There is time when you need to create a form on your website to collect some information from your website visitors.I created such form at this post . Since I am hosting a Kindle Fire giveaway, I need to collect the information of competitors such as name, e-mail address etc. After the information is collected through a form, they will be stored in a database. This makes it easy for me to process the data.

Forms can be created by simply drag and drop the required fields. Forms can be designed in such a way that it prevents invalid data from being collected. If alphabets are keyed- into a field that is meant for a date, they will not be captured into the form but an error message will be displayed telling the user that the data entered is invalid. To embed the form onto your website, all you need to do is just to copy and paste a few lines of pre-written html codes.

Thereafter, you can easily collect information of your website visitors by letting them fill in several fields on the form you created.

There are many “What Is See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) form creator around but I will introduce some of the best below.

Zoho Creator provides 15 days free- trial so that you can try out the premium features of its form creator. Its forever free plan can be used to maintain 1,000 records. It has 5 different paid plans that range from $15- $175 to cater the needs of various customers. It offers discount for non- profit organization.

Wufoo is free if you use it to create 3 forms/ reports with 10 fields and 100 entries per month. Some of their clients include Amazon, Twitter, Microsoft, New South Wales Government and Harvard University. If you need to store more records, you can subscribe to their plans that range from price of $15- $175 per month. On PAID accounts, if you exceed the number of entries allowed for the month, a fee of $0.05 USD per entry over the limit will be charged to your account at the end of your billing period.

Unlike similar services, Jotform does NOT show ads or show a logo on your form. All features are available to Free users. Its paid plan comes with 30 days money back guarantee. Their clients include Facebook and BBC. Jotform has one of the best rates among similar form creator as its most expensive plan is only $49.95 per month but it can store 1,000,000 submissions per month.

Apnitro pForm, can be used to create self- hosted forms. You just to pay a one- time fee of $39 for a license to install their form to one site. However, you need to have your own server to host the data.

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Are you running out of gift idea for this holiday season or any other special occasions? A gift card for web hosting can be one of the most special and useful gift for your friend.

Purchasing a Dreamhost Gift Card is convenient and easy. Select any dollar amount up to USD $119.40, the price of a one-year Shared Server hosting plan.

Features of shared hosting plan:
-Unlimited disk storage
-Unlimited bandwidth
-Unlimited domain hosted
-Unlimited Full Shell / SSH / FTP / SFTP Users
-Unlimited E-Mail Accounts (POP/IMAP/Webmail)
-The One-Click Installer allows you to quickly install and upgrade some of the most popular applications, including WordPress, photo galleries, eCommerce, calendars and much more. Even your least tech- savvy friend can create a website effortlessly.
-100% uptime guarantee.

Once you purchase the Gift Card, DreamHost will send you a link to the Gift Card ID. The ID code will allow the recipient to redeem the gift’s value during the sign-up process on Dreamhost.com or through the web panel’s Gift Card tab.

Dreamhost has been in the web hosting business for 14 years. You don’t have to worry about the credibility of this gift.

There is no expiry date to the gift card. Your friend can keep it for as long as he like and create a website anytime.

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I will be giving away one or more units of Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet, each worth US $199, in this contest.

This is the first ever giveaway I host. The prize must be given away.

This contest is only open to resident from U.S as the Kindle Tablet to be given away will only be shipped to a U.S address.

How to participate?
To enter the contest, you need to write an article that meets certain criteria.

Each person can submit up to a maximum of three 500- words articles.

You have to write articles according to the topics and points I provided. The articles will be about web hosting.

Each of the 100 articles will have different topic.

Each article submitted must pass Copyscape premium test and I own all exclusive rights to the articles I received.

When this contest ends?
This contest will end once I receive 100 entries that meet the conditions. One prize winner will then be selected from the articles submitter. You will have high chance of winning a Kindle Tablet. Please help to spread the word for this contest by sharing this piece of news with your friends at Twitter, Facebook, Google +

I may give out more units of Kindle Tablet should the response to this contest is overwhelming.

Please fill in the form to submit entry for this contest. I will contact you shortly regarding the title of article you need to write to enter this contest. You need to write an article with points as required.

Please ensure that you provided the correct information in the form as you might be the winner.

WebKnowhows.com reserves the rights to change the rules anytime during this contest.

However, if you can’t wait to own a Kindle Fire Tablet, purchase it now from www.amazon.com

Some of the great features of Amazon Fire Tablet are:
• 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books
• Thousands of popular apps and games
• Ultra-fast web browsing – Amazon Silk
• Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content
• 7” Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle
• Fast, powerful dual-core processor
• Amazon Prime members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming of over 10,000 popular movies and TV shows

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Plugins can extend WordPress to accomplish almost anything you can or cannot visualize. Each of these WordPress plugins are used at WebKnowHows and I personally recommend each of them to you. Some of the plugins listed below have been downloaded several millions times by fellow WordPress users. This further shows public confidence towards those plugins designed for WordPress.

All in One SEO Pack . Optimizes your WordPress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization). Search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo provide a great source of free traffic.

Downloaded: 8,826,862 times

Google XML Sitemaps. This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.

Downloads: 6,209,199 times

Contact Form 7– When running a blog you need to allow your users to contact you easily.

Downloaded: 4,856,950 times

This was created using Contact Form 7.

WP- Pagenavi – Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog.

Downloaded: 1,860,661 times

Google Analyticator adds the necessary JavaScript code to enable Google Analytics logging on any WordPress blog. Includes an admin dashboard widget that displays a graph of the last 30 days of visitors, a summary of site usage, the top pages, the top referrers, and the top searches

Downloaded: 1,577,411 times

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin- Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) provides a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site. Your readers may stay on your blog for a longer time to read more content.

Downloaded: 1,198,181 times

With AddThis button, your website visitors can promote your content by sharing to 295 of the most popular social networking and bookmarking sites (like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon and MySpace) using a small and unobtrusive button. This increases your chance of getting more traffic to your site.

By signing up for a free AddThis.com account to see how your visitors are sharing your content: which services they’re using for sharing, which content is shared the most, and more.

Downloaded: 571,148 times

SEO Smart Links can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog.

Downloaded: 469,353 times

Commentluv . This plugin will visit the site of the comment author while they type their comment and retrieve their last blog posts which they can choose to include at the bottom of their comment when they click submit.

Downloaded: 420,722 times

WP-Table Reloaded- Create table easily when you need to make a comparison between several things. You can include the tables into your posts, on your pages or in text widgets by using a shortcode or a template tag function. Tables can be imported and exported from/to CSV, XML and HTML. You can look at table I created using Wp-Table Reloaded plugin at http://www.webknowhows.com/web-hosting-coupon-code-and-discount-link

Downloaded: 290,365 times

WordPress Thread Comment - This Plugin is an enhancement for WordPress’s comment function. It enables users to reply on a exist comment, and the discussion will be displayed threaded or nested. This easily creates conversations between author and blog commenter.

Downloaded: 131,814 times

Dagon Design Sitemap Generator- Other than a XML sitemap, you need a true sitemap generator which is highly customizable from its own options page in the WordPress admin panel.

*The above are download figures as at time of publication of this post.

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Blogging is a marathon that requires time and dedication. Without readers, a blogger will be lack of motivation to maintain his blog. To increase traffic of a blog, you need to promote it. You should not only rely on organic traffic from search engines like Google and Bing. There are many other marketing techniques you can make use of to gain traffic to your blog. The following are some of the free or paid marketing techniques you can use to increase the traffic of your blog tremendously:

1) If you have the budget, you can advertise your blog using Google Adwords, Facebook, Buysellads & more. Advertising can be a fast way to gain instant traffic to your blog. However, you should carefully and creatively create your ads so that you can get “effective” traffic without wasting your money.

2) Submit your blogs to blog search engine and directories.

3) Comment on other blogs so that you can place your blog url on other blogs. Plugin like “Commentluv” reward your readers by automatically placing a link to their last blog post at the end of their comment. If you comment on blogs using such plugin, other readers might click on the link to visit your blog if they find your blog title interesting.

4) Join as many forums as possible and add your blog URL or web address of your blog as signature. To increase the exposure of your signature, you should always provide constructive posts on forum.

5) Create “bookmarking” buttons such as AddThis button so that blog visitors can easily share your posts over and over again on Facebook, Twitter and more.

6) Add your blog URL as a signature of every e-mail you send out.

7) Update your blog regularly with fresh contents. This allows search engine to crawl for the content on your blog. Content is always king when it comes to blogging. If your content is useful, your existing readers will share them with their peers. By writing timeless content, you can get readers even if your blog posts are ten years old.

8) Create and give away blog themes (with a link to your blog in the footer). However, you need to be good in HTML. You can also hire someone to create the blog theme for you.

9) Create your own RSS feeds to syndicate your content. By placing a prominent RSS feeds logo, you can entice readers to subscribe to your feeds.
Is this attractive enough for you to subscribe to my RSS feeds?

If yes, thanks for your support.

10) Exchange links with other bloggers.

11) You can be a guest blogger on other blogs that have similar niche as your blog. When you guest blog, you will get a link back to your blog. If your content is great, your articles will be selected by blogs with authority and increase your blog traffic by ten- fold.

12) Tweet your blog to your followers. You can get a lot of traffic if your tweets are retweeted.

13) Make sure your blog is search- engine optimized. With high page ranking, your blog will appear on first few pages of search engine results. Websites with high search engine page ranking tend to get more free traffic. If you are using WordPress, you should use plugin like “All In one Seo Pack” to do the job.

14) Create plugins for popular blogging platform like wordpress. If your plugin is popular, you can gain a lot of traffic for your blog. You can recommend products on the plugin option page. Your recommendations will be seen by all your plug- in users as it is a page that they must see to activate the plugin and do the settings.

As an example, you look at the setting page of “All In One Seo Plugin”

15) Use plugin like “Yet Another Related Posts Plugin”. You can recommend other blog posts related to your current post to your blog visitors by using such plugin. In this way, your readers will spend a longer time on your blog. This will in turn increase the chance of your readers clicking on your affiliate links to make a purchase.

16) Advertising exchange. You can negotiate with other bloggers so that you can advertise on each other’s blog for free. Newbie bloggers who need traffic badly without spending a dime will accept such offer. This creates a win- win situation for both.

17) Post an intriguing video on Youtube that can attract lots of views. When you post a video on Youtube, you can add your website link on the description.

Do you have other blog marketing techniques to share?

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If you are new to the term Blogging, you will have many doubts about it. The following FAQs of Blogging will solve your doubts.

Do you need to spend money to blog?
The answer is no. You can start blogging using free blogging platform like Blogspot.com and WordPress.com. As you progress, you can move to a self- hosted blogging platform like WordPress.org like what I did. To host a blog, you need a domain name and web hosting account.

How often should you blog?
The best is every day as you will have a lot of content for Google to crawl. I know it is difficult to juggle between full- time job and blogging. Just try your best to write a post as frequent as possible. You may hire freelancers to write for your blog.

How to earn money through blogging?
Selling advertising space is the most common way of earning money used by bloggers.

What should you blog about?
It is advisable to blog about what you are passionate about. Something is worth blogging about as long as it is useful.

How do you earn money from a blog that you want to discontinue?
Flip the blog. On average, you can flip your blog for an amount equivalent to one year’s income. You can then invest the money on another online project.

Must you write your own content?
Depends on your personal ability to write, its best to write your own articles as you don’t have to worry about copyrights issue. Guest blogging is a great way of building back links and free content for your blog. By hiring freelancers to write for your blog, you have to worry about a few issues, namely the originality and quality of articles.

Who are the successful bloggers that you can look upon?
Darren Rowse , John Chow , Yaro Starak

How do you communicate with blog readers?
By replying to their comments or invite them to join you in Facebook or Twitter.

How to attract regular readers?
Encourage them to subscribe to your RSS feeds.

How to make a blog more vibrant?
Post a video, organize a contest, give out prizes, organize a survey and giving out free e-books.

What are other issues you need to take care of while blogging?
Search engine optimization and number of unique visitors you get.

Blogging can be fun and rewarding if you manage it well.

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If you are looking for a shared hosting plan or dedicated server hosting, you might be wondering whether to go for Linux Hosting or Windows Hosting. Both Linux and Windows servers have their own pros and cons and in order to select one of these, you will have to carefully analyze the features they provide.

Let’s look at a comparison of both Windows Hosting and Linux Hosting; this comparison will give you an idea of what to go for, based on your requirements.

Database Support
Database Support is one of the first things that come to mind when you are looking for a hosting server. Linux supports MySql which is open source and almost all of the hosting providers provide MySql support. Windows supports not only MySql but also Ms Sql Server and Access databases. While MySql is generally made available without any additional charges, some hosting providers charge extra for Ms Sql databases.

Programming Language and Framework Support
A number of programming languages and frameworks are available for developing your website. Some of the popular ones are PHP, Asp.net (C# and VB.net), Python, Perl and Ruby on Rails. Linux supports all the languages except ASP.net (C# and VB.net). Though support for the Mono.net Framework is available for Linux, hosting providers generally do not include this in their servers. If you are more familiar with PHP, you can go for either Linux or Windows hosting or if you are more familiar with ASP.net, go for Windows Hosting.

Price
Most hosting companies provide Linux Hosting at a cheaper rate than Window Hosting, especially in case of dedicated servers or VPS hosting.

WordPress and other CMS
WordPress is the most popular blogging engine. Both Windows and Linux servers support WordPress and there are also other content management systems like Dot Net CMS that are available. WordPress configuration in Linux is comparatively easier when considering factors like URL rewriting.

URL Rewriting for SEO
Most Linux Hosting providers support URL Rewriting with extension-less URLs. In Windows one needs to have root access to install custom ISAPI filters but the later versions of the ASP.Net Framework support in built URL rewriting using the integrated pipeline mode of IIS.

Speed
Speed is something which the webmaster should be concerned about, especially if the website gets lots of traffic. There is a preconceived notion that Linux Hosting is faster than Windows Hosting but in reality it depends on the type of application that is running and the efficiency of the programmer. There is no thumb rule with regards to choosing a hosting type based on speed.

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If you are trying to earn money online, you should always treat it as a real business. Every business needs a profit and loss account. I am not saying that you should create an accounting report that is meant to be audited but just create one that can at least give you a profit figure. A Profit and Loss Account can clearly shows you whether you made or lost money in a period. Being an Accountant, A spreadsheet provides an easy platform for you to create your accounting report. Microsoft Excel and Google Docs are two programs that allow you to create spreadsheets but the latter comes free.

Below is an example of Profit and Loss Account:

The figures provided are fictitious and are for illustrative purpose only

You can access the spreadsheet at:

Template of Profit & Loss Account

Depending on your business nature, you can add on more types of sales and expenses. The more detailed your P & L Account is, the better you can keep track of your business. You can create separate spreadsheets for sales and expenses. One spread sheet for each and every sales and another spreadsheet for each and every expense. From the P&L account, you can calculate your profit margin and the increase or decrease of profit from month to month. Thereafter, you can create a chart to portray the trend of your profit.

For those who handle most of its online transactions using Paypal account, you can easily find out your profit figure as the balance you have in the account is most likely your profit. However, there are quite a number of affiliate programs give commissions in the form of checks and direct bank deposits.

As your business transactions increase, you will need professional accounting software such as those from Intuit as they can automate the process of creating P&L account. Accounting software from Intuit is designed for the layman who is not required to have any accounting knowledge. It provides 30 days free trial. For those who have started out using Excel, data can be imported to Intuit’s program.

As an online marketer, I believe that you keep track of the traffic to your website. I would like to highlight that it is equally important to keep track of your profit. If you find that you are making losses in a particular month, this raises the alarm for you to control your costs. For instance, you can cut down the cost you spend on Internet Marketing e-books in order to increase your profit for a particular month. It is pointless to have high amount of revenue with sky high costs. By increasing revenue and controlling costs at the same time, you will increase your profit. A profit and loss account provides a basis for you to set a target for your future income. If you are able to achieve your targeted profit figure at a particular month, you can feel the sense of achievement that keep you motivated.

Quite a handful of online entrepreneurs post their Profit and Loss Account on their blog monthly. This helps to motivate newbie bloggers and themselves at the same time. I like to read other bloggers’ Profit and Loss account as it encourage me to continue earning money online as well as telling me that earning money online is possible.

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MyHosting.com is of course accredited by the Better Business Bureau which is a stamp of its reliability and trust worthiness. You can be assured that your data are placed in good hands. Myhosting may not be top in web hosting in terms of their price and features but it can be a great choice if you are looking for Canadian web hosting.

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Have you ever noticed that wealthy people aren't always the most educated, the most hardworking, or even the smartest? What makes them different is that they have a millionaire mindset and you have to nurture the traits of a millionaire to be one step closer to become a millionaire yourself. The subconscious mind is so powerful that what you perceive is true will become true. Becoming a millionaire is everyone's dream as it is ticket to financial freedom.

A few important mindsets of Millionaire are:

• Integrity
• Dare to dream big
• Focus mind
• Sustained Unwavering Belief
• Self Confidence
• Clear vision
• Definite plans
• Doing what is right at the right time
• Ready to learn and invest on learning
• Generous in sharing their thoughts

Here is a slow and steady way of becoming a millionaire at your age of retirement.You can invest a portion of your money every year (at least $2,000) into a secure investment that has a return of around 20% a year and do it consistently for at least 25-30 years and you'll automatically become a millionaire by the time you retire. The key is to start investments at a young age as time is indeed money. Its important to multiply your cash through some stable and low- risk investments as the interests of saving account are just too low to keep up with the inflation. The power of compounding can make you a millionaire.

The following are 29 faster ways of becoming a Millionaire:
1.Write a bestseller. Look how the Harry Potter series made J.K Rowling progressed from living on welfare to U.S Dollar Billionaire status within five years.
2.Stock / Options/ Forex / Commodities trader
3.Own an Internet Business e.g Amazon
4.Venture Capitalist
5.Franchise Owner e.g KFC, McDonald
6.Become a celebrity e.g Athlete, Entertainer, Model
7.Real- estate developer
8.Executive positions such as CEO, COO, CFO, director in large corporations
9.Create a popular websites. E.g Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, online social networking website.
10.Collector of valuable antiques or paintings
11.Inheritance
12.Start a Technology company to fill a demand/solve a problem etc.
13.Be a seminar/motivational speaker or guru
14.Business owner
15.Sell Infomercial products
16.Scientist
17.Own a Winning Sports Team
18.Salesperson
19.Financial Advisors with wealthy clients
20.Coaches of Sports Teams
21.Gambling/Lottery or World Series of Poker Tournament
22.Inventor
23.Annuities Sales
24.Top TV anchor e.g Larry King
25.Fashion Designer
26.Famous song writer
27.Famous screenwriter/ film producer/ director
28.Consultant
29.Celebrity Trainer

Let's work smart to join the Million Dollar Club!

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" - Quote by Audrey Hepburn.

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