Marketing Tips and Tools

[kiboko]

Hi,

I am now embarking on the promotion of my site - //popularsoftwaresite.com

C&D - please be honest....dont simply try to make a sale.  

How are you doing with Pro submitter?  Is it good?  Does it do as it says?  Is it better than outsourcing marketing efforts to freelancers?

Let me know asap,

thanks
Kiboko

[kiboko]

Well I have found on my domain where I set up SS the traffic jumps
after completion of store ...

Almost seem like the thing has a pinger built in ?

C&D,

I sent you a message about this but perhaps I posted in the wrong place.

Otherwise I want to start marketing my sites - //popularsoftwaresite.com is my main site.  Now - I need to have your honest view of Pro submitter.

Please - dont just try to make a sale.  How do you find it?  Does it do as it says, Is it better than outsouring some of these tasks to freelancers?  

Advise and thank,
Kiboko

[kiboko]

Directory Submission

Hi Jinger,

thanks for your valuable info.  Now - this link for directory submission does not work. Check it please.  

thanks in advance for the proper one:)

kiboko

[CloakAndDagger]

I would drop the free crap like Comment Kahuna and buy a real
submitter ... If it free you can be sure it junk and over used to death ...

[shiratori9]

Jinger,

Thanks for your help.  I could install AutoSitemap but I still get "404 -not found" when I access www.mydomain.com/sitemap.php. I checked config.php file and .htaccess file but I can't find anything wrong.  

I use Add-on domain for this site.  If I use that, what is "$config_baseHREF ="  suppose to be?  I use "$config_baseHREF = "http://www.mydomain.com/".
If you can think of anything, please let me know. I really want to make this work.  

Thank you

Ryan

[jjarrett]

Which link are you asking about?

Thanks, Jinger

[jjarrett]

The power has been off in my apartment for a couple of days. I couldn't get on the computer. I'm going to take a look at the .htaccess files today and see what I can come up with.

Please understand, I am a writer and not a programmer, but I don't see the problem being too difficult to solve. I want this to work as much as anyone else. I've set this up on 8 sites, and I want to automate everything I can on my sites. Makes life a whole lot easier.

I'll post what I come up with as soon as I get it set up.

Jinger

[jjarrett]

First, log into your FTP account, and go to the folder "autositemap".

Delete the .htaccess file I gave you as you will not need this.

Next, you will need to edit the .htaccess file for your SS installation.

So there is no confusion, I am posting my .htaccess file here. Copy and paste the appropriate parts into your .htaccess file.

*********************************
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^autositemap(.*)$ - [L]
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^[^\.]*[^/]$
RewriteRule (.+) $1/ [R,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php|^/admin|^/click\.php|^/templates/|^/install\.php|^/sitemap\.php|^/urllist\.php|^/robots\.txt$|^/favicon\.ico
RewriteRule (.+) index.php?req=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

*********************************

This .htaccess file is based on the work of Davie and Omar. If you have further questions on changing your .htaccess file, please visit the appropriate thread on this forum.

Now, type in the url to your sitemap:

For example: http://www.101articles.com/sitemap.php

This is what you will see:


 
- http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84/siteindex.xsd">
-
  http://www.101articles.com/sitemap.php?page=1
 
 

This is your sitemap index file. If you copy the main url into your browser, i.e. the link with the ?page=1 at the end, you will see the complete sitemap. This should resolve the problem.

Jinger

[jjarrett]

Ryan,

I have 10 addon domains on my hosting. 7 of them are SS installations.

See my notes on this thread about rewriting your SS .hatccess file, and this should resolve the issues you are having.

Your "$config_baseHREF =" should be whatever your addon domain is, not the domain that you have in your root.

Put that in there and you should be fine.

Jinger

[jjarrett]

I checked the link for Directory Submitter. It's working just fine. Can you be more specific about exactly what link isn't working, then I can fix it. Thanks, Jinger

[shiratori9]

Now, type in the url to your sitemap:

For example: http://www.101articles.com/sitemap.php

This is what you will see:



- http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84/siteindex.xsd">
-
http://www.101articles.com/sitemap.php?page=1



This is your sitemap index file. If you copy the main url into your browser, i.e. the link with the ?page=1 at the end, you will see the complete sitemap. This should resolve the problem.

Jinger,

Can you be more specific about this part?  You mean type URL into the browser?  

I want to try rewriting .htaccess file, but I can't access my server right now.  I will try it later.

Thanks

Ryan

[jjarrett]

OK, take http://www.101articles.com/sitemap.php and subtitute your domain in there, i.e. the link to your sitemap. Then you will be able to see if your sitemap is working or not.

Jinger

BTW, I only posted mine to give you an example of what the sitemap should look like. That way you can compare yours.

[successtrax]

Jinger:

Took a look at your Marketing site and was very impressed. Had a few questions if you do't mind
1) Under the navigation section how did you add links to blog and articles?

2) Under resource section how did you add the opt-in form?

I appreciate all the help you have been to the members of the forum!

Thanks,

Rick
P.S. also sent you a PM Jinger

[shiratori9]

Jinger,

It is working now.  
Thank you so much.  I could not make it work without your help.

Ryan

[jjarrett]

Rick,

I simply added it to the sidebar of my page.

If you click on Preferences and scroll down to where it says Ad Unit 1, this is where you add that content. I found that this was a lot easier than editing the templates because there are 6 templates to edit, but if you add it this way, it only takes one time.

Make sure you read my thread on Monetizing your website. I want to see all of you make a ton of money off of this.

If you're new to affiliate marketing, you may not quite understand everything about the script yet. I'll admit, I don't quite understand how to get everything out of it yet, but I'm trying, and I want to share that info with all of you.

This script is really revolutionary. The ability to easily add tons of products and create authority sites with something besides Adsense and articles is something that is long overdue.

Anyway, if you have further questions. Post them. I'll do my best. I'm a writer and marketer, not a web designer or script writer. I had to learn a few things over the last 7 years I've been in business because when I started, you didn't have all these great scripts. I know a few tricks.

Jinger