Tutorial Posts
408 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Add the following functionality to your WordPress blog by coping and pasting any of the snippets directly in to your Themes function.php file.
Add Browser Type to Body Class
Helpful for creating browser specific styling.
function browser_body_class($classes) {
// A little Browser detection shall we?
$browser = $_SERVER[ 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' ];
// Mac, PC ...or Linux
if ( preg_match( "/Mac/", $browser ) ){
$classes[] = 'mac';
} elseif ( preg_match( "/Windows/", $browse...
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415 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
It's important to know how much you can spend in online advertising (Google AdWords, Facebook Ads) and still come out net positive. To do this you'll need to calculate the EPC (earnings per click) for a given offer.
Story Time: Let's say you're promoting an ebook called "Billy Bob's guide to Goat Milking" as an affiliate.
Bob claims that his ebook gets a 6 to 9% conversion rate.
Bob's book pays out $44 for each sale an affiliate brings in.
We first have to be realistic on the conversion rate...
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458 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Here are 4 more WordPress plugins that I love and use on 8iFY.
Auto SytnaxHighlighter
If you ever include Code Snippets in to your blog posts, then Auto Syntax Highlighter is a must have. This great plugin will automatically format your code into a pretty and colorful format. Currently Auto SyntaxHighlighter supports: AppleScript, ActionScript3, Bash/shell, C#, C++, CSS, Delphi, Diff, Groovy, JavaScript, Java, Perl, PHP, Plain Text, Python, Ruby, Sass, Scala, SQL, Visual Basic and XML/HTML....
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464 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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465 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
eBooks might seem passé, but I assure you they are a great way to get more sign ups for your mailing list, to drive traffic to affiliate links or drive more people to your website.
I used my eBook Whore IT Up, as a freebie if people signup for the 8iFY Mailing list. While this book isn't long (only 30 pages or so), it took me about 120 hours to write, edit, design and bundle. Since I value my time at $200 an hour, Whore IT Up ultimately cost me around $24,000 to produce, and while it h...
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466 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money online with a targeted Marketplace [wordpress]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/marketplace-forms.png&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
In my never ending quest to generate cash from this blog, I decided to build a marketplace where individuals and companies could actively promote their goods and services for a small fee. So far the results are looking very promising. In addition to allowing people to place ads in the marketplace, I also will give away free ads to help promote friends, or in exchange for discounted or free products. I also include a free spot in the marketplace for all of the 8IFY Podcast sponsors.
Here are t...
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472 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money online by finding a niche, creating an email list and building a landing page. [members only]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/google-keyword-tool-dragon.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
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473 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Last month we covered how to create a Zombie Blog that pissed off a whole lot of people, and this month we'll cover how to setup an Automated Zombie Twitter Account. However, unlike the Zombie Blog, this Twitter Account actually has some real value to it's followers. In essence this tutorial will show you how to "combine" a ton of different blogs in to a single Twitter account. Unlike the Zombie blog, this Zombie will send traffic to the original blog posts, thus giving the authors more traf...
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478 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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493 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
What to start learning PHP? Here are 8 great starter tutorials I found on YouTube.
PHP Overview
Basic Math Functions
IF Else
For Loop
Do Loop
While Loop
Array
Parameters in Functions
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505 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
I'm a huge fan of TweetAdder and use it virtually every second of the day; well not really use it, it just runs... Check out the this overview to see how I use it to automatically grow my Twitter followers.
If you're managing multiple accounts, or simply want to get your Twitter numbers up without all of the manual work - then TweetAdder is the tool I would recommend hands down - you can buy your own copy here
Build a dynamic following list based on:
Location
Target twitter users 2...
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509 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Synopsis
Tons of people search Google for products they want to buy right now - so we need to get an Ad in front of them, so we can collect the affiliate link.
Technique
Find what products people are searching for.
Find the best selling versions of said product on Amazon.
Create an Ad that drives the searcher to the Amazon product (with our affiliate id tagged to it.)
Prerequisite
Google Adwords Account
Amazon Affiliate Account
Step 1. Finding what products people sea...
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513 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
MailChimp is by far my favorite email management platform. Not only are they funny, their interface is super clean, super friendly, and best of all THEY OFFER FREE email marketing for a list of up-to 1,000 members and 6,000 emails a month. So quit wasting time and signup for a free account - so we can get along with this tutorial.
Create a MailChimp "Sign-up for my newsletter" Widget
1. Sign up and Login to the Dashboard.
2. Click the "Lists" tab, and then click the "create new list" bu...
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514 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
In this tutorial, we'll cover a method I use to generate traffic to Amazon Products using only Twitter. This is a technique I have been perfecting over the last year, and so far the results are generating around $100 a month. Sure it's nothing to call home about, but it's enough to cover my monthly beer expense!
What you'll need for this to work - Yahoo Account (for Yahoo Pipes), Amazon Affiliate ID, TwitterFeed account, and a Twitter Account and a good dose of whoring confidence. I say whoring...
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