Original images and smart looking website graphics used on your website can make a big difference to the way your target audience view your content. By using cool website graphics you can totally change the look of your website and keep your audience engaged. Another way to make your website stand out is by using personalised themes to make your website graphics stand out and not look like everyone else’s website online.
Not sure which website graphics I can use online.
If this is you, you are right to be wary of using website graphics that are not your property. Some images are protected by copyright.
If you see an image on Google Images and you are not sure if you can use it or not, you should check permissions. However, if you find an image that you absolutely must have on your site which has a copyright, you could possibly link from your page to its original source. This way you are not taking someone else’s copy written work. You could either link the image and you can write the following underneath your website graphics…….. “Image Courtesy of (and link back to their website here)” This should keep you covered.
Image courtesy of WhoIssandymoore.com
Website Graphics that you own
Of Course, it’s best to have complete permission, so if the image is yours, you are good to go. There are lots of different ways you can edit your own images to have that different edge. Inside Photobucket.com you will find an editing tool. You can change your images to suit your style. For instance the image above I have blurred the edges and put my image into a poster frame. There are a multitude of functions you can add to make your image your own and dress up your site with original website graphics.
Wordle
Now Wordle is heaps of fun and can really give your content a personal touch. All you do is go to create and type in the words that suit your website and voila …..!!! You have an original website graphic in a choice of colours and fonts.
A Website Graphic Library
You can’t go past this extensive website graphic library stocked full of any website graphic you could possibly think of. These are professional website graphics and the only ones you will need to give your site a look like the guru’s. With 30 different Modules, there’s something for everyone here. Just one piece of content from this package can save you either a hundred bucks on designer fees, or hours of time trying to do it yourself.
What’s inside the Website Graphic Library?
Inside you will find premium headers, 3D E-book covers, screen grabs, PowerPoint backgrounds, the latest in social media buttons, premium banner templates, web shadows, premium badges and it even comes with a stage backdrop builder. These website graphics also come with handwritten graphics such as arrows and question marks, some killer fonts a 3D Text maker, grunge text and also includes video player skins. You have never seen anything like it. Choc a block full of website graphics to use on your professional sites.
Did I mention it also includes attention grabbing signs, stickers and stars, add to cart buttons, price badges, check marks and bullets and so much more…. Just jam packed full of any type of website graphic you can imagine.
Website graphics and images
I have only personally used a couple of these sites since they were shared with me by a colleague. I am sure you will find them very useful.
Picsearch.com
Pixsy.com
ICanHasCheezburger.com
DumbJerks.com
xkcd.com
FunnySign.com
I love this image from funnysign.com below.
Here’s the last website graphic site I recommend for lots of cool buttons and fonts to make your website stand out.
Head on over to CoolText.com and start having a play around with all the different tools and website graphics.
With this extensive array of images and website graphics and ideas you will never be short of graphics again to dress up your website.
Posted on 29 January '12 by Sandy, under Blogging, Master Marketing. 10 Comments.
You might be just starting out in your online business or perhaps you are struggling to get your business ranked on the search engines. You could even be a seasoned marketer that just needs a little motivation to get started this year and if that’s the case I encourage you to join the 100 day challenge.
No matter where you are at in your business you want to start each day by ticking off something on your list…….. achieve a goal! By achieving goals first thing in the morning you will be totally motivated for the rest of the day. Being a part of the 100 day challenge will give you the incentive to carry out these goals every day without fail.
What can a 100 Day Challenge do for you?
The 100 Day Challenge gives you 100 days of opportunity, growth, discipline and 100 days of being intensely focused. This is your opportunity to set some amazing goals and raise the bar on your own performance. This is why I have joined the 100 Day Challenge and I encourage my colleague’s to join me to help them achieve new goals in their business.
Anyone can join the 100 day challenge which is run by a professional team of marketers made up of Easther Sudharta, Clint Butler, Fontella Williams and Pat McKeon. Once you have registered, all you have to do is attend a weekly webinar to get your next task and execute it during the week. Over the 100 days there are incentives and this week they are giving away free training with one of the Co-leaders, which is gold in itself. All of these leaders have been at the bottom and they have a lot to share.
So, Why am I taking up the 100 Day Challenge?
Good question!
My number one reason is to encourage my peers to take their business to the next level, many who are just starting out and some who have been online for a while and need to boost their rankings. The 100 day challenge will do this and more for your online presence, which I have recently proven by coming 14th in The Top 50 MLM Blogs Challenge.
Anything is possible when you set goals, focus on the task at hand and have the sheer determination to be a leader.
I have some goals I want to reach and although I already have a successful online business I still feel it’s necessary no matter what level you are at with your business to constantly push yourself further. The internet is one place you can get lost if you don’t keep your eye on the ball so to speak.
♦ My first goal is to get my new website up and running TheOnlineBusinessBuilder.com.au. I’ve been helping people globally for the past 3 years get their business up and running online and establishing themselves on page one of the search engines. In 2012 I’m taking the next step to assist small business and individuals in my local area to also star on page one within their niche.
♦ The second goal I have set in the 100 day challenge is to post at least every second day to my blog. For me this is a challenge right now as I am running a business, assisting my team and running solo raising my 2 boys. Blogging once a week is usually the maximum I can squeeze out so, this will definitely be a challenge.
♦ My third goal (don’t laugh) is to execute the first two goals to the best of my ability. Now that I have made my goals public… I guess it’s now up to me to carry them out. Not that it will be difficult too do… I love what I do with a passion…. I will just have to organise my life to fit in a little better around the 100 day challenge.
Support?
You are never alone when you take on a challenge such as the 100 day challenge. You are continually supported by the co-leaders of the challenge, plus you also have the support of everyone else in the challenge. That’s well over 100 people all sharing and commenting on every post and giving your content mega support.
Could your website do with this kind of Luv?
If so, it’s not too late to join us…. Simply go to this link http://www.mlmglobalchampions.info/ click on the “REGISTER NOW” button and I’ll see you there.
Are you up for the 100 Day Challenge?
Yes, it’s that time of year again, a time to share with family and friends the joy we celebrate at Christmas time with our friends and loved ones.
My family has just returned from the children’s Christmas mass at our local church in Bowral, where we spent just over an hour being thank full for what we have in our lives and each other. We have cracked a bottle of bubbly and we are watching the Christmas carols at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia…… a tradition we have done for as long as I can remember.
This past year has been full of many emotions for me …. starting off the year with the end of my relationship of 2 years which was the worst part of the year and it was only January! I thought to myself, it can only get better, which of course it did. With unhappy endings comes many new beginnings and wonderful events, some good, some not so good…. the meeting of some wonderful new people including the formation of my new team.
With the formation of my new team came some new friendships, including life coach, Shirley Kerkow, who most of my readers would know by the name “The Inspirational Success Coach“. Shirley although a professional in her own field came to me wanting to know how to market her Life Coaching business online. In a few short months Shirley is now on page one of Google for her keywords Inspirational Success Coach. It’s been a pleasure to work with Shirley over the past 3 months and assist her in reaching her goals, plus she has also become a wonderful new friend.
I watched my friend and business associated Mavis Nong of Attraction Marketing Online.com produce her first product, Underground Blogging Secrets…. and what a product it is! Not only has her latest product helped an abundance of Internet Marketers reach their blogging goals it has also help a monumental amount of affiliate marketers make a rather large income. Well done Mavis!
June this year was the beginning of my new marketing business, where I assist individuals and businesses on and offline reach their full potential and target their primary audience by placing them on page one of the search engines, via on page and off page SEO and content marketing. I also had my bleep bleep birthday in June…. the older I get the wiser I become…. 
August saw me leave my primary company after 2 years…… I have to say this was one of the hardest decisions to date in my online career. When you align yourself with the best in the business and your on the ride of your life there comes a time when you know you should move forward. Although it was one of the hardest decisions, it was also one of the best decisions that moved me onto bigger and more profitable ventures.
November I attended the “Release Your Inner Rock Star” Conference hosted by two of the coolest guys in the International Speaking Industry, Jeff Slaytor and Kane Minkus…. what a blast… I finally met my online buddy Peter Montgomery and also met the world famous Corporate Ninja, Ron Lee. What am amazing conference where I once again met some awesome new friends and gained a useful amount of knowledge to add to my internet marketing tool box.
December……. what an awesome end to the year! I entered the Top 50 MLM Blogs Contest run by thatmlmbeat.com where I finished in 14th place with a spot in the top 50 mlm blogs… What actually made me the most proud was that 2 of my colleagues Mavis Nong and Easther Sudharta also made it to the top 50 and Easther managed a place after a life saving kidney transplant. I was so humbled to be a part of these amazing top bloggers and leaders in the Internet Marketing arena.
Also in December, my youngest son had his last year in primary school and will also have a new beginning on the 1st of February, 2012 when he starts High School.
As you can see I have had a wonderful year surrounded by some amazing leaders in my industry while having the support of my family and friends. The Internet Marketing industry is a tough niche to compete in, however well worth the ride to the top.
I want to thank all my readers and supporters for the abundant support throughout the past year. If it were not for you….. I certainly would not be where I am today and I am truly humbled. Thank You!
While your here tell me about your highs and lows of the past year and most importantly I wish you all a very Merry Christmas from my family to you family.
Posted on 24 December '11 by Sandy, under Blogging. 8 Comments.
If you have your online office situated over at Wordpress.org like I do and the majority of professional marketers do, you are going to know what a Wordpress plugin is right? Before I give you the plugins I use I would like to give a little information about Wordpress plugins to those who are just starting out and particularly some of my team members who are just setting up their Wordpress blogs. These are the best Wordpress plugins for 2011 if you are just starting out and I’ve also thrown in a couple for the advanced blogger.
What are Wordpress Plugins?
Basically, a Wordpress plugin is a small program that sits inside the Wordpress platform and once installed can increase the functionally of your website. Before you add any plugins to your Wordpress platform, you could say it is just in working mode. Adding a multitude of wordpress plugins will help your Wordpress blog run at peak performance and they are a crucial element to anyone wishing to have a high ranking successful blog. These Wordpress plugins are for the beginner with a few thrown in for the advanced blogger. These are the Wordpress plugins I use to rank me on page one and have my blog running smoothly and in peak performance.
Wordpress Plugins are easily installed by finding the plugins list on the left hand side of the dashboard and click on Add New.
Best Wordpress Plugins for 2011
AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget – Help your visitors promote your site! The AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget allows any visitor to bookmark your site easily with many popular services.
All in One SEO Pack – The Wordpress plugin to Optimize your Wordpress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization).
cbnet Ping Optimizer - Every time you press save your post is pinged this plugin saves your Wordpress blog being tagged as a ping spammer.
Comment Luv – My favourite Wordpress plugin, automatically adds the users last blog post to the end of the comment that they make on your site provided that they include their URL and it has a feed available. It can also show information about each link left when a user hovers their mouse over the link. There is a free version of this the Comment Luv wordpress plugin, however the premium version offers so much more and will also save you downloading a couple more plugins to your site.
Other services attached to Comment Luv Premium are TwitterLink Functions. TwitterLink comments will add an extra field to your comment form to allow your visitors to add their twitter username along with their comment.
The username will be stored and you can display it within the comments in your chosen place to encourage people to follow them. This will add an extra enticement to your readers to comment on your posts.
GASP is extremely effective at combatting spambots and trackback spam.
SpamBots trawl websites and leave automated spam messages within comments. Because they are bots, it is unusual for them to be able to view things that are generated with javascript.
This Wordpress plugin will use javascript to generate a check box on your comment form asking people to click it before allowing their comment to be accepted and should eliminate 99% of bot generated spam.
Humans will still leave spam comments though so extra features allow you to set rules that a comment author must abide by or their comment gets spammed.
This version also has Keyword Name Functions and provides similar functions to the popular KeywordLuv wordpress plugin but does it in a way that keeps the name of comment author “clean” by storing the keywords separately to the name in the database.
You will be able to specify how the keywords are to be left and displayed as well as limit the amount of keywords that can be used.
If you do not want to allow keywords in the name then you can set the plugin to deny keywords and it will strip them out if the user tries to add them.
With all the above functions you can see why Comment Luv Premium wordpress plugin is such an instrumental tool in your blogging tool box.
Note: If you decide not to use Comment Luv Premium you will then need to upload GASP wordpress plugin.
Do Follow – Plugin For WordPress. The dofollow plugin for WordPress lets you remove the evil no follow attribute from your comments. Find out more about no follow here.
FD Feedburner Plugin – Redirects the main feed and optionally the comments feed to Feedburner.com. It does this seamlessly without the need to modify templates, setup new hidden feeds, modify .htaccess files, or asking users to migrate to a new feed. All existing feeds simply become Feedburner feeds seamlessly and transparently for all users. Just tell the plugin what your Feedburner feed URL is and you’re done!
SEO Pressor Wordpress Plugin
“Shockingly Effective, Tested and Proven SEO Wordpress Plugin That Will Skyrocket Your Website’s Search Engine Ranking Straight To The Stratosphere! Guaranteed!”
Some people find it hard to get to the top of search engine rankings, especially Google. No matter how hard they try, they just couldn’t quite get it. Some people find it easy as pie to get to the top, like in a blink of the eye.
Why is it that some can, and some can’t?
Here’s a secret I will let you in on:
They automate the process. Yes, you read that right.
Sure, some of the successful ones say their hire expensive, renowned expert SEO consultants to do the job. And in some cases that is true and the SEO consultants deliver. But for every successful SEO consultant that gets the job done, there are probably ten cases where the “experts” just fail to deliver.
This is my Number 1 Secret for listing my clients on page one of Google and you can get the full details here.
Feedjit Live Traffic Feed – Feedjit’s Live Traffic Feed is not actually a Wordpress plugin but a widget that shows your recent visitors in your blog side-bar. Click the “Watch in Real-Time” link at the bottom to watch your visitors arrive on your site in real-time, see where they came from, what browser and operating system they’re running, which page they land on and what they click to leave.
Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.
My Live Signature – Automatically place your signatures inside posts, pages and content. My Live SignatureWordpress plugin will add that finishing touch to a professional website.
Official StatCounter Plugin – With StatCounter it’s possible to measure daily, weekly and monthly visitors. Plus it also tells you first time unique visitors, return visitors and page loads. A Wordpress plugin with a bucket load of statistics…. if you’re anything like me …. you’ll want to know every statistic there is to keep track of the visitors to your website.
OnlyWire for WordPress [OFFICIAL] – Thousands of blogger globally use this time saving Wordpress plugin. Although it does take sometime to do the official set up, once completed, this wordpress plugin distributes your content all over the internet with a simple click of a button. This wordpress plugin downloads to your desktop and makes for easy access to post your latest content.
MaxBlogPress Optin Form Adder – An optin subscription form on a blog is a phenomenal must-have tool that has helped catapult a lot of famous bloggers to success. The secret ingredient? The subscribers list – readers who “opt in” or sign up for email newsletter updates.
Grow your traffic and boost your income many times over with a subscriber optin form on your blog.
By inviting your readers to subscribe, you are effectively asking them to keep coming back, to not forget you, to pay attention to what you have to say.
Well, you might know this already. Maybe you can’t even wait to prove this, except that you don’t know how to put an optin form on your blog!
But fret no more, adding an optin form on your WordPress blog is no longer a chore with MaxBlogPress Optin Form Adder Wordpress plugin.
While you’re over at MaxBlogPress be sure to download all of their free wordpress plugins to make your blogging journey headache free and easy. Below are a list of FREE MaxBlogPress Wordpress Plugins you can download right now.
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Tweet old post – This tricky little wordpess plugin helps you to keeps your old posts alive by tweeting about them and driving more traffic to them from twitter. Once set up, you can time this wordpress plugin to work exactly when you want it to. This is one of the most time saving plugins to date.
WordPress Database Backup – On-demand backup of your WordPress database, which should be mandatory on every blog you upload. ****** Very Important wordpress plugin.
W3 Total Cache – The highest rated and most complete WordPress performance plugin. Dramatically improve the speed and user experience of your site. Add browser, page, object and database caching as well as minify and content delivery network (CDN) to WordPress.
Have a favourite Wordpress Plugin? Share it with my readers by listing it in the comments below.
Posted on 19 December '11 by Sandy, under Blogging. 16 Comments.
In my opinion every blogger who entered the Top 50 MLM Blogs contest is a winner, especially those bloggers who are new to the industry.
The Top 50 MLM Blogs contest has been running since 2009 and this year 137 Top MLM bloggers reached out to their loyal followers and readers to gather a total of 5,192 votes between them.
To be in the Top 50 MLM Blogs contest takes hard work and I can assure you that those blogs that are in the Top 50 MLM Blogs have a large amount of support from their loyal readers. You can be assured that those blogs that rank in the top 50 are there for a good reason.
So, who scored the top spot?
Close behind Ray in the Number 2 spot is…..
Where did WhoIsSandyMoore.com blog come in?
I am over the moon with my #14 position in the Top 50 MLM Blogs and will be striving to take my blog to greater heights over the coming months. I would also like to thank everyone of you who voted for me and let you know I appreciated you all. I am truly grateful!
You can check out the rest of the winners over at Top 50 MLM Blogs for 2011.
P.S. I would love to see some more of my team members in next years Top 50 MLM Blogs contest and enjoy the same great experience that comes from mixing with the Top Online Bloggers. All comments are most welcome!
