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Comment on Being Randy in the UK by Johncaldecott

Johncaldecott — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:44:58 +0000

Hi Randy. The Wife used to call me one of those years ago too - but now a cuppa tea and a bit of gardening are just as good!

Comment on Gurus, Who Needs Them? by June Parker

June Parker — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:00:48 +0000

Hi Randy,
Thank you so much for the great review! It’s is greatly appreciated.
BTW, yes, you are the one that gave me the journal suggestion 5 years ago. I have to give you another “mahalo nui” (huge thank you) for the help and encouragement that you gave me, way back then. I have never forgotten it.
Aloha,
June

Comment on Did I Go Too Far? by Randy The Hermit

Randy The Hermit — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:23:53 +0000

Ok, To get you started here are a few comments I have received via email.

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Personally, I thought the whole thing was GREAT!!

The ad copy, the voice-over, and the "innuendo"--all attention getters.

I was looking at a couple of other type of MRR monthly programs...

but this one is more appealing in all areas.

Thanks for being "off-the-wall" and not the "currently accepted hype model".

Michael

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So-so. Wasn't crazy about the concept and also the voice over wasn't incredibly clear. Not quite a radio voice. Couldn't make out that last, fast comment. The music was great though....

Dena

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I think it is pretty cool, and funny too a nice different approach, we to try and be original and you are that

Jim

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I think it's great!!!! I started laughing right away and didn't

stop till it was over.

Any one who thinks you went too far better check their

humor-meter and reset to a higher level ;-)

Doug

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I thought the audio copy was hilarious. I was actually laughing over half way through it. Does that mean I'm crazy? Maybe. The part at the end really does it.. "if you find that you have been downloading for more than 4 straight hours, put down the mouse and stretch"

Chris Endres
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Comment on Being Randy in the UK by June Parker

June Parker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:57:52 +0000

Great story, Randy.
I got a few chuckles from it. I hadn’t thought about the connotations until reading it. Now when ever I get an email from you I’m going to think of it and laugh again.
Aloha,
June

Comment on Help Clive Out by Barry

Barry — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:17:39 +0000

I would say that I am still in the virgin stage of doing things, such as dealing with my blog,and working on putting up some other sites I want to put up. I am getting there. You just need to ask questions. The best way is to use forums. Just hang in there and you’ll be fine. I know that I’m doing things that I thought I would never be able to do but I guess I was wrong. You’ll see that most of the things you will do is not as hard as you thought.

Comment on Help Clive Out by maggie0309

maggie0309 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:07:57 +0000

No one could have had more trouble starting a blog than I did. The real problem was that I insisted on using a theme that had not been validaated in all browsers. I had to contact the creator and have the theme redone to shhow well in all browsers. A true headache. My advice…use themes from standard places whcih have been validated by Wordpress. I do it that way now. Live and learn.For me it is not enough to know that something works. I need to know how and why. Because of that, I asked a million questions in Randy’s forum and pestered everyone for about 3 months. But all during this time the blog was up and content was being added…in other words, it was growing even while I was learning. I have just rebuilt this same blog because I found so many neat widgets that I needed a more complex theme to balance things out. This time, a standard theme and no problems.Because of Mark (Wizzer) and Randy I have truly come to love Wordpress and may never build with anything else again despite owning both XSitePro and Front Page.If a totally tech-challenged person like me can build a good blog with wordpress, anyone can.Maggie

Comment on I Broke The Cardinal Rule of Blogging! by Richard Muir

Richard Muir — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:21:57 +0000

Ahh did not know about having to post once a week. Guess where I am off to!
Just checked out your site well done! That is great.
Will you be selling the script?
Rich Muirhttp://www.companiesnow.com.aumaking registering your new company easy

Hi Richard,
You don’t HAVE to post every week. But in my testing I have set up a number of blogs and I have found that once you get to the first page of Google for your keywords you will start dropping in rank if you don’t post at least once per week. How far you drop depend on the number of Search Engine Response Pages there are for your keywords. The more SERP’s the more you drop.

I might be selling the script sometime in the future but for right now it isn’t really in a shape to release to anyone that isn’t familiar with PHP because of lot of it is hardcoded on the pages and not in the database. This makes it a little complicated to set up.

Randy The Hermit

Comment on I Broke The Cardinal Rule of Blogging! by The Anti Hype at Guru Fodder

The Anti Hype at Guru Fodder — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:54:34 +0000

What a challenge! You don’t start small do you! I guess by doing it yourself it’s almost easier than trying to explain exactly what you want and possibly making do with something not exactly as you planned
Plus the learning is great for future projects.
Unlike you - busy working on a project - I took some time off but just like you my blog suffered. I wrote a few posts before I left but not enough hours in the day to do enough. I found a great resource since my return so I’m more confident about the prospects for my next absence!

Hey AH,

Thanks for posting. Life without challenges is boring!

But as you can see I missed my June 3 deadline I guess that makes me a true programmer

I am a firm believer that you should know at least a little about what you are doing. This means that you will at least have an idea about the value of the service you are receiving when you outsource your work.

It is bad though that immediately after posting breaking the cardinal rule I do it again

Comment on Is Your Google Sitemap Hurting Your Ranking? by Jack Powell

Jack Powell — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:42:26 +0000

Wow! You are truly amazing. Thanks for all your info and assistance. Yes, the video would help.I can relate to Clive’s predicament and frustration. I’m reminded of the frog trying to get out of the well. He jumps three feet and slides back two (sometimes 3). But he nevers gives up and keeps jumping. One day on a jump he clears the top and is outside on the ground. That’s where I will be one day if you will have the patience to continue to assist me as well as others.You have a trait that is difficult to find. I have followed other marketers for several years and when they become fairly successful, their generosity and assistance to others wanes. Their interest becomes helping themselves only at the expense of others. But you remain steadfast with your concern and willingness to spread your knowledge. THANKS, Randy. Jack

Hi Jack,
Good to see you hear. Thank you for the kind words.
But I have to admit that with over 12,000 members at my various sites I do get a little over extended now and then But it is people like you that are actually doing the work that keep me motivated.

Randy The Hermit

Comment on Help Clive Out by TheAntiHype from Guru Fodder

TheAntiHype from Guru Fodder — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:51:44 +0000

Clive has raised a number of issues with this post – too many to deal with in a comment alone – but I’ll raise them now for future comment.

1. Sites never modified. Is this good for Search Engines?
2. One page site – is this good for Search Engines?

Both questions are rhetorical since we probably all know the answer.

3. WordPress blog installed on both sites but cannot do anything with them.

The answer to question 3 will go a long way to resolving the issues in questions 1 & 2.

By using a blog on each site the information and pages will grow, keeping the sites fresh and more interesting to humans and Search Engines alike.

So let’s make sure the blogs can be updated by way of a theme, widgets, plugins & content.

First off, I am not a techie or programmer. I am totally self taught by trial and error and using the information freely available via Randy’s Marketing Beginners site and other tutorials found on the web.

Yes, you do need to be interested and prepared to learn a bit (perhaps getting out of your comfort zone for a while) but I can honestly say learning to be good at using WordPress is not that difficult – it is just different to what you may have done before.

I started my first website about 18 months ago and stopped developing it because I was struggling with the technical aspects of adding pages, updating the menu, formatting etc etc. AND then I fell in love with WordPress.

I can’t begin to tell you how much easier life is now I’ve mastered most of the aspects of using this system. The real beauty is you don’t need to know html or any other coding (a little bit of knowledge can help but it’s not imperative).
Although WordPress was originally designed as a blogging platform it can easily be used to create a “normal” website - take a look at my as an example.
Take a look at my
Costa-De-La-Luz-GolfHoliday
site as an example. That took me less than a day to create – not because I’m great but because Wordpress does all of the hard work.

So how hard is it to use WordPress?

Let’s change a theme. Go to the Admin panel, click on Presentation, select the theme you want, click OK. New theme automatically installed. Done. Less than 1 minute and you have completely changed the look of your site.

OK, I know you have to find the theme first and upload it using ftp (but if you’ve created a “normal” website you’ll know how to do this anyway, but that aside it really is a click of a few buttons.

Uploading plugins is not any more complex (apart from a few more unusual plugins). Locate the plugin, ftp to the blog, go into admin and activate. Some require some minor configuration but this is usually a few clicks and easily accomplished from the instructions provided.

Using Wordpress really is the “easy” way to create a fully featured, professional website without having to learn about php, html, css

I have a series of free videos on my blog that show exactly how to do all of this which can be accessed via http://guru-fodder.com/wordpress-centre/