Hi Everyone!!

Ahhhh!! Internet marketing and product creation is so much FUN!

NOT!!!

Haha!! Not really, I love it and maybe you do too! But, it sure takes a lot of time in 15-20 minute intervals! But I guess when you are a mom of 5, time is limited and it only seems like it takes forever.

Anyway, I have been busy, real busy and look what I have for y’all! It’s my new and improved Super Simple WordPress WebSites, (not just blogs) set up guide and it’s really cool!!

So make sure you get one and have a read. Just Click the cover right here and go!! Ya might learn something you didn’t know!! Lol

OK, so setting up a free product is a pretty easy thing to do when you know what it takes…..

First of all, this book was my older set up guide and with WordPress moving to a 3 point something, I knew it needed an update. So I started writing, removing the outdated stuff and adding the new, good stuff.

Once it was finished (about 15 drafts) I knew I needed a new domain. Bought a domain and started setting up the site. So I called on my trusty graphics and techy guy and we got started.

Here are just some of the things you need to do when setting up a site. And believe me, there are things you never think about!! (or maybe I just didn’t think about them!!) lol

Squeeze page, gotta get started building a list! So what goes on that squeeze page? A graphic of what you are giving away, some text, an opt in form and a headline to grab their attention. And that opt in form needs an auto responder attached to it!! (My fav is Aweber if you are wondering.)

And after it’s all set up and looking good….you need to make sure it looks great in all browsers!! And if it doesn’t, that’s where the techy man comes in, cause I am so NOT there yet!! But it looked great, so on to the next step.

The Download Page…where the people who have opted into your list and confirmed their email address get sent to download your freebie. And what does the download page have on it? Another graphic of the product, so folks will remember what they signed up for, a link to download the product and I happened to add a few more free offers that will help folks on their way! Those offers also have graphics and links, so the download page is pretty cool. Lots of things to do on there!!

BUT…..while folks are waiting on the ‘confirm your email address email’ they get to see a product that my friend Steve has made and get a chance to purchase it (it’s all relevant to my guide, in fact, if you want to see it, it’s right here!! Really Easy WordPress Videos

Sooooo…..hmmmmm…..little techy redirect script on there that I NEVER even thought of! Thank God I have friends who know what they are doing!! (and actually do this stuff day after day!!)

So now we have the index page(first page folks see on your site), the download page, the autoresponder set up and the little redirect page with a ton of cool videos on how to learn WordPress. Sooooo am I finished??

OH Heck no!! (Now realize, I am doing this in about 20 minutes a day for a few weeks, because I actually have a full time job and I am making another product in Partnership To Success with John Thornhill and I am supposed to be focused on SOMETHING ELSE!!! Shhh…don’t tell….Sorry John, I’ll make it up to you!!)

So there needs to be a link to all my legal policies and disclaimers…..Terms of Service, Privacy and Earnings Disclaimer….blah blah blah on all these pages. So I go back to the ole drawing board….NVU to be exact and guess what???? NVU doesn’t like me and it doesn’t like scripts (well my scripts anyway!!)

You remember that Aweber stuff we talked about….the opt in form? Well, that’s a script, or it was. It’s not anymore! lol. So…anywhere I had a script, NVU just took out all the graphics and formatting and left me with a very ugly white page with no formatting or graphics!

DANG!!!

Hello Techy!?!? Yes, and …..Hello real HTML editor! (and it likes me AND my scripts!!)

Thank Goodness I learned how to back up my regular sites before all this happened, and I had the backup on my hard drive so the only thing that got screwed up was my frustration levels! And backing up is very easy. (Maybe we’ll talk about that on my next blog post.)

But you know the cool thing about all of this?

I got it done. Editing, setting things up, Uploading the minisite and videos, setting up all the legal stuff, editing those stinkin HTML pages, frustration, waiting on answers for days…oh…and I have a really cool picture and signature!!

I freekin got it done. So if you ever think something is too complicated, frustrating, not worth it or anything else that hot little red guy on your shoulder is telling you…just keep on it….it will get done and you will be amazed at what you learn and how you feel to have finished a real project!

(Unless, you want someone else to set it up for you……we’ll talk about that later as well!)

So do you have any frustrations with blogs, websites pages, etc? Have you finished a project and felt like you were on TOP of the world??  Do you have any setbacks or want to let me know how YOU get your product online, let me know in the comment section below and let’s get r done!!

Now….back to John Thornhill (shhhhh……sorry John!)

P.S. I didn’t even go into the part about having to change all this from one domain to another….that’s another story in itself!!!

Hello? Hello?…where are you??

Lookin for me? I am still here, but I have been working diligently on my product! And I have had tons of help, so hold on!

So y’all that know me, know I had another AHA! moment! I have finally realized that in order to succeed; I have to focus on one thing at a time! (What a concept!!) DUH!

You see,  I thought I was focused, unfortunately it’s wasn’t on one thing at a time!! It was on a bunch of different things and you know that just puts us on overload! UGH!!

Now don’t go talkin trash, I know y’all do that too!

I’ve seen it, I have done it and I think it’s a normal thing in Internet Marketing. Just about everyone jumps from one thing to another until they have their own AHA! moment. And something happens where it all fits together.

For instance, how many emails do you subscribe to? Are they really helping you? Or are you waiting on the perfect one that has the magic button to online wealth or the latest and greatest thing? Be honest.

How many things have you bought this past year? Things you are going to use LATER? How many crappy products are sitting on your hard drive? How many have you actually implemented and used? Are they working? Be honest, now.

And how much money have you spent looking for the answer? Thousands? Yup!

How many times have you got online and said to yourself “Self, what can I do today to make this online experience better for someone else?” Huh? Help someone else?? Be honest about this one too!

I have a very dear friend and every time I get an email from him, he tells me something cool that can help me in my business. Not things I can use tomorrow, but things I can use today to grow my internet business. He will even tell me NOT to buy something if he knows I don’t need it!  I totally look forward to his emails!

He probably wakes up in the morning and wonders how he can make the internet a better place!

He’s honest, he’s successful and he’s smart. And he keeps me in focus. And he knows what I need to do to succeed. He will even tell me when I am on the wrong path. I totally trust his advice and his knowledge about my business and how to succeed. The good stuff as well as the not so good stuff.

So my totally cool, over-the-top, amazing friend, Randy Smith and his totally cool, over-the-top, amazing friend, Craig Dawber, (who I didn’t know personally, but getting to know him and he ROCKS!!) came up with a 12 week coaching program that they are giving away for free that pretty much has everything a newbie and not so newbie needs to know about Internet Marketing.

So this is an email subscription you DO want to read!

I have learned more from the Coaching Newsletter that I ever thought possible! Did I say it was free? Click on this banner below to get your free coaching!

Know what else they have? A totally cool, over-the-top, amazing membership site! It’s called Internet Marketing Apprentice and you have to see it!

Now I know you are probably thinking Oh no! Not another membership site! You have to see it! Don’t say or do anything until you see it. Wanna see it now?

Internet Marketing Apprentice

Inside IMA there are videos tutorial on things like…

• Amazon S3
• WordPress 101
• Article Marketing
• HTML For Beginners
• Minisite Design
• PLR Makeover
• RoboForm
• Video Marketing
• Web Traffic

And then there are professional articles on thing like…

• Affiliate Marketing
• Blogging
• Email Marketing
• Search Engine – SEO
• Information Marketing
• Copywriting
• Internet Marketing
• Outsourcing
• Self Improvement
• Traffic

And that’s just the beginning!! Internet Marketing Apprentice also has free no-ad web hosting, a forum where they so gracefully answer all my questions, in my non-techy-don’t-have-a-clue-about-HTML language!!

AND every month, members get the download a minimum of 16 IM products that would normally cost on average somewhere between two and 400 dollars, (depending on the rights). And then ya go to the video section and forum to find out what you can actually DO with these products to make some money or build your list!

AND ya get answers! (That’s the cool part!)

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?????<——blatant pitch!!

Craig and Randy KNOW what it takes to be successful online. They ARE successful! They were new once, and know what newbies go through when they are getting started! They know about information overload, they know about jumping from one thing to another, they know about the frustrations new marketers go through and they are there, in the forum answering questions EVERY DAY!

Here is a link to their free coaching program.

Coaching program

And here is a link to Internet Marketing Apprentice Membership Site.

Internet Marketing Apprentice

I really really hope to see you there. If you are on the fence about it, they have a 7 day trial for 4.95 and if you decide it’s not for you, just cancel it. But I know you will be just as amazed as I was!

Go check it out and leave me a comment below. I love to hear from you!!

What do you do to make the internet a better place? I bet Craig and Randy can tell you

Have fun!!

Lisa~

Having a hard time finding something to write about? Not a professional writer? This could be the hardest thing about blogging! The dreaded WRITER’S BLOCK.

Boo!

Some folks write about whatever is on their mind, (like me) or create an online journal. But most bloggers know, you can’t just write about what you want, you have to think about what your readers want!!

So let’s do some research and get you unstuck!

Every day there are tons of searches in Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. The BIG search engines! Use these search terms to help you get ideas for blog posts!! AND more traffic to your blog!

No more writers block! No more lonely blogs….

K, stick with me here…

You could go over to Yahoo Answers, and put in a word that your blog is about. I put “blogging” in the search answers field. (You can put whatever you want. Whatever your blog is about.)

And this is what I got! 66 questions (66 blog topics!) Here are just a few. (And I copy/pasted, so I know the grammar isn’t perfect)

• How do I combine my loves to make a great blog?

• How to get more traffic to my Blog?

• Could you give me a topic for my blog, to make it more interesting?

• From where to start blogging? Suggest good blogging websites and also hot topics to write blog on.?

• How can I set up a link on my blog to a PDF file I have on my computer?

So I could write a blog post on how to set up a link to a PDF, or how to get traffic, or maybe some good blogging websites or themes, anything people are looking for!!

Easy huh? YUP!

Are you into How-to? Answers.com or About.com can also give you some great blogging ideas. Another one I just found today is Amazon.com and their reviews are full of ideas to blog about! Just pick a product like ‘blogging’ and scroll down to the bottom and there are a ton of customer reviews that are asking questions AND giving ideas!

And another one…Steal other people’s ideas!  Did I say STEAL?

Yep!

Steal ‘em!!

You can visit popular blogs and see what other bloggers are talking about. I did that here in reference to Perry Marshall’s blog.

You don’t want to really steal their ideas, don’t copy/paste or plagiarize, but drum up some cool ideas of your own. I do it all the time! Reading other peoples’ blogs can spark up some new ideas and get your thought process going! Another perk to reading other blogs, you can leave quality comments on the blogs and get some exposure to people you might have never known. That’s called NETWORKING. (and social-butterfly-ness!) And please DON’T leave the dreaded comment….’nice post’ Blah!

Hopefully you have thought up some ideas for your blog posts! Be sure to you pay attention to which topics are the coolest so you will know which ones are most effective.

AND…I’ll be posting about blog titles in the near future….Sally Neill has got me thinking!(stealing from Sally, haha!)

Thanks Sally!

So I hope you are on your way to better blog topics! Titles are coming soon!

Lisa~