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Got a great question today:

Hi Debra--

I purchased the IPK package from your affiliate link.  I also own Thesis.  

I am very impressed with your Indiana Jones and Toy Story blogs.

You could save me lots of frustration if you could tell me how you put
your header jpgs into Thesis.  I have not been able to find any
information on how it is done.

Thanks in advance for your valuable time.

Best to you,

Vanessa

So here is the “easy” way to add a custom header graphic to the Thesis Theme.

After you have created your own custom header graphic (this is mine)

Toy Story Bedroom

Step 1 – Upload the New Header Graphic

Step 2 – Grab The “Image” Url:

(copy and paste to a notepad doc)

Step 3: Give Thesis The Image Code (You must have the Thesis Open Hook plugin installed):

This is the code:

<a href=”http://toystorybedroom.com/”><img src=”http://toystorybedroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Toy-Story-Header.png” alt=”Toy Story Bedroom” /></a>

Insert the url of your website – then insert the image source url you saved – last insert the “alt tag” which should be your main keyword.

Click on “remove thesis default header” and save

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The new blog I talked about a few days ago – the one that was ranking #9 – totally disappeared from Google. I mean it was not to be found. This lasted for about 2 days and now it’s back.

The Toy Story Bedroom site is now ranking #8.  Geesh… that’s so annoying. Glad it’s back.

Even though the site wasn’t showing up on Google I went ahead and finished it up. I have put some new inbound links sprinkled around the internet. Maybe that’s what brought it back.

It’s actually fun to try to figure out all the things you should be doing to get a site up in the top rankings of Google.

So far I haven’t gotten the IndianaJonesBedding.com site to budge.  I’m so impatient. LOL

I’ll be going on vacation for a week – this will give my new blogs a chance to just percolate. I won’t be working on any sites for an entire week!

I have a few days before the laptop get’s shut down – I’ll be working on figuring out how to bump Target.com and eBay off the top 2 for Indiana Jones Bedding.  What could Google think is so important on those sites? Probably age, size and links.

I can’t compete with age, size or links.  So I won’t even worry about it.

The number 3 site is my site that has an article linked to the Indiana Jones Bedding. It has age, size and links.  So I’m really competing with myself.

I think what I will work on next is getting the same link “juice” I’ve been working on for the Indiana Jones Site  – but instead I will  start trying to get my number 3 blog post ranked over the #1 and #2.

It’s worth a try…

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It always amazes me how fast these new micro niche sites get ranked.  This blog didn’t have any content on it and still was ranked #9 in Google after just a few hours of “going live”.

Of course – I’m targeting little micro-niche keywords for these niche sights which means they are easier to get listed higher in Google without much work. The key is to see what it takes to get to #1 for the main keyword.

Goal #1 – Get a micro-niche site ranked #1 in Google

I’ve been ranked #4 and 5 for a micro niche site Indiana Jones Bedding – for a few weeks. One of my goals in the Tiffany Dow Productivity Challenge was to get it to #1.

Today – I set up a few more back linking strategies for this site… and will work on something “new” everyday until I find something that breaks the #3 rank.

I’m competing with myself for that #3 spot… I’ve had an Indiana Jones article on this blog for several years and it out ranks my new site for every related keyword.

I’ve sold 21 items from this site new site already this month… all related to Indiana Jones of course.  Not bad for a site that’s only been “live” for 27 days.

Goal #2 – Start New “Related” micro-niche site and get it to #1 in Google

I did get this new blog started and ranked #9 in Google.

You can see that it’s a related site – (part of the Info Product Killer Strategy) to the Indiana Jones Bedding site – Toy Story Bedroom

The site isn’t “done” yet… I’ve had company today and I just couldn’t get it all done. Tomorrow I’ll get the rest of the affiliate images and articles on the blog. And then… I’ll do all the linking strategies I’m learning in Bring The Fresh.

I set this blog up following the Bring The Fresh model instead of the IPK model… It’s hard to stop trying to add in the IPK “stuff”. I’m trying not to combine the two with this test blog.

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