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I am sure this has been covered already multiple times but I have been going thru old post and cannot seem to get a consensus -- I know about wordpress - my partner hates it- what is the best and cheapest way to start our blogs so they will look decent and then we can fancy them up later-- thanks - trey
Depending on what your business model is going to be for the blogs you might want to check out Blogs Organizer, you wont even have to install any blog scripts if you use that to run your blogs :)
Im using it right now for about 60 blogs and absolutely love it.
Regards,
Lee
Thanks Lee -- I have heard you talk about that one before - Our business model is flying by the seat of our pants right now -
Are you building blogs to promote something you own or to promote other sponsor sites?
Bec - Sites that we own - thanks
are you also wanting to have your blog RSS feed as an affiliate tool or does your program not have an affiliate program?
Wordpress is free after all, so no cost there. In my opinion, it is the most robust blogging platform out there. Also the easiest and most editable. I've been using it since the 2nd version of it came out. Many moons ago....Quote:
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Just my 2 cents worth. Good luck!
Bec - we will be using it to promote our site which is an affiliate - if it ever works correctly- also will promote other sites as an affiliate and I think we would do RSS feeds - basically this is a way to get our name out there- thanks
we're looking for bloggers, affiliates, marketers and a tech savvy partner to run things and insure people get paid.we have multiple twin films and one of our asian models frankie chan is now supposed to be a big new york fashion model. we are set up to run with xcart, feel free to drop me a pm
Trey -- if you put together a blog for your affiliates to use (the RSS feed part of it, rigged out with a tracking code) then you can't promote other people's sites on it also, as they don't get credit for any sales to other sponsors. An Affiliate Feed would be just posts with images or vid clips about the models on YOUR site only.Quote:
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As Lee mentioned early on, the Blog Organizer is exactly what you would need to create multiple blogs for yourself (and promote anyone you wish with) as well as creating another blog to promote only your program that could be hooked up with the Blog Organizer with Affiliate Module. You literally build the blogs using the program, and manage all aspects of it from one admin panel. Designs are all HTML. (www.cravebears.com was built in BO)
No installs of Wordpress are necessary (the program could help manage those blogs if you have them, but you can't run an affiliate coded rss feed from one). Money may be tight, but running Nats, or CCBtools, or Morph Feeds ... will run a lot more than the one time purchase price of the BO program.
Write it down as a necessary marketing business expense and sock away some cash towards buying it, and put out your blog(s) the right way in a few months instead of rigging up something now, and having to redo a lot of work later to have the blog usable as an affiliate tool.
Next time you want to round up some bulls to hear about something you're doing Cowboy ... how about you start your own thread instead of hijacking someone elses? You more apt to get responses from those interested in what you're up to, than what Trey's post is about.Quote:
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Yeah, I was wondering where the hell that post came from myself. LOL!!Quote:
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Thanks Bec for all the advice -- We will not be promoting sales to our site - I think I did not make it clear - we are an affiliate for other ( free site) we just want to drive people to our site - and run blogs promoting the programs that we promot already. Again -- Thank you so much for all the help -Trey
good advice, I love this forum! :)
good luck trey! :thumbsup:
Bec - one more question ( this will tell how much of a newbie I still am) I looked at blog organizer and it says I need a server with certain requirements - and it can only be loaded to one domain - is there a service where I can rent server space that you know of from one of the people on this forum. - thanks again - trey
Yikes, that is a newbie question, but a totally valid one! Yes you need to purchase web hosting services, preferably from a reputable company that works within the adult industry so that you can get the support and service that you will need. IMHO, the best one is NationalNet, but they only deal in complete dedicated server hosting and since you are new to this you prolly want to start out with a smaller virtual account. Bec will be along shortly with her recommendations.
Oh, and a big thumbs up to blogs organizer too, I use it to run over 100 blogs and its by far the best product out there!
Ah yea, I'd say you weren't too clear on what stage of all this you were at. The blog organizer -- save that for when you're ready to kick start an empire. In the meantime, use the Wordpress, and have your buddy get over whatever he hates about it because it's the best free blog script out there.
hit my site: www.adultblogbuilder.com for virtual hosting recommendations (bunch are listed on the sidebar), or try out an account on a free host and see if blogging is your cup of tea before spending money on a domain and a hosting service.
Bec and Luke - thanks for the information - we had someone helping us with all this but they have gone MIA on us so now we are trying to pick up the pieces and learning as we go along - Again - thank you so much for all the help. - trey
Here Here. Nothing beats WordPress in the world of free blog scripts. It's all you need for one or a few blogs really. Eventually you will need Blogs Organizer though if you plan on expanding to an empire like Bec said.Quote:
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Great advice from two very knowledgeable folks. You have to love this industry. FREE advice!
Best of luck to you guys. Bec's blog is a sensational resource Trey. She'll never steer you wrong.
I know Naked Hosting can run BO, but if in doubt, just copy and paste the BO requirements and send them to a prospective host to make sure they can run it.
And you install BO on one server but it can run hundreds of blogs, all on different servers. It can even run Wordpress blogs.