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Why you need Hello Bar for your website or blog

If you're running a blog or website. For driving traffic, you can follow so many methods. Like install social networking buttons, sharing rss feeds and so on. But most of the bloggers fail to notice you need some thing at the header part to attract your site audience. For example Good Professional logo at the header part, 468x60 advertisement banner in the right-hand side of the header, below that good attractive horizontal navigation bar and finally you need something above that header part to grab the attention of your site visitors. But most of the bloggers not familiar with coding.(HTML & Css). But they want to do something which will boost their site traffic. So they look around which option fulfill their needs? Yes, Hello Bar fulfill all your needs.

1. You can promote your brand
2. Hello Bar is the best option for selling e-books
3. Hello Bar is the best option for getting more subscribers for your e-mail newsletter.
4. You can promote News and Events via Hello Bar.
5. You can sell your product
6. Promote your blog posts 
7. Social Media Sharing. You can share your article with social networking sites
8. Give a link to your Facebook Fans Page or Google Plus Business Page.
9. It's great for Bloggers
10. It's great for Marketers
11. It's great for e-commerce websites
12. It's great for Product owners
13. It's great for Non-profit organisation to collect donations.

Finally you can create this Hello Bar in just one minute and that too for free. You can't ask more than this.

Hello Bar works on all platforms

1. WordPress
2. Tumblr
3. Squarespace
4. Blogger
5. Joomla 
6. Drupal

How to install Hello Bar to Your Website or Blog

I now explain you how to install Hello Bar to your WordPress and Blogger Blogs.

For Blogger

Go to blogger Dashboard - Select your blog - Template - Edit HTML - then Click Proceed, then click Expand Widget Templates. 
Copy the code from Hello Bar website and paste this code before </body> tag.

For WordPress :

Running Hello Bar on WordPress:

Depending on how much exposure you want your Hello Bar to have, you can either paste the code snippet in your theme’s template files for global exposure, or you paste it in the HTML editor on a post or page for single page exposure. UPDATE: This will only work with WordPress.org installations This Paragraph Courtesy : Hello Bar.

HTML Sitemap Generator for Blogger

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<script src="http://www.abu-farhan.com/script/daftarisiblogger/blogtoc-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.2makeawebsite.org/feeds/posts/default?max-results=9999&amp;alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=loadtoc">
</script>

You copy and paste the above code and paste it in your HTML Section of your page. Then just replace this http://www.2makeawebsite.org this domain name with either your blogspot name or your custom domain name. That's it. 

If you want to see how HTML Sitemap working in Blogger. Just see this live demo 

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Blockquote - HTML - Tag

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Blockquote - A Paragraph or Sentence that is quoted from another Website or Blog or any other source is called "Blockquote"

It's easy to add blogquote for your blog post. You can add blockquote via CSS or HTML.  In this tutorial I am going to teach how to add blockquote to your blog or website within 10 seconds. 

Step-by-Step procedure to create blockquote for your blog or website. 
 

1. Log in to your Blogger.com account
2. Select your favorite blog and choose the post in which you've to add this blockquote.
3. Now copy the below code and paste it in your HTML View of the blogger post page. For WordPress users also follow the same procedure Log in to your wordpress account then select the post Go to HTML View and paste this below code.

<blockquote style="background-color: #ffffbf; border: 2px solid #A80000; padding: 8px;">Add Your Text Here</blockquote>

Now the blockquote look like the below image. 

Add Your Text Here

Features of this Blockquote

1. You can change the Background Color
2. You can change the Border Color as well as Border thickness in pixels

So this is the special feature of this blockquote. For this blockquote you no need to learn CSS or HTML. Just copy and paste the above code in your HTML view it will display automatically.

 

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How to Add Pop Up Facebook Like Box for Blog | Website

You're Here :  Make a Website ›Facebook ›

It's easy to add pop-up Facebook Like Box for Blogger Blog or Website. Just simply copy the below HTML codes and paste it in your widget box area. 

My website www.way2onlinejobs.com getting around 15,000 visitors per day via Facebook Groups and Fans Pages. If I add this Facebook Pop-up Like Box earlier then now I will get around 50,000 visitors per day. I missed a trick there. After conducted several research on Facebook and also visited more than 500 websites now I come to know yes, it's working very well on most of the websites with Facebook Pop-up Like Box. 

 

You can easily increase the number of fans for your Facebook Fans Page. Infact you can double it within a week after implementing this method. With Pop-up Facebook Like Box your site visitors directly see how many visitors you've  on your fans page and they also interest to join your fans page. 

In this tutorial, I am going to teach how to install this wonderful widget to your blogger blog and also your website. You can simply copy this below code and paste it in your widget box area. That's it. 

<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script src="https://gj37765.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html/[www.gj37765.blogspot.com]jquery.colorbox-min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://gj37765.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html/%5Bwww.gj37765.blogspot.com%5Dfbpopup.css" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
if (document.cookie.indexOf('visited=flase') == -1) {
var fifteenDays = 1000*60*60*24*30;
var expires = new Date((new Date()).valueOf() + fifteenDays);
document.cookie = "visited=true;expires=" + expires.toUTCString();
$.colorbox({width:"400px", inline:true, href:"#mdfb"});
}
});
</script>
<div style='display:none'>
<div id='mdfb' style='padding:10px; background:#fff;'>
<h3 class="mdbox-title">Receive all updates via Facebook. Just Click the Like Button Below<center><p style="line-height:3px;" >▼</p></center></h3>
<center>
<iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAskPeramburKumar&amp;width=300&amp;height=258&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=true&amp;border_color&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:300px; height:258px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>
</center><p style=" float:right; margin-right:35px; font-size:9px;" >Powered By <a style=" font-size:9px; color:#3B78CD; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.2makeawebsite.org">2makeawebsite.org</a></p>
</div></div>

Now step-by-step procedure to install Pop-up Facebook Like Box to your blogger blog and also to your website.

1. Go to Blogger.com
2. Open your Favorite Blog
3. Click Add a Gadget Link. Now, Add a Gadget Page is opened. Just scroll your mouse and select HTML and Javascript option and press + icon to add this widget.
4. Don't give any title for this gadget in the title box. Just leave it empty.
5. Just copy and paste the above code in that box and Click "Save" that's it.

 It's working fine in most of the blogs. Hope this widget working fine on your blog too. If you like this post then consider sharing with your friends and leave your valuable comments below.
 

Email Subscription | Widget for Blogger | Feedburner

In this tutorial I am going to explain you how to create stylish email subscription widget in blogger. It's easy to create email subscription widget box with Facebook Like Button - Google Plus Button - Twitter Followers Button and finally Facebook Like Box. I now explain you step-by-step of creating a email subscription widget box for your blogger website.

1. Select the blog which you have to add email subscription widget box. 
2. In the left hand side navigation bar click the "Template" link and then click the "Edit HTML Button Link, then click "Proceed" and tick the "Expand Widget Template" box
3. Here before adding any codes please copy and paste your full template codes in WordPad and save it in your desktop. Make sure if any goes wrong you will not lose your template. So first save your template in the desktop then start adding codes.
4. Use ctrl F to find </head> and paste the following code before/above </head> tag
5. Then, paste the below code.

<script type="text/javascript">
  (function() {
    var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;
    po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
  })();
</script>

After adding the above code in the header section of your blogger template then click "Save Template". 

Now go to blogger dashboard select 'Layout" In the right-hand side click "Add a Gadget" link. Now "Add a Gadget" page opened you see lot of Gadgets listed there. 

Select "HTML / Javascript option. Now Configure HTML/JavaScript opened leave title box blank and paste the below codes in the box.

<style type="text/css">
/* RB Style sheet for subscription box */
#rb-subscribe-box .fb-like-box { border: 1px solid #EBEBEB; padding: 5px; background:#fff;}
#rb-subscribe-box .gplusone { background: #f7fcfc; border: 1px solid #EBEBEB; border-top: 1px solid #fff; color: #000; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1px; padding:5px;}
#rb-subscribe-box .twitter-follow { background: #eef9f9; border: 1px solid #dff6f6; border-top: 1px solid #fff; padding:5px 11px;}
#rb-subscribe-box .email-box {background:#e3edf4; padding:11px;}
#rb-subscribe-box .email-box h4{color: #555;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12px; margin: 0 0 10px;}
#rb-subscribe-box .email-box .txt,#rb-subscribe-box .email-box .txt:focus{background:#fff; float:left; color:#92c3c3; border:1px solid #E36B0A; border-radius: 3px; padding: 7px 10px 8px; width: 150px;}
#rb-subscribe-box .email-box .btn,#rb-subscribe-box .email-box .btn:focus{background:#E36B0A; border:1px solid #AD5513; color:#fff; border-radius: 3px; float: right; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 8px; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #D08D00;}
#rb-subscribe-box .email-box .btn:hover{background:#FF9b00;}
input, textarea {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times; font-size: 1em;}
#rb-text {
border: 4px solid #C8e993;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px
#EEE;
line-height: 10px;
margin: 10px 10px 15px 0;
padding: 10px;
width:300px;
}
#rb-text h3 {
color:white;
border-bottom: 1px dotted
white;
line-height:1.385em;
font-size: 18px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0 0 10px;
border-bottom: 1px dotted
#AAA;
font-wieght: bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 0;
}
</style>
<div class="rb_widget">
<div id="rb-text">
<div id="rb-subscribe-box">
<div class="email-box">
<h4>Subscribe FREE updates on your <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=2makeawebsite" target="_blank">Email</a> | <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/2makeawebsite" target="_blank">RSS</a></h4>
<form onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=2makeawebsite', 'popupwindow',
'scrollbars=yes,width=700px,height=700px');return true" target="popupwindow" method="post" action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify">
<input name="email" onblur="if (this.value == &#39;&#39;) {this.value = &#39;Enter your email address&#39;;}" onfocus="if (this.value == &#39;Enter your email address&#39;)
{this.value = &#39;&#39;;}" value="Enter your email address" class="txt" />
<input type="hidden" name="uri" value="2makeawebsite" />
<input type="hidden" value="en_US" name="loc" />
<input type="submit" value="Subscribe" class="btn" />
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
</form>
</div>
<div class="fb-like-box">
<iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F2makeawebsite&amp;send=false&amp;layout=button_count&amp;width=80&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:80px; height:21px;" allowtransparency="true"></iframe><a href="http://www.facebook.com/2makeawebsite" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3B5998; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"> Like us on Facebook </a><div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<div class="gplusone">
<div style="float:left;width:90px;">
<g:plusone href="http://www.2makeawebsite.com"></g:plusone>
</div>
<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117896762172961615212" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="color: #d00; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">Circle us on Google+</a><div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<div class="twitter-follow">
<a href="https://twitter.com/2makeawebsite" class="twitter-follow-button">Follow @2makeawebsite </a>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div> <br/>
<div >
<iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F2makeawebsite&amp;width=297&amp;height=258&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=true&amp;border_color&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:297px; height:258px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>
</div>
</div>
</div></div>
 

1.     Replace 2makeawebsite with your feedburner feed username
2.     Replace 2makeawebsite with your facebook fan page username
3.     Replace https://plus.google.com/107218377290528286720 with your google plus profile url
4.     Replace 2makeawebsite with your twitter username
5.     Replace http://www.2makeawebsite.com with your blog/site url
6.     Click "SAVE TEMPLATE" when you are done with your editing. 

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How to Sign Up for Google AdWords Account - Advertising on Google

Before setting up your Google AdWords Account on Google Advertising Platform please read What is Google Adwords? and how it's work and then read this article further. In this post I am going to explain you step by step of how to sign up for Google AdWords Account. So it's easy for you to open a Google Adwords account within 5 minutes from now. 

First Step : Go to Google AdWords site and click "Sign Up Now" button. See the below picture. Click the picture (to enlarge) and see the live demo. 

Create Google AdWords Account 

Now, the links goes to the next page where you have to create your adwords account. There are two options available to you to open adwords account. 

1. If you have already (gmail account) Google Account then you can enter your username and password and straight away you start using adwords account. (See Picture : One)
2. If you don't want to use existing e-mail account for creating adwords, then you can create separate account for this purpose. (See Picture : Two)

How to Sign Up for Google AdWords Account - Picture Two

Set Time Zone and Currency in Your Country

Google needs two more things to set up your AdWords account. First, currency you're using to pay for advertising on Google. Two, the time zone you'd like to get reports. So for that you must specify currency preference and also set up the time zone. (See below picture for more details)

How to Sign Up for Google AdWords Account - Setting Up Time and Currency

Verify Your Google AdWords email account
After completing the above two steps successfully. Now you have to verify your Google AdWords Account. This is the last step before creating your first Ad Campaign on Google AdWords Advertising Program. (See the below picture for more details)

How to Sign Up for Google AdWords Account - Verify Your AdWords Account

Now we move on the 3rd topic of Creating Your First Ad Campaign on Google AdWords.

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How to Sign Up for Google AdWords Account - Create AdWords Account, Set Time Zone and Currency in Your Country, Verify Account. That's it.

Advertising on Google

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With Google AdWords you can reach the targeted customers easily who are already searching for kind of products and services you offer.

What is Google AdWords?
There are more than 1000's of advertising programs on Internet. But not even one of them target the exact audience which advertisers looking for (except Google AdWords). Google AdWords not only target the exact audience for your website. But it also helps to increase your sales and service to the larger extent. 

I am running small business. Whether Google AdWords is suits my business or not?
No matter if you are running small business or big business or running a business website. Google AdWords suits all the business people. 

Google AdWords is easy to advertise program on Internet and most importantly it will reach the new customers looking for the kind of products and service you offer for them.

How much time Google will take to display my Advertisement on Google Search Results and Google Partner Sites?

Google AdWords is online Advertising program you can reach the targeted customers within matter of time. Say, 10 to 20 minutes maximum. Google AdWords is the only Advertising Program which offers different types of Advertisement Tariff. 

Advertising on Google: No matter what your budget or how little you have. you can reach new customers and grow your business using Google's online advertising program. With AdWords, you can choose where your ad(s) appear, set a budget that's comfortable for you (there's no minimum spending commitment) and easily measure the impact of your ad. Reach people exactly when they're search the internet for what you offer. Your ad can appear on Google Search Results (see the above picture at the top middle and also at the right side of your screen mentioned as paid results) and your ads also appear on partners sites (Google AdSense Publishers Websites and Blogs) With cost-per-click bidding, you're charged only when some one click your ad on Google Search Results page and also in Google Partners Websites which is already mentioned above. You can also choose where your ad appears. You can also choose the websites which display your Ad. Geographical Area (like Town, Cities, Country and Region)

The above paragraph Content Courtesy : Google AdWords

Whether Google Advertising Program really reaches targeted customers (Google AdWords)?
Google AdWords reaches large amount of audience all over the world. Especially in United States it reaches 80% audience and in India it will around 75% audience. So it is very big audience.

With help of Geographical tool you can reach exact customers near by you. Suppose if you are running a bakery in Chennai, they you can select Geographical Region as Chennai, Tamilnadu and India. So that you can reach exact audience your product. In the same way if you are in New york running web designing business then you can give advertisement via Google AdWords and target the customers in New York. So it is easy to set-up and run the advertisement campaign and you can also mention this is the place your ads can appear. So people from other parts of the world not witness your ad. So there is no unwanted customers to your website.

Advertising on Google - Cost Per Click Program

With Google AdWords cost-per-click bidding campaign you're charged only when someone clicks your ads either in Google Search Results page or in Google Partner Websites. There are several bidding options available for advertisers to choose from. They can bid for Normal Keywords or they can go for High Quality Keywords. It's totally depends on advertisers choice. But before bidding for keywords you must have a thorough knowledge of What is Google AdWords? and How its Works?

You can also decide how much or smaller amount you want to spend monthly and you'll never be charged more than that budgeted amount or agreed amount.

You can also analyze your ad unit and build according to that. You can view comprehensive report of how your ad is doing and also see how many new customers contact your business from your ad. Where they are coming from and also their details of behaving on your website.

You can also use Google AdWords Keyword Tool to improve your ad campaign. You can also increase the number of prospective customers who contact your business. 

For example : If you are bidding for keywords say "Web Designing Company in Newyork" 

now there are two options available either you can select your country and city or only city is your choice. You can mention only city that is Newyork then your ad will appear on Google Search Results only in Newyork. So now you understand the importance of targeted advertising campaign. Because of targeted advertisement campaign you will get more customers to your business and it will leads to high volume of sales. 

Bottom Line: Google AdWords is wonderful advertisement program. But you must have thorough knowledge of this program before you start your first ad campaign. 

Now we start the 1st lesson Get Started with Google Advertising Campaign that is Google AdWords in 3 Easy Steps. 

1. Create an Google AdWords Account
2.  Create Your First Ad Campaign 
3. Activate your Google AdWords Account (you can enter Google AdWords Coupon Numbers if you have already one)

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