1to1million
Turning One Dollar Into One Million

I want to add a Google Search Box into my blogger body right in the center where the latest blog post shows up, by default this is locked, so first we will unlock it…

1. Go to Customize / Template / Edit HTML
   BTW, do not tick Expand Widget Templates, that will really scare you off.
   
2. Scroll all the way down and back up about 30 lines to find
   div id=’main-wrapper’
   You may have maxwidgets=’1′ if so increase the number (I don’t have it on my template)
   showaddelement=’yes’ (this allows you to add an element via Template/Page Elements, edit page)
   locked=’false’ (This unlocks the listed elements so they can be shuffled around)
3. Hit save.

Good idea to back up your evolving templates separately, before any major changes.

I want to add a Banner into my header as a separate element.
by default this is locked, so first we will unlock it…

1. Go to Customize / Template / Edit HTML
   You should be get familiar with this now, if not try printing it out and using it as wallpaper in your toilet.
2. Scroll all the way down and back up about 30 lines to find div id=’header-wrapper’
   Make maxwidgets=’3′ (this always needs to be one more than you have so you can shuffle elements around)
   showaddelement=’yes’ (this allows you to add an element via Template/Page Elements, edit page)
   locked=’false’ (This unlocks the section)

NOTE: The original header element is the title of your Blogger, it’s what comes up when people find you in google search and also what people see if you get featured at the Blogger Dashboard, worth keeping!!!

Ok! Deep Breath and go…

Customize / Templates / Edit HTML

First thing you will see is ‘Backup / Restore Template‘, really good idea at this early stage.

The first site of code can be similar to a debt collector knocking at the door for some people.
I highly recommend that you just hide for 10 minutes peeking at it through the curtains.
The confronting aspects will eventually fade down your driveway and give you time to contemplate the meaning of <div id=”‘header-wrapper’”>

1. The first thing I want to do is expand the width of my Blogger to utilize more of the real estate:
   • Scroll through the HTML and replace the following values (Bold only)
     - header-wrapper width = 890px
     - outer-wrapper width = 890px
     - main-wrapper width = 500px
     - sidebar-wrapper width = 220px
   • Scroll down further…
     - footer width = 890px
   • Save and cross fingers
     
     
2. Yikes!!! Now I will need to fill all that empty space with another column.
   • Open and scroll through the code again
   • Find the #sidebar-wrapper {4 lines of code here}
     - Copy it and paste it straight after itself with a blank line in between
     - Add a capital L after wrapper. #sidebar-wrappperL
     - Change float variable to left (its was set to right)
     
   • Scroll right towards the bottom and find div id=’sidebar-wrapper’
     - Copy everything between the DIVs (should be 4 lines of code plus some widgets in the middle
     - Click before the group of code above it, div id=’main-wrapper’
     - Paste it before that with one blank line breathing space above and below
     - Add a capital L after wrapper. div id=’sidebar-wrapperL’
     - Add a capital L after id=’sidebar’. id=’sidebarL’
     - Delete the Widget lines in the middle, just the ones that start with b:widget id=
   • Scroll up and find .sidebar .widget, .main .widget
     - Now you will need to add the new ID here… .sidebar .sidebarL .widget, .main .widget
   • Lastly scroll up a bit more and make the sidebar-wrapperL width = 150px
     - Save and now you can go to Page Elements to add to your new left hand column

I have saved some screenshots and will upload them soon.

Stock.Xchng is a great website for FREE stock photos that you can ad to your blog or website!

It is free to join and worth noting three things.

1. Make sure you observe the conditions, you cant resell the image, etc and so on…

2. When you do a search it may also give a box of images from the Commercial flip side of the website… StockExpert, you will have to pay for these (Between $1 to $10 dollars each) and they are stamped with a watermark before you buy.

3. The images can be way to big for use on your website.
   I would suggest using an excellent program like Snaggit, you’ll just keep finding great uses for it. We will post a demonstration here in the next few weeks.
   Otherwise use the ‘Print Screen’ button on your keyboard, then paste and crop it in your photo editing software.

Before I remove the Top Navigation Bar from your Blogger/Blogspot template, I am going to move some elements to a new sidebar page element.

So…

1. Go to Customize / Template / Page Elements
2. Add a Page Element (on your side column)
3. If you are signed in, go to your bloggers Top Nav Bar and select/copy…
   New Post | Customize | Sign out
   
4. Paste these into your new page element and the live hyperlinks should come with them
5. Now open your blog in another browser/window and Sign Out
   select/copy Sign In and paste these into your new page element
6. Arrange and format them how you wish and hit SAVE

If you want you could grab Dashboard | Help from the top of the customize page.

For a Search Box customize it from www.google.com/coop/cse

So you want to remove your top navigation bar from Blogger.
Especially useful if you are disguising your blogger/Blogspot blog with your domain name.
However its important to point out that you will be losing many handy links - NewPost, Customize, SignOut, Dashboard, Help, Search
You might want try this first Keeping some Top Nav Bar links

Ok! ready?

1. Click customize, up on your Top Nav Bar
   Note:
   
2. Click the Template tab and then the Edit HTML tab
   You will see some code that looks a bit like this…
3. Near the top of the HTML locate <head> click immediately after it and hit enter
   Copy in the following code
   <!–Remove NavBar –><style type=’text/css’>#b-navbar {height: 0px; visibility: hidden; display: none;}</style>
   <style type=’text/css’>#navbar-iframe {height: 0px; visibility: hidden; display: none;}</style><!–End Remove NavBar –>
   

Step by Step guide with Screenshots coming soon…

STRATEGY
While the ’switching on a blog and just start blogging’ approach is easy and has worked for many people, a little careful planning towards an official launch date can really work wonders.

For Example: A blog that gets a great number of visitors in its first official month will create a little headline that will bring even more visitors. There is a street theater technique built around the premise that a crowd always brings a crowd, it works like this:

• Performers marks a circle on the street with chalk or a rope.
• The performer does a lot of set-up and curiosity building business to attract a crowd (this crowd will always form way back from the rope so the next step is to bring them right up close and personal).
• Performer asks the crowd to move forward
  • When talking to a crowd no one will react unless you make it personal, talk directly to individuals and get them on your side. A great example of this is asking the crowd to join you on a public prank. The crowd comes in close, creates a circle and obstructs the view from passers by. The performer asks the crowd to go wild with applause and then joins the ranks of the circle. Passers by, come running in to see what they are missing out on and then become confused when they themselves see absolutely nothing.
• Performer now has a crowd and it will continue to grow as long as the circle stays intact.

People feel safe standing behind others and most successful street performers will not start their shows until they have a complete circle of people watching. They will even pack up and move if things are not going to plan because its easier to start from scratch then it is to repair a broken circle.

Your Inner Circle
This is not something you should ignore, every blog will have a fan. Being loyal and supportive to your Inner Circle readers is paramount. This is why you are blogging if you are in it just for the money then you should be playing on the raging seas not in the relaxed environment of the cool stream.

Eventually your inner circle will come from any of the following elements:

• Social Media sites.
  There are many to choose from and some are warmer than others but essentially with the placement of some simple widgets you will be able to see who is visiting your site. Talk to people, visit there pages and start building your bridges early.
  • Social Networking: MyBlogLog, MySpace and BlogCatalog should get you started.
  • Social Bookmarking: Digg, Del.icio.us, Technorati, StumbleUpon, Reddit and the list goes on.
• Search Engines
  Creating articles written with non-competitive keywords that are still attracting a few search requests per day. Google, Yahoo and MSN
• Forum Activity
  Get active on the forum associated with your niche. Don’t Spam just let your signature do the marketing for you. Be genuine and helpful! Just going to the new members ‘Hello and Welcome’ section twice a week and welcoming other new members is a great way network. Encouraging or congratulating others achievements is another easy way to becoming active and known on a forum. Humor and Quality Information also works well.
• Comments on your blog.
  In the early days do not be afraid to turn on unmoderated comments your are not going to any issues with spam until you get a crowd and you can delete them manually.
  Respond to those commenting on your site, visit them and contact them.
• Back Links.
  Visit the people that are linking to you, thank them. If if they have a great site return the favor.
• Email list.
  Put an Opt-In form on your header or in a prominent position offer them something for opting in. Initially this could be a special offer that all leads up to your official launch date.
• Existing Friends.
  Whether virtual or real-life, send invitations to existing friends as soon as you officially open the doors.
• Cold Calls.
  Contact a few established blogs owners and invite them to your launch. I you have a unique idea or fresh approach they will be glad to help out. Everyone loves a party.

Send everyone invitations to the official blog launch. Contact your inner circle as soon as your site officially opens, ask them to make some noise for you.

On the day/weekend of your launch put up a post for the sole purpose of giving your visitors a chance to make comments welcoming you to the Blogosphere.

Look after these people, they are gold!

Pre-Launch: Doors Closed
Keeping your blog closed for the first six weeks prior to your launch will allow you to:

• Experiment with the layout, style and look of your blog in private.
• Use this time to find your voice. blogging behind closed doors will give you the freedom to experiment and write without fear of who is reading.
• Lay down and perfect the flow of your first 10 introductory posts.
• Work on and preview your 12 core articles (high quality, informative post worth linking to).
• Discover a unique, fresh approach to your blogging on your chosen niche.
• Create a little anticipation and buzz around the launch, consider using a second blog specifically for the pre-launch.

Pre-Launch: Doors Open
Keeping your blog open from the first day will allow you to:

• Release search engine optimized posts in time for the launch (it can takes week for search engines to index your web pages and could take months for Google to let you out of the sandbox)
• Impress Google by growing your site slowly with one to two post per day, those kids love this stuff.
• Put one post up and then work on registering your website with all the social media site. Every new post will then be automatically released to numerous other sites.
• Start creating some back links to your website.
• Who knows you may get a reader. One person counts as a audience or is that an audient… Knowing that someone is listening will boost your confidence and improve your writing. A lot of late night radio DJ’s imagine that they only have one listener and they are talking to just one person, it makes things intimate and personal.

Pre and Post Launch Strategies

• Don’t even consider that your blog will make money in the first 6 months
• Don’t attempt to get traffic to your website until you have a dozen core articles of high quality content.
• Stay focussed, one task per day/hour. Stay focussed on that task and do not get distracted
• Your a writer now and reading other blogs should be secondary to the amount of time you spend creating your own.
• Communicate with others. If you don’t want to talk to people then you should not be standing on a stage.
• Be honest, open and don’t hold back information or great resources. Give your readers what they want.Tell them what you know and how you discovered it.
• Let your readers know who you are, what your planning to do.
• Constantly build trust and value.

Learn a little about me,
the owner of 1to1million
and what I am planning to do here.

Hi there

Thanks for digging in far enough to find my first post.

Who Am I And What Am I Doing Here…

I’m an Aussie. I run a number of websites and have had a full time presence on the web for about the last 6 years. I am known in a number of virtual circles and everyone online just calls me JD.

My plan here at 1to1million is to create a blog outlining my attempts to make money online… But let me point out that there are much better ways to make money online, if you have the money to invest. So my true reason for setting this up is to guide you through the many legitimate systems to make money with live examples. This will allow you to jump on board with me at the ground floor of our respective projects and we can travel this road together.

If you come in late I will do my best to leaves some crumbs around to make catching up easy for you. I have actually been down this road before so I’ll try and do my best to keep us on track and if we do wander off at times… Trust me I have a great sense of direction.

A Little About My Background

I have a long history in directing, producing and marketing for the entertainment industry. When I was teenager I created a visual comedy stage show and headed out on what became a seven year journey across every corner of the vast landscape that is Australia.

I went on to manage 3 successful businesses and eventually took a change of direction when I accepted an offer I couldn’t refuse to become a Marketing Manager and set up a online store for an large audio visual company.

Fast forward to 2005… I created pedirectory.info which later changed its name to entropiadirectory.com, and for two and half years this has served as a major ‘wiki based’ fan site for the Entropia Universe community. If you haven’t heard of Entropia Universe its listed in the 2008 Guinness World Records Book because of the “Most Expensive Virtual World Object” at $100,000 USD. I like to think of it as a thinking mans game because you can invest real money and withdraw real profits.

My World Goes To the Dogs

At the end of 2006 my professional career went pear shaped when a weird arse’d genetic condition turned into a full blow handicap that has now permanently restricted my ability to work in the conventional methods of a day job. That basically means that I am now in a situation where I need complete flexibility as to when, where and how I work.

I have spent the last six months changing my way of life and developing three new income streams:

• Affiliate marketing using Google Adwords.
• Offering websites and SEO services for local businesses.
• Learning how to create websites that make a lot of money.

I don’t monetize the Entropia Universe Wiki which receives over 12 thousand unique visitors per month but I do have a number of other niche websites related to my passions.

Plans For 1 To 1 Million
The main thinking behind 1to1million.com is to offer you a glimpse as to how I begin turning 1 Dollar into 1 Million Dollars, granted you could be waiting a while but that’s why I am inviting you in at the ground level.

Via a free opt-in email list and this blog I aim to offer complete transparency.

I will be exposing my greatest successes.

You get to see every single scratch I mark in the dirt.
You get to discover which of those scratches begin to run and which of these runs become streams.
I will disclose how I turn these streams into rivers and what has worked best of all.
I will work consistently towards a grand plan to eventually bring in a torrential flood by redirecting traffic from sites like Youtube using my visual theater skills. It should be a fun ride, I hope you can stick around.

I do have a lot of time available for this project and I am studying and working at this 8 hours a day.

This Blog will officially launch on the 19th October 2007

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