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This WPengine Genesis Pro Deal Will Give You 35 Studiopress themes

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Sometimes you never know what will happen next. Replacing my old wordpress theme with a Genesis Studiopress theme frameworks for me was a surprising eye-opener. I wasn’t really sure if this would work for my Australian blog when I purchased the lifetime package subscription from Genesis after reading a review. I never looked back. Today studiopress is now part of the WPengine Network.

[Update: WPengine has just released the new Genesis PRO Deal with studiopress themes which has a lot of inclusions including hosting – check out details here. ] WPEngine is a premium and fast wordpress hosting provider with good tech support for your websites.

35 theme gutenberg wordpress theme free offer

Breakthrough Pro Theme

This is one of the newest wordpress pro released by Studiopress – WpEngine after their merger. The Breakthrough Pro has beautiful colors and minimal design in a sleek, modern layout suitable for an advertising or marketing agency.

It has 9 widget areas and a widgetized sidebar that you can customize to fit your brand and it is  mobile responsive, meaning your website will be perfectly optimized for every browser, device, and screen size. Breakthrough is compatible with Gutenberg and updates will be released with additional Gutenberg updates into the WordPress core!

Genesis Framework and 35 premium StudioPress Themes are now available for free for WP Engine customers* [New $28 Plan with 35 Studiopress themes & wpe20off coupon applied]

I manage a lot of wordpress sites and blogs. One of my websites had the default WP theme design and I decided to test the website performance by changing the design theme to the Genesis framework wordpress theme that I purchased a couple of months ago.

I decided to do this to optimise my website further with an SEO friendly theme and measure results, change layout options, speed and ranking. My blogger friends had recommended this WordPress framework – SEO optimised theme.

I was surprised I not only managed to double my traffic rapidly but I also fully recharged my affiliate earnings that were a bit boring and on a downtrend with that particular website.

 

How does this genesis framework work?

My knowledge of frameworks and child themes was a bit hazy before I actually purchased this theme membership, but now its all clear after actually working with this theme.

Definition of child theme:

A child theme is simply a theme that inherits the functionality and looks of another theme – the parent

Studiopress sites make use of child themes. All the studiopress templates/themes available on the website are called child themes.

They are two components to these themes to make them work flawlessly and with good structure and speed which is necessary for ranking in search engines . The two components are:

  1. The Genesis Framework
  2. The studiopress child theme

So all the WordPress themes available on studiopress are child themes and will work only with the framework. You get the framework free when you purchase a theme.

Both the framework and the child theme are installed in the – add theme (admin area) of wordpress. Once you have added both framework and theme to the wordpress blog. You first activate the Genesis framework and then activate the child theme. Now you are ready with your new design for your website.

Apart from the good coding and structure and advanced SEO benefits of having a framework, your theme also has fewer chances of getting broken with any modifications done as the template design structure is held in the main genesis framework, which doesn’t get changed with any modifications in design to the child theme. You could also say that this template also works as a content optimizer, due to it structuring your content to shine out of the box.

You can always just reinstall your child theme if any settings get broken while modifying the code in your theme. With a re-install, all setting data saved in the framework will be intact for your website. This 1 click install or re-install does save a lot of time, even if you want to change to another studiopress theme.

Before we get into  the details of  studiopress and how good they can be, lets dive into WPengine’s hosting deals as well.

Wpengine prices

 

They are currently one of the best hosts for speedy wordpress optimised hosting.  with the merger you can get best of both worlds. Above are their prices for hosting.

 

NEW GENESIS PRO  THEME DEAL 2020 (WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) Supported)

wpengine 2020 deals

Genesis Pro enables you to build better WordPress sites, faster. This is a brand new deal that supports the  new block editor in wordpress and has an array of inclusions in the deal , including speedy hosting if you want it.  What you get ? read below

For $360 per year Genesis Pro includes….

  • A 60 day money back guarantee.
  • Access to and support for the Genesis Framework.
  • Access to and support for the Genesis Sample theme.
  • Access to and support for all 35 StudioPress made themes.
  • 1 year of free hosting for one website on WP Engine with NO automatic billing for hosting beyond your first free year unless you choose. Available for a limited time only.
  • Access to & support for the Genesis Pro plugin which delivers new super powers for creating beautiful websites quickly.
  • Use Genesis Pro’s professionally pre-designed & optimized blocks, page sections of blocks, and entire page layouts of blocks to get a HUGE head start on your next project.
  • Genesis Pro also includes features that allow you to restrict blocks, sections, and layouts to specific users so you can arm your content creators with blocks optimized to help make sure the beautiful site you build stays beautiful!
  • You can use Genesis, our premium themes, and the Genesis Pro plugin on as many sites as you’d like and no matter where your site is hosted!

You can read more about Genesis Pro and see it in action here.

Doubling my traffic on the blog

visual composer traffic gainer

I suppose the doubling of the targetted traffic to my blog with a change in framework and design played a crucial part in the increasing the sales and traffic.

Today I am reviewing this awesome wordpress theme provider named – STUDIOPRESS THEMES. I signed up with them, earlier last year and since then, I have used their themes on five of my new and existing websites.

Little did I know changing just a website theme design would have such an impact on money earned. You could easily say I recovered my money spent on the Studiopress pro plus theme package. I know a pro plus package is not cheap compared to just purchasing a single WP theme, but the benefits definitely paid for in value and money in this case.

Is Genesis framework good for affiliate websites?

Seeing the success achieved by changing the wordpress theme to the Genesis framework, now I have two more other affiliate sites of mine changed to the studio press theme.

genesis framework corporate theme +multipurpose studiopress theme

I have also decided to change my this blog theme from the solostream wp clear design which I had from 7+ years to the Genesis framework design theme. This, of course, is the starting point for me with this framework and I plan to customize the look even further.

I am no newbie to testing out different wordpress themes. The solostream wp clear theme has served me well on this blog for the last 7+ years.

I  would still recommend solostream clear theme as my favourite especially if you want a professional theme with good Google Adsense advertising options.

In fact, I have a membership with them and also with elegant themes and ThemeForest designs. But it was time to move one and try something different in this challenging google search engine optimising challenge.

 

My top favourite wordpress theme/template subscriptions

This below quick comparison is not comparing individual WP themes, but actually comparing theme subscription plans for wordpress themes. When you purchase a subscription or a lifetime package(lump sum), you either pay an ongoing monthly cost or a lump sum that gives you access to all the theme collection that the theme provider makes for a lifetime.

Now that I have the studiopress pro plus package, I might have to make a choice to cancel one of my existing wp theme plan subscriptions. Here is my list of existing subscriptions.

1. Studiopress Genesis themes($499.95 Lifetime plan Or 1 theme approx $99) (Check new updated Genesis PRO Deal )

2. ‎Elegant themes(my review)($299 Lifetime Or $89 per year)

3. ‎Solostream themes ($299 Lifetime Or 1 theme approx $49)

4. ‎ThemeForest themes ($60 approx for 1 premuim wp theme – no membership)

Looks like its an easy choice, keep the three – as I don’t have an ongoing fee with ThemeForest, I just pay for the wordpress theme or plugin that I purchase. Studiopress has 62 themes in all and they are all high-quality themes. The templates are fully responsive design and so work on all devices and help to rank in search engines.

Apart from the united states, Genesis studiopress themes are most popular in countries like Spain, India, Italy, Vietnam and Australia. The most popular package is the PRO PLUS package and the most popular themes are the Essence PRO and Aspire PRO Themes.

The best-inbuilt SEO in a wordpress theme

SEO if properly inbuilt into a website design framework can work wonders for your site. The Genesis framework has managed to do this well and makes your website content shine in search engines.

The only other framework that did this well was the old thesis framework. Unfortunately, the Thesis template is not that well supported today.

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Genesis SEO settings image above

Genesis themes have inbuilt sharing buttons for social media and have their own custom developed plugins and theme you can use for optimal use. They also provide a hosted solution package for which I have given details below.  This is best used as a self-hosted option for blogging or websites.

The Genesis theme works well just out of the box, so you really don’t need an SEO plugin for the theme.

It has its own SEO settings panel – however, if you want to get more in-depth control of your SEO you could add the “all in one SEO” or “Yoast SEO plugin” and the theme automatically defaults to the installed SEO plugin settings.

 

My Review of Genesis Framework – Studiopress themes

I have always got good search engine results just running the theme out of the box, with just a few basic plugins. If you don’t like the basic design look of the Genesis framework design, you can either buy a child theme that suits your taste or then just splurge and get the whole premium plus package(lifetime membership).

Its worth it! – why might you ask?

Here is why I think its worth it?

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PROS of  WPEngine Studiopress Themes

One of the best-inbuilt SEO framework design. This reduces your on-page SEO effort quite a bit.

Frameworks work much better than any other wp design where SEO is important. The Genesis framework is just built to work out of the box, so there is no real need for more advanced  SEO editing that you have to do.

Here are some of the rest of the reasons, why its worth the money.

professional wordpress themes

 

Detailed Setup/install guides for theme setup and Demo Content :

All those good-looking designs studiopress have on their website – Guess what, there is detailed set up tutorials for most of those themes. They got a detailed install tutorial page and demo content for each theme they sell.

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This is available to you soon as you purchase your theme. Some themes even provide an instant XML setup file so you don’t have to worry setting it all. You just download the demo content  XML file and upload it to your website and it will get set up just like the demo site. Their support pages will let you know which free plugins you will need to install for this.

Fully Responsive and Modern styling:

Want to be ranked high on search engines. Responsive themes are a ranking factor to rank higher in Google search and these themes are mobile responsive. All the themes provided are fully responsive and work well on desktops, tablets, and mobile.

The designs are made using modern concepts and trends to display fluid design and flow.

A typical featureset  of a studiopress theme :

 

features of studio press themes

Features showed above may differ from theme to theme, but is an indication of what you can get with many studiopress themes.

Multiple themes available on Plus plan:

I purchased the lifetime membership plus plan which is the best value plan for these themes. You get access to a variety of many different theme niches like recipe themes, an agency designed theme, templates for portfolio, news-based designs, fashion blog theme, health-focused theme and many more.

The themes are provided by studiopress themselves and many themes are now also by approved third-party theme builders. These designs are easily adaptable for business or corporate design and you don’t need to use visual composer for any designing purposes.

Free and paid Studiopress plugins

Apart from  Free wordpress plugins, there is a number of free studiopress plugins  ( genesis author pro, genesis responsive slider,  simple social icons and many more) that have been specifically developed for these themes.

There is the Design Palette Pro plugin which is a  third party paid plugin that is available for these themes which works like a website builder tool.  With this PRo plugin, you can quickly and easily modify the look of your website without touching any code.

You can change the look of the Colors, fonts, backgrounds, margins, and padding and also the look of the header, navigation, content area, sidebars, and footers.

 

Extensive online support/help:

There are many online tutorials on the internet available for advanced theme hacks.

Wide customer base means more shortcuts and hacks to make things better or to do some advanced optimizing. They are heaps of people sharing their tips and code modifications online to make these themes even more better.

The Genesis customer support is quick and knowledgeable.

In my one year, I have contacted them only once to ask a technical query I had. And they came back within the day providing two solutions to my query.It got solved immediately

Did I already say – pretty good inbuilt SEO options!

With the purchase of the Pro Plus Package, you receive instant and unlimited access, plus support and updates, for all themes created by StudioPress.

 

CONS of Studiopress themes :

I can only think of 1 con for studiopress themes and that is the price – which many feel is a bit too pricey.  While it looks the case on the face of it, believe me  its worth it in the long run.

 

Some of their latest WordPress themes (2020)

business pro wp theme

 

corporate mai lifestyle and gallery pro themes

 

Check out more awesome themes here

 

Making money with Studiopress :

All the studiopress themes are well polished, professional looking designs which you can easily replicate for yourself or your client websites within minutes.

These well designed ( if you in that business) website designs can be used either in your personal blogs, business or then as professionally designed wordpress blogs if you’re a webdesign agency providing websites.

You have the opportunity to make websites just like any bespoke design with these templates and designs which can easily be further modified and changed as per your client needs.

 

New managed webhosting with + themes included 

They have also now launched customised managed wordpress  hosting with their 20 themes package included.

The benefits of  signing up with their new hosting  solution, which starts at $24 a month paid annually is that you will get  premium themes included with webhosting and also some bonus features as  listed below.

Premium partner plugins access included

Content optimiser module included

Advanced SEO settings module

Genesis plugins pre installed

 

 

You can Learn more about StudioPress Sites here

Summary

To sum it up – I don’t want to have to worry about whether my website theme has good SEO, security, or any of the things a theme really should already have. This is a clean coded search engine optimized theme out of the box.

I know Genesis gets updated automatically on a regular basis and so is secure and I know the “team at StudioPress” knows  all about what they do – Code awesome themes, based on my support interaction with them.

Rest assured, I know I can just get ahead with what I do – that is blogging and writing content with peace of mind with this robust theme that takes cares of the website bits.

So I would recommend, for you to go ahead and browse the  Genesis-powered WordPress themes so you can also spend less time running your website and more time writing and growing it.

Downlod Free Resource for beginners – Genesis for Beginners

online guide genesis framework

The StudioPress team wrote this non-technical guide for you, it’ll help you get your site up and running.

Download (PDF)

What $15 can get you for a brand or website logo

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If you are looking for a cheap logo design online or pretty much 100 of services that can be done for just a fiverr, then I can point you in the right direction. I have been using this website that provides freelancer services in the forms of gigs, for quite some time now and I am absolutely wrapped by what you can get done there from just $5 onwards.

3 Top $5 Dollar Logo Makers Reviewed from Fiverr Website

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My review of Logos’s From Fiverr.com

While people pay anywhere from $50 to $1000 for a high end custom logo or average logo design, I was able to get one for cheap as chips.

I use fiverr for not only logo design services, but have used them for audit of my websites, editing videos , creating videos, creating business cards, fixing code in my websites , advertising and promo testimonial video for my services , SEO services and many more.

I remember the last time I had a problem with one of my website creating coding errors , I managed to get a girl from cuba who fixed it up in 1 day for just five dollars. They are jobs that can be done for just 5 bucks in any niche and category.

# The best cheap logo freelance design services for just $5

I am writing this review to show you my short journey in sourcing some amazing logo designs at a an affordable price for this website and also some other ones. I have tried some slog services earlier in this website , but got medium to average results, but this time I was awestruck with the quality I got for just five dollars.

I was so pleased with these three logo design service providers that I decided to do a review on them and promote them, so that you can also benefit from it. If you want a direct link to logo makers in fiverr- go here!

The brief that I gave these 3 Logo makers was:

· Make a nice colourful logo with my website name “ start A website”

· And to put in llama in the logo if they can.

While I was told that this could be extra charge for a mascot inclusion, they still did a logo for me within 5 dollars, so I am not too sure if you would get the same deal if you order from them. But I am sure they can do an amazing logo even without a mascot.

Mention this blogpost (jeff) and see if they can include a mascot for you, but I can’t guarantee any discounts. You will need to register with fiverr.com to start buying any services for five bucks, it’s easy to join and sign up is done in a minute, Join Fiverr Here!

So the results, all of them were professional in asking if I had any special requirements and then proceeded to do the website logo. They got back to me within 2 days which was quite quick I think.

Here are the results of their services and also link to the provider’s fiverr gigs

I am not related or friends to any of the above logo providers and got in touch with them for the first time after reading about their services/recommendation in a facebook group.

As you can see for $5 this was an amazing result. I had decided to not use the logo if the logo looked average , but now I have to decide from them three, which one should I use – as they all three are equally brilliant.

I gave the same website  logo  to make to 3 providers , so there are 3 logos and one  digital grog and coupon collector logo i got later.

Here is proof of some logos I got done  for just a fiverr or 5 dollars

The logos were delivered as transparent png , so it takes on the color background of the page and this one is dark grey so it shows that background color, but if your page is white it will show against a white background. click the website links to see how the logos look on their respective pages

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The start a website logo

This website is all about building websites and related topics – so I  wanted an image that would stand out and showcase some text as well.

I got two +1  logos for this one

1st logo

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I loved this one  made by Alfred Grover , his logo gig is over here. As I told you –  you will need to register  with Fiverr before you order any gigs and you can do that here via this link – Register.

I chose this logo above to use from the  three providers that i asked to make a logo for this same website.The other two are below

alfred grover logomaker

They  providers normally charge another $5  fee if you want the source file. The source file enables you to edit the logo with Photoshop or other image software, but you can still edit the  logo image with your available software.

2nd logo

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Above logo was done by kanishka, here logo gig is listed here. This was an amazing result, you can click that link to order a logo from her.

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It was a tough choice. I used the first logo. check out the website here – http://start-a-website.info/

I also got another logo from one of the logo providers  for start a website as part of this test  and that was an amazing logo  too.

3rd logo

This one was good too and unique in design, but not as striking  and colourful as the others. I could not find the provider for this one in my fiverr  history, but when i do i will update the details here,

If you got $15  to spend  I suggest  you give all the three logo  suppliers a  go as I did in this test and you can choose from the three different logos and use the rest two  for your own purposes.

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The Coupon Collector logo

This logo I wanted it to represent discounts and coupons and stand out  with a design involving coupons and color to make a website brand stand out.

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Check it out on the website here – http://couponcollector.com.au/

Takitchilan fiverr

I could not ask for anything better for a  five dollars , … Takitchilan did a good job , you can order a logo from him through  the link here

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The digital Grog logo

My this website is all about technology, wordpress tips, gadgets and local reviews of websites and products- so I  wanted the logo to reflect this

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I was a tad bit disappointed  with my own blog website logo ( Alfred Glover) , so decided to not use this for now and just use it  for branding in other vids docs etc. You can browse more Logo providers on fiverr here.

I would appreciate a little help, so let me know which one you like in the comments below, so that I can make my decision

I truly think he job done was of quality and professional. They say – A logo says a thousand words !

These design services can definitely help you if

· You’re looking for a logo for your website

· You need a logo for your company or business or letterhead

· You need a logo or design for your visiting /business card

If you have found anyone worthy in your quest for nice cheap and amazing logo , do let me know via the contact me page or in comments below and I will add them here after checking them out .

Fiverr is the world’s largest marketplace for digital services. Checkout  fiverr.com here

As fiverr.com says: The Things People Do for $5. Buy. Sell. Have Fun. Start here Now!

People came here searching for :

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Do let me know if this article benefited you and how was your experience with fiverr.

Happy Holidays!!

Daymm !! Domains Cheap as chips

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Daymm !! Domains Cheap as chips

Grab them cheap domains while they last, you don’t need to be and internet marketeer, affiliate marketer or  top blogger to make use of this amazing deal !! [ I have now updated links  and coupon codes for latest deals 30/10/2018].

If you are thinking of starting a website  or blog and registering a domain name –  then you can check out our details domain name comparison reviews over  here – but if you just want to read on how we snagged some cheap domain names – read on 🙂

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Go grab a www .com  domain for under $2 and start blogging with these hosting deals

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I normally don’t go shopping online in this way but when its less than $3 – where it is normally up to $13 a pop, surely you would be crazy not to grab some if you are in an online marketing business or just about planning to start a blog/website sometime  soon.

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Search for your domain and add to cart / dont tick mark any add ons you don’t need while purchasing.

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Starting a Blog for Making Money Online in 2019

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Recently I wrote a extensive post on “how to blog successfully and make your blog popular” ,  and I received a quite a few questions from new bloggers, who are  just getting into the blogging game asking me “How do they make money and start with blogging“. [updated 28 March 2019]

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The short story  is, that you will need a “Australian WordPress hosting”  account and  a good “WordPress Design Theme” to truly blog with freedom attract your audience  and grow  your  traffic to your blog.

Making Money from blogging

Making money from blogs  is not easy today, it used to be easy at one part of time but now everybody  and their dog is in the game.

Today  the blogging world  is kinda saturated  with mom bloggers, business bloggers, fashion bloggers, travel bloggers and all sorta bloggers ( my dog is a princess bloggers).

So you pick any damn niche and you already got competition.

 

It’s a struggle to survive – if your already in the game 

What google says  about what a blog is – “A blog is a website, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis” – I really like this simple and to the point definition.

 

Look and search everywhere, but there is no magic mantra or magic bullet  for a Sucessful Blog.

In addition, google keeps changing the goal posts with annoying algorithm updates that keep bugging SEO’s and bloggers.

Every year there is something new with google requirements  to be popular in their search engine , like now you need a https website  for security, your website design needs to be responsive, you need amp and what not.

Its harder and costlier  to make money every year.

What you should do  to become popular online ?

You should definitely get your blog a USP (Unique Selling Point) to stay on top of your competition.

If you get this right you will get blog viewers, likes and  sharing of your content, which will surely get your blog traffic coming back to you on a regular basis.

This will also encourage your  viewers  to  subscribe to your email list and also people to comment on your blog, which all creates a buzz around your blog.

These all work together in your favour and also help you #rank in google search

Trust me  people commenting on your posts  or  on the blog  and contacting you via your contact me button is a sure sign of you becoming more popular (or in some cases unpopular) in your blogging journey.

 

When you write quality interesting  content  better than most other blogs, have a professional looking designed website and you share  your top written content  in the right  social media channels and forums – Your blog will soon get  noticed and  be on its way to being successful.

 

If  all of this happens a lot (people interacting , commenting , likes on facebook, sharing your posts) and it happens more often, then your on your weay to becoming a blogging superstar so to speak and you don’t have to chase money, but the money will chase you sooner or later.

This shows people are listening(reading) to you, want to interact  with you and you  have become bit of a influencer, and companies and brands love that.

This is a sure sign of achieving success and if you get all these above tips/hints correct and implement it, you will be  lucky and will surely succeed. If your luckier  than most other bloggers/instagrammer’s then  brands will also approach you.

Success surely involves one important thing  in these times  and that is making authoritative and quality content  and getting the word spread  about that “Epic Content” you just created to the  blogosphere.

You do this  by getting it shared on social media ( Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linked in)  and  also getting mentioned by popular people of note in  your blog niche.

Today many people do outreach  to amplify their best content  and get it shared online  and this can  work for you as well. Its not hard to do, outreach can be done by yourself or then  you can hire an agency to do it.

Influencer’s are kinda getting big right now on the Instagram platform. Some popular infleuncers get paid  quite well if they have a huge following and can earn even more than a full time job.

However Blogging aint getting any easier, so  don’t expect the great Matt Mullenweg of wordpress or Matt cutts of google to help you out with this. This job will have to be done by you – by doing the hard yards.

There is another option to speed things up, I would recommend learning from a experienced blogger who is already earning income online. I have got an online tutorial if you want  to get started today atleast getting your blog online as a start.

In relation to making money online, I would recommend Rosalind Gardner  who is a super affiliate and has helped many into  their online affiliate marketing careers, she has an in-depth  affiliate guide called – “Super Affiliate: How I Made $436,797 In One Year which covers how to start Your Own Home-based Affiliate Marketing Business.

These guides will surely teach  you how to go about and start earning  with affiliate marketing or  increase your existing blog income

Keeping on top of competition, also involves churning out  regular awesome content,  sharing it on social media, doing proper SEO so that  the content shines,  promoting the blog and updating it regularly to match what google search engine  needs(SEO) to keep it ranked high on their search engines.

My Post of

“The 3 Steps to Setting Up a Popular and Successful Blog”

just got published at dailyblogtips.com, so you might wanna check out this extensive post  to get some tips on – How to get a successful blog going!

3 steps to suucess in blogging

For People Looking to Start a blog

Luckily there are quite a few free platforms that help you start out on blogging  totally free and so you can start your blog without spending money.

Free Blog Platforms is not my recommended way of starting a blog  if your really serious about blogging, but if your cash strapped  then you can surely take  advantage of  this method and get started. 

Most successful bloggers would have used these free bloggin services at some part of time  or maybe even when they started their new bogging journey. WordPress.com offers free as well as paid options for a website, but if your after self hosted which is most suitable for making money with affiliate offers then the below offer might be more useful.

But, if you can  afford a reasonable >>  $3.49 hosting a month for a brand new self hosted wordpress blog. I would recommend this as a preferred starting platform. Not only  you will have 100 % ownership  of your own blog , you dont have the risk of ban or deletion of your website by google / tumblr /wordpress.com (whichever platform you decide to go with)

My recommended service for  a self hosted blog is  the wordpress software and the recommended service provider is Bluehost hosting. Below is a link to my blog post

startatechblog

With Bluehost WebHosting you get both Hosting and domain name , plus a 1 click install option to get your wordpress blog installed quickly.

The WordPress CMS is recommended, because it is one of the most versatile website software which give you 100 % flexibility in design. It also has  awesome flexibility in functionality  which can be added if needed with heaps of plugins , WP themes and tutorials available online.  Your website can be designed with easy install themes to make it look , just like any professional website. It is also one of the easiest to use blog/website software.

Bluehost hosting , I recommend because I have had blogs on their servers for ages, besides they also have a 1 click install which is so easy to install a website or  blog in minutes, just by following their install  prompts.

Below is a current deal for you from my blog as I am an affiliate partner with them

Special Promotion Offer for 2019  from Digital Grog + (BLUEHOST)

Special Feb/March bonus, My readers can enjoy the ultimate steal of  $7.99 $3.95/mo  on the  shared hosting plan (this promo is for a limited time! – Get it here )

+  offer, $3.49/mo for 36 months (link here) on the Basic Plan.

A self hosted wordpress blog is a website that your run on your purchased hosting account and have full freedom over  this website.

Most hosting  companies provide a 1 click install nowadays  to get your self hosted blog set up easily.

 

Getting a self hosted wordpress blog will also avoid the hassle of moving your blog later on  which every free blogger does eventually.

Because for sure,  if you sign up with a free service like blogspot or tumblr or wordpress.com, you will move sooner or later  to a self hosted wordpress blog like most professional bloggers do.

This normally happens when they realise the constraints and limitations of using a free blog service or getting a blog deleted for a policy violation.

However, choosing what blog service you want to start with is totally upto you and so are below are some free blogging hosts listed for you.

  • WordPress.com (or  from wordpress.org)

WordPress.org is one of  the largest self-hosted blogging tool and software in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day. You can check out their features here  and get a free or Premium blog at wordpress.com

Get a free or paid wordpress blog here

 

  • Blogger.com ( from Google)

Blogger is free blogging platform by google.com  with a host of features to make blogging as simple and effective as possible. You will need a google account  or gmail account or  then just create one for free when registering with blogger.com

Get a free Blogger blog here

 

  • Tumblr.com

Tumblr is a mini blogging or micro blogging service and  lets you effortlessly share anything, Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos from your browser, phone, desktop, email.

Get a free Tumblr blog here

These three services  are free to use  and if you get real popular fast you will have the option of breaking out or branching out from their services  to  transfer your blog to a paid server.

Most people when it is time  to upgrade, move to self hosted wordpress platform with their own custom domain name and webhosting.

As I said before , if you don’t want the hassle of moving hosts and your  blog  later when you get more traffic on your blog and start to earn some revenue, then I would recommend for you to sign up with Self hosted blog  choosing a hosting company  with 1 click install to get your blog started. Here are some price comparisons for hosting companies.

Intro – Digital Grog Blog Video

 

Review of website –>  Hosting 2019 ( Best WordPress Host Providers)

Website Hosting 2019 Australia 

However, just starting a blog is not sufficient to make money and the best way to ensure you are doing this the right way is to get the right training right from the start. This ensures that you dont have to waste time figuring things out and can start earning money quicker.

There are not many brick and mortar university courses that teach you how to earn money on-line  and the online courses that are available are for specific niches like social media marketing, web design and on-line marketing.

The on-line marketing course available in these universities go though the traditional approach and basic concepts of on-line marketing, but is often outdated as this subject matter changes rapidly.

It is best to take a course from a on-line marketing agency that is currently practising this in the market and that is why I recommend Rosalind Gardner  who is a super affiliate and has helped many into  their online affiliate marketing careers, she has  an indepth  affiliate guide called – “Super Affiliate: How I Made $436,797 In One Year which covers how to start Your Own Home-based Affiliate Marketing Business.

There is also Affilorama By Mark ling  and  click bank university .

Clickbank is one of the largest marketplace for digital products and has made many millionaires.

These courses, not only provide you training to earn money on-line as a affiliate (selling other peoples products through your blog/website) but also trains you for making and launching your own product and promoting it.

Some more Useful internet marketing courses

  1. The “Affiliate Blogger Pro”
  2. Affilorama By Mark ling
  3. CB Passive income for 2019
Step by step Instructions to start a WordPress blog 

If you don’t have a blog yet and you are ready to get started today with a wordpress website, then you might want to check my tutorial post with step by step instructions  on starting a website over here –  https://www.digitalgrog.com.au/australia/starting-a-tech-blog-in-six-easy-steps/. This post will give you a step by step break down of how to start your own WordPress blog today with bluehost webhosting.

You can start by choosing a good domain name  with our domain checker tool below

More tools : Bluehost Domain Checker

How to make money with  a wordpress blog

No one is going to give away  all their secrets for this one. But i can atleast point you int he right direction. Here are some tried and tested methods to make money with your website.

Google Adsense

This is one method whihc needs the least  effort  to make some money, but will also pay  peanuts if you dont have much traffic  to your blog or if your  blog is in a  niche where you cant earn much.

 

Affiliate Income

This is where many blogs earn top dollar, by promoting  products  in the niche they are bloggin about  to their audience.

Fashion bloggers can earn thousands of dollars promoting the right brands. Technology bloggers can earn thousands of dollars promoting technology and gadgets. Food bloggers can earn hundreds of dollars  promoting products in their niche.

I have seen  many people in all of  these mentioned niches doing  anywhere from $2,000 to $40,000 a month in revenue.

 

Ecommerce shop

This is a new trend where people are creating their own products and selling on platforms like shopify – online shops. 

They are many people not stock/products on hand, but selling stuff online and  getting it shipped directly to customers from vendors in china, while making a nice commission with no inventory, this is also called drop shipping.

 

 

Amazon Niche Websites (Amazon affiliate)

This income stream has taken off in the last couple of years. They are bloggers who write articles on certain niches. example fishing lures.

create an amazon store and product

The bloggers then have links to fishing products  from amazon on their website.  when a viewer purchase  a product from amazon, they earn a commission for advertising that product on their website and making a sale.

While all these methods are good, there is one basic  thing they need to make money – Qualified leads or  targeted traffic to your website.

If you are getting  the right people coming to your website  who are interested in your products, you will be making sales.

Targeted Traffic with Advertising

One way to get quick targeted traffic is online advertising with  the search engines themselves. I suggest Bing adwords as they are cheaper and more flexible with their  ads. Here are some free started coupons worth $50  to get you started.

With search engine advertising  you can make unlimited money if you get your advertising right.

New Business and website customers in the following markets receive free search adverting credits to help them get started:

 

Other methods for targeted traffic is as  I have said before – SEO for your website, awesome content on your site/shop or blog,  promotion on social media  by you or a hired agency – which will get you on your road to success.

If all this is not your cup of tea and you would just rather doe something quick and earn money , then maybe  you need to check  these survey websites out here “Make money surveys – Australia”  or  iSurveyWorld Surveys (Australia) and just fill out surveys and make some money online.

Good luck!

Top picks for Blog Website Hosting for Australians in 2019

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Post updated for 2019. Now I do know, that there are some good aussie web hosts in Australia , but if you are starting out with a new website or blogging site and need some cheap hosting  then it would be wise to do research before buying your webhosting.

I have used a mix of aussie hosts and US based web-hosting providers  in my list below and prices for blogging software and web-hosting can certainly differ a lot between these hosts.

US web-hosts can be quite competitive and affordable compared to some  of our local Australian companies.

I posted this price table below in 2017, but prices and features have been regularly updated. [ This post was updated on  09 January 2018 ]

Affordable Wordpress Hosting in Australia

I got this question asked to me on this blog ..

“I am planning to start a blog, most likely using the wordpress  blogging platform and  I am looking for a good web host (Australian preferable since most of my content will be for Australians).

– I have received many similar questions  since then –  so I decided to do this post

wordpress hosting for australia by go daddy 

I have purchased .com.au domains from smarty host (local aussie provider –now netregistry) when I started my bloggin journey,  they used to provide a website hosting service as well which i never tested out .

Net-registry are pretty  good  with their domain names service, however if you want to compare Australian web hosting prices against the  US based providers. Some of the US based  providers are definitely more affordable even with domain name prices(check my blog post where I recently bought .au domain name from Godaddy at a nice discount price here).

Godaddy also sell SSL certificates which help you secure your website and get https in your url (this help in ranking your website). Their custom plans also feature SSD hard drives now.

Below, I will also include smarty host(netregistry) in my comparison chart  for Australian + US hosting providers packages.

Dedicated servers are not listed  as they are more pricey and only shared plans which are affordable  have been featured here for bloggers and beginner websites .

I will rank them in order of my ratings  and preference with the best at the top of this list  as per my experience with them, except for smarty host  who I don’t  use for hosting  but just domain names – who is right at the top.

I have been using the rest of the Hosting companies mentioned for the last 10+ years while blogging. Some of these hosting plans listed below, also offer a bonus free domain name.

Australian Vs US hosting Comparison for blogs and websites

To keep it simple I have just added four columns  – Click the discount link  below to claim the most current discounts
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Step 1 –  Choosing the Hosting Platform

Most popular blogging platforms Overview

  • WordPress 60% 60%
  • Joomla Drupal more 20% 20%
  • Wix Weebly Squarespace 20% 20%

The figures in bar counter diagram are figures from self hosted managed CMS  platforms aggregated from online resources.

The below figures in circle chart are for websites from data  received  form survey done online.

"Wordpress

WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world and is used by nearly 75 million websites. According to WordPress, more than 409 million people view more than 23.6 billion pages each month and users produce and whopping 69.5 million new posts every month. It also powers more than 25% of the world’s websites.

The first thing  to do when you are starting your  own website rather than hiring a website designer or  web developer, is to  get the WordPress platform to build your website.

This platform is regularly updated  to keep you safe from hackers  and upto date with the latest version of wordpress.

I say this because I have also used Joomla and Drupal  website builders which are good content management systems, but they are not as good as the WordPress platform in ease of use and flexibility to customise as per your needs.

The ranking above is based on  my use of these service providers based on price, reliability, affordability, up-time, features, ease-of-use, server speed and overall support.

There is always the option to use premuim  Australian Web Hosting from good companies like rackspace or crucial, but budget shared US hosting is OK if your are just starting  a blog or website.

You can also get an .au domain name and still use US Webhosts  to host your Australian webpage.

Above in the chart –  Under features, I have updated the ones in green as essential things bloggers would  like to have in their hosting plan  and the ones in bold black font are the highlights /features of  that hosting provider

I have also written more detailed reviews before  for some of these web-hosts which can be found below

What is shared hosting?

Shared web hosting is what most people mean when they refer to “web-hosting”.  It simply means that many customers’ websites reside on a single web server, and that the server’s resources (CPU and RAM) are shared among every customer account on the machine.

Shared Plans is cheap because many people share one server.

one click install for wordpress

Most shared hosting plans  listed above offer free quick install scripts like above in the pic and sometimes also offer free design templates for your webpage,  Free domain email, FTP, $100 google adwords bonus   and Facebook advertising coupons etc.

Company Overview – Shared Hosting Plan Providers for  Blogs

Bluehost.com

Bluehost’s fast and reliable website hosting gives you everything you need to get your website online quickly. Bluehost is a web hosting company owned by Endurance International Group

Key people in bluehost –  Matt Heaton (Founder, CEO 2003-2011) Dan Handy (CEO 2011-2015) Mike Olson (CEO 2015-present)

They have servers in Provo, Utah, USA. Bluehost’s uptime is just about perfect (99.98%), well over industry standard which is around 99.90%.  Prior to last 6 months

"Bluehost

Hostgator.com

HostGator recently launched their new, premium hosting called HostGator WordPress Cloud.

Founded in a dorm room at Florida Atlantic University by Brent Oxley, HostGator has grown into a leading provider of Shared, Reseller, VPS, and Dedicated web hosting. HostGator is headquartered in Houston and Austin, Texas, with several international offices throughout the globe.

HostGator has been around since 2002, originally founded by Brent Oxley before being acquired a decade later by Endurance International Group (EIG).

"Hostgator

Godaddy.com

Bob Parsons the founder of godaddy is a serial entrepreneur. He sold his first company to Intuit, Inc. in 1994. Three years later Parsons started Jomax Technologies, renaming the company GoDaddy in 1999. In 2000, GoDaddy became an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar. Designated CEO Now: Scott Wagner (Jan 1, 2018).

They have many different kind of plans. While Deluxe and Unlimited WebHosting Plans support and host unlimited Web Sites, owners of single plans may experience periodic decreases in performance once they more than 400 Web Sites.

"Godaddy

Crucial.com

The Sydney-based company has focused on delivering a better experience for customers, with the roll-out of an industry first concept; Managed Google Apps.

Crucial’s roots trace back to a student bedroom in Bondi in 2003 where the company was first formed, and its headcount currently sits at 20 employees before the AVS buy.

"Crucial

Hostmonster.com

HostMonster has been providing hosting solutions to thousands of business and personal web sites since 1996. Our internet hosting package helps businesses and individuals get high-powered service at a fraction of the cost.

Features

  • Unlimited disk storage
  • Unlimited domain Hosting
  • Free drag and drop builder
  • cPanel Account Control Panel

Hostmonster Deal

Hostmonster : GIMMEMORE Coupon Code

Some of the links on this blog are affiliate links  an I might earn a commission from it ,  rest assured  the review is honest and written from my own perspective. The Webhosting features and pricing are as current at the time of writing and links when clicked will update to the most current advertised or discount deal.

I hope, I have helped you in  choosing a good hosting provider to get started building your website.review of wordpress themes

After getting your domain and hosting sorted , there is just one more thing  left  to complete the picture  and  make it all come together , which is your blog design and look.  A good professional looking wordpress theme is essential for people to get attracted to your blog and also trust and like you blog.

Check out my review post on some of the wordpress theme providers I have been using for a long time.

You can use the free google advertising coupons  to boost your website in Google search to get more traffic to your website

Digitalgrog.com.au is a affiliate partner to most of the Hosting services and some other blog related promotion services that I have listed here on my blog and I use, which means that in addition to using their service, we also receive a commission for referring new customers. Digitalgrog is  a Bluehost/ Hostgator/ Hostmonster/ Godaddy /Dreamhost/Ipage affiliate partner and we also have purchased accounts with these services

To be fair, though, we still use these services even if we weren’t an affiliate. We don’t recommend any particular host just because we’re an affiliate (every company offers a similar affiliate program), we recommend certain services because they are the best or better more reliable option. Plus, because we’re a partner, these providers offers a special price for Digitalgrog.com.au readers. Get your hosting today and get started.

Because we’re a partner, Bluehost offers a special price for digitalgrog.com.au readers: only $3.95 a month  which includes a domain name. We already have our godaddy $1 special  offer  listed above i.e if you are looking for  a cheaper deal.

Links provided above in the table  will take you to  the latest updated promo and discount deals. Feel free to pick which host suits your budget or preference and good luck to your new start 🙂

Some local reviews  ( from whirlpool.com.au)

.com.au, .net.au, .org.au Domain Names

NameScout

I found the cheapest provider to the public at only $59.99 per domain (2 years registration included – I  think this is pricey ), they had a really nice site, great functionality (they create redirecting email address’ on their servers that randomly generate so you don’t get spam from who is lookups which is awesome).

Only downside was their customer service, not only they don’t answer emails on weekends, they operate from Barbados, so if you send an email during the day you tend to not get a reply till early the next morning (e.g. 2 am). (Quote: eXtreme)

GoDaddy!

The cheapest I found was which was $7.95 US (on special) but normal price was $8.95 which is still great, and they offer the same management features as most other registrars. Only downside is they have a fair bit of ads on their site (no pop-ups), but since you barely ever visit your registrar it is no problem. I found registration very easy and they customer service was excellent. (Quote: eXtreme)

NameCheap

Namecheap is good: $8.88 US a year for .com, .net, .org and SSl certificates (https in your domain name)
Just registered 2 domains with them – no problems so far. (Quote: pcpowerplay)

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Can I broadcast myself live on facebook

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Yes you can now , Facebook  has just started a new  feature  on their platform  where you can just use your smartphone to broadcast yourself live to the world  via your facebook account.

facebook does a persicope with live launch

Infact it is very much like the popular service – Periscope  , which lets you broadcast live video to the world and instantly notify your followers who can join, comment on your live video.

This platform is  good to broadcast live events as well and  can easily eat into google’s – You tubes market share.

If you’re looking for a stream from a random person you can either choose one from one of the highly ranked clips on the left side of the page, or click on one of the blue dots ont he interactive map  from everyone else on the digital globe.

This feature isn’t available to everyone right now.

facebook live

What  is this Facebook  live videos?

Live videos are real-time video posts on the Facebook platform. You can use your smart device or smartphone to broadcast live onto Facebook and your followers or family and friends.

You will also get  Live videos from public figures you follow and your friends will appear in your News Feed.

How do i do a live broadcast on facebook ?

To start a live broadcast:

  1. Log into the Facebook iOS app or Facebook Android app
  2. Tap at the top of your Timeline, News Feed or Page
  3. Tap
  4. Write an optional description for your broadcast
  5. Tap Go Live to begin your broadcast

When you want to end your broadcast, tap Finish.

Your broadcast can be no longer than 90 minutes. When you end your broadcast, it’ll stay on your Timeline or Page like any other video.

Here are some good tips from facebook  if you are going to try this out and start broadcasting yourself.

 

To turn Notifications off for facebook Live broadcast

Live Video Notifications

To turn live video notifications on or off:

  1. Click at the top-right corner and select Settings
  2. Click Notifications on the left
  3. Click On Facebook
  4. Scroll down to Live Videos to make changes to live video notifications

What Is Live Video Streaming?

Live video streaming services like Meerkat and Periscope  and now facebook allow users to post and stream live video content on social media

Viral Facebook live videos (chewbaca viral video)

Its no even just got live (facebook-live service  and people are going viral live  as they shoot  videos on the go   and upload – and this mum from Oklahoma US, has just gone viral on Facebook live with millions of views  for  her chewbacka video rant. Have a look!

viral video chewbaca mum mask

Some other live Streaming Options/services

Instalively – Live streaming made easy.

Instalively is an Indian based live streaming service. Like Periscope & Meerkat, you can live stream straight from your phone. Also you can share your streams directly to what’s app, as well as Facebook unlike Periscope for example

Stre.am | Stream Live Videointo They came out of beta at SXSW in 2015, right as Meerkat made it’s emergence as well.