Who Is Linus Ruzicka?

It’s So Easy, A Network Marketer Could Do It

So this was a simple post – after my wife introduced me to it!  She’s the one that showed me how to connect your blog to your facebook fan page.

So I’m going to send her a shameless promo here and have you visit The Couponess.com to give her a little “traffic love.”

But really, this is a simple thing to do, as my tutorial video shows above here.  (If for some reason you can’t see the video, here is the direct link on Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXikGO_RQM).


What I was Missing

I have a Facebook profile page that is already linked to my blog through my feed system so my blog posts show up there – but my friend count is already getting up into the 3000’s, so I knew I needed to start looking at building a fan page soon with the idea of building my contact list larger on Facebook.

I also have “The Official Linus Ruzicka” group page on Facebook as well, and have been using that as an accessory site to build a relationship with people, but the downside to a Facebook Group is that you have to manually insert your blog posts.

And I was not able to find an option to add your blog feed to your Facebook Group automatically as you create a post on your blog.

You can create discussions, add events, videos, and everything else that the Facebook fan page has – except – the “Notes” tab, which will allow your blog feed to auto-post into your facebook fan page.

If there was a way to automate things and make it easier, then I’m all for it.


My Dilema

What started all of this is that my wife was tired of having to copy and paste the content from her main Facebook profile page into her fan page.

She wanted to add her blog feed to her Facebook fan page.  So she started hunting around, and discovered the process I talked about in the video at the top of the page.

I have to admit, I was tired of doing the same thing between my profile and my Facebook group.

My first thought was to go and double check my Facebook Group – and sure enough, I couldn’t find any connection to add my blog feed to my facebook group.

Bummer!

I had already spent over a year building my Facebook Group, so I was torn if I wanted to go to the effort of building a fan page just so I could connect my blog to my facebook fan page.

So, to automate as much as I could, I decided it would be best to create a new Facebook Fan Page to allow my blog to connect to the Fan page.

The part I’m working on now is adding new friends and building my list on my Facebook Fan page.


The “List”

So it dawned on me, keep my Facebook group as it is, and use my new Facebook Fan page as a new “List” to build a relationship and contact with.

So I will be building my fan page with that design in mind.

When you look at my Facebook account – I now have my regular profile, my Facebook group, and now I have a Facebook fan page connected to my blog posts.

I think I’m pretty well maxed out for my account.

So, if you have any ideas of how to connect your blog to your Facebook account, I’d like you to leave a comment here so that others can learn from it as well.

P.S. Tweet MeMe Up – If you like this blog post then share it with your Twitter buddies too. It’s really easy to do, just look for the little green “retweet” button at the top of this post. It’s definitely appreciated.

If you’re anything like me, when I first set up my blog about a year ago, I had NO CLUE where to start.  Should I use Blogger, Blog spot, Wordpress, or any of the 100’s of other blog platforms that are out there?

I assumed a blog was just a blog.  Boy, did I learn otherwise!

After a lot of research, recommendations, and help from others (that’s the “Network” part of network marketing) I realized that I better go with installing Wordpress for my blog.

For those of you that aren’t familiar with WordPress, it’s a blog platform that gives you a pre-built blog site for free.  But if you REALLY want to boost up your blog marketing – you really need to get a self-hosted Wordpress blog and your own personal domain.  And I’m going to go into more details why here in the list.

As any smart marketer realizes – leave the hard stuff to the professionals.  So that is why I outsourced my blog set-up (which included the graphics, RSS feeds, theme, and connection to all of my social networking sites) to THE professional blog set-up guru I know – Ms. Shannon Shubert at IM Group Marketing.

I also self-hosted my site – and again, to another professional who knows a ton more information about self-hosting and is THE ONLY person I would trust with hosting my blog – Holly Powell at Nonstop Social Media.

If you stop by their sites, tell them I sent you!

Here are my Top 5 Reasons to Use Wordpress for your blog:

1. Google Loves Wordpress – If you’re using a blog for your marketing strategies, you’re probably interested in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – at least a little bit.  If you’re into SEO, then you want and need Google giving your site “some love.”  Now, I could go on and on and on and on and ON about SEO, but the idea is that you want Google ranking your site higher than your competition for any given keyword.  Well, for whatever reason, Google loves Wordpress.  Period.  Game, set, match!  You need a Wordpress blog if you are in SEO strategies.

Yes, you can use other blog sites and still get good ranking, but you typically have to work harder to get the same amount of “love” from Google as your competition.  If you already have a different blog and are so far into it that it would hurt you more than help you, just stick with it and MAKE IT WORK.  But AT LEAST have it self-hosted – which leads me into my next point.

2. Self hosted – I have this in my top 5 reasons, well, for a good reason.  (Oh man I’m witty!)  You can use the free version of wordpress and have no problems and make that work for you just fine.  But you could run into a few problems, the biggest of which is that your blog could be here one day, and gone the next.  If you have a self hosted Wordpress blog, no one can touch it.  It’s yours.  Yes, you’re paying a small monthly hosting fee (usually around $5.00 or less) but it’s WELL worth its value considering the thought that you might lose your blog otherwise.

On top of having your blog self hosted – I would also recommend getting a domain name that is specific to you.  Mine is obviously www.LinusRuzicka.com.  It looks a lot more professional that the generic site URL that Wordpress gives your site.  Having your domain forwarded is essential for branding YOU in this industry.

3. Wordpress Design Themes – Now , do you want the generic WordPress Theme that comes with WordPress, or a custom designed one that is specific only to you?  The default Wordpress theme is perfect if you’re just setting up a blog to have a blog.  BUT, since you’re in this industry to make money and brand you, I suggest a designed custom theme. There are tons of people who design custom WordPress Themes that you can easily upload to your domain, to change the appearance and feel of your WordPress website. Some of the WP Themes are paid versions, but most of them are free.

There are more than 1000 themes loaded directly into the WordPress theme website, from which you can choose, although you are not limited to just the themes loaded into the WordPress website.  Since I outsourced the design and feel of my blog, my designer and I talked bakc and forth for a week or so to grind out the details of what I wanted.  The theme I chose is very SEO friendly (“Monezine” theme), but there are many other to choose from such as “Flexibility” or “Thesis”

4. Plug-ins – This is my favorite.  Plugins are what soups-up your blog and converts it from a 1992 Ford Taurus, into a 2010 Chevy Camaro.  The right plug-in can save you time, make you money, and make your job a WHOLE lot easier.  In fact, I think I’ll make my next post on specific plug-ins just so you can see some of the money making ones you NEED to have on your blog (So make sure to Sign-up to get my blog updates via e-mail so you can get the next one).

Just like with the WordPress Themes, if there is a specific function you want your blog to perform, there are programmers out there who have created WordPress Plugins that will make your job A LOT easier. There are 1000’s of WordPress Plugins on the WordPress.org website (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ ), which are free and an ever growing amount that are not in the WordPress database.  You just have to go looking for them.

When you find a Plugin you want, just click “Install” on that specific plugin page, and it will automatically download, unzip, and upload it to the right Plugin directory on your blog. After it finished its upload, simply go to the backoffice area of your blog to “activate” the plugin.

5.  Wordpress functionality – Now, I don’t want to lose you here on this one, so I’ll keep it simple.  Wordpress is an HTML based blog platform.  The reason I love that is that it allows you to do SOOOOOOO much more to your blog.  Whan you’re creating a post – you have the ability to add videos, pics, graphics, links, and audio all in HTML format.  The cool thing is, when you create posts, you can create them in a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) design – meaning that what you see on the screen is what your readers will see.  Or you can do HTML formating – all with a click of the mouse and flip-flop back and forth.

To Double check and see what your content will look like, you can “Preview” it and see it in real time on your designed blog to double check and make sure it looks the way you want it to.

Wow, that was a lot of content – so I will cut it off for now.  Stay tuned for my next post talking about specific Wordpress plug ins.

If you have any questions about the above points of general comments, be sure to leave a me a comment here on my blog.  It is all about community afterall.  And be sure to either Digg or Tweet my post by clicking either of the buttons at the top of this post.

God Bless You,

Conquer The Internet – What’s all This talk About?

In case you’ve missed it, myself and 3 other marketing strategists have teamed up, and now we are paying forward to you a combined 14 years worth of knowledge in the network marketing industry.

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God Bless