Continuing in the series on How To Supercharge Your Blog, this post is on Permalinks. Of all the Blogging Tricks, this is probably the most important, because it will give you a Keyword Rich URL - Readable to the search engines.

The default URL for your blog post will look something like this:
=> www.your-domail.com/blog/p=104

By changing the Permlink Settings in the Wordpress Admin you can change this to a much more Usable - Search Engine Friendly URL that will include the Post Title.

There are a few options when doing this. For this blog I have elected to use the
=> Custom Structure:  www.steverenner.com/Category/Post-Title

Here are the options:

* Default: http://www.steverenner.com/?p=123

* Day and name: http://www.steverenner.com/2008/05/14/sample-post/

* Month and name: http://www.steverenner.com/2008/05/sample-post/

* Numeric: http://www.steverenner.com/archives/123

* Custom Structure _______________________________

Some webmasters will use the Day/Name option - I recommend the Custom Structure option. This gives you precise control of the Blog Post URL.

There are basically 2 Options 

1. /%category%/%postname%
2. /%postname%

If you want to include the Category Option use #1 if not use #2.

The trick to make this work it to update the .htaccess file

If your .htaccess file is writable, Wordpress will do this for you automatically, but it’s not it will give you the ”mod_rewrite” rules you need to include.

Example:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

And that’s all there is to it. In the next update I will create a video that walks you through exactly how to do this!
 

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The Fastest/Easiest Way To Build Your List!

In one of the most Explosive Promotions to hit the Internet in a long time, my good friend Reed Floren and I, along over 1,000 other marketers wil be launching the biggest Internet Marketing Giveaway ever.

The IM-Giveaway starts on Friday May 16th at 9:00 AM CST. Before the giveaway starts we are recruiting JV Partners. This is an Incredible way to build your list. All you need is a product to “Giveaway”. And as an IMTrain Member yiou have plenty to choose from.

I have personally added 1,000’s of new
Subscibers to my list using Giveaway’s

If you would like to be one of our JV Partners, all you have to do is go here and Sign Up NOW! Go to: => IM-Giveaway

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$100,000 Per Month In Residual Income

I am a big believer in having Goals for your Internet Marketing Business. I spend a lot of time on this in my MIT Trainings. And I also believe that from time to time you need to evaluate where you are in your business and Re-Adjust those goals. And I just don’t teach this I do it, and here is an example of how I evaluate my business.

This is exactly what I want to talk to you about today, and this will give you a little background on today’s post:  This is from the letter I wrote on the plane yesterday coming home from Mexico…

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35,000 FEET
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Judy and I at 35,000 ft. on our way back from an Amazing 10 Days on the Beach in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.  Besides completely enjoying myself for 10 Days away from the daily hustle of the office, I had a chance to reflect on where my business is going and the direction I want to take it for the future. It’s funny but being able to get away for a while gives you the chance to look at things from another perspective. 

While I was here I was observing the incredibly thriving and literally booming economy here. You wouldn’t really think of a small beach town in Mexico as a mecca of commerce, but apparently it is the fastest growing city in Mexico.

From the street vendors all the way up to the massive Resort and Residential Developments there is a hustle-bustle and excitement going on that’s infectious.

And everywhere you go there is high speed internet access. Every little business has a web site which means they have Web Hosting, Web Masters/Designers are all levels of Internet Marketing and Promotion
going on.

Things don’t change, everywhere you go there are young people on their cell phones. I think there is a lot of Text Messaging going on.

When you break it all down, at the heart of all this commerce is the Internet. In one way or another most all business is conducted online. And even in a small beach town in Mexico the Internet is at the heart of this business.

The business here is based on the Mayan Riveria, a beautiful strech of coastline with Pristene Beaches and Perfect Weather. As the rest of the world is becoming more aware of this beautiful place, developers and investors are scrambling to cash in on this phenomenon.

The Gold Rush is on there is an incredible opportunity here. These developers need to market their services/propjects. And I would bet they are willing to pay extremely well for leads.

This could be a potential Goldmine for someone whoi is willing to put the deal together.

And it just so happens that we have an increrdible set of trainig videos from Mark Varnum on Generating Leads for business. They show you how to contact the business, and make the deal, as well as generate the leads.  This will work for any literally any business in any city in the world,

Remember that Lead Generation and Profit Generation are the heartbeat of any business, and without these a business will not survive.

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NEW BUSINESS FOCUS
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This trip has given me a new perspective on my own business and I have decided to focus more on building residual income.  Judy and I would like to retire in the next couple years and live on the beach.

So with that in mind I have decided to focus my energies on building a long term Residual Income and IMTrain is the perfect vehicle to make this happen.

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MY NEW GOALS
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Now my goal it to get 10,000 Subscribers in the next 90 days, and 100,000 subscribers in 2 years. And to accomplish this goal I am going to need your help.

There is BIG MONEY in Internet Service, and IMTrain has Excellent Services at Extremely Affordable prices. My goal is to have $100,000 per month in Residual Income (Profits) from IMTrain. This translates to over $1 Million Dollars a year in residual income. Now I can live comfortably on that, could You!

Now I figure I can take about 100 VIP’s with me on this ride, the question is do you want to be one of them? If so, then I want you to be at my Tuesday Night Meeting.

Go to: => MIT Tuesday Night Live

Meeting starts at 7:30 PM CST

Topics: Blogging, Home Based Business, IMTrain, Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing Lifestyle, Internet Marketing Service, Internet Marketing Strategy, Mexico, Playa Del Carmen | Give Your Two Cents »

Jammin at Bad Boys in Playa Del Carmen with “JJ” and the “Nasty Bastards“

This Is One Fun Place!

Topics: Internet Marketing, Mexico, Personal, Playa Del Carmen | 1 Comment »

Bad Boys Beach Club Mexico

I’m here in Playa Del Carmen and stopped at Bad Boys, a hot little club right on the beach. Ran into some good musicians herwe and had a chance to Jam with them. The group is called the Nasty Bastards. Here are some pictures from the gig. This is really living guys! The benefits of the Internet Marketing lifestyle…

This is a very good band, and I hope to have a video for you soon!

Topics: Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing Lifestyle, Music | 1 Comment »