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Good morning WA Community. I am hoping someone can give me some ideas or recommendations. I want to create a custom diagram for my website, in which each area of the diagram is
You may also enjoy this link for interactive image mapping
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_images_imagemap.asp
Thank you!!! The link you shared is directed and helps me understand the different ways to take advantage of interactive image mapping immensely!
Hi Teanna! Found this little tool to check out as well. Plugin may be easier to use but may also add to page load time so test before/after.
https://www.image-map.net
You just load your image, set the area(s) with link and it spits out the html code for you to use on your page.
Good Luck!
Josh
Hi - it's called an interactive image and you will probably need to use a plugin to create clickable hotspots.
I haven't done this myself, but at least you know what it's called, to allow you to search for an appropriate plugin.
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Has anyone created a custom diagram with links for website?
Good morning WA Community. I am hoping someone can give me some ideas or recommendations. I want to create a custom diagram for my website, in which each area of the diagram is
I see you have the answer to your question, friend. A diagram map can be helpful. It looks interesting.
Anyone who will be looking at this diagram, will see what they are interested in, which will prompt them to click them. That's a clever idea. I like it already. All the best!
Thanks Bright… just a disclaimer that the image I posted is nothing like my end product but really wanted to pose an image on this question to help me get some definitive responses to help me find the most effective responses. I have received some amazing responses and I am going to be researching every response with an ultimate update to my question to include my end result for future reference on what I found to work for me.
You may also enjoy this link for interactive image mapping
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_images_imagemap.asp
Thank you!!! The link you shared is directed and helps me understand the different ways to take advantage of interactive image mapping immensely!
Hi Teanna! Found this little tool to check out as well. Plugin may be easier to use but may also add to page load time so test before/after.
https://www.image-map.net
You just load your image, set the area(s) with link and it spits out the html code for you to use on your page.
Good Luck!
Josh
Hi - it's called an interactive image and you will probably need to use a plugin to create clickable hotspots.
I haven't done this myself, but at least you know what it's called, to allow you to search for an appropriate plugin.
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Hey all, I recently began using the Friend or Foe Google Extention for Facebook and Instagram, which has helped me weed out fake friend requests from bots and spammers, however
Hey all I hope you had an amazing holiday! I just wanted to touch base here and let you know I am still working on this topic. I am hoping I will have some more general information on my findings for everyone interested in this topic soon as a follow-up.
Thanks and have an amazing day!
Teanna
Hi
Have not used however, as far as our business we are developing Facebook pages | groups or Instagram business and we want to grow them organically.
Quality vs Quantity.
So for example I would not go add my friends from my profile to my pages, vs sharing relevant content to my niche and adding necessary tags to attract the right flock.
I can understand this may take time to grow however you'd know by the end of the day what you are developing.
There's always going to be folks who will add you for the sake of it, or the other way around, you buying into their products or services. However, bottom line here is not to get distracted with social media vs focusing onto developing our blogs.
The recommendations is for us to spend up to 45 minutes a day on social platforms.
That works 15 minutes a session to update with content worthy our visitors i.e. at three intervals during the day.
Productivity matters, if we were to spend a lot longer, our business will suffer, we won't be producing as much content.
Am not saying you are or not, I am discussing in general as this question and answers are shared on the public forum.
Thank you for the opportunity allowing me answering it to the best of my ability.
Hope you are having a Joyous Christmas!
Never heard of this one, so will be following the thread to see what others think of it...I thought it was a game based on the name haha! Cheers! Dave : )
LOL! When I started out my social media campaign, I received over 150 new friend requests in the first day which had grown to over 367 on day two... many of the individuals attempting to friend request me were actually attempting to call me on messenger video (in the middle of the night my time) and were obviously from outside of the U.S. (by that I mean the only language used on their profiles were foreign to me, a US Citizen), also I was receiving lude messages from some of the individuals... this worried me to no ends for obvious reasons... but also I wanted to consider (1) how many of these individuals were pulling a prank on me or looking for more than a business-relationship and (2) how could I possibly ensure that folks sending me these requests were genuinely looking for business-acquaintances versus someone to talk to on another level (UGH... THEY DIDN'T CARE TO SEE THAT I'M NOT SINGLE AND READY TO MINGLE, LOL).
I started researching ways to both save some time in responding to all of these requests, ensuring I was clear in my expectation to anyone I chose to accept the requests from for my business page and, while at the same time ensuring the integrity of their friend requests (this has been a true challenge).
Anyways... that's how I came to find Friend or Foe... I just started using it and don't know if it was the right choice or not yet. Not wanting to lose ground or waste time, I obviously chose to take the risk to use the tool and decided I'm doing my own independent test, regardless of what it was marketed for and also, Facebook Business App (which is free) provides some of the functions also offered within this tool (and I pay a monthly subscription in addition to the cost of the Friend or Foe tool to continue using)... so, at this point I am willing to pay the small fee until I am finished with my research in hopes that I am not getting scammed and definitely will NOT attempt to market the affiliate aspect of the tool or recommend it to anyone until I have performed a thorough review of it myself first.
Hence my question here to see if anyone else has had some experience with the extension/tool to see what lessons learned I can leverage... didn't find much anything in the blog posts, so hoping to just get some real feedback here since I trust this community for things like that.
Looking forward to the feedback and recommendations here and hoping it won't take too terribly long due to the monthly subscription (it's low, under $20 but still my money is valuable to me as is my time, just like with everyone else).
Teanna
Hi, Teanna...
Great explanation! Most certainly having some kind of a gatekeeper tool for the social platforms is necessary I think...
I really don't use social platforms these days much other than for business.
One reason is that there is too much noise (divisive stuff that I was a part of myself) that is timewasting...
The other is that there are a lot of people out there that do not have above-board interests - your examples are spot on...
The worth versus cost for such a program likely will be subjective as in it may work well for some and for others it does not provide enough value to warrant the expenditure...
Let's see what others think and have experienced...
At this point, I have private groups on Facebook where we support various programs and products, so we can control the gates on them...
But I do not like the fact that you are limited in many ways as to what you can do with such a group.
That is why we also have a separate platform that is similar but without distractions found on Facebook.
That social platform is called Tribe and there we can control things and have more latitude.
We also use that Tribe account for forum discussions for training courses. This is in addition to an on-page discussion chat (for some courses, depending on the platform - we have 3)...
In any case...
I would say the same principle applies to the tribe of followers that you build up over time on Instagram...
When you are trying to grow an audience, just having the numbers looks impressive, but means little if the followers or subscribers are not purchasing anything or adding any value...
Plus who wants to put up with all the nefarious folks out there sending nasty messages and maybe even images?
Waste of time...
TikTok is a good example...
Right now, there is a tremendous opportunity I think to grow in the MMO niche because I do not see a lot of value in the posts on the subjects (there is some but wide open for crafty entrepreneurs?)...
The format and approach also take a bit of thought and planning versus the more established (and proven successful for marketers) Instagram.
Instagram - my experience via surrogate users...
Instagram is an established and viable platform for sure to generate leads and sales.
Some of the freelancers that work through our company are making major sales on that platform...
I am not sure how they are filtering out the time-wasters from real clients, I will ask.
Anyway...
Thanks again for taking the time to add the background about this tool and also your experiences to date.
Now I do not feel so dumb (feelings aren't everything though, right haha!)... ; )
Cheers!
Dave : )
Thank you, Dave, for your thoughtful response, I cannot express my gratitude for what you shared in your response.
Although I started with WA back in 2016, my commitment and daily routine has not been true to my passions and desire to build an actual business until recently, as you know (and I appreciate your following and guiding me through this process since that time).
With that, although I have learned many things over the last several years through investigating, following the business itch, and, putting some things into action from a true business perspective versus a "chase the dream of a fast buck" perspective, all while pursuing a career and raising a family as a single parent of four kids is a new journey for me.
With the kids being grown and successful in their own right, today I look back at what I have learned, and I consider myself knowledgeable, having achieved my MBA and 20+ years in management/leadership within my given industry, however a Newbie to online entrepreneurship, not having entered the Honest Realm of Business Ownership until now. (I have to thank my father for giving me the motivation here as he was a business owner for a brick and mortar).
I am truly categorizing myself as brand new, even though I have been doing this for a while (within the Month of December) because I refuse not to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge that individuals like yourself are willing to coach people like me with... also, regarding social networking when it comes to business, I am very intrigued by your feedback regarding Instagram. I definitely don't want to waste my time, energy or resources on methods that are proven to be ineffective.
That being said, would you mind PMing or responding to me any additionally blogs or training you would recommend relative to Instagram, as you mentioned.
I am doing my best to get off on the right footing and I realize there will be many hard lessons learned I will have to learn through this process. Your time and feedback are invaluable to me personally I want to express my gratitude to you here and now for that.
All My Best,
Teanna
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Using friend or foe for facebook and instagram?
Hey all, I recently began using the Friend or Foe Google Extention for Facebook and Instagram, which has helped me weed out fake friend requests from bots and spammers, however
Hey all I hope you had an amazing holiday! I just wanted to touch base here and let you know I am still working on this topic. I am hoping I will have some more general information on my findings for everyone interested in this topic soon as a follow-up.
Thanks and have an amazing day!
Teanna
Hi
Have not used however, as far as our business we are developing Facebook pages | groups or Instagram business and we want to grow them organically.
Quality vs Quantity.
So for example I would not go add my friends from my profile to my pages, vs sharing relevant content to my niche and adding necessary tags to attract the right flock.
I can understand this may take time to grow however you'd know by the end of the day what you are developing.
There's always going to be folks who will add you for the sake of it, or the other way around, you buying into their products or services. However, bottom line here is not to get distracted with social media vs focusing onto developing our blogs.
The recommendations is for us to spend up to 45 minutes a day on social platforms.
That works 15 minutes a session to update with content worthy our visitors i.e. at three intervals during the day.
Productivity matters, if we were to spend a lot longer, our business will suffer, we won't be producing as much content.
Am not saying you are or not, I am discussing in general as this question and answers are shared on the public forum.
Thank you for the opportunity allowing me answering it to the best of my ability.
Hope you are having a Joyous Christmas!
Never heard of this one, so will be following the thread to see what others think of it...I thought it was a game based on the name haha! Cheers! Dave : )
LOL! When I started out my social media campaign, I received over 150 new friend requests in the first day which had grown to over 367 on day two... many of the individuals attempting to friend request me were actually attempting to call me on messenger video (in the middle of the night my time) and were obviously from outside of the U.S. (by that I mean the only language used on their profiles were foreign to me, a US Citizen), also I was receiving lude messages from some of the individuals... this worried me to no ends for obvious reasons... but also I wanted to consider (1) how many of these individuals were pulling a prank on me or looking for more than a business-relationship and (2) how could I possibly ensure that folks sending me these requests were genuinely looking for business-acquaintances versus someone to talk to on another level (UGH... THEY DIDN'T CARE TO SEE THAT I'M NOT SINGLE AND READY TO MINGLE, LOL).
I started researching ways to both save some time in responding to all of these requests, ensuring I was clear in my expectation to anyone I chose to accept the requests from for my business page and, while at the same time ensuring the integrity of their friend requests (this has been a true challenge).
Anyways... that's how I came to find Friend or Foe... I just started using it and don't know if it was the right choice or not yet. Not wanting to lose ground or waste time, I obviously chose to take the risk to use the tool and decided I'm doing my own independent test, regardless of what it was marketed for and also, Facebook Business App (which is free) provides some of the functions also offered within this tool (and I pay a monthly subscription in addition to the cost of the Friend or Foe tool to continue using)... so, at this point I am willing to pay the small fee until I am finished with my research in hopes that I am not getting scammed and definitely will NOT attempt to market the affiliate aspect of the tool or recommend it to anyone until I have performed a thorough review of it myself first.
Hence my question here to see if anyone else has had some experience with the extension/tool to see what lessons learned I can leverage... didn't find much anything in the blog posts, so hoping to just get some real feedback here since I trust this community for things like that.
Looking forward to the feedback and recommendations here and hoping it won't take too terribly long due to the monthly subscription (it's low, under $20 but still my money is valuable to me as is my time, just like with everyone else).
Teanna
Hi, Teanna...
Great explanation! Most certainly having some kind of a gatekeeper tool for the social platforms is necessary I think...
I really don't use social platforms these days much other than for business.
One reason is that there is too much noise (divisive stuff that I was a part of myself) that is timewasting...
The other is that there are a lot of people out there that do not have above-board interests - your examples are spot on...
The worth versus cost for such a program likely will be subjective as in it may work well for some and for others it does not provide enough value to warrant the expenditure...
Let's see what others think and have experienced...
At this point, I have private groups on Facebook where we support various programs and products, so we can control the gates on them...
But I do not like the fact that you are limited in many ways as to what you can do with such a group.
That is why we also have a separate platform that is similar but without distractions found on Facebook.
That social platform is called Tribe and there we can control things and have more latitude.
We also use that Tribe account for forum discussions for training courses. This is in addition to an on-page discussion chat (for some courses, depending on the platform - we have 3)...
In any case...
I would say the same principle applies to the tribe of followers that you build up over time on Instagram...
When you are trying to grow an audience, just having the numbers looks impressive, but means little if the followers or subscribers are not purchasing anything or adding any value...
Plus who wants to put up with all the nefarious folks out there sending nasty messages and maybe even images?
Waste of time...
TikTok is a good example...
Right now, there is a tremendous opportunity I think to grow in the MMO niche because I do not see a lot of value in the posts on the subjects (there is some but wide open for crafty entrepreneurs?)...
The format and approach also take a bit of thought and planning versus the more established (and proven successful for marketers) Instagram.
Instagram - my experience via surrogate users...
Instagram is an established and viable platform for sure to generate leads and sales.
Some of the freelancers that work through our company are making major sales on that platform...
I am not sure how they are filtering out the time-wasters from real clients, I will ask.
Anyway...
Thanks again for taking the time to add the background about this tool and also your experiences to date.
Now I do not feel so dumb (feelings aren't everything though, right haha!)... ; )
Cheers!
Dave : )
Thank you, Dave, for your thoughtful response, I cannot express my gratitude for what you shared in your response.
Although I started with WA back in 2016, my commitment and daily routine has not been true to my passions and desire to build an actual business until recently, as you know (and I appreciate your following and guiding me through this process since that time).
With that, although I have learned many things over the last several years through investigating, following the business itch, and, putting some things into action from a true business perspective versus a "chase the dream of a fast buck" perspective, all while pursuing a career and raising a family as a single parent of four kids is a new journey for me.
With the kids being grown and successful in their own right, today I look back at what I have learned, and I consider myself knowledgeable, having achieved my MBA and 20+ years in management/leadership within my given industry, however a Newbie to online entrepreneurship, not having entered the Honest Realm of Business Ownership until now. (I have to thank my father for giving me the motivation here as he was a business owner for a brick and mortar).
I am truly categorizing myself as brand new, even though I have been doing this for a while (within the Month of December) because I refuse not to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge that individuals like yourself are willing to coach people like me with... also, regarding social networking when it comes to business, I am very intrigued by your feedback regarding Instagram. I definitely don't want to waste my time, energy or resources on methods that are proven to be ineffective.
That being said, would you mind PMing or responding to me any additionally blogs or training you would recommend relative to Instagram, as you mentioned.
I am doing my best to get off on the right footing and I realize there will be many hard lessons learned I will have to learn through this process. Your time and feedback are invaluable to me personally I want to express my gratitude to you here and now for that.
All My Best,
Teanna
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Hey there group, I was wondering if anyone could point me to some good reviews on the TextBot.ai system. I would like to get some additional feedback to what I am reading on Go
Good morning Teanna,
Thank you for your question.
I don't know anything about TextBot, I did quickly read part of the article that Abie sent over. I would be extremely careful of any software that has the word "bot" included in the title!
Shortcuts rarely work and can often be very costly. I don't know how far you are with the training, but I would tend to stick with the training rather than trying out Textbot.
I hope this helps.
Roy
Thanks Roy for the advice. It was recommended to me by someone I know and trust but still doing my due diligence as you mentioned. One of the main things I have come to love about WA is the ability to get good honest feedback and advice on anything!
It's a pleasure, Teanna. I understand where coming from, it's always good to have trusted friends. I believe that the type of software that you are talking about may work for a short time. However, often Google will catch up eventually with this type of thing and then of course our websites can be penalised.
I hear you regarding Wealthy Affiliate, when I first started out online, I was working totally blind. It's so good to be able to come to a trustworthy source with like-minded people.
I do hope you do the right thing.
Have a great day.
Roy
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Does anyone have experience with textbot?
Hey there group, I was wondering if anyone could point me to some good reviews on the TextBot.ai system. I would like to get some additional feedback to what I am reading on Go
Good morning Teanna,
Thank you for your question.
I don't know anything about TextBot, I did quickly read part of the article that Abie sent over. I would be extremely careful of any software that has the word "bot" included in the title!
Shortcuts rarely work and can often be very costly. I don't know how far you are with the training, but I would tend to stick with the training rather than trying out Textbot.
I hope this helps.
Roy
Thanks Roy for the advice. It was recommended to me by someone I know and trust but still doing my due diligence as you mentioned. One of the main things I have come to love about WA is the ability to get good honest feedback and advice on anything!
It's a pleasure, Teanna. I understand where coming from, it's always good to have trusted friends. I believe that the type of software that you are talking about may work for a short time. However, often Google will catch up eventually with this type of thing and then of course our websites can be penalised.
I hear you regarding Wealthy Affiliate, when I first started out online, I was working totally blind. It's so good to be able to come to a trustworthy source with like-minded people.
I do hope you do the right thing.
Have a great day.
Roy
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Hey team, hoping for some good suggestions for my blogging site of good Wordpress themes that are both desktop and mobile friendly... I seem to betting stuck on this aspect get
You have to follow your heart. Look at all the themes and follow your heart that is the best advice I could give right now. I hope this helps you out.
Your friend
Mary
I would suggest picking a simple theme for now and just keep going through the training. Don't let this stop your progress. Just pick something and keep moving. You can always change it later. Don't fall for Analysis Paralysis. Just keep moving for now.
i am starting to use themes which allow pagebuilder ot integrate easily.
so am going for generatepress - or astra or pagbuildertemplate.
generatepress is premium for only $49 for all sites but is very cutomizable as a free theme.
good luck with your choice.
as others have said - don't let this hold you up creating content - as that i what your visitors are after.
you can play with themes in a siterubix test site when you need a break from your site.
Phil
Themes really depend on what you are trying to achieve. There is more blog style themes, more magazine type of themes and also those profile type of themes.... and many more.
My biggest fav free theme is hiero.
For my niche sites I run premium paid themes that I got a multi license upon so I barely look at free themes any longer.
Steven
When I first started I picked something really basic for the time being. This is because I had no reason for anything to technical. For my fitness site I picked viomag which is a free theme they provide.
For my other two sites I am still tweaking the theme the way I want it. I went and bought divi theme but I found the one time payment of$288 (if I remember right) a good investment for unlimited sites.
I hope you find the theme you want but for right now I would keep it stupidly simple. Since what really matters is the quality content you put out rather than the way it looks.
Tbh it's always going to be difficult to find the right theme. You will have to experiment with different ones. Have a test post on your website and see how different themes interact with it. The reason it's difficult to find 'good suggestion' is:
Your writing style.
Your picture alignment.
Your shapes of pictures.
What you plan on putting as content.
What experience do you want readers to have.
and much more...
I highly suggest to go on your favourite websites whether it's fashion, exercise etc etc and see their layout. See how they align their pictures, where the content is located (left side, slightly left, middle etc), how their header footer and menus are and get as many more ideas as you can.
All the best!
Thanks this is just what I needed to hear! I’m just falling out of my overwhelmed by ideas phase and pairing things back down to my niche (it’s very difficult to keep things in the box) ... anyhow thanks again!
Teanna
Go General, you don't need to do anything fancy. You can always change your theme later.
Just get it going. Don't let this hold you back.
Debbie
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Help! I need suggestions for good site themes?
Hey team, hoping for some good suggestions for my blogging site of good Wordpress themes that are both desktop and mobile friendly... I seem to betting stuck on this aspect get
You have to follow your heart. Look at all the themes and follow your heart that is the best advice I could give right now. I hope this helps you out.
Your friend
Mary
I would suggest picking a simple theme for now and just keep going through the training. Don't let this stop your progress. Just pick something and keep moving. You can always change it later. Don't fall for Analysis Paralysis. Just keep moving for now.
i am starting to use themes which allow pagebuilder ot integrate easily.
so am going for generatepress - or astra or pagbuildertemplate.
generatepress is premium for only $49 for all sites but is very cutomizable as a free theme.
good luck with your choice.
as others have said - don't let this hold you up creating content - as that i what your visitors are after.
you can play with themes in a siterubix test site when you need a break from your site.
Phil
Themes really depend on what you are trying to achieve. There is more blog style themes, more magazine type of themes and also those profile type of themes.... and many more.
My biggest fav free theme is hiero.
For my niche sites I run premium paid themes that I got a multi license upon so I barely look at free themes any longer.
Steven
When I first started I picked something really basic for the time being. This is because I had no reason for anything to technical. For my fitness site I picked viomag which is a free theme they provide.
For my other two sites I am still tweaking the theme the way I want it. I went and bought divi theme but I found the one time payment of$288 (if I remember right) a good investment for unlimited sites.
I hope you find the theme you want but for right now I would keep it stupidly simple. Since what really matters is the quality content you put out rather than the way it looks.
Tbh it's always going to be difficult to find the right theme. You will have to experiment with different ones. Have a test post on your website and see how different themes interact with it. The reason it's difficult to find 'good suggestion' is:
Your writing style.
Your picture alignment.
Your shapes of pictures.
What you plan on putting as content.
What experience do you want readers to have.
and much more...
I highly suggest to go on your favourite websites whether it's fashion, exercise etc etc and see their layout. See how they align their pictures, where the content is located (left side, slightly left, middle etc), how their header footer and menus are and get as many more ideas as you can.
All the best!
Thanks this is just what I needed to hear! I’m just falling out of my overwhelmed by ideas phase and pairing things back down to my niche (it’s very difficult to keep things in the box) ... anyhow thanks again!
Teanna
Go General, you don't need to do anything fancy. You can always change your theme later.
Just get it going. Don't let this hold you back.
Debbie
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I see you have the answer to your question, friend. A diagram map can be helpful. It looks interesting.
Anyone who will be looking at this diagram, will see what they are interested in, which will prompt them to click them. That's a clever idea. I like it already. All the best!
Thanks Bright… just a disclaimer that the image I posted is nothing like my end product but really wanted to pose an image on this question to help me get some definitive responses to help me find the most effective responses. I have received some amazing responses and I am going to be researching every response with an ultimate update to my question to include my end result for future reference on what I found to work for me.