Baby Modeling Could be a Way for Parents to Save for College - Scooter"s Fab FC Can Help - Celebrating Over 21 Years in Business

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 1, 2009

As every newlywed or new parent will tell you getting your family going in this economy is a difficult road to travel. Newlyweds have turned to in-laws for help with down payments for their first homes, if they can help. In addition more families are using special offers for first time buyers, Veteran’s benefits, etc. The building of a family; home and children, is no longer the American Dream we once knew. In these rough economic times, young couples just starting out have had issues with getting their engines started.

If you are a Veteran you can try the Veterans Affairs pages online at http://www.homeloans.va.gov or the US Dept. of Housing and Urban development at http://www.HUD.gov, at least you will get some info to help in your search for a safe and suitable environment for your growing family.

In most cases, both parents have to go back to work once the little bundle of joy arrives. Two incomes are needed as jobs are standing on unsteady feet. Some Mothers are looking for at home job opportunities when their children are young, because of child care costs, some cannot leave the home and make enough to justify putting their child in day care. Every parent knows just how much goes into building a family, clothing diapers, schooling, etc. Families in certain areas of the country have access to the entertainment industry for their children. If little Johnny can grab a TV commercial, or some print work, and stick away $ 50,000 dollars towards college, why not? If the children have fun, why not give it a shot…it is an opportunity many parents attempt. Of course you must know who you are dealing with, and know what they do….

http://www.babymodels.wordpress.com

In Los Angeles, Scooter’s Fab FC is such a company….specializing in agency placement for the under 5 yr. old club, Scooters has been in the business for over 21 years, and has been educating new parents to the industry, working with licensed and bonded Talent Agents.

http://www.scootersfabfc.com

All in all new families are not in a position to be frivolous with money these days. Families struggle, but help is out there, you just have to do a little research.

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Baby Modeling Could be a Way for Parents to Save for College - Scooter"s Fab FC Can Help - Celebrating Over 21 Years in Business

Packts Online Digital Book Library Now has Over 640 Books

(PRWEB) October 12, 2011

PacktLib, Packt Publishings online digital book library, now houses over 640 books of content on a diverse range of computing topics that enable users to increase their knowledge, develop their skills and to boost their competitive advantage at work.

Packts electronic platform, built and developed with UK-based Bluetel Solutions, offers users instant access to its entire book catalogue whether at home, work or on the move. Readers can search the entire library of books for specific content, bookmark pages, add attachments and give feedback at the click of a mouse.

PacktLib represents the fastest and most comprehensive way of accessing our extensive library of books, said Damian Carvill, Marketing Manager at Packt.

PacktLib is an amazing e-reading experience and offers the optimum subscription package for those who have specific needs towards Open Source or Enterprise topics, said Louay Fatoohi, editorial director at Packt Publishing.

The new platform, developed using JavaScript Library Ext JS, will feature over 640 fully searchable books including Packts most popular titles, ranging from jQuery, WordPress through to Microsoft Silverlight. Additionally, Packts best-selling titles BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide and Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook will also be available on the book library.

Packt will enable every PacktPub.com account holder access to nine free eBooks including the “Building Online Communities with phpBB” eBook. Please visit: http://PacktLib.PacktPub.com to sign in to the online digital book library using your Packt account or create a new one.

Furthermore, for those who have a subscription to access eBooks on PacktLib, subscribers will receive a complimentary eBook download of their choice for each month they are subscribed.

About Packt

Packt is a modern, unique publishing company with a focus on producing cutting-edge books for communities of developers, administrators, and newbies alike.

Packts books and publications share the experiences of fellow IT professionals in adapting and customizing today’s systems, applications, and frameworks. Their solutions-based books give readers the knowledge and power to customize the software and technologies theyre using to get the job done.

For more information, please visit http://www.PacktPub.com.

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PeoplePond Enables Bloggers to Assert Ownership Over Their Online Identity

Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) August 27, 2009

PeoplePond, a leading online service providing increased personal brand visibility, easy reputation management and advanced identity verification services within a single platform, announced today that bloggers can prove they are who they say they are and claim ownership of their blogs.

PeoplePond is able to confirm blog ownership for bloggers who use blogging platforms that support OpenID or Oauth. Notable examples include Blogger, LiveJournal, Drupal, and WordPress. Ownership will be confirmed and viewable on the blogger’s PeoplePond profile.

“This is part of our continued effort to enable those using PeoplePond to verify ownership of their online identities wherever they may be, including blogs,” said PeoplePond CTO, Al Castle. “Our purpose is to help promote and protect our users’ online identity. Look for more leadership in this area from the PeoplePond team very soon.”

Additionally, the PeoplePond Identity Verification service confirms to profile visitors that the profile owner has proven they are who they say they are. This takes the teeth out of online identity thieves by providing a bona fide point of reference for online identity. Combining personal identity verification with service authentication provides visitors of PeoplePond profiles a means to know exactly who they are engaging online.

PeoplePond profiles enable personal brands to achieve greater visibility in online search results by training search engines to provide higher ranking to their online identity. Each PeoplePond profile is designed to provide the owner full control to implement a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy that consolidates, verifies and boosts visibility for their entire online identity.

PeoplePond recently launched a sister site, CompanyPond, that boosts visibility of a company’s online identity by leveraging the numerous PeoplePond profiles a company has. This also trains search engines to promote online content produced by staff, evangelists, board members, etc. in their company’s search results.

About PeoplePond

PeoplePond (http://www.peoplepond.com) and CompanyPond (http://www.companypond.com) are part of the Cranberry Venture Partners, LLC network of Web sites. Cranberry is home to an unmatched team of innovative developers led by Internet visionary David McInnis. McInnis is best known for founding the first direct-to-consumer news service, PRWeb, which changed the way the world uses press releases. For more information about PeoplePond, LLC and the Cranberry Venture Partners, LLC network of Web sites visit http://www.cranberryventurepartners.com.

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ManageWP Powers Over 100,000 WordPress Sites Within Three Months of Launch

Norfolk, VA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

The world demands a better way to manage multiple WordPress sites, and ManageWP which just surpassed 100,000 managed websites is the first service deemed worthy by the WordPress community to satisfy that demand.

Nearly 55% of all websites in the world that utilize content management systems are powered by WordPress, and many of these passionate WordPress users manage multiple WordPress sites. Unfortunately, the complexity and time requirements involved in managing multiple WordPress sites also continues to grow. Thankfully, a solution to these problems has arrived, and the WordPress community has shown its full support.

ManageWP is designed for WordPress users, by WordPress users, and has been completely built upon WordPress itself. It has shown the world that there is a new and innovative way to manage multiple WordPress sites with ease and without all of the issues that WordPress multisite presents all while saving users an incredible amount of time, money, and effort.

Within three months of its launch, ManageWP surpassed 100,000 managed WordPress sites. The service continues to earn the respect of the WordPress community: bloggers, marketers, journalists, media entities, web developers, web hosts, and large corporations and all others who needs to manage a virtually unlimited number of WordPress sites have shown their support.

The team continues to meet this growing demand head on. ManageWP now employs over 10 dedicated staff members, continually expands its feature set to meet the demands of its passionate users, and works with high quality third-party WordPress theme and plugin developers like StudioPress, Gravity Forms, WPMU DEV, WPtouch Pro, and many more to integrate the management of themes, plugins, and other services directly within ManageWPs dashboard.

ManageWP goes above and beyond to provide critical functionality and time-saving features for WordPress users:

Enhanced security features that go far beyond industry standards, including two-factor authentication via SMS and email and OpenSSL encryption

Customizable scheduling of automated backups, which can be executed at the users specified time and stored in various locations, such as Dropbox, Amazon S3, FTP, and email

Up-time monitoring tools, which ensure that users are always informed about the status of their websites

SEO keyword ranking and management tools, which ensures that sites are optimized for search engine conversion

Effortless deployment tools, which include the ability to create WordPress website templates, and deploy WordPress sites with theme, plugin, and other settings ready to go

One-click WordPress site login, which eliminates the need to remember multiple passwords for WordPress sites

Bulk management and publication of content

Sign up for a free, 15-day trial of ManageWP at https://managewp.com/wp-signup.php

About ManageWP:

ManageWP empowers WordPress users to quickly, efficiently, and affordably manage multiple WordPress sites. By providing world-class tools along with a dedicated focus on security, ManageWP enables its users to manage, monitor, backup, secure, publish, and deploy self-hosted WordPress sites of any number and within any hosting environment without hassle.

Media Contact:

James Mowery

Chief Marketing Officer, ManageWP

757-337-4223

james(at)managewp(dot)com

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James Schramko Recommends Savvy New Tools for Gaining an Edge Over SEO Competition

Sydney (PRWEB) July 03, 2012

In his most recent Internet marketing video update, SuperFastBusiness CEO James Schramko recently identified web tools that can help SEO companies with WordPress blogs fine tune their operations and improve their performance. The video focuses on how useful web resources and a disciplined research philosophy can help website owners harness technological advances and achieve success in their business.

Schramko begins the video with a recommendation of Backup Buddy and ManageWP for businesses seeking an easy, automated backup solution. Companies managing a small number of WordPress blogs and other websites can benefit greatly from these tools, especially with version 3 of Backup Buddy just recently made available to the public.

Blog owners also have a new option for incorporating catchy images on top of their blogs. The SlideDeck content plugin for WordPress was singled out by Schramko as a tool that offers an easy-to-use solution for presenting several different images, and it enables readers to simply slide from one photo to another without having to scroll down.

Schramko also revealed a way for website owners to benefit from observing the performance of their competitors. The Internet marketing mogul recommended visiting SEMRush.com and Ahrefs.com to search for competitor sites. By typing in the competition’s URL, one will be able to see that site’s rankings, what they are ranking for, what kinds of links they have, and what phrases people are using to reach these sites. Such information can serve as helpful advice for companies looking to craft quality content and get good links of their own.

Apple’s new Podcast app provides a new opportunity for getting heard and discovered by more people. Schramko then noted the top business podcasts acknowledged by members of FastWebFormula: SuperFastBusiness.com, InternetMarketingSpeed.com, FreedomOcean.com, as well as business podcasts from Mixergy.com, ILoveMarketing.com, and Smart Passive Income by Pat Flynn were all cited as excellent resources.

Brandable domains were also discussed in the SEO news update video. Should you be looking at brandable domains? I think so, affirms the Sydney-based online business specialist. Now that people are actually looking for you by name, its much easier to own that search position And if you look at the top brandsApple, Clickbank, Amazon, Yahoo, Googletheyre all brandables. So go for the brandable domain over the exact match keyword domain.

Furthermore, apart from utilising the best web tools available, Schramko also encouraged viewers to assume a healthy, positive mind-set and prioritise important site management tasks in order to attain success.

“When it comes to doing things like research, sometimes we put them off,” says the SuperFastBusiness CEO. “Research, conversions, testing, doing updating things, backing things up, doing your accountsthese are all things that I call ‘big rocks’ because unless you make time for them in your schedule, theyll just get rolled over. I’m afraid that you’re probably losing profit in your business as long as you avoid those big rocks So put them into your schedule, and make sure you get to them.”

Schramko emphasised as well how aligning one’s mind-set with goals helps him conquer his fears and ultimately become more successful. The book “Turning Pro” by Steven Pressfield, he says, is valuable recommended reading for anyone still in amateur business mode but seeking to evolve into a true business professional.

Wrapping up the video, Schramko invited viewers to check out his Conversions Podcast at InternetMarketing Speed. “Its a wonderful discussion Ive had with Greg Cassar, whos a conversions expert. I’m sure you’ll get a few handy tips (that would help you) see more dollars or more opt-ins coming from the traffic you’ve already got.”

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Pinterest Wordpress Theme that Is Socially Integrated and Mobile Responsive - Bloggers Rejoice Over Pinsomo"s Release

(PRWEB) September 12, 2012

PinSomo has become the favorite Pinterest WordPress theme for online SMEs and non-profit users alike. Not only is it easy to use, but it is incredibly effective in building a traffic and readership to a website. Because of PinSomo, any user has the potential to increase site traffic easily, with the simple change of a wordpress theme. Many users have been revived from the backlash of the Google Panda and Penguin updates, creating more and more happy customers.

The creator of PinSomo, Daniel Tan, realized that many users were struggling to rank high enough or even appear in the SERPs to remain competitive in their online marketing and sales efforts, especially since the Google Panda and Penguin updates. They needed a way to bring in traffic. Daniel saw the opportunity there, and putting the worlds fastest growing social site currently and this together, he found a solution. Daniels years of search engine optimization expertise has definitely paid off as he created the first social-mobile Pinterest theme for wordpress, PinSomo. Obviously, this wasnt made exclusively for users just to generate more site traffic. Daniel also pointed out how Amazon affiliate sites that use heaps of visual content to generate sales should be using PinSomo — because it makes sense. Research has even shown how Etsy.com enjoyed more sales traffic generated from people who viewed images from their site.

This Pinterest WordPress theme also incorporates Social and Mobile functionalities, meaning to say that not only will it generate traffic, it is also socially integrated with Facebook OpenGraph and Insights, which basically consolidates the data (their habitual patterns in navigating the site) and puts all that data into an easily interpretable graph. It also has a mobile responsiveness design which adjusts the layout and graphics of the website in accordance to the screen size of any viewing device. I believed that PinSomo appeals to both online businesses as well as users that just simply want to gain some internet popularity. But at the end of the day, when we talk our walk, we walk our talk. Thats why we have happy customers. Its because we deliver what we promise., Daniel explains.

One user, Brett had this to say to Daniel about PinSomo, “Daniel, this new and improved wordpress theme is a freakin wonder. Im pretty decent when it comes to web marketing and management, but its impossible to keep track and monitor the traffic performance of a site and all the changes on whether to make-or-break the site just becomes heavy guesswork. But with PinSomo, Im now able to see the effects for myself and not just take your word for it. I can easily adjust the site accordingly to what my visitors are basically doing — all through Facebook! This is all too easy, Daniel. This is truly the best Pinterest WordPress theme.”

About PinSomo: PinSomo is a WordPress Theme that was created by Daniel Tan in order to help internet marketers improve sales by improving site traffic. More than $ 4,000 was put into creating this theme and its popularity has grown tremendously mainly because people seriously took on the idea of having a website that looked like Pinterest in order to generate more site traffic, which sparked off that potential of being able to convert all that traffic into profit.

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Social Signals are Taking Over Backlinking in SEO, Daniel Tan Speculated

(PRWEB) June 02, 2012

Savvy web marketers are turning to social media marketing to boost their social signals and spending less time on backlinking efforts due to the new search engine algorithms in determining the best websites.

In March of 2012 Google announced that backlinks are no longer the priority when searching for the sites that will ultimately rank the highest in its search engine. Following suit to Googles initiative, the other search engines, such as Bing, are following suit. Social signals are the new measure for how effective online marketing is going to be in order to rank highly in the search engines and gain the necessary exposure for businesses to compete effectively in todays marketplace.

Backlinks used to be the holy grail of creating an effective online presence and were used by search engines to determine how valuable a website was. The more high quality backlinks a website gained the more of a resource they were considered to be and the higher the search engines would rank them in their search pages. With the onslaught of social media, that has all changed. For a website to become well known, it must gain social signals by way of Facebook Likes, Twitter shares, Google +1s and other social media engagement. This is because search engines realize that real peoples opinions count more than being able to beg, borrow or buy backlinks that have little reference to how much the public actually values a website.

Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land says, “Both Google and Bing have added many social search features over the past year. Theres also been talk about using social signals to help rank regular search results.”

In order for websites to succeed with social signals, there must be a measurement and tracking systems in place that allows them to analyze and strategically plan their social media marketing efforts. That is WordPress plugins such as Social Metrics Pro comes in. It allows web marketers who are serious about search engine optimization success to have an easy to use platform to track and monitor their social marketing and social signal results.

Daniel Tan, the partner of Social Metrics Pro, who has also worked with several major companies and startups informed that Social Signals are found to have correlation with ranking improvements, as high as 60% on many cases.

“We have been tracking social signals on the sites we manage and we do notice that the correlation of social signal with ranking improvements are now more obvious than the past, and this is an interesting observation”, Daniel commented. “It’s not surprising to see backlinks get less weight and social signals get more weight, as social votes are often backed by a real person, much more reliable than an anonymous backlink”.

For readers who’d like to know more about social signals, Daniel has written a great article on Social Signal.

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Social Metrics Pro Unveils Why it Has Becomes Mandatory Since Social Signals Have Taken Over Backlinks in SEO

London, UK (PRWEB) October 18, 2012

After the Panda and Penguin algorithm updates, Google had announced an additional 200 search factors to their list in 2012 and with Google themselves incorporating social search features such as the Google +1 button, it is apparent that they do in fact take social signals into account for future online searches. Even Microsoft’s Bing have also introduced social search features. Backlinks are now less important in determining a site’s ranking than the number of “Likes,” “upvotes” or “shares” it receives via social media platforms. SEO is changing and Social Metrics Pro has become a more necessary tool for social media marketers to adapt to this change.

In the past, links pointing to a page from external sites (backlinks), were previously a major factor in the way that a site’s page ranking was determined. More backlinks meant higher rankings,so this came to be exploited by unscrupulous sites and the rise in such practices has meant an erosion in the overall value of backlinks as a marker of desirable, high-quality content. To remedy this, Google now places much more emphasis on social media signals, which are harder to fake.

Social media signals include the number of times someone clicks the Facebook “Like” or Google+ buttons on a page; the number of times the page is shared on Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ or another social network; and the number of comments from social media accounts. Since each “Like,” share or comment originates from a unique account, social signals are a much better indicator of the number of people who’ve found a page useful or relevant. Google has now ushered in the era of social signals, and Social Metrics Pro will now play a more significant role in helping marketers monitor these new search determinants.

Founder of Social Metrics Pro and search engine marketing expert Daniel Tan remarked: “[T]he term ‘outdated’ is very true when applied to backlinking to describe its situation since the introduction of the Google Panda update last year… Backlinking will continue to exist but with reduced importance.” Daniel Tan knew the day would come where people would start shifting their emphasis towards social signals – that time is now.

Social media gurus all agree that social signals are paving the way for current and future SEO marketing efforts. In order to reap the most benefit from these changes, websites will need to develop new strategies. Thankfully, we have software plugins that can help webmasters to analyse and optimize their performance on a range of social media platforms. One of these exemplary solutions is Social Metrics Pro, a WordPress plugin designed to help site owners to track and monitor social signals and social marketing. It is able to track tweets, track shares, track likes and monitor a range of other social networks.

With the prevalence of social signals, now is the time to get involved and incorporate Social Metrics Pro into your social media marketing efforts. If you intend to manage your business well, you first have to be able to measure.

About Social Metrics Pro: Daniel Tan is an SEO Expert who saw the need to be able to monitor social media activities as they relate to on-site web content development and design. Thus, the Social Metrics Pro WordPress Plugin was conceived. Beginner or advanced WordPress users can quickly and easily monitor their social media efforts in one easy, yet comprehensive, reporting system. For more information on the place of social signals in today’s SEO landscape, readers can refer to Daniel Tan’s article “Social Signals Explained – What are they and how are they important?”

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