Even if you’re not interested in Google’s new social service, you should at least get on and make sure your brand isn’t being impersonated, we’ve already noticed a few occurrences of this and Google expects the managers of each brand to do the due diligence and report any fraudulent usage to them.

At the moment we can’t really expect too many amazing features from Google+ since it’s an obviously tough application to build right, and it is still fairly new. Luckily it’s a lot easier to grasp how it all works, since there isn’t a million different features to learn. In any case, we’re still eagerly anticipating the addition of allowing for multiple administrators for a page and pretty URLs plus.google.com/allstruck.)

So until next time, check out AllStruck on Google+ and add us to your circles!

If you’ve been looking around at WordPress themes, or websites in general, hopefully you’ve already come across WooThemes. Here at AllStruck we strive for high quality with and standards which rapidly evolve to both keep high quality and to achieve more and more for less and less. We’ve used all sorts of outlets for themes, including designing and developing many from scratch, and while we continue to use these other sources often; WooThemes is our first go-to option when a good website needs to be made quickly and affordably.

We recommend WooThemes so often that it has made a lot of sense to join their affiliate program and be rewarded through commission for these referrals. Being part of this community even has its own perks, and today we’re offering it out to you: 20% instant savings on the total of you bill when you use this coupon code within three days: 4E5C00B. This discount includes single themes, theme packs, and even full memberships. So what are you waiting for?

Every ‘WooTheme’ is developed around a core framework making each unique theme actually very easy to manage as a developer or designer. Anyone can very easily customize many elements of the themes, some more than others, but any talented web designer and developer can quickly customize any of them to their heart’s content.

If you’re a developer or designer that uses WordPress, you need to invest some time learning about WooThemes. Each theme may be purchased with the accompanying PSD file or not depending on your needs. Creating child themes of WooThemes is something they specifically design for.

So here is that coupon code again, in case you missed it. Have a great time!

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]]> http://allstruck.com/discount-on-premium-wordpress-themes-from-woothemes/feed/ 0 http://allstruck.com/google-plus-for-business-is-coming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-plus-for-business-is-coming http://allstruck.com/google-plus-for-business-is-coming/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:57:16 +0000 allstruckcomadmin http://allstruck.com/?p=1497 As you may have already seen, recently Google Plus (Google+) has been taking the internet by storm gather over 10 million users in little time. Now business owners are wondering if they need a business profile like they have on Facebook, and of course the answer is yes but don’t rush to start one just yet. Google plus for business is coming soon, and if you rush your business into Google too early they claim your account will get deleted in little time.

According to TheNextWeb.com’s source(s) Google+ for businesses is coming by the end of this year, don’t waste time creating a profile just yet, just as TNW may have to learn it doesn’t pay to go against the terms of service; Google claims they’ll be weeding through user accounts and deleting any profiles created for anything other than real humans.

There was at one point a form Google put up allowing for request of early entry into the business side of Google+ but it’s been taken down already at this point.

We’ll keep you up to date on this and more, here on the AllStruck blog.

Try this download link if you’re on a mobile device for a better viewing experience, or if you can’t use the video embedded below:

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When you are logged into your Facebook account, click on the account dropdown at the top-right of the page. In this menu there is a link called “Use Facebook as Page” that used to be titled “Manage Page” or something to that effect. When you click on this link a list of all the pages your account is administrator for will show up, you can click on the “Switch” button for any page to start using Facebook under the moniker of that Page, like it were an account. On the other hand you can always click on the title of the page rather than the Switch button to simply visit the page staying logged into to your current account.

Facebook pages can now be updated to a new look.

Facebook pages with their tabbed style appear to be on the out, we’re not yet sure if this feature is planned to go for good eventually, but for now pages can be optionally rolled over to the new layout which appears much like the new Facebook profile pages. The idea is being sold as a much more effective way at attracting people on your page, showing your recent pictures up top and offering other ways to enhance the appearance overall.

Go through every setting, again and again.

Make sure you go through every option when creating and updating your Facebook page. You’ll notice that there is an especially useful feature for any alcohol related pages to automatically determine the legal age at which alcohol related content may be viewed online depending on where the user is from. In any case if your content is age sensitive you should be making use of this setting (from your page click on edit, then goto: Manage Permissions > Age Restrictions) or some obvious problems could crop up.

AllStruck currently offers service for $100/mo. to keep a business up to date online. This includes renewing domain names, updating website server software, updating website software, updating new settings on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, and much more.

Every day we keep up on the news and release updates like this to our clients. Anyone can become an AllStruck client for free and receive this useful information, we provide a unique perspective on these updates in email format and segment our messages to specific groups depending on their interests.

Creating a Facebook page.

If you are an AllStruck client you probably already have at least one Facebook page. In case you want to create another page, or in case you don’t already have a page but want to create one now, here is what you need to do:

Go to Create a Page on Facebook and select the type of page you would like to create. If you need some help with creating this page, we’re always here to help. AllStruck is always here to help with this process, it’s our job to stay updated on the news about these services, and since we use them daily it’s very quick and easy to create accounts and update pages.

Creating a Facebook page could be more important that creating a website these days. More than one out of twenty people in the world have a Facebook profile, and most internet traffic is attributed to the usage of Facebook. We suggest utilizing our highly focused services to maximize on the usage of social networking applications for your organization today.

You gotta check this out, a “freemium” model company that has got one of the most well integrated systems for helping freelancers and small businesses alike organize many of the most tasks when making money: Customer relationship management, invoices/quotes/expenses, and project management.

Integrates with many of my favorites (MailChimp and Google Apps) and even introduced me to a great document e-signature service (RightSignature) that integrates perfectly as well.

We all know that having a blog is an important part of keeping our audience (perhaps our customers) up to date with recent news and anything we’ve found and want to share. Sometimes the problem becomes a lack of time, ambition, or inspiration while writing. There are a lot of tips we’ve collected for helping to write blog posts (and write better posts too) that we would like to share.

In this article we’re going to discuss some recent tips from 2010 to help with keeping on top of your blog but without sacrificing time taken from your normal life. It can be difficult to keep up with the changes when everything is changing so fast; Google is working on rolling out a new feature for Google Maps in some locations, by hiring out local freelancers to capture 3D panoramic photographs from the interior of businesses who agree. One of our clients from the Twin Cities in Minnesota opted-in, this link currently opens a street-view  of the storefront, imagine being able to walk in the store from there! Knowing about tools and techniques like creating and managing Facebook pages, connecting with Twitter, installing and configuring the countless widgets and plugins available, creating applications, and the benefits of each depending on usage will all factor into your chances of success.

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For example: We just installed a plug-in that helps us find related information about the subject we post, it comes from a service called Zemanta. They offer a great way to help you find related graphics/photos and articles, with the WordPress plugin you can start writing your post and additional content appears on the right which is related to what you have typed. The plugin also automatically determines which text could be linked up and will even apply the links for you!

So for those who haven’t watched the video, it is a talk given by Tim Ferriss called “How to Blog without Killing Yourself”, he posted the video on his own blog on a post called How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself which contains a list of the topics below the embed. I highly recommend that you read that post and the rest of his blog (and don’t forget to buy his book, The 4-Hour Workweek).

Do The Math

If you’re blogging away and wondering why it’s not working out, the honest truth is that you’re not doing something (perhaps many things) right. Let’s say you’re spending an hour each day writing posts even posting every day; I need only to quote Lincoln to explain why there is much more to having a successful blog than writing posts and getting back-links.

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

Paying attention to statistics is crucial, your understanding and usage of the information available about the reaction of your visitors will determine your chances at success. First you must determine key performance indicators (KPI) and increase your ability to monitor them. On August 30th 2010 Tim Ferriss wrote up an article called Blogging by Numbers explaining this much better than I could, he’s obviously spent a lot of time learning about the factors of success and how to get great results in efficient ways.

So the point here is that every little thing matters when you’re studying, but what you end up focusing on is what counts most.

Word of mouth is one of those key factors you should be thinking about, this is what proper usage of social networking tools is all about, this socializing process is what moves knowledge about you to those who don’t know already and from a trusted source. You need to provide a way for people to pass along information about you easily; another great WordPress plugin that we use is called Disqus, which is a replacement for the built-in / standard commenting. With Disqus you can quickly get a wide range of great tools that your visitors can use, from a simple “like” to a fully automated trackback system. Check it out today if you haven’t already.

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Seth Godin’s book The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) peaked at #5 on The New York Times Best Seller List. We consider it to be required reading, and it’s well worth the $10 for any entrepreneur, marketer, manager, or even non business types. If you’re familiar and agree with the 10,000 hour rule, you’ll be comfortable absorbing the material, yet Seth makes this quite clear and throws the words of people like Vince Lombardi – who said, “Quitters never win and winners never quit” – back in their face with real world advice related to real world examples; To counter Lombardi, Godin starts off his book to say, “[Not quitting is] bad advice. Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.”

What better example could be set than to release Creative Commons material to introduce the concepts in the book freely, download the PDF (Pushing Through the dip: How to Become the Best in the World) now, print it, give it away, anything but sell it.

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