More on Community Blogs - How To

Last week I talked about community blogs and the reasons they can be good for you and your business. You can read the community blogs post if you missed it.

Adriana left a comment and asked about how to get multiple contributors set up on a Wordpress blog. As I didn’t set up the Mom Masterminds Blog, which is done as a Wordpress format, I can’t explain it to her. However, I know someone who can. I told her I would see what I could come up with to help her out with the technical side of setting one up.

Who better to ask than the blogging expert herself? Lynette Chandler, the creator of the Blogging Starter Pack, was more than happy to help me out and has compiled a guide, complete with screenshots for the set up of Wordpress community blogs. Thank you Lynette!

I do, however know how it all works on the Blogger platform, as I set up multi-authors at my community blog over at BecauseMomSaidSo.com. Since I have experience with this particular platform, I could (and did) create a guide to help those of you who use it through setting up a Blogger community blog.

The screenshots in the Blogger guide are from the new Beta version of Blogger, so there may be a few things that look a tiny bit different if you are using the older version, but the process is pretty much the same for both. It really is as simple as sending an email to the people you want to invite to become co-authors on your blog. I have also included screenshots and step-by-step instructions for the entire process.

Here’s where you can find instructions for both Wordpress and Blogger:

Adding Contributors to a Wordpress Blog

Setting Up a Multi-Author Blog in Blogger

Oh yeah, one more thing. Feel free to share your community blog (current one or one you’ve set up with the guides) with everyone in the comments area.

Just a Few Days Left for Your Free Holiday Gift

Last month I told you about the opt-in builder software that Lynette Chandler and I created.

If you have a free e-course, newsletter, special report, etc. you want to offer your visitors in exchange for their email address for your list? A one page opt-in is the way to go! With the software you give your readers the chance to focus on the one thing you want them to do most while at your website, versus looking at your whole site and leaving before they have done so.

The builder gives you simple, step by step instructions on how to build an opt-in page. The best part is that it doesn’t just tell you how either; it actually builds the page for you!

Simply decide what elements you want in your page such as the page name, what colors, text and font size to use as well as any graphics you need. Fill in the corresponding blanks and leave the rest to the builder. Within a few minutes, you’ll have a complete, ready to upload, one page opt-in site without all the stress of guessing or coding with HTML.

When Lynette and I introduced the software last month, we decided to give it away for free, but only for a limited time.

Well that time is almost up. You only have until this Sunday, December 24th to get a copy for yourself. As of Monday, we will be adding a price tag to it.

Before you get wrapped up with friends, family, gifts and good food, hurry and get your free copy. It’s ok to play Santa for yourself, especially when you don’t have to spend a dime to do it and the rewards you could reap from using it will be great.

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