8ify-podcast-widget.png&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
Want to get the 8iFY Podcast delivered to your Mac's Dashboard? Damn Skippy, now you can.
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I shouldn't have to say this, but I will; this will only work with Macs. After downloading the file above, if your browser does not automatically "unzip" it - then double click on the file. Once you see the black Widget icon, simply double click to install it in on your Dashboard.
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371 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Here are 10 of my favorite business books I read in 2010.
Flash Foresight by Daniel Burrus and John Mann
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
Multipliers by Greg McKeown and Liz Wiseman
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
The Referral Engine by John Jantsch
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Buy the Book or Buy the Audiobook
The Risk Takers by Don Martin and Renee Martin
Buy the B...
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377 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
I really don't like paying for software. Many times I will spend 10 hours writing my own software simply to avoid paying the $30 for someone else's. Yes, this is stupid and ends up costing me more than If I would have just bought the product in the first place. That being said, I wanted to share with you the products that I not only gladly paid for, but would probably even have paid more.
Mars Edit $39.95. Read a detailed explanation of why I use this awesome Mac Based WordPress editor.
Tw...
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378 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Do you use Mailchimp and have a Facebook Fan Page? Then follow along to learn how to get more subscribers using this great little Facebook App.
First off you're going to need to install the Application FBML to your Fan Page. FBML allows you to simply include HTML directly in to a tab on your page. I used this to create "The Book" tab, and included HTML (and CSS) that tied to my MailChimp signup form.
Get your MailChimp Sign Up Form.
Visit your Lists section in MailChimp then click on the For...
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381 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
I logged in to my AdWords account the other morning only to find a big red box that yelled "Your Google AdWords account has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of AdWords or Landing Page and Site policies in this or a related account". Ain't that a bitch?!
The other night I setup two AdWord campaigns to test promoting a couple products I found on ClickBank. I know, I know I should have known better — but I couldn't help myself.
I picked 300 Top Secret Recipes and a Dating eBoo...
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382 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Today on the 8iFY Podast we talk with Doug Rowe the founder of ProfyleTracker an Indianapolis based Recruiting company and the first sponsor of the 8iFY Podcast! Doug is not only a great friend, but one of the most agreesive and relentless recruiting guys in the US. During the podcast we talk about how Doug got started building ProfyleTracker, how candidates can increase their chances at getting hired and how companies can ensure they don't get a bad rep for their hiring practices.
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386 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Apparently Google doesn't like the idea of people learning how to drive traffic to their website WITHOUT Google. Usually Google will display"Did you mean:" when you misspell something - but in this instance, if you search Google for "Drive Traffic Without Google" - they suggest Drive Traffic WITH Google.
Now that Google has suspended my AdWords account, I'm on a mission to learn how to generate traffic without the mighty Goog. I've never liked having all my eggs in one basket and will sh...
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387 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
MarsEdit is an amazing Mac App that takes your WordPress writing and publishing, out of the browser. It also works with Tumblr, Hosted Wordpress.com and a bunch of other publishing platforms.
Why would you want to write posts outside of WordPress' interface? Well here are just a few of the reasons I use it exclusively:
Copy and Paste Images directly in to posts and the images are automatically uploaded.
This is great for taking partial screenshots using the Command + Shift + 4 techn...
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391 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Love your job or hate you job? Whats your overall job satisfaction?
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392 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
YQL (Yahoo Query Language) is one of my favorite tools for grabbing content from other websites. It's completely free, scalable and opens up a whole new world of data. In this quick tutorial I'll show you how to grab the latest plugins submitted to WordPress.org's Plugin Directory and return the results as a clean XML document.
Step 1. Find a website you want to pull data from.
YQL "select from HTML" will grab content from any site that (doesn't block Robots), and returns the page as a valid ...
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393 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
I'm a WordPress junky and obsess about great WordPress plugins, so today I wanted to share 7 plugins I religiously rely on to make 8iFY hum.
After the Deadline by Raphael Mudge (download)
I'm obviously not a master of the written word, but thanks to After the Deadline I can easily identify clichés, passive voice and many other common mistakes that a novice like myself makes.
CommentLuv by Andy Bailey (download)
CommentLuv helps drive additional comments by offering SEO juice ...
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394 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
In our world of anonymity, it's extremely tempting to be dishonest to make money online - and truth be told, you can make money by being dishonest and inauthentic, but it doesn't sustain and will bite you in the ass in the long run.
In this Guest Post, Jesse Kurth covers 3 lessons about being authentic.
There aren't many things that scare me, but one of them is non-dairy creamer, by Jesse Kurth.
Another is tofu. Soy burgers and soy milk too... or soy anything really, because we all know th...
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398 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![4 Steps to increase your geek cred for the non-geek [tip]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sexy-geek.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
Remember when the word Geek used to have a negative connotation? My friends, those days are long gone! Now it's chic to be geek! If you happen to be an 8iFY reader and aren't the most technically savvy; this post is written just for you! Here's 4 easy steps that will dramatically improve your geek cred.
1. Ditch Internet Explorer and go with Google Chrome
You instantly loose any credibility in the geek community If you're on Internet Explorer. Keep in mind if you're browsing a geeks site t...
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399 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
MailChimp Integration With My Mobi Manger – Our Application Process. By Nicki Laycoax.
On November 18, 2010, MailChimp announced that they were launching a $1M Integration Fund to assist developers interested in integrating their software product with MailChimp’s email newsletter system. Since we have been a fan of MailChimp for a while, and there are so many MailChimp users around Indy, we were interested. We had already integrated at that point with ConstantContact, so the additio...
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