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30 Day IM Newbie Plan, Adsense, Blogging »

[7 Feb 2010 | One Comment | ]

On this day, I am going to talk about ways of monetizing your blog posts.  I’m going to mention some of the pay-per-click programs that you can join.
It’s really important that you don’t put any of these PPC methods on your home (sales) page.  This is strictly for your blog posts and/or your sidebar.
The home page is STRICTLY for the promotion of your affiliate product.
All of the other posts/pages on your site will be linking to your home page, but there’s no guarantee that the visitor is going …

30 Day IM Newbie Plan, Beginners, Blogging »

[6 Feb 2010 | One Comment | ]

Today we are going to talk about writing some blog posts for your site.
What keywords are you going to use?
Well, you are going to use that big list of keywords that you created for your niche.  You should have 15-20 keywords that you can use.  Each blog post you are going to write is going to be written specifically for that keyword.  So, in essence you are probably going to end up with the 15-20 blog posts on your website.
What’s the point of writing blog posts if we want …

30 Day IM Newbie Plan, Beginners, Blogging »

[4 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Now that we have the theme for your site, it’s time to look at plugins and widgets.  After this day we will be done with the Xs and Os of Wordpress.  After this day, you’ll be creating content, and promoting your site.
But let’s take care of business first.
Let’s talk about plugins.  Quite simply, plugins are just these little software scripts that make your site do……well…….just about anything. There are thousands of plugins.  I’m just going to cover some of the more important ones.
You can download each of these by searching …

30 Day IM Newbie Plan, Beginners, Blogging »

[3 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]

We’re going to be talking about setting up a WordPress theme. Basically, the theme is just the design of your website. You want something that looks nice, clean, and professional.
There are plenty of free Wordpress templates available and I’ll show where you can get them.
But if I can make a recommendation, since you are going to build a landing page to promote your affiliate product on the home page, check out WP Landing Pages by Jason Keith.  He creates beautiful templates that are geared specifically for selling. In my …

30 Day IM Newbie Plan, Beginners, Blogging »

[2 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Today, you will be learning how to setup wordpress on your domain name.
You may feel a little overwhelmed by this if you’ve never setup wordpress before.  Truth be told, I was the first time I did it.  But the more times you do it, the more comfortable you’ll feel with it.
Start by logging into your cPanel.
Your cPanel is located at “yourdomainname.com/cpanel”.   Once you are logged in, just click the Fantastico button.

On the next page, you’ll click on the Wordpress option on the left menu.

Next, you click on “New Installation”, and …

Beginners, Blogging, Building Your Website »

[15 Jan 2010 | Comments Off | ]

A lot of people ask me whether they should build a regular, static website or build a blog?  The simple answer is to do both.  That’s what I do. Hell….that’s what most marketers do.  There is no reason not to diversify your virtual real estate.
However, there is one big difference between a static website and a blog, and you probably know what it is already.  Blogs require fairly constant updates.  There are way too many people who start a blog, and then just run out of motivation to keep the …

Blogging, Featured, Link Building »

[5 Jan 2010 | 5 Comments | ]
Backlink Heaven With Top Commentators Plug In

A great way to get links to your website is by submitting comments on other people’s blogs. However, in most cases what you are really getting is a no-follow link, when you do that.

Blogging, Promotion, Traffic Generation »

[1 Jan 2010 | Comments Off | ]

A great way to promote something is to just simply create a blog. Unlike a traditional, static website, blogs allow you to add your own personality or opinions to whatever the subject matter may be. 
But you can’t expect to have that “Field Of Dreams” moment….you know….. “if you write it, they will come”.  It doesn’t work like that.  I don’t care what the subject matter is or how good of a writer you are.
Here are just some of the ways you can get people to read your blog, and …