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Always start your blog with your own domain!

LadySivitri — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:46:55 +0000

I spent most of the day working on transferring Dot’s blog over to her own domain. It was rewarding to be able to figure out things and make them work! All I have left is getting the footer and sidebars complete – it doesn’t seem like the widget functionality works very well; maybe that is something I can fix in the future. Then the chore of importing the Blogger posts – it is fairly simple and most pictures and video transfer just fine; but WordPress likes to put all of Blogger’s “labels” as “categories” instead of “tags” and that is a real nightmare – especially since she has 350 posts! If you are serious about keeping a blog, get your own domain name right from the start, that way you don’t have to start over building page rank when you decide you need more control. WestHost has some great deals right now, and their customer service is fantastic.

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Week Off

LadySivitri — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:17:43 +0000

I’m taking the week off of Twitter, but my followers continue to grow. I’ve had to spend some time figuring out CSS and other website issues, not to mention more problems with Twitterfeed. With the Genesis Rocket course, my accounts have mostly targeted followers, so they seem to automatically find more as time goes by. This is time well spent; once I pin down the problems with my RSS feeds, I should get reasonable results from my Genesis Rocket marketing.

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Looking Forward to my Workday

LadySivitri — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:45:05 +0000

Ahh, a glass of cold milk, a handful of Oreos, my laptop, and the baby monitor all snuggled next to me in my bed with lots of fluffy pillows and soft blankets. Yep, it is time for my workday! And Fridays are always fun, with Follow Fridays on Twitter. A nice and relaxing Friday at work for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, my husband is out shopping for a new car!

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Money is Time

LadySivitri — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:23 +0000

I mentioned on Twitter today that I was playing Wii golf with my family this morning, and someone asked how I had the time. This is definitely the best perk of a home-based business. I definitely do not want to give this up for a job outside the home! I see my followers growing exponentially, and my traffic is exploding. Time is Money, and in this case, Money definitely means more Time. I am looking forward to many more mornings doing enjoyable activities with my entire family.

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Time is Money

LadySivitri — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:39 +0000

I can only work 2 and a half hours a day at best, and I have finally figured out the best way to spend my time. I will be exclusively marketing Genesis Rocket. I am getting very good at implementing the plan fairly quickly, and I am hiring my family to help with some of the details, about 30 minutes worth per day. Two-and-a-half hours should be plenty of time to work on my marketing strategy and still have a little time to work on my blog. The best fortunes aren’t made by sitting around and doing nothing, after all. The good news is that this is a lot of fun to do! Who knows, I may get even better at it and work even less!

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Baby At Work

LadySivitri — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:17:38 +0000

Working at home today was a bit interrupted, but at least I can still work a bit while the baby is napping on my shoulder. I couldn’t do that anywhere else!

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Week 3 results

LadySivitri — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:39:49 +0000

Earnings this week:

Website $10.00 Yay!

Twitter Followers: 4125

Genesis Rocket: Hits 1028 Unique 239

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rrrrrrrr aaaahhhh crash!

LadySivitri — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:24:27 +0000

This morning, my husband was taking the mail out and heard a chainsaw, a yell, and a crash. Turns out that the people who bought the house I wanted are cutting down lots of trees! Anyway, one landed directly on the little greenhouse, smashing it to bits. They are systematically destroying the yard and the landscaping that was so beautiful. I hope I can make enough money soon to buy us a nice house.

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Week 1 results

LadySivitri — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:28:57 +0000

Earnings this week:

Website $2.68 Woot!

Twitter Followers: 658

Genesis Rocket: Hits 141 Unique 74

That was with a learning curve so huge, that I’m grateful to Genesis Rocket for making things clear and simple for me. It will be much easier from now on.

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Domain Registration, Hosting, what?

LadySivitri — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:31:31 +0000

Today I delved into a number of things that I had no clue on. I registered my own domain, paid for hosting, set up email accounts, played around with DNS servers (accidentally deleted my own DNS once), installed WordPress, and figured out that nobody cares about HTML anymore. It is all about php, css, and something called XML. The internet sure has come a long way since I used a packet server to send messages from mountaintop to mountaintop back in the early 80s. Now, you do something called tweeting?

I feel like one of those baby birds. I’m tweeting in hopes that someone will hear me and come feed me.

I am a total Twitter Newbie. Sure, I’ve heard of Twitter, but I couldn’t figure out what it would do for me. I was perfectly happy with text messages on my phone.

With the help of Genesis Rocket, I figured out how to set up my Twitter account, make it look nice, tweak it up correctly, and get all my links in the right places. I also learned what retweet meant. (That’s baby bird #2 and #3 saying, yeah, what HE said!)

I wonder how long I’ll tweet before momma bird finally turns around to feed me?

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