Create Accounts


We are going to set up a number of accounts on various sites. Some of them will work directly with IFTTT. Others will work indirectly and others will be used to help promote the first two types of sites.

Also, you'll need to log into most of the accounts you create more than once. This is because as we add more accounts to our Ring of Fire network, we'll want to add links to these new accounts from accounts we created earlier.

This is just another reason why it's essential that you are organized and can access the details from all of your accounts quickly and easily.

As you create accounts at the various sites, you'll want to customize some of them with some content and a profile picture when needed.

It's important that you set each account up so that it looks like it is actually being used by a real person, as this will help protect the account from future issues that may arise. Spending a little extra time now will pay dividends in the future.

Tip: There's a few inexpensive services on Market Source that will create IFTTT accounts for your YouTube Ring of Fire networks. Just do a search for "IFTTT".


Profile Images, Morph Faces and Account Artwork

For profile pictures, use the Morph Faces in your Bonuses folder included with your download. Change the name of the profile image to your avatar profile name.

Also, you will need some header graphics to spice up your accounts. I suggest using Pixabay.com for your images. Pixabay offers a collection of free public domain images. This means you don't even have to give attribution to use the images.

Don't spend a lot of time with your header images. Do a quick search on Pixabay using keywords like "nature" and "scenic".

I also really suggest you stay away from using images from a Google image search. You'll run into too many copyright and usage issues. Even with their Creative Commons image search, there's just too many issues.

For content, don't steal content from others, there's no need. Instead, do some quick curation and use the content multiplying methods outlined here.

Do a google search for your topic and find some good articles. You can also search the major article and content directories like:
EzineArticles.com
GoArticles.com
ArticleBase.com
Digg
BuzzFeed
Reddit

Mix up your resources.  Don't worry about exact keywords. Instead, just find content that's generally related to your Youtube channel. The purpose of this content is more about making your account look alive and made by a real person than for keyword relevancy.

Repeat until you have 10-12 or so paragraphs from different sources and paste them all into a text file.

Wrap each paragraph in quotes, and under include a link to the source that says something like, "Read More" or "See The Entire Article".

Add each paragraph of text and the link into Spartan. As you add content to each account, paste various  combinations using 3 or 4 different paragraphs in different orders to use as content.

Again, use Pixabay to find an image to add to the top of the content page to make it look good. Use a different image for each account's content. You will probably want to download the image to your computer then upload to your account.

Also add a paragraph of customized content for each individual account. For example, if you are adding content to a WordPress blog, do a search on Google for relevant content that's on the Wordpress.com site:
site:Wordpress.com your keywords

Same for Blogger and Tumblr (and a few others) for example:
site:Blogger.com your keywords
site:Tumblr.com your keywords

Add a paragraph of content wrapped in quotation marks along with the "Read more" link.

You want to add content from the same site to create a few internal links on that site. This will help your site build authority using the site's domain.

A note about linking to the sources: Do it and do it right. This will actually help your own SEO.

Summary:

1. Add content, when you can, using paragraphs of content and use links to cite the source.
2. Add a profile image using Morph Faces when needed.
3. Use header art from Pixabay.com when you can.



Creating Accounts

Start with Google. Google is the toughest account to create. However, it also is the most powerful resource, especially for promoting Youtube videos. Remember, Youtube is owned by Google.

A single Google account gives you access to a number of resources, and almost all of them work with IFTTT. The exception is Google Plus. For some reason Google Plus doesn't work with IFTTT, but there's a work around or two.

One of the word arounds for Google Plus I highly recommend is MassPlanner.


Here's a list of Google properties we'll use for accounts:
Gmail
YouTube
Blogger
Google Doc
Google Drive
Google Sheets
Google Plus

But first, select an avatar profile. Take the first and last name and combine them into a single word.

David Thompkins would become davidtompkins. Use this as your user name for all your accounts, unless you need to modify it slightly if it's already in use for some sites.

Create a secondary/recovery email, either by using email forwarding. When using email forwarding, just use the same user name to create the email address:
davidtompkins@YourForwardedDomain.com

Or, creating an email account on a site like Yahoo mail.

In a new Firefox browser window, select a proxy if needed. Then clear your browser footprints using ClickClean.

Double check your proxy using:
http://whoer.net
http://whatismyipaddress.com


Go to:
Gmail.com

Then click the "Create an account" link.

Create the account using the info created in your avatar profile.

Do not enter a mobile phone number. Leave it blank.

Enter your secondary/recovery email address you created above.

Fill in the captcha - This will reduce the chances you'll need to phone verify your account.

If you are asked to phone verify your account, enter a phone number, then check it for your verification code.

Check your secondary/recovery address periodically to check for your Google account verification email. I suggest you don't click the link in your email. Instead, copy/paste the verification URL into a new Firefox tab so you are sure to be using the same IP address to verify as you did to create the account.

After you verify your email address, you should be taken to the Gmail Account verification page. Click the "Click here to continue" link.

This should take you to your new Gmail account.

Use your Gmail address when creating all of your accounts. Stay logged into your Gmail account and do the email verification each site will send you as needed.

You can access all your other Google properties from you Gmail account, just click the button in the red circle:




The first account to work on is Google Plus. Your Google Plus account details are used on many of your other Google resources, so if you upload a profile picture it will be used on all your other Google accounts.

You need to make this so it looks like it's been made from a real person.

Change the cover art

Modify your "Story" details

Enter your occupation using the info in your avatar profile and fill in other details

Don't worry about filling in the education details

For contact info use your Gmail email address you created for this project.

Copy the URL of your Google Plus account into your account spread sheet.


Note the "Links" area. This is very important. You will want to add links to your other Google accounts as well as to your other accounts used in your Ring of Fire. However, since you haven't created these yet you will need to add them after you create your other accounts.

As you fill in details such as "interests", etc., be sure to add them to your account spread sheet in the Misc Info row as well as Spartan Multi Clip so you don't have to type them again and again each time you create another account.


Create a Youtube Channel

From your Gmail account, click the Youtube link and create a Youtube channel. Be sure to customize and optimize your channel using the advice in Video SEO Thunder.

Add a couple of keyword related "assets" to your channel. Assets can be your own videos, playlists, and/or Creative Commons videos. But have something.

Repeat using the following Google sites, customizing and adding content when appropriate, as well as adding the details to your account spread sheet as you go.

Access each from your Gmail account.
  • Blogger
  • Google Doc
  • Google Drive - Create a new folder for your YT videos. Click "Share Settings" and under "Who has access" click "change" and select "Public on the Web". For Access, select "Anyone can view". You do NOT want to let anyone edit your files!
  • Google Sheets


Important!

Set your Google accounts so Google will allow third party apps (IFTTT) to access your accounts.
  1. Go to your Gmail account and click on your profile pic in the upper right corner.

  2. From the drop down menu, click the "Accounts" link.

  3. Find the "Signing In" section and click on "Access for less secure apps" and make make sure it is set to "Enabled".


More IFTTT Friendly Accounts

When creating accounts at the sites listed just below:
  • add a profile pic
  • selecting a custom template when applicable
  • add cover art
  • add curated content
  • add personal details whenever possible, such as on the WordPress "About" page

Don't forget to add the details to your account spreadsheet.

Also, don't forget to use Spartan Multi Clipboard along with the Snap Links Firefox plugin that opens multiple URLs at once in different Firefox browser tabs to really speed up your account creation and customization.


http://bit.ly
http://bufferapp.com - Optional. Used to post to Google Plus. However, I suggest you use Massplanner for this, as it doesn't leave a footprint and MassPlanner can also build a following, which Buffer doesn't.
http://delicious.com
http://diigo.com
http://evernote.com -
http://facebook.com - Do NOT create additional accounts, just use your main FB account. If you don't have a FB account, then create one now.
http://getpocket.com - Stores your collections, it's basically private but allows you to export an RSS feed. It won't have an account link, instead just add the RSS feed URL. Click "Privacy" and click "Turn off RSS feed password protection".  Copy the URL for the "All items Feed" and add it to your account spreadsheet.
http://gravatar.com
http://ifttt.com
http://linkedin.com
http://onenote.com - Microsoft's version of Google Drive and is part of OneDrive.
http://pinterest.com
http://storify.com
http://tumblr.com - Note: Tumblr has a habit of deactivating new accounts. If this happens, just send Tumblr support an email with your account info and ask them to activate it.
http://twitter.com
http://weebly.com
http://wordpress.com


MassPlanner Sites - Extra Valuable
Google Plus
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Twitter

What makes these resources so extra valuable is the ability to build friends and followers using MassPlanner. You not only get the SEO benefits, but you can also build audiences of real people that will give your YT videos honest, legitimate views.

Not only does having friends and followers on these social sites help you build audiences of real people, this will also increase the potential of SEO benefits, as friends and followers build internal links to your own social accounts, as your content often is published on their pages too.

When they share your links and videos, you get more links as well as social signals. These sites are also the most likely to get your videos to go viral. Very powerful stuff.

I suggest combining the automation MassPlanner provides with a personal social touch. See which two or three of these social sites are giving you the most traction and focus your human efforts on couple of these social sites that are giving you the best results.

*Instagram is an IFTTT site, but you can't post directly from YT to Instagram. Also, I've never done anything using Instagram, so there could very well be issues that I'm not aware of. I brought Instagram up as a possibility for those folks that know more than I do about Instagram.

*Facebook - Do not create multiple accounts using Facebook. They are very good at detecting fake accounts and you'll likely just be spinning your wheels trying to beat them, as well as putting your real FB account at risk.

Instead, just use your main FB account and create fanpages. You can post YT videos to various using either IFTTT or MassPlanner (using the YT channel's RSS feed).

While you can create a number of fanpages on your FB account, note that you may be restricted to using the same main FB account on multiple IFTTT accounts. This is another reason MassPlanner can be a very effective tool for Ring of Fire networks.

*LinkedIn - Unless your videos are business related, you probably shouldn't post them to your LI timeline. However, you can create a LI group and use your YT RSS feed along with MassPlanner to post them to your LI groups. Make sure the group is public so you get the SEO benefits.

*Tumblr - Tumblr is another powerful site for both SEO and gaining followers, building internal links, etc., however at this point in time it isn't included in MassPlanner, although I "think" they are going to include Tumblr in the future. You can post YT videos directly to a Tumblr page, but you don't have the ability to automate getting friends/followers.


Additional Video Directories That Are IFTTT Friendly (optional)
http://dailymotion.com
http://vimeo.com


Social Stacking

Social stacking is a very important concept. Basically, it's adding links to your most powerful social accounts to your other accounts, as well as to as many pages as possible.

You really can't do this until all of your other major accounts have been created. So, after you create your accounts, you will need to gather the URLs for each of them, then add the URLs to your other accounts.

Yes, it's a bit of a hassle but it's well worth the effort!

The goal is to create a branded network using your avatar profile. It also cross-links your networks, passing even more authority to each.

This is what makes a branding Ring of Fire network different than an typical SEO Ring of Fire network. For an SEO network you generally want to cover up your footprints. But for a branding network for a person or a business you want to everything to be connected. This is a major reason why it's so important to create an avatar that appears to be a real person.


Stacking Google Owned Accounts

For the Google properties, log into your Gmail account and access each property from your Gmail account page.

Google Plus -
  1. Add links to Profile Page:
  2. Click the down area on the "Home" button at the top left of the page.
  3. Click "Profile".
  4. Click "About".
  5. Under the "Links" section click "Edit".
  6. Add your other Google accounts to the "Other profiles" section and your URLs for your other accounts in the "Links" section.

Add links to Google Plus Business Page (different than Profile Page)
  1. From Main Page click "Pages"
  2. Click "Manage This Page"
  3. Click "My Business" button
  4. Click "Google + Page"
  5. Click "About"
  6. Scroll to Links section
  7. If it isn't already entered, add URL to YT channel or Blogger URL as "website"
  8. Add the rest of your URLs under "Links"

Blogger
  1. Click "Layout"
  2. Click "Add a Gadget"
  3. Click "Add Link List"
  4. Add title such as "My Other Sites" or "Also See", etc.
  5. Add URLs to your other Ring of Fire accounts

Youtube
  1. Go to your channel page and click "About".
  2. Under "Custom Links'.
  3. Enter the URLs to some of your other accounts. You can add up to 14 links at this time.


Stacking Non Google Accounts

http://tumbler.com - For your Tumblr blog's description, you can use HTML. Use this to add a link or two to your other social accounts. You can also modify the Tumblr sidebar to add links to your other social accounts.

Add your Ring of Fire account links to your Tumblr blog sidebar. Here's a good tutorial from Tumblr:
http://quickguide.tumblr.com/post/64629775250/how-to-add-links-to-your-tumblr

http://gravatar.com - Start here. Gravatar is owned by Wordpress.com and is used by a number of other sites in your Ring of Fire network. Complete profile then click "Verified Services" to social stack your other accounts.

http://bit.ly - Mostly used because it has a high authority rank and it allows you to create a profile page you can link to. Click your username then click "Settings" and for "Connected Accounts" connect Twitter.

http://facebook.com - Add posts to fan pages that contain your other social networks.

http://getpocket.com - Click "Options"
Click the "+" icon and add a link or two to the content you created earlier on other social accounts.
 
http://instapaper.com - Click arrow next to your profile name in the upper right corner and select Settings from the drop down menu. Check "Allow other people find me through connected services and view my Liked items."

Enable all accounts EXCEPT Facebook and check both the "Like" and "highlights" boxes for all enabled accounts.

Click "Save Settings"

Click "Add A Link" and add a couple of links to the content you added to your accounts.


http://linkedin.com - Create a LinkedIn group. Add a post or two to the content you created above. Make sure the group is set to public. Note: IFTTT doesn't post to LinkedIn groups. For this, you will need to use the Youtube RSS feed along with a programs such as MassPlanner.

http://pinterest.com - Under settings you have the option to add a site URL. However, since you need to verify this site, you must have FTP access to the site. So if you have a site or blog you have hosted, the add a link here. Add 2-3 pins to the content pages you created above.

http://storify.com

http://twitter.com - When setting up your Twitter profile find where you can add a website links and add a the URL to a Google resource, such as Blogger, Google Plus or Youtube channel. Create a tweet that contains a URL to a Google property.

http://weebly.com

http://wordpress.com - Go to Appearance => Widgets  => Gravatar Sidebar and drag it to the side bar. Select your avatar's name from the drop down menu. Check "Show Account Links" and click "Save".


Social Bookmarking Sites:

Both of the following bookmarking sites are "Google Data Hub" partners. This means they probably add authority as well as social signals.

http://delicious.com -
Go to Settings => Profile and add a link to a Google resource in the "Website" field.
Go to Settings => Social and connect all accounts EXCEPT your Facebook account.
Click "Add Link" and add a couple of links to your Google accounts.

http://diigo.com -
Go To "Edit My Profile" => and click the "Me elsewhere" tab and add your social profiles.
Add New Bookmarks using a couple of your social accounts.


Social Stacking/Inter-Linking with Social Curation Sites

These are sites like RebelMouse.com that let you display the content from different social media accounts from various social media platforms all on one page.

These sites aren't compatible with IFTTT at this time, but are an essential part of your Ring of Fire networks. In particular, RebelMouse is a great site to use as a Parasite because it has a great deal of Google authority. Often, RebelMouse pages will rank highly in Google by themselves.

When setting up your accounts, make sure that each of the below is set to public.

http://alternion.com -  The links to your individual social media posts use javascript, so they won't pass any link juice. However, by adding your social accounts Alternion will give you a link to each main account.

Alternion gives you four pages you can use for your Ring Of Fire networks. Simply change UserName to your actual user name and link to and from those pages.
http://www.alternion.com/users/UserName/
http://www.alternion.com/users/UserName/about
http://www.alternion.com/users/UserName/videos
http://www.alternion.com/users/UserName/photos/

https://storify.com/signup - No IFTTT, but works with RSS feeds.

https://rebelmouse.com - A strong authority site. Point links at your Rebelmouse site and it can rank highly.

http://dipity.com - Add RSS feeds by going to the Events and Events Sources and clicking on "Other".
Click "Any RSS Feed" button and add the URLs to your feeds.

http://Flavors.me - Another good site to exploit social stacking.
 
Click "About"
Click "Information" and enter your bio. You should also add a URL to your profile. I suggest you add the URL to your YT channel.

Click "Links"
Add the URLs to your social accounts

Click "Content"
Flavors.me free accounts only allows for 5 social accounts to be added. I suggest the following, but it's up to you:
Google Plus
Youtube
Blogger
Tumblr
RSS - You can "mash" multiple RSS feeds into a single RSS and add it it to Dipity. See the RSS page for more info on RSS mash ups.


Create and Save Links for Social Stacking

Now that you have social stacked your main accounts, go here:

http://www.topproducer.com/campus/social-widget-creator/

...and create social stacking links that you can use in other blogs and web sites as you build out your network.

These links are not social "share" links, with the goal of getting others to share your content. Instead, they are links to your social accounts page. This is an important difference. The purpose of these social stacking links are to pass and gain domain authority.

Another good option for those that know HTML is to create text links, and adding your Ring of Fire sites. For example:

Follow me on: Twitter | Wordpress | Youtube | Blogger


The reason for text links is so you don't have to host the icon images anywhere. Add the HTML to your account spreadsheet and use the HTML code to post the links whenever and wherever you can.

Mix and match your links into different combos and put them pretty much wherever you can, whenever you can.

If you're OK with hosting your own icon images, you can get a good selection of free social icons with a great usage license here:
http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/?s=social+icons&x=0&y=0

For more places to add your social stacking links, see Free Website Builders and Free Blog Sites on the Parasites page.


List of Sites Compatible With Alternion.com:

Most Popular
https://www.blogger.com/
http://www.delicious.com/
http://www.facebook.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
https://foursquare.com/
http://plus.google.com
http://web.stagram.com/
http://www.last.fm/
http://linkedin.com
http://picasa.google.com/
http://pinterest.com/
http://www.reddit.com/
http://www.slideshare.net/
https://storify.com/
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
http://www.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/
http://vimeo.com/
http://wordpress.com/
http://www.youtube.com/

Blogging
http://www.ameba.jp/
https://www.blogger.com/
http://www.blogigo.com/
http://www.blogster.com/
http://www.curbly.com/
http://www.douban.com/
http://www.dreamwidth.org/
http://www.gather.com/
http://habrahabr.ru/
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/
http://www.ownzee.com/
http://www.skyrock.com/
http://www.soup.io/
https://storify.com/
http://technorati.com/
http://www.travelpod.com/
http://www.tumblr.com/
http://wordpress.com/

Bookmarking & News
http://www.100zakladok.ru/
http://blogmarks.net/
http://bobrdobr.ru/
http://www.bordom.net/
http://bundlr.com/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/
http://www.delicious.com/
http://www.diigo.com/
http://www.dnhour.com/
http://dzone.com/
http://ffffound.com/
http://gdgt.com/
http://b.hatena.ne.jp/
http://ireport.cnn.com/
http://kinja.com/
http://www.listal.com/
http://memori.ru/
http://www.meneame.net/
http://www.metafilter.com/
http://www.mister-wong.com/
http://moemesto.ru/
http://my.alltop.com/
http://www.netvouz.com/
http://newstrust.net/
http://news2.ru/
http://www.newsvine.com/
http://pinboard.in/
http://www.posteet.com
https://www.readability.com/
http://www.reddit.com/
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
http://vi.sualize.us/

Books
http://www.anobii.com/
http://www.goodreads.com/
http://www.librarything.com/
http://www.livelib.ru/

Comments & Answers
http://www.answerbag.com/
http://aolanswers.com/
http://disqus.com/
http://intensedebate.com/
http://www.plinky.com/
http://uservoice.com/

Documents
http://www.authorstream.com/
http://www.docstoc.com/
http://issuu.com/
http://www.slideshare.net/

Events & Travel
http://www.eventbrite.com/
http://www.fodors.com/
http://www.ontheroad.to/
http://plancast.com/
http://www.tripit.com/
http://www.zamnoy.com/

Gaming
http://dtf.ru/
http://www.gamer.ru/
http://www.gamerdna.com/
http://old.raptr.com/

General Networking
http://www.apsense.com/
http://www.buzznet.com/
http://www.facebook.com/
http://plus.google.com
http://www.instructables.com/
http://irc-galleria.net/
http://linkedin.com
http://pinterest.com/
http://www.taringa.net/
http://www.trilulilu.ro/
http://www.zorpia.com/

Interests
http://activerain.com/
http://www.advogato.org/
http://www.bukisa.com/
http://www.cafemom.com/
http://www.citeulike.org/
http://www.dailymile.com/
http://www.dailystrength.org/
http://developersniche.com/
http://dribbble.com/
http://www.empowher.com/
http://www.thefancy.com/
http://www.fiddme.com/
http://github.com/
http://gitorious.org/
http://www.govloop.com/
http://iusethis.com/
http://lookbook.nu/
http://www.menuism.com/
http://www.ravelry.com/
http://serverfault.com/
http://www.sparkpeople.com/
http://stackoverflow.com/
http://steepster.com/
http://superuser.com/

Movies & TV
http://criticker.com/
http://www.heavy.com/

Music & Audio
http://audioboo.fm/
http://blip.fm/
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
http://www.fiql.com/
http://www.ipadio.com/
http://www.jambase.com/
http://www.last.fm/
http://www.pandora.com/
http://partyflock.nl/
http://rpod.ru/

Photos & Art
http://www.23hq.com/
http://500px.com/
http://www.aminus3.com/
http://www.artician.com/
http://demiart.ru/forum/index.php?
http://www.deviantart.com/
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.fotolog.com/
http://img.ly/
http://imgfave.com/
http://web.stagram.com/
http://www.ipernity.com/
http://jalbum.net/
http://moblog.net/
http://www.mobypicture.com/
http://www.panoramio.com/
http://www.pbase.com/
https://photosynth.net/
http://photobucket.com/
http://www.photocase.com/
http://photo.qip.ru/
http://www.photosight.ru/
http://picasa.google.com/
http://picturepush.com/
http://pixabay.com/
http://www.redbubble.com/
http://www.photoshow.com/
http://fotos.sapo.pt/
http://www.smugmug.com/
http://society6.com/
http://twitpic.com/
http://twitrpix.com/
http://weheartit.com/
http://www.worth1000.com/
http://www.zenfolio.com/

Places & Reviews
http://11870.com/
https://foursquare.com/
http://www.judysbook.com/

Shopping
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.etsy.com/
http://www.measuredup.com/
http://www.polyvore.com/
http://www.thisnext.com/
http://www.zazzle.com/

Status Updates
http://www.43things.com/
http://www.dipity.com/
http://h.hatena.com/
http://www.hictu.com/
http://www.plurk.com/
http://spnbabble.sitepronews.com/
http://twitter.com/

Videos
http://bambuser.com/
http://blip.tv/
http://www.dailymotion.com/
http://www.metacafe.com/
http://www.nicovideo.jp/
http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/
http://videos.sapo.pt/
http://smotri.com/
http://www.viddler.com/
http://videosift.com/
http://video.qip.ru/
http://vimeo.com/
http://www.wat.tv/
http://www.youtube.com/



Also See:

6 Great Plugins for Adding a Social Stream to Your Self-Hosted WordPress Blog
https://managewp.com/social-stream-plugins






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