Blog Classroom Pre-Course Starts!
by Anik Singal on April 15th, 2008 | Blogging | 516 Comments »
First of all, welcome to Blog Classroom - we’re so glad that you’ve decided to join us here as Rosalind Gardner and I go through the details of what you need to get your profitable blogging business started.
To start, please watch my personal video to you below…
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Our Ethical Bribe For You… We’ll Review Your Blog Right Here, watch the video below to learn more… |
How To Install Your Blog In 3 Easy Steps…
Rosalind Gardner has prepared a detailed video for you that shows you EXACTLY how you can install your blog in just 3 easy steps.
If you don’t have a blog yet - you have NO excuse after this video! If you already have a blog, stay tuned - we’re going to teach you some amazing ways to add heaps of traffic to it in less than 10 minutes of work!
Click the image below to play the video - It will open in a NEW window…
Get your domain name and hosting up and ready - Rosalind Gardner prefers to use BlueHost - any hosting that has CPanel with Fantastico pre-install will do.
Your homework assignment today is to GET YOUR BLOG UP AND RUNNING.
Don’t worry about any plug-ins right now - if you want, don’t even worry about any header images or colors - just get it installed.
In a couple of days, we’re going to teach you how to get it SEO ready and we can talk about the plug-ins at that point.
Install Your Blog - If You Have One, Get Comfy In That Chair - We’re About To Show Some Amazing Things…
If you’ve installed your blog - feel free to leave a link here so we can all take a peek!
- Anik Singal
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Ian Orford reply on April 16, 2008 12:29 pm:
Hi Anik and Rosalind, I am a student of Blogclassroom One, so I am cheating a bit but here is one of my sites.
Just shows what you can do when you put a bit of effort in!
Cheers,
Ian
http://www.thinkpadtoday.com
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Stephen reply on April 23, 2008 7:17 pm:
Very nice indeed! I’m new to all of this but it’s nice to be able to look at other’s and get ideals. Thank you.
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Pam reply on April 16, 2008 4:56 pm:
Website in the works… I’ve listened & read a lot of inspirational blogs and podcasts on the subject of building your small business, so I’d like to incorporate an affiliate site based on the information I have collected.
Yeah, my site needs some work
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Cindy reply on April 16, 2008 8:18 pm:
I have two blog sites and after watching your videos, so far, I think I will get some really great info from you on how to drive some traffic to my blogs and also make a little money doing it. This is great. Thank you.
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Keira reply on April 16, 2008 10:50 pm:
thanks for checking this out. I have learned a lot from you.
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Sherie reply on April 16, 2008 11:52 pm:
Here is my newly installed blog, a subdirectory of a website I’m currently building, http://www.cookbookauctions.com . The main website promotes cookbook auctions listed on eBay, the purpose of the blog is to give tips and advice regarding buying cookbooks on eBay and elsewhere. Hopefully, the blog will provide useful information to drive traffic to the auctions listed on the home page.
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Karla reply on April 17, 2008 12:16 am:
I am very excited about your pre-course! I installed my blog–thanks to Rosalind’s crystal clear instructions and am looking forward to getting things running.
I am working with Jeff Walker’s Product Launch course and needed to get a blog up so I want to use it for that, but also have another website that I am working on that ties in with it as well==>http://www.help-with-home-improvements.com
My husband has run his own contracting company for 30 years and 3 yrs. ago was diagnosed with MS. As he can no longer perform the physical aspects of his work he was looking for a way to keep “working” in his area of “expertise”. Providing help and information for people in the home improvement niche seems like a way to do that.
Of course we also want to replace his income…so this is what we are working on! The blog I just installed is at http://www.doctoryourhome.com/myblog
Thanks for the help you are providing!!! Karla
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Jennie Hasselbacher reply on April 17, 2008 12:54 am:
Ok - I am ever grateful for this class!
I originally had a blog ‘built’ for me at;
http://www.ArticleAdventures.com
But your video made it look so easy, I attempted
to install my own at http://www.webfeverdesigns.net/wordpress/
I think I may have done something wrong, as I am
unable to log in and/or change anything with the
blog?
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Mike Hartshorn reply on April 17, 2008 1:34 am:
Hi Anik and Rosalind,
I set up my blog today at http://savegastoo.com.
I will wait and follow along with the assignments and try to complete all of them on-time.
I use Bluehost and have for over a year. The set up I followed and did without stopping the video. I have used wordpress before and th video is perfect.
Thanks guys and looking forward to the training.
Mike Hartshorn
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Malcolm reply on April 17, 2008 9:29 am:
Hi
Just installed a blog, made a few changes and threw up a few articles just to get some content in it.
http://www.fitness-dreams.com
I’m looking forward to seeing what needs to be done to have a successful blog so thanks for the vids and instructions
Cheers
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Mel Smith reply on April 17, 2008 11:53 am:
I think you have a great thing going here for your students Anik.
I have several blogs and have been blogging for a few years now, and I blog about what I am passionate about. This blog is about health, as I think everyone should get and stay healthy.
But most people associate health with sickness and don’t look into staying healthy until they get sick, and that gives them a negative attitude about health. So here is my URL for my blog
http://www.my-healthy.info/4u
If you provide your cells what they require, the body will heal itself.Cellular Food, Creates Cellular Energy
Good Luck Anik
Mel
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Ana reply on April 17, 2008 8:51 pm:
I’ve included my blog here. I haven’t kept up much with it at all. I continue to be on email lists and continue to work with the materials of several teachers from ‘The Secret’. I actually have some great info I could be sharing there now (I have to leave this moment, but at least you guys have given me that motivation.)
I have a question though. I created that blog without a cpanel. Do I need one? If so, what is it for? Or will my site do with a little tweaking? I think I need to remove a post or two and update my main page. Some things seem out-dated compared to when I posted them and now. Please let me know about the cpanel, thank-you.
anabrown.gaia.com/blog
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Frances G reply on April 17, 2008 9:41 pm:
OK, I’ve gotten my blog up and running on WordPress, so if you have a chance, I’d love for you to critique it,
http://holycommunication.wordpress.com/
Thanks,
Frances G.
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Lonnie Minton reply on April 20, 2008 4:34 pm:
Hi Anik and Rosalind,
I have had a blog for a while and have a few post on it. I also have AdSense on it.
However, I am getting little to no traffic to the blob.
A critique would be appreciated. How does one select the best theme? I think I like a three column theme.
http://discoveringdigitalphotography.com/
I am looking forward to getting traffic. I am starting the SEO lesson next.
Thanks,
Lonnie
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 6:55 am:
Hi Frances,
It’s a nice looking blog. The Hello World, although sort of appropriate in your text, is also the standard issue headline from wordpress for unedited text so you might want to change that to something like Holy Cow I’m Communicating or something I don’t know - to keep the vein of your post.
Also try to tag some of your words in your text.
Otherwise keep going - the internet is amazing to talk to people all over the world - I’m in Australia too.
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Dan Scanlon reply on April 17, 2008 9:57 pm:
Anik & Rosiland,
First, I want to thank you both for inspiring me to take action and get off my blogless behind!
Last night I jumped in to see about upgrading my current Website Design website (http://www.doskas.com) to support WordPress. After some time with tech support & following their directions, I added MySQL & got their version of WordPress (v2.3.3) installed. Long story short, it didn’t work…
Since I want to take advantage of following the tutorials & actually learn (instead read along in a non-participatory manner) I went directly to WordPress & set myself up with a freebie version of a blog so as to at least get started. Yes, I know its not tied to a website yet. I have decided I will follow through and get my new domain (still doing keyword research to narrow down my niche & domain name) and hosting with BlueHost, later.
Although I am now the proud owner of a humble “orphan” blog, I hope that your concepts you are continuing to teach can be applied to it. In this way, I can go through the 2nd time for real with my new, future niche website. As it stands, my blog is http://danscanlon/wordpress.com
Thanks again!
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Paula Snyder reply on April 17, 2008 10:18 pm:
Hi Roz and Anik,
The reason I started my blog is because my mom recently died of cancer, and I just started researching and I came up with alot of interesting stuff, and felt that I needed to share it.
I have a blog through blogger.com, is this one okay, or do I need a wordpress one also? I also do not have a domain yet or hosting. I know you prefer bluehost, however, I checked into that and they want 2 yrs of hosting up front which is about $167 and I know that is not alot, however, I am a single mom, and the job I have don’t pay enough for me to have extras, would godaddy be okay, because I can pay them monthly which fits my budget, but I checked and they do not have fantastico.
Any advise is greatly appreciated. Also, if you have time, check out my blog and let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Paula
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Malcolm reply on April 18, 2008 2:20 am:
Hi Paula
Really sorry to hear about your mom. I hope all is well with you now.
I just thought I would bring to your attention that you do not have to spend $167 for a hosting account
If you go to http://www.webhostingbuzz.com and by the cheapest budget package they have on offer. You even get a free domain name which is good. Pick a good domain name carefully.
I think you can get this for about $54.00 a year with more stuff than many high priced priced hosting packages. I know, I have several and I use webhostingbuzz.com from now on.
I hope this helps.
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Sylvia Einwechter reply on April 24, 2008 8:50 am:
Google’s Blogger.com is totally free!!
Gary Packer reply on April 25, 2008 2:49 pm:
Hi Paula,
I empathise with you. I lost my mother to cancer almost 20 years ago, and I still miss her every day.
However, to help with your hosting. I use Hostgator at http://www.hostgator.com . They start from as little as $8.95 a month, but with this you only get 1 domain name. I think it is better to pay an extra $1 a month and get the next level up as you can host unlimited domains.
They also do unlimited MySQL which you will need for Wordpress and if you have many sites hosted, this is useful.
I know on the site they say from as little as $4.95 a month, but that is if you pay a lump sum for 3 years.
In the two years that I have been with Hostgator I have not had a single problem with downtime, so they are very reliable.
Good luck.
Kind Regards,
Gary
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paul reply on April 25, 2008 6:41 pm:
Check around you will find other hosting with blog and monthly rates(i mean with fantastico)one is 3ix at http://www.3ix.org
Enjoy it is 1 dollar per month
Paul
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Chris reply on April 18, 2008 1:32 am:
Just uploaded minutes ago. Interested in learning on how to receive traffic and getting revenue from it. One question is it better write a post or a page?
Thanks
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 6:58 am:
Posts are quicker and easier as long as the search engine stuff is still tweaked. A page, must be informative and brief and again SEO’d well. I often do both, start with a post that leads to the page, that way it gives the visitor the option - they get quick info and can read on if they like.
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Mary reply on April 18, 2008 4:28 pm:
Okay,Rosalind. I’ve been a fan of yours for years, and found your initial blog e-mail irresistible. While I have ThriftyTraveling.com and ThriftyTravelingPortal.com waiting in the wings to be finalized, the ThriftyTravelBlog.com seemed like the perfect fit for them. SOooo…. I did it! You said our first homework assignment was to put a blog site up, and I did. Can’t wait to find out what to do next. Thanks for all the info you share, Rosalind. You’re the best (and Anik is adorable!). Happy Weekend, Mary
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Tomas reply on April 18, 2008 5:01 pm:
wow, my dear, I am so glad to join you. I am blogging already for some years, but that is just pasting into the template for a free - I know nothing about the blogging - about how-to blog. I hope to learn a lot here and hope for your help to understand what was done wrong by me - what mistakes could be improved for the traffic could become much higher than at the moment. Please check my blogs
http://candleday.wordpress.com/
http://trustlight.blogspot.com
http://www.captains-bridge.blogspot.com
http://arthiker.wordpress.com/
Please excuse my English- I am writing with the dictionary in hand - I live in Lithuania- in not English speaking country.
Thank you for your comments - I will greatly appreciate all your remarks that will help me to made the impossible - to break through the wall of silence that hide me from the life because of my disability
Thank you once again
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Lynn Norton reply on April 20, 2008 10:48 am:
Hi Rosalind and Anik
I already have a blog but I am still a novice and the blog is in its infancy. I am really looking forward to following along, improving and building on what I already have and getting some traffic.
Thank you both for this opportunity
Lynn
http://www.onlineauctionideas.com
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 6:59 am:
Hi Lynn,
That is a great blog and if you continue with the course I’m sure it will grow to be quite a concern. Great info.
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Debbie Kessler reply on April 20, 2008 4:13 pm:
Hi Rosalind and Anik,
I have been riding this out with you and I am very excited to see the evolution of blogging. Great work. I am blogging on our website and this information is very valuable for the beginner. I look forward to your classrooms.
Thank you for all the consistent hard work.
Debbie
Area Director,
http://www.ibalnet.com
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Iain Loveman reply on April 20, 2008 6:55 pm:
I should have opened my email sooner. I am PWM (Player With Money) and working an IM course with Alex Goad. Blogs were recommended, so I installed it on my host, Bluehost. I did it the hard way, by falling WordPress 2.5’s, “5 Minute Installation”. Just had to name the database and edit some info, they even tell you what your missing if you don’t get it right. The only thing you forgot to mention in your video is that you can set up multiple installations by changing the _wp to something else.
Anyways, although I am not familiar with PHP, I am with HTML and I have been playing around and tweaking the style.css. Almost got it to where I want it.
Really, interested in getting to the traffic and monetization section. See you there.
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Stan reply on April 21, 2008 11:04 pm:
Thanks for putting together a course on blog writing. I just started the sleepydowncomforters.com website at the first of the year. I have just stared to blog about a month ago. I hope I can learn something from the course. The blog is at http://www.downcomforterbeddingblog.com
Thanks again,
Stan
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Dave Perkins reply on April 22, 2008 7:19 am:
I started blogging two or three years ago with my Mentor, Doug Williams (of MoneyLegs.com fame). He had one of those monthly fee blogs that he made available prior (I believe) to WordPress, Blogspot.com and others.
My hosting company does not use Fantastico so I had to manually install my Wordpress blog via FTP but it was just as easy as it was reported to be.
This past weekend, I installed a new blog for my wife on her new website that she’s starting, using CPanel and Fantastico and I was amazed to see just how FAST the whole process went. Her site is on HostMonster.com’s servers which I believe are quite similar to BlueHost that you recommend.
My blog can be found at: http://www.daveylee.com/blog
I’ll suggest that my wife pick up at lesson two and follow along with me. I’ll pick up some great tips, I’m sure, and she will be ‘learning from scratch’ as she’s not the most ‘technical type’ in our family.
As you can tell, I’m a bit late getting started but as they say, better late than never.
Regards,
Dave Perkins
http://www.daveylee.com/blog
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Rob reply on April 22, 2008 7:53 am:
I’ve just installed my blog (I’m running a little late, yes?). It was such an easy install. I’ve been toying with the idea for a long time of installing WordPress, so I’m glad you are doing this course — it got me motivated. Using Fantastico was great. I can’t wait to find out some steps to get traffic.
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Joe reply on April 22, 2008 11:33 am:
Thanks for doing this course. Though I already had setup my blog a few weeks back, I’m sure I will learn a lot from your videos.
My blog is located at http://www.IMwithJoe.com, and it is basically a hub for everything I do online. I will have product reviews, affiliate products and Internet Marketing tips. My product is aimed to help people make an honest living online, and not to get caught up in all the schemes and scams.
I look forward to the other videos.
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Blaine Dyson reply on April 22, 2008 11:59 am:
Forgive me I’m very new to this, not sure what to write here.
I do have a Blog at blogger.com The top of my Dashboard says
southpaw292001@yahoo.com I Believe this is my sign in name?
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Kevin T. Fairbanks reply on April 22, 2008 2:30 pm:
I have had this blog up for awhile now for my site, http://www.GolfClubsHome.com/. I also have installed the plugin for Unique Article Wizard, which gives me articles that I can publish on my blog if they pertain to the subject matter of my blog, golf. Any suggestions or comments regarding my site and/or blog would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you!
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Mike Warren reply on April 22, 2008 10:38 pm:
Wow, what a killer site, in just a few minutes I have learned so much, thank you. Heres my site http://theinteriorguyllc.com for all you car buffs I have some great info for keeping your interiors in tip top shape. Come see me and throw a comment or two up and any suggestions you might have. Thanx again and I’m looking forward to more great info.
Mike “The Interior Guy” Warren
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Renee reply on April 23, 2008 9:27 am:
I just received this information from Lou D’alo and signed up moments ago. My blog has been up for several months at http://www.virtualgratitudeparty.com
I am looking forward to now taking time to apply your information to my existing blog to see what results it generates!
Renee, The Mindset Coach
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Renee reply on April 23, 2008 9:32 am:
I just left a reply, but gave the wrong address for my blog-it should be http://www.virtualgratitudeparty.blogspot.com. I haven’t changed it to the direct URL yet.
Renee, The Mindset Coach
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Jean reply on April 23, 2008 11:49 am:
I JUST finished installing my first WP blog, finally! I will be doing a fundraiser blog http://www.thebiggivewwp.info, in conjunction with the site that I’m not quite finished creating yet. My intention is to go live May 1. Looking forward to your training. I need the help ;0)
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Dennis Dater reply on April 23, 2008 12:53 pm:
I built a wordpress blog on blue host a while back for my wife. http://www.themysterystartshere.com. It seems to be complete - except for one key detail - no traffic. That is why I am looking at your course.
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Bev reply on April 23, 2008 3:35 pm:
My blog is at http://www.workplaceproductions.blogspot.com
It’s for clients and colleagues in corporate training, offering links, book reviews, ideas and discussion about innovations in adult learning. The blog is an adjunct to my company, Workplace Productions, Inc.; we design learning that sticks for business.
Bev
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Leslie Wurdack reply on April 23, 2008 3:42 pm:
I started this blog to tell about my home (an old log cabin built in 1816) and country life. I moved out here from the city about 9 years ago and completely rehabbed and updated the house. I was also hoping that it would earn me some money.
A friend set it up for me and is hosting it for me. While I initially got alot of traffic the traffic has slowed down considerably and I have made very little money.
I have submitted articles to ezine (sp) which have been published.
The friend who set up my blog suggested I start looking at your lessons in hopes that I could learn some more.
He purchased the name for the next blog I am going to start on and should have it up and running for me. He once again will be hosting it for me.
I look forward to your classes and learning move about blogging. I am hoping my blogging can earn me some money.
Leslie
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Geoff reply on April 23, 2008 4:32 pm:
Hi there.
Just this minute logged in here and like what I see.
I have my blog at http://www.geoffreyhadley.com and I have also made some changes to my blog. Google spider and so on!
I am going to sit down and watch these videos and see what I can do to improve every thing. Thanks for a great free course.
All the best and all success
Geoff
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Bill reply on April 23, 2008 5:04 pm:
I have a blog about niches. What I need is Traffic.
Bill
Niches Resources
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Deepak reply on April 24, 2008 2:02 am:
Hi…this is my first blog http://selfdevelopmentzone.blogspot.com i m waiting for your further instructions!
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Rick Sullivan reply on April 24, 2008 3:05 am:
Hello,
Anik and Rosalind thanks for all the info. My blog is at http://millionairofthemonth.com/myblog. How to I link that back to my website http://millionairofthemonth.com. I really could use the traffic. I have 5 posts up for that site and I’m working on 2 more I have. I’m also following you on Twitter, so again thanks.
Rick
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Parick & Marlene reply on April 25, 2008 6:47 am:
http://thepropertymarket.blogspot.com/
I’d very much appreciate your comments and guidance
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Debbie Mahler reply on April 25, 2008 7:28 am:
Anik, I have to write and tell you that I forwarded your free blog classroom e-mail on to a friend who’s new to blogging and is starting up his first blog - although I had not joined myself. He asked me to join him in listening to the call last evening and suffice it to say, I signed up for the pre-course today! I’ve had my blog running for a few months now but now I’m ready to take it to the next level! (http://mice.org/blog/) So, I’m saying hi to everyone and sending my kudo’s for a great job so far. And the interview with Yaro was OUTSTANDING! All I can say is WOW! About your entire course! Thank you, Debbie
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Debt Free Hispanic reply on April 25, 2008 9:51 am:
Looking forward to doing the steps in this classroom on my blog. - Debt Free Hispanic
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brad reply on April 25, 2008 1:58 pm:
This is what i have been looking for good timing for me i’m ready to fast track my blog world my blog is http://www.nlpgenerator.com/blog
thanks a million i hope Brad
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Matt reply on April 25, 2008 4:24 pm:
I’ve started an online entrepreneur blog, the real deal here is a complete documentation of my online business experience. You can tell I’ve already started with referral marketing, later I hope to generate revenue with my blog and document it. the link is http://www.MattBlethen.com I’m also a web designer so originally this was going to be my portfolio site, which it will be until I decide to buy a domain for it.
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Briley reply on April 25, 2008 8:27 pm:
I started a blog to help my online business. I give information about affiliates programs, how to make a nice income with them. My Blog: http://www.bbktmkshomebiz.blogspot.com
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Jackie Cooper reply on April 25, 2008 9:00 pm:
i have installed this in 5 minutes flat.This is great!I have also used some more videos to get this up and running.
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Laman Richards reply on April 25, 2008 10:38 pm:
Thanks I have been waiting to blog for some time now, I have wanted to blog didn’t know how to get started. Since Jan 08 my site has been up, but I don’t get much traffic except my friends and family. Thank you for this.
Laman
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Hutoxi reply on April 26, 2008 1:47 pm:
I have had the above blog for about a month but am unable to get traffic.
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Emrick reply on April 26, 2008 8:53 pm:
HI,
This is my blog.
Thanks for helping.
Peace, Happiness, Success!
Emrick
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Shaun reply on April 27, 2008 9:14 am:
I dont understand this at all maybe I am super stupid but what is c panel I have an account with wordpress and I have been writting a blog with wordpress but do I need a new domain name. I am completly mystified and the more I see the more confused I become
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Jay Jenkins reply on April 27, 2008 9:32 am:
I’ve been following you around for a while, Anik, but just never got off my you-know-what to really do anything. Between you, Rosalind, Tellman Knudsen, Tim Brocklehurst and 3 or 4 others, I’ve been able to build a small list. Problem is, haven’t learned how to really monetize my blog yet. Not sure what exactly I’m doing wrong, but am betting I’ll find out from both of you shortly!
Jay
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Jay Jenkins reply on April 27, 2008 9:37 am:
By the way, the blog is at http://hijinxmarketing.com/jayjenkins. It’s pretty ugly right now but I’ll wait on any comments you might have as to how to make it a more appealing. And my server does have a cPanel, so changes are real easy to do.
Jay Jenkins
http://hijinxmarketing.com/jayjenkins
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Calvin reply on April 27, 2008 1:37 pm:
Hi Team,
I have just finished installing my blog. I have made one post and I am now heading to assignment #2.
This is a great opportunity for me because I have just decided to start a blog for my site,and I a novice so you must know how I am happy to come across this.
Calvin
http://homebiz4mmoney.com
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Cameron reply on April 28, 2008 9:12 pm:
Calvin,
You put an extra “m” in your URL
Cameron
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Joe reply on April 27, 2008 3:30 pm:
Hello Anik,
I did it, after about 12 hrs of errors I got my new blog up and running and thanks to Rosalind’s video. I don’t remember how I found your site but I’m most thankful for your sharing what you have so far. I will help others as you helped me.
Thanks again Anik and Rosalind,
Joe
http://yourglobalcompany.com/Myblog
http://yourglobalcash.blogspot.com/
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Claire reply on April 27, 2008 5:04 pm:
Hi Anik and Rosalind,
Thank you for giving me the inspiration to get back to my blog that I’ve neglected for awhile due to personal issues. But with the negative person out of my life I’m ready to start blogging again, not sure what direction I’m going to take with this one, but I already posted my first entry! Feel free to give me any constructive criticism.
Thanks again,
Claire
http://www.coutrysaints.com
http://countrysaints.blogspot.com
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Kaustubh Verma reply on April 27, 2008 6:51 pm:
plz review my blog to let me know your reviews
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Christopher Watts reply on April 28, 2008 3:56 am:
This is my blog so far. How can I make it tidier?
Any comments would be great.
Thanks,
Chris
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Vavasan reply on April 28, 2008 11:12 am:
Hi Bloggerteachers,
I am a almost not newbie here but like to follow what your both up to. As you can see my blog is a premade blog with the help of Gobala. I am really beginning to like this stuff. On my way here I am shure I will find some nice ideas of the how and what blogging. Cant wait for the rest….
Thanks for the comment,
Vavasan
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Spencer reply on April 28, 2008 1:37 pm:
Hello Anik & Rosalind,
Got my “pre-launch” note very late, almost too late in fact. Wish i could get on the pre pre-launch list you all seem to have.(Hint)
Anyway got my blog up now watching all vids trying to catch up before 29th. Hope I make it.
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Bill reply on April 28, 2008 3:49 pm:
WOW! That was sooooooo easy! Let’s keep going!
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Irene reply on April 29, 2008 11:32 am:
Okay. It’s ready enough to take a look. I switched a lot of my stuff from Blogger because I wanted something more professional. Can’t wait to get good feedback on this. Still needs content (I have it … just need time to post it!), but I’m on my way. Thanks.
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Pat McCullough reply on April 29, 2008 2:24 pm:
Hi Anik,
I have purchased a domain name from godaddy, do I have to have blue host up front before I start my blog? I am a total newbie to blogs. I watched Ros’s video but I’m not sure where exactly I have to go to start. Is there a website where I have to go like wordpress.com Thanks, Pat
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Anik&Rosiland
Will people from the first blogging classroom be able to take this course?
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:36 pm:
George,
Anik answered your question below, but just in case you missed it he said “YES”… you are a chartered member.
Cheers,
Ros
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George reply on April 17, 2008 9:08 pm:
Thanks so much That’s great!!!
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Hey Anik & Rosalind
Take a peek and tell me what you think, they say, stay away from the niches with too much competition I just had to create a golf site, my own domain, think, PPC, Clickbank and Google one domain per page for sponsored results. Rosalind, I’ve been following you for a long time, great site.
To your success
Cheers,
Jim Novak
golfcronys.com
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 5:40 pm:
Hey Jim,
Thanks for the kind words and great site! I agree with you about going after what you are passionate about. That in my estimation is the single most important factor leading to success… and Donald Trump agrees with me. (I watched his infomercial last night.)
Thanks for sharing. You’re giving our newer bloggers some idea of what they can achieve with their blogs.
Keep up the good work!
Cheers,
Ros
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Jim reply on April 29, 2008 9:25 am:
Hey Ros,
Thanks for the Compliment, I can’t belive a Girlru Actually
resonded to my POST, I’m so excited I nearly fell off my chair.
To everyone here, if you’re serious about this business you need to know where the traffic is coming from, and it doesn’t get any better then google analyitcs, great tool
to use folks, and it’s free, we all like free don’t we
You should definitely try it, I have been around the block with tracking Software, and I think it’s some of the best available.
To your success
Jim
golfcronys.com
buildsitesthatwork.com
wireless-home-computer.com
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My blog is in the url listed here - actually I cheated a bit …. Installed the blog about 2 months ago and have posted a few articles, but haven’t really done a whole heck of a lot else with it since then. Really looking forward to following along with your free course. Thank you!
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 18, 2008 8:14 pm:
Hey Rhonda,
You’ve probably noticed that your blog was one of those Anik reviewed here.
Cheers,
Ros
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Great idea! I have several blogs active but I never turn down information from people in the know. I have had some success with my blog as far as traffic and being indexed but if I want to learn more. Thanks for supplying this free information and I wish you much success.
Thanks,
Tim
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I actually got this blog up last month but I don’t know how to proceed from here. I planned to place Google ads on the right and affiliate links on the left with content in the center.
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thank you guys, will be waiting
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Hey Anik,
I can’t wait to see how you montetize to get traffic within 10 minutes… Just click my name to see the site, I just installed 2.5 wordpress with the revolution theme… still working on it though.
Later,
Toki
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Check out my blog! I once got 600 hits in one day! I’d like to find out how I can make it *at least* that many every day! Thanks!
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Here it is - loaded with my first entry:
http://NicheResearchSystems.com
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:23 pm:
That’s awesome, Tom… and nice to see that you have already installed a personalized header graphic.
We’ll show folks how to do that in the course videos as well.
Cheers,
Ros
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Shawn King reply on May 15, 2008 9:51 am:
Hello Ros,
I have a quesiton to ask but don’t want to sound stupid. I just found this site and am going to join. Where do I get wordpress to start my blog. Up until this point I really never understood blogging. Please help so I can get caught up with everyone. Thankyou very much.
Shawn King
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Hey, just uploaded WP and edited first post to include a video link, took less than 15 minutes, thanx.
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:45 am:
Well done! I see that you’ve already been playing with the header graphic colors too. Pretty easy, huh?
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OK- it is installed, and even put in the intro post. Was messing around the dashboard and do not think I drew any blood or crashed any sites.
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:32 pm:
Wow, bloodless and crash-free… how cool is THAT?
Your header graphic / template is beautiful and your first post would actually make great copy for your “About” page.
We’ll be getting into installing free templates a little later in the course, and how to put pages (as opposed to posts) up on your blogs.
Cheers,
Ros
P.S. LOVE the story of your name.
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That was easy. I look forward to more info on how finish what i need to finish this blog.
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:33 pm:
Well, there you go! Glad to hear that you found it easy to do.
Look for the next video where you’ll learn how to optimize your upcoming posts and blog to gain free search engine traffic.
After that we’ll get into writing posts.
Enjoy!
Ros
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Good video. Question though. I’m a newbie, so this might be a real dumb question. But what was the web address she went to (when the video started) to get to the wordpress install? I saw a long link at the top of the page. Secondly, was Rosalind downloading from wordpress.org, or wordpress.com? Does it matter?
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Nan reply on April 16, 2008 11:25 am:
I am a newbie ablso - so I’m still trying to figure out the cpanel part - there is cpanel.net and you purchase cpanel and whm licenses for $425/year. is that it?
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rosgardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:36 am:
Hello Nan,
The good news is that you don’t need to buy cPanel or pay $425/year for licences. The answer to your question about cPanel is below…
Cheers,
Ros
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rosgardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:33 am:
I was in the cPanel interface that is part of the web hosting package that you get with companies like BlueHost.
To get there, you type in the URL:
http://yourdomain.com/cpanel
That URL and the login information will all be part of the welcome letter that you receive from your webhost.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Ros
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clarence coggins reply on April 21, 2008 12:27 pm:
Yahoo doesn’t offer cpanel. I tried the link.
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I’ve been posting regularly to PermaKent for a couple of months, commenting on environmental issues with my own perspective. AdSense ads are in place and “I Recommend” Amazon links are there, and until a couple of days ago my posts appeared in Google Alerts. But this hasn’t been a paying proposition by any means so far. Haven’t been using list building yet. I’d really like to get real estate sales, landscaping design, green architecture, and permaculture certification course clients for the back end. Maybe a cost per lead student loan program would work for the course. I have other domain names for video production, book publishing and talk shows. Looking to get something working.
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 8:17 pm:
Kent,
Adsense is just one small part of affiliate marketing. I have to ask, are you a member of any affiliate networks? I haven’t made any money to date either, but if you are paying for Adwords what good is Adsence. Don’t get me wrong, it has it’s place. First you should focus on your affiliate links though.
Best of Luck,
Justin
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If there is one thing people like to talk and complain about it’s their job. I hope to have a lot of interaction with people on my blog MyDayJobSucksBLOG.com
Looking forward to the class guys.
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rosgardner reply on April 16, 2008 11:37 am:
Hey Gary,
GREAT domain name. I’ll visit and tell folks how my day job DOESN’T suck though.
Cheers,
Ros
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Hi Anik and Rosalind,
Great program you have running here. I already have a blog, my blog is can be found at: http://www.alexandermarlin.com/blog/
I already have many visitors from around the globe visiting, but would like to increase my traffic ten fold. I am would like to increase traffic to my blog and like what you all are offering. I am very much interested in what you have to offer.
It’s all about traffic
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 8:25 pm:
Hey Alexander,
I visited your site just now. You have certainly learned a lot about website graphics from what I see. Are you looking to make money from your website or just gain visitors? I didn’t notice any associate links and I have to say that you could be making money off the site by monitizing. Wouldn’t it be great to turn a hobby into income? Yeah, I thought so…Anyway, if the tips that Anik and Ros have given us so far are any implication of what is to come then you better be prepared for the course.
Best Wishes,
Justin
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We just started a blog on my site in the last two weeks. I am totally intrigued by this course!
http://www.sunshinerewards.com/videoblog
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Hello,
I’m happy to say I purchased the Super Affilate Handbook and started my blog about 4 days ago. I’m anxiously anticipating the next lesson!
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 16, 2008 6:35 pm:
Hey Tonya,
Woohoo… I think the boys will like YOUR blog…the ladies too. Not to mention fun, that’s a great niche.
Cheers,
Ros
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Hi,
I have tried numerous times to watch the first video and it always stalls out at about 21 seconds. I am on high speed so I am not sure what is going on.
Anyone else having this problem?
Thanks
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:02 am:
Hi Scott,
Yes I had a bit of drama with it and what I found eventually worked was closing everything down and trying again and DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING until the page loads. The green bar will start to go across and then the video will start playing. The others ran a bit more smoothly.
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I have had my blog up for quite sometime, but would like to get more traffic
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Scott,
I just tried the video and it seems to be working fine?
Anik Singal
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George (from comment #2),
Yes, all prior members are chartered members!
You’ll get an email about it when the course launches, but for now, TONS to learn in the pre-course so follow along!
Anik Singal
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George reply on April 18, 2008 7:23 pm:
Thanks Anik And Ros
I would like some feedback on these blog stores and what I should do to get traffic to them and make money?
http://www.thebridalcoop.com
http://www.thebabyshowercoop.com
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Here’s my site. I installed wordpress yesterday and I’ve chosen a theme and imported some old posts from a free blog I had into it.
http://www.allaboutkimberly.com
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Here’s my blog http://www.employment-one.com/blog
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Hi, I have installed my blog, what’s next step..?
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This is a blog that I have set up to keep in contact with students of my eBay classes and to provide them with ongoing support. I am hoping to be able to attract other visitors as well. Thus I am looking forward to following along.
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Hi Rosalind & Anik
I just bought your book, it takes me about a year of buying it, but not finished reading it yet! I’m newbie also, still don’t have any website or any blog, but i think i can follow the steps in this pre-course, the problem is the first video always stall out, anything wrong with this
Thank you
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Great idea. Am looking forward to the future videos. Thanks Kaz
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When I click on the link “Here is the post to install your blog” it just takes me back to the video. I still can’t seem to find any information on what web site to go to to start my download of WordPress.
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Thanks for this initiative, It’s about time I broke out of my existing online routines and actually got ‘that blog’ (actually lots of them!) up and running…. will no doubt thank you for this over n over…
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Jewel,
You want to start by getting a domain name - I recommend http://www.Godaddy.com.
Then you will need to get hosting and point that domain to that hosting.
Rosalind recommends - http://www.BlueHost.com
Once you get your hosting set-up, you will get instructions on how to enter your CPANEL. The first screen that Rosalind starts at is the CPANEL - your hosting company will send your instructions for that.
Anik Singal
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good idea - I set this blog up acouple of months ago but haven’t done anything with it since - you are giving me the impetus to get up and go - thanks
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Traffic would be nice can’t wait
just what I need Thanks JOE
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I’ve been reading Rosalind’s book and just started my blog this past week. This is perfect timing for this course. I need all the help I can get.I have a few posts up - take a look.
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Hey Everyone,
Keep posting your Blogs! It’s really fun to see them, I’m already seeing some KEY things missing on many of them that we’ll discuss over the next 14 days and beyond…
Anik
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Hi this is great course. You guys rocks. I will stay tune to every tutorial you guys post. I have been blogging for 6 months and been feeling that I have hit the wall and I will put every tip I get from you guys into action. Do check out my blog if you got the time. Cheers
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This is great. I started my two blogs last month using Rosalind book and I’m ready to go for it. Perfect timing!
You said to post them so … http://www.TheStylishMom.com and http://www.LittleAbbysAdventures.com
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OK, so I’ll be the problem child for all of you….
Was I suppose to already “know” that I was to have a domain name and host site? Somehow, I must have missed that.
I spent quite a bit of time figuring all this out. I finally did get it figured out and I went with Bluehost, but when I got to my Cpanel 11, and I was suppose to click on WordPress 2.5, it didn’t have 2.5 listed. It only has 2.3.3 listed. So now I am stuck on how to download the 2.5 version. I click on download for the 2.5 and it wants to download it to MY hard drive.
I don’t understand how I can be the ONLY one who is having this problem????? I do think it would be very helpful if there was some information that gave instructions on getting a domain name and a host site.
I’m assuming this video is targeted at newbies, yes? And if that is the case, they will not know this information.
The video just was not helpful to me as it left out so many steps. I ended up having to figure out everything on my own but I will say that it at least motivated me to do it although I was expecting it to be much less time consuming.
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Darwin reply on April 20, 2008 1:53 pm:
Jewel,
I ran into the same thing with Blue Host, I wen to their Forums and found out, that for the 2.5 they don’t use Fantastico they use Simple Scripts, which is in Cpanel also.
You need to sign up with Simple Scripts, it’s free and you just have to enter your email and they send you a password, you do all this in Cpanel, hope that helps.
Darwin
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:07 am:
Hi Jewel,
OK I had a bit of the same drama and this is what you do.
Download the 2.5 to YOUR hard drive. Then open up the zip file until you have 2.5 folder which is in a window. Copy and paste the folder into one of your folders or your desktop where you can find it. THEN through Cpanel navigate to wp-admin then on your left hand side navigate to the file you just copied. If you’re using filezilla highlight the file and right mouse and upload. This will upload 2.5 to your bluehost. Hope that helped. It worked for me, but yes the videos took a bit of watching to get that clear too, but the info is there. Email me if you want any more
help with the plug ins etc. Cpanel is a bit tricky but FINALLY I’m getting it after watching these videos and I do recommend knowing it.
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Hey Jewel,
I can understand your frustration - we’re just trying to make the course the most powerful for as many people at one time.
If you’re using Fantastico - it really should have the latest Wordpress in there - if not, ask your server company about it. They may be waiting to do an update.
OR, just go ahead and go with the latest version they DO have. As long as you use Fantastico to install it, you can easily upgrade to the latest one when Fantastico adds it on your server (with a few clicks).
Having some problems when you start is GOING to happen, no one can really avoid them - so just keep chugging along and asking questions like you are.
Anik Singal
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Yes, a great project Rosalind and Anik.
Got it going just fine with Blue Host… and then!!
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Super! I have been looking for something like this, a step-by-step, handholding blog instructional. Here is as far as I have gotten with my blog… I am using WordPress, with Semiologic Pro, but still don’t know how to configure and setup the blog for SEO purposes. I really look forward to seeing what your classes have to offer.
Here is my blog: http://www.coolbuild.info
Thanks very much!
Vicky
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Hi, thanks for all this great info! I was wondering about differences between blogger and wp? Is this just personal preference or is there a good reason to use one over the other?
Cheers
Ella
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I have a blog so I’m looking forward to your next video’s.
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Your first video stops about 4 minutes into the video and the does not continue.
In your video you start with an installation page but I have no idea how to get to that installation page on my computer.
Please help: Freechoice
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for the kick in the butt. I have been ‘gunna’ get a blog going!! Well the first post is up at http://www.myelusivelover.com/blog so have a look and I look forward to any critique. Yeah I will even bend for a kick in the butt.
Looking forward to the next lessons.
Pete
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Hi Gang,
Very timely project for me. I was looking for a way to quickly learn more about blogs so that I could use them in teaching and business.
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Like a few others here, I didn’t realise that I had to have a domain name and host yet. I haven’t even come up with a good idea for a site yet. I don’t have anything to sell, so I thought an affiliate site would be the go for now.
I have also had trouble viewing the video; it keeps stalling. However, I’ll perservere and hope that it will eventually fix itself.
In the meantime, I have to go away for 4 days - will I still be able to do the course when I return? And, because I am not in the US it won’t be possible for me to view the live stuff - will there be a video of these for those, like me, who live in another time zone? Many thanks; I look forward to seeing how this will all work.
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Well this is mine. I do need alot of help with it however, and I am hoping this class will help. I need help to make it look more professional, with a custom header, links, etc…
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What a great idea. Sometimes all we need is a little push
Thanks guys you are awesome.
You can check out my Super Freestyle Motocross blog at http://superfreestylemotocross.com/blog/index.php
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I have a blog I am working on now. Starting another to follow your program. Look forward to leaning more about this. current http://fishhuntexplore.com
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I already have a host at SBI. I don’t want to get another host.
No matter what happens as to whether I will be able to join or not because of the aforementioned issue, let me thank both of you for trying to help the newcomers.
Evelyn
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:11 am:
Hi Evelyn, I’m an SBI’er as well. One of the advantages of learning the stuff in this course is that it does make it a little more cost friendly and also gives you a bit more design and plug in flexibility than SBI. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE SBI I have four sites through them but this way of blogging is another form of web mastery.
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Thanks Anik and Rosalind.
Great video
Problem is I already have a website up and running and want to add the blog to it. I am hosting with godaddy which as you know does not have cPanel interphase.
Any tips? Apart from the obvious which is to get a new hosting account. I actually like godaddy
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:12 am:
You could get a free wordpress blog and point it to your site or yeah, host it through bluehost and have it point to your site at godaddy or vice versa - have your godaddy site point to bludhost. I have both as well and I’m finding bluehost way more flexible and user friendly than godaddy.
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I have actually been working on this for a while, let know what you think. Is there going to be an affiliate program for blog classroom?
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Hey Rosalind and Anik, this is a fantastic oportunity to apply the teachings of Rosalind’s book (I bought it 4 months ago but haven’t apply it). My blog its about Mortgage help and guidance for spanish speakers in USA, hope it will do well. I already have it hosted in Bluehost.
Congratulations.
Oscar Otero
http://www.oraculohipotecario.com
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I’m in
Looking forward to it Rosalind and Anik.
By the way; Your book, Rosalind, was the very first ebbok I EVER purchased online (Back in 2002 I think)
JT
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Hi Rosalind and Anik - I am very much interested in the next few lessons. I’ve had a blog (at blogger: http://blog.kjmastaw.com/) since August of last year and have put together 5 more. I agree it’s easy. The tough part - for me at least - has been getting traffic to them.
I look forward to future lessons.
Best regards,
Kevin
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I have been so eager for something like this. Because everyone says they can generate traffic in 30min to your blog and you can then moneytize it quickly. My problem is no one ever really tells you the minor details. With this video course I think we will know on how to do it properly. Thanks so much Rosalind and Anik
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I am very familiar with Blogger, so I put gardentrainer.blogspot.com up there. Thanks for getting the word out about how powerful blogs are in Web 2.0. I am excited to hear and read what you teach.
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Rosalind & Anik…
I am looking forward to your videos on blogging. There is much out there about it, but I am eager to have it presented by the two of you who have been so successful with internet marketing. I am especially interested in the how of monetizing blogs.
Thanks so much for making this information freely available.
Don
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I’m excited! I am part of a collaborative blog with a bunch of other women and we are constantly looking for news ways to get “good” traffic. Looking forward to finding out how!
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Ok I did my homework #1. Super easy just like you said.
http://multischemesforincome.wordpress.com/
I had fun looking at everyones blog.
Looking forward to #2 Thanks:)
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:14 am:
Hi Natalie, great start. You still have Hello World on your first post which although may be relevant, needs to go because it is the default word press unedited greeting. Go to manage posts and click on title and type over it to change it.
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Started all Over... Right this time reply on April 24, 2008 3:03 pm:
Thanks for the tip Kathy
I started all over and went with paid hosting over at Bluehost. Yes, I’m reading and learning a lot!
I even did my about page and no more hello world:)
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Is it possible that you guys can provide MORE information on what we need to do PRIOR to getting to our cpanel. (If you do I’m sure it WILL save others lots of time and the frustration that I experienced!)
I spent hours last night getting it figured out, signed up with Bluehost, spent about $168.00, and then downloaded WP (an outdated version but the only one they had), AND NOW I read in order to do WP “you will need a certain level of technical experience and the ability to edit PHP code”. ARG! and double ARG!!
Is this true? Please tell me it’s not so. I thought this was going to be “easy”. Can you reassure me?
I would have never spent the money on Bluehost only to get an outdated version of WP and then to find out that I need to learn PHP code too!
I’m assuming you guys are using this FREE course to work out the glitches and therefore I am the guinea pig…So I am assumming you want feedback on what we are experiencing at this end even though you haven’t actually stated that.
If that isn’t the case, could you kindly let me know and I won’t send further posts related to problems I am experiencing. Thank you.
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 1:47 pm:
Jewel,
Please read the comment I made last night in regards to the trouble you are having. You DON’T need technical expertise to get WordPress installed…
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Hey Jewel,
I can understand your frustration - we’re just trying to make the course the most powerful for as many people at one time.
If you’re using Fantastico - it really should have the latest Wordpress in there - if not, ask your server company about it. They may be waiting to do an update.
OR, just go ahead and go with the latest version they DO have. As long as you use Fantastico to install it, you can easily upgrade to the latest one when Fantastico adds it on your server (with a few clicks).
Having some problems when you start is GOING to happen, no one can really avoid them - so just keep chugging along and asking questions like you are.
Anik Singal
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 1:57 pm:
Jewel,
I just called BlueHost and they have not yet upgraded their systems for the Fantastico that supports Wordpress 2.5. This version is actually VERY new, just out a few weeks ago so some systems still need to go through the update.
Basically, don’t worry about it - go ahead and use Fantastico to install the latest version they DO have. Your interface will be a bit different than what you see on the future videos, but it’s not “that” big of a deal at all.
Also, when they end up upgrading Fantastico (any day now) - it will be very easy for you to upgrade with a few clicks.
HOWEVER, if you get it self-installed, upgrading in the future is not easy - that’s why using Fantastico is preferred.
Of course I guess the other option is that you can refund this order and go with a different web hosting - I just don’t think that’s really that necessary.
Hope this helps!
Anik Singal
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Cheryl Elliott reply on April 17, 2008 12:51 am:
I want you to know that I’m dumb as a door nail when it comes to computers - I’m from the baby boomer generation when computers didn’t exist until we were middle aged, but I was able to set up my first web blog following Rosilands instructions, without any TECH knowlodge.It can be done, just takes a little longer then 20 mins for us old folks. What they are telling you is the truth. If I can do it anyone can.
Cheryl
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Yes, I did read the post last night. TY.
Somewhere (not sure where now as my mind is mush), I read that one needs to know PHP code to use WP…..Not to “install” it, but to “use” it.
I’m hoping this isn’t the case. That is what I was asking if you could confirm. TY.
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 2:00 pm:
Ahh I see what you mean…
Here’s the deal with that - if you decide in the future that you want to get “spiffy” with your blog and add all these neat and new features - then yes, you may end up needing some PHP coding. I, personally, can’t code worth a dime, but it’s VERY inexpensive to get someone to help you at:
http://www.Scriptlance.com
But then again, there are now HUNDREDS of Wordpress “plugins” that you can just easily (with a few clicks) install and they’ll do most of everything you’ll ever want.
So, in short - no, I don’t think you’ll have any immediate need to know PHP. In the future if you want to get really spiffy with it, it should be making money by then and then you can afford to just get some inexpensive help over at Scriptlance.com, guru.com, elance.com, rentacoder.com, etc…
Anik Singal
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Big Thanks on your info. on BlueHost!
I know you guys don’t know what we go through at this end unless it is communicated…not to mention we are newbies!
But after I downloaded the 2.3.3 version, WP constantly kept telling me to upgrade. When I read all the technical steps to receive their upgrade I didn’t want to touch it with a 20 foot pole and not even a 50 foot pole! They also said don’t use the old version as you won’t be able to upgrade without lots of problems…..It sounds like that is not the case either, as long as I do it through my server, yes?
So…thank you very much for the information on waiting to upgrade through my server and that it is OK to still use the older version, AND I should be sure to use Fantastico when I do upgrade.
This is exactly the kind of reassurance us newbies need! TY!
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 2:16 pm:
Hey Jewel,
Glad we got that resolved
Anik Singal
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:16 am:
Hi Jewel, I replied to an earlier post about the 2.5 upgrade. There is a way around it.
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And just one more logical question….
Since this is about making money….
Why don’t you guys have a link (as an affiliate) for us to link through to get to BlueHost?
cha-ching, cha-ching baby…You would have made money off of me!
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 2:17 pm:
hahaha…well we certainly thought about it but here’s the thing - we don’t want to make it sound like we’re ENDORSING them. I ‘personally’ don’t use them - I have my own dedicated boxes with LiquidWeb.com (another amazing hosting company).
However, Ros has had great results from BlueHost.com - in the end, we didn’t want anyone to think we were putting that out there just to make a quick buck.
But, thanks - we’ll definitely send some affiliate links your way in the future
Anik Singal
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Anik, Heard you speak at Derek Gehl’s IMC event this weekend and overheard you talking about blogclassroom.com afterwards. I’m looking forward to a great course. Thanks for doing this.
Stacy
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 2:37 pm:
Hey Stacy,
Great! That event was a ton of fun, hope you got a lot out of it…you’ll enjoy what we’re doing at Blog Classroom even more than my talk…
Anik Singal
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Hello Ros & Anik,
I am a student from the previous blog classroom so I already have a blog up and running and my traffic is increasing daily. I can’t wait to see the rest of the videos to increase my traffic even more ! I am going to install a new blog also so I can follow along with the videos. Thanks for doing this. I think it will be very helpful for beginner bloggers and experienced bloggers too.
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Britne reply on April 20, 2008 9:04 pm:
The URL for my blog is http://www.cantstoprockin.com.
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HI Ros, I began playing with afilliate marketing last Nov., while I was out of work. My niche is on personal growth, since that is what interest me. (I later discovered it is also the toughest) Categories include physical (dieting secrets), mental, financial, and spiritual growth.
Bascically working with dumb luck or sometimes I call it common sense. I installed a blog in Dec. Have a few post, though I am not sure if I am doing this right. I ordered your program about a month ago, and now I have three jobs, so not much time to study. I am also involved with Oprah’s online class (and doing reviews of it).
I would just love it if you and Anik could take a look at it, and please tell me what you think. I am looking forward to your classes, this will be awesome! I just love learning new things and making new discoveries.
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My host doesn’t offer Wordpress 2.5 but I went ahead and installed my blog (thanks to your great instructions!) using 2.23. I called my host to get them to install the latest version but who knows when that will happen. I was wondering if there is some simple way to upgrade now to 2.5 or would it be better to just wait until they make the change within Fantastico?
Thanks again!
Steve
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 3:31 pm:
Steve,
As I mentioned above to Jewel, just wait for them to upgrade the Fantastico and then you can (with a few clicks) upgrade.
Don’t do anything right now - if you HAND install the 2.5, you won’t be able to make future Fantastico upgrades easily.
Anik Singal
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Hey did I miss something??? What is blue host? And why do you have to pay 168.00.
I went to wordpress and got a free blog.
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 3:30 pm:
Hey Natalie,
We HIGHLY recommend having the blog on your OWN domain name…much better for long term.
For that, you need to have a hosting company…
Anik Singal
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Natalie reply on April 16, 2008 4:02 pm:
Anik
Will you be teaching us why?
I named mine a domain that I own. I thought I would use domain forwarding.
Will I be able to move it over to a hosted blog at some point? Or will I have to start all over?
Now would a blog hosting fee include hosting for a website also or is that another fee?
Guess I need to back up a few steps and learn about hosting.
Thanks for the help!
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admin reply on April 16, 2008 6:35 pm:
Here’s what happens - if you have it somewhere else and want to MOVE it to your own domain later - you’ll lose ALL your search engine indexing : /
It’ll be like starting a brand new site - all the “goodwill” you have with the search engines will disappear.
This is why we think you should do this right up-front and spend a BIT more time up-front…
Anik Singal
Hi,
I am looking forward to this course. I started this blog way back last year some time and have done nothing with it. I guess I needed some guidance.
Helen
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Hi Anik,
Excited to see how to optimize and monetize my blogs. I’ve already installed a few blogs & even played with the design. However, I’m interested in learning how to optimize them & monetize them with ease.
Here are some of the ones I’ve installed:
http://www.bodymindsuccess.com/blog
http://www.truenaturetherapies.com/
http://saludnaturalnsp.com/blog/
and a few others….I can’t wait.
Leo
http://www.bodymindsuccess.com
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[...] Today, I’ve decided to sit down and review 3 of the blogs that were submitted on our first post…if you want your own blog reviewed - well, watch this video where I have an “ethical” br… [...]
I am fully aware of the importance of interacting with your potential customers using blog / forum. I was wandering though what is the difference between blog and forum ?.
As you can see on my website I opted for forum. I only hope your suggestions transcends a particular software (WordPress vs. Joomla on my website) and denomination (blog vs. forum).
All started for me three months ago when I bought Rosalind’s Affiliate book.
Cheers, Constantine
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My website:
http://digital-executive.com/myblog/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fmyblog%2Fwp-admin%2F
There’s nothing there, just did it 2 hours ago.
I like the motocross page.
Thanks for course #1.
bob
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Hi,Rosalind & Anik, please let me know how it looks so far,thanks
http://www.newaffiliateprofits.com
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Hi, Anik and Ros,
I was told that if I leave comments here I will get a blog review. So here I come, this is the URL to my blog:
http://www.themillionairesecrets.net/
Let me know how you think about it so that I can improve.
Really appreciated it. I’m so excited, can’t wait to see how my blog perform.
Thank you so much,
Shawn
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My blog is located at http://www.personalizemarketing.com/blog
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I am a blog lover but I need to learn a lot more, what you guys are doing is just great
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I started this blog about 2 months ago as a learning exercise - about Mother’s Day - to see if I could drive traffic to it and make at least one sale. I used Blogger because I thought it would be easier.
I would like to take your critique from this and start one on Wordpress during this class.
It would be fabulous to hear from both of you on this - Rosalind I have bought and read your book and update - and I also did a round of Affiliate Classroom about 2 years ago - so it is time for me to get this done!
Thanks for your help.
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Hi,
I started a couple of blogs last year, but haven’t done anything with them. Am looking forward to learning. My blogs are http://ritasresources.com/blog/ and http://www.thebathroomdecor.com.
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I listened to the first video and it appears that this is not geared to the beginner. What is C-panel interface and what do you mean when you said to look for a host that works with the C-panel interface. Sounds like greek to me.
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admin reply on April 17, 2008 2:07 am:
Hey Janet,
In short, here is what you should do.
1. Register a domain name (www.godaddy.com)
2. Get hosting (bluehost.com) - our affiliate link
http://www.bluehost.com/track/rgardner/blogclassroom
3. Then grab your thank you email from bluehost, place it infront of you and call Godaddy.
4. Godaddy will help you do a thing call “change nameservers” - trust me, it sounds MUCH MORE technical than it is, it takes 15 seconds.
5. Give it a few hours and then log-in to your Cpanel (again, your thank you email from the hosting should have instructions on how to do this).
6. Find the Fantastico link and get going!
Anik Singal
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Hi and thank you for this great class… it is just what I needed to get started! I have a few silly questions, if you don’t mind. I went to Bluehost and signed up for a cpanel, got the welcome letter, but can’t find the blog
How do I access it? My domain was registered with Godaddy, will that be a problem? and lastly,
I am not really sure I grasp the whole reason for the blog as opposed to a website or should I plan to have both?
I am truly grateful for any help you can offer.
Thank you,
Nancy
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admin reply on April 17, 2008 2:03 am:
Hey Nancy,
I’ll actually do a video soon about the whole “blog vs. website” issue - in short - stick to the blog, that IS a website (and an easy one to manage).
As for “finding the blog” - the first thing you need to do is change your “DNS nameservers” on Godaddy to point to your host.
DOOON’T worry - it’s not that bad. Do this…take the “thank you email” you got from your hosting company and put it infront of you - now CALL the godaddy technical support.
They’ll walk you right through it, but they’ll need to know something that will be on your hosting thank you email.
Once the domain name is pointing from Godaddy to your bluehost server, you can log into the Cpanel and you’ll see a Fantastico link there - then you can pick up from Ros’s video.
Anik Singal
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Nancy reply on April 17, 2008 2:34 pm:
Thanks for the advice, Anik. I will do it right away.
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Here is a tip if your host doesn’t yet have Word Press 2.5 with Fantastico yet…
Just call or send an email to their tech department.Really. Its that simple. I did that and my host had 2.5 installed within about an hour. Then all I had to do was to click one button and my 2.23 blog was automatically upgraded to 2.5.
Here is my blog (the first day so gimme a break), so it looks pretty standard. I want to make it look like my main site and hope we will learn that with this course.
http://buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/
Thanks again for some AWESOME info that got me off my backside to finally get my blog started.
Steve
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admin reply on April 17, 2008 2:00 am:
Hey Steve,
Great! Thanks for the top - what host are you using?
Anik
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I have had passion for health and fitness for over 20 years, but my new blog produces zilch! How come?
Really impressed with your lessons, thus far!
Looking forward to seeing the rest.
Regards,
Peter, FL
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I have a blog on wordpress, watched your video and understood that this is really easy… however, I do not have c-panel and I asked Godaddy (my hosting co) to give me info on using it.
I went to the c-panel site and it looks complicated to decide what I would need and expensive if I get it.
So hwere do I begin…
My wordpress blog is http://simpleseries.wordpress.com/….
I dont know if it is worthwhile for me to continue the class if I cant implement the info.
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admin reply on April 17, 2008 2:00 am:
Hey Lou,
I’ve talked about some of the reasons you don’t want to use a blog ON wordpress - eventually when it gets big, you’ll be stuck there, if you take it down and move it, you’ll lose ALL your search engine goodwill…
As for Godaddy - last I remember, a couple of years back, their servers did not have Cpanel (I’m SURE they’ve changed that now).
Cpanel is actually DEAD easy to use - just IGNORE and AVOID anything other than the buttons we are telling you to click and you’ll be safe.
Anik Singal
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Lou reply on April 17, 2008 4:35 pm:
OK so I heard from Godaddy. They cannot use Cpanel. So what do I do… I can start over… no problem… I am already hosted wioth Godady, how do I integrate my blog there?
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Hi All!
I got Ros’s SAH a little less than 2 weeks ago and have been busy building, I’m a little easily distracted though, I actually have 3 blog sites that I’m working on.
http://www.thebesthomebusinesssite.com (yes Ros, I know, I have adsense on the homepage, sorry about that - it’s a template, and I’m still trying to learn how to pick and choose what pages adsense goes on)
http://www.thebestchocolatesite.com - this is where I started to use it as a lead page for another biz, but once I realized the potential of affiliate sites, I decided I didn’t want to stay with the MLM.
And, http://www.business4moms.com - this is where I am hoping to learn how to do my own header creation and do more of my own design work rather than use a template as is.
Traffic within 10 minutes? I’d be happy to get traffic within 24 hours!
You guys have me so excited about all of this, I’d quit my day job if I had one! (Instead I’m a stay at home mom of 3 - and they won’t let me quit!)THanks so much!
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Hello Anik&Rosalind!
Just wanted to say you guys have great personalities excitement shines off you guys.
To your success!
P.S. Great Video’s. Keep up the good work.
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I have a question. I registered a new domain name with godaddy and since I already have a blog hosted with Bluehost I thought it would be easy to follow the steps in the video to install my new blog. My question is how do I change the “install on domain” box from my existing domain to my new one, or maybe I don’t have to?? Maybe I just put the new domain name in the “directory” box? Maybe I need to set up a whole new account with Blue Host? Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks
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Britne reply on April 28, 2008 9:58 am:
I finally figured it out and got the new blog installed. I’ve got a lot of assignments to catch up on before tomorrow.
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I’ve had my blog for awhile now. It started out as just something to do for me to pass on some knowledge. Recently, I’ve added some affiliate links. I use a ping service each time I add a new post. I went to the PPC Classroom Live in Vegas last Dec. Roz & Anik’s blog classroom is what sparked my interest the most at this event. I would be interested in what you think of my site.
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Hey Anik & Ros,
Looking forward to see what you have in store for us!
Everything you share is an eye-opener.
blog.HonesDietReviews.com is a blog I started on the advice of Ros … to compliment my review site. Been up for a couple months and am looking forward to building free traffic.
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Well I’ll be. How simple. I installed my blog by manual ftp to file manager on my server. What a hassel… and you can see I still have a few issues as my template does not present properly. This is such a timely course for me right now,just when I’m ready to learn and get things blogging. Thank you
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Anik and Rosalind,
I have set up my blog and already use and recommend Bluehost.
Looking forward to the training and will try to keep up. The first video on the wordpress set up was every bit as easy as Anik said it would be.
Thanks for sharing your expertise
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Good day to you.
This is very interesting. I have a blog on my website but as some of your correspondence has said I am as dumb as a doornail as far as this technical stuff is concerned. I have managed to post three articles on it but is like the little dog who caught the bus. So what now?
I am really looking forward to your magic formula to get traffic. By the way I have Rosalind’s book
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Hi Anik and Rosalind
Thank you for your great help with the blog, its much appreciated. Your helping add to web 2.0 and possibly semantic indexing.
I can’t hardly wait to mention your web site on my blog.
Please keep up the great work!
Randy Leaf
http://www.mygoldpanning.com
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Hi Anik, I had started my blog 3 weeks ago. I am going to apply some of the tips I gather from you and Rosalind. Its great stuffs you got here.
Please see my blog - http://www.wiablog.com
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Hi, just got this up about a month ago. Static Home page. Trying to inject some humor and guess it needs lots of posts (I was thinking just humorous stuff to get Socially bookmarked but aimed at a country) e.g. ‘Germany - don’t mention the war!’ ‘Why Frenchmen think they are the best lovers’ etc. or is that to much of a soft sell?
http://languagerocket.com
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Ros & Anik - I’m wondering if you could please confirm for us that are using the 2.3.3 version that it is actually safe to be using. The reason I ask is due to what I read at this link from Technorati. They are saying not to use it due to security being compromised. TY for any help.
http://www.technorati.com/weblog/2008/04/424.html/
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Ros & Anik - I had started this blog almost a year ago,
my goal is to help acne sufferers (like me).
i will be happy to know what you are thinking about my blog
and how can I improved it.
Thanks,
John Dale.
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Thanks for tips on blogging. Always interesting to see others with new blog start-ups.
I have always been very interested in electronics and search the deals all over the net. I figured it would be helpful for others to get access to deals I find as well as product reviews of new products.
http://hi-tech-deal-spotter.com/
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My website has been up for around a month and I am sad to say that I am just getting into the blogging idea. You seem to have a lot of smart ideas that I will try to implement in my blog. I began my site after buying Rosalind’s book. I was looking for another source of income and affiliate marketing seemed like a good fit for me. I wrote a lot of poetry in high school so this topic was a natural fit for me as well. I look forward to getting traffic to my site using the methods you provide.
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Justin reply on April 17, 2008 8:34 am:
My blog can be found at http://www.ShortSweetLovePoem.com/blog/
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Hi,
Installed blog but they only have cPanel 10 right now. I am trying to figure out how to upload a new theme. I downloaded to my Desktop then I was trying to upload to my File Manager in my cPanel but got stuck there. Any suggestions?
Haven’t done any posts yet but wanted to put a new theme on it first.
Looking forward to the rest of the course.
Thnaks.
Andrea J.
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Move Along reply on April 17, 2008 9:47 am:
You can do the posts on the theme you have and when the new theme is added the posts will still be there, all the new theme does is change the look of the site.
Here’s a link to how to change your wordpress theme:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes
Scroll down to the using themes part and it talks about adding new themes via cpanel.
If you learn better visually this video will help:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2OMZhlgqUYQ
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Hi Anik and Ros, Cory here.
You guys are up to pretty cool stuff here and would love to hear your feedback on my blog at Strategic Online Business and Marketing BLOG - http://www.corythrelfall.com
I look forward to hearing back from you both.
Talk to you soon.
- Cory
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Hi, I had originally started at wordpress more than a month ago, and kept on having problems and i think they got tired of helping me. (3 times)
I have a domain name and have inserted fantastico to it but then had trouble with my template and add-ons, it was said that this is a common problem with vista, except i dont have vista.
i got frustrated and went to blogger (inserted site above) but would love to do it ALL OVER WITH my paintoilpainting.com and wordpress.
how should i start over , I took alook at the site lastnight and it now appears as a error 404, where as before it was just a white page without a template.
would love help, to master the cpanel/blog
thanks Claire
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Hey Anik! I spoke with you briefly at the IEC confrence in LA. I’m extremely excited about this. Please look over my blog and let me know what you think. Thank you!
http://www.gogreview.com/
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Our blog has been running for 2+ years now with great success, but I’d still love to get feedback from the experts on ways we can improve on it!
http://www.nflgridirongab.com
Thanks!
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I’m a former student of Blog Classroom.
This blog is all about the art of manifesting. How to draw into your life what you want. I hope to get interaction from others on their manifesting abilities, as well as sharing my experiences. It’s based on the “Law of Attraction” philosophy and the principles of Abraham-Hicks.
I set this blog up through a service called Blogi360, where I pay a monthly membership fee. One of their services: each time I make a post, it gets picked up in the social network sites. I was hoping to learn how to do this on other blogs where I won’t have to pay a membership fee. Will this be one of the features you will be teaching?
I have other blogs on typepad. The one I’ve used the most is http://www.linda-woods.typepad.com/windowstowellness where I post comments about my weekly radio show on healing, self help and empowerment. I would like to transfer this blog and others to wordpress. Will you be teaching how to transfer a blog and all its content into Wordpress?
Thank you so much
Linda Woods
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Hi Ros and Anik,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
My blog isn’t the standard chronological format. I’ve had it up a couple of months with adsense. It’s not bringing in much traffic and only a 5% CTR.
I’m looking forward to learning more.
Imagine the Possibilities!
Kristin
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Silly me, I thought the URL would show up…
My blog is http://www.quantumattractions.com
Thanks again!
Kristin
http://www.quantumattractions.com
http://www.beingglad.com
http://www.nudgez.com
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Hi Ros and Anik,
My site is up but this stuff is all new to me. I’ve never even posted on a blog. Ros, I’m reading SAH and following along with the video series. Very excited about where this may go.
Thanks to you both,
Denis
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hi have a blog up http://lineseller.com/talking
would be great to pick up a few tips. thanhs ed
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Hi,
you may call me an idiot, or kind of idiot, or whatever, but cannot figure out how this really well prepared stuff is working. Due to never using blogs and things like that (always supposed this will not work out for sign ups, just small talking around, and did my email marketing instead) I have no experience in this field.
OK, your videos are easy to follow, nevertheless I always thought blogs (web logs) are just copy (text) but what I see here (the first 3 you have been talking about) are looking like real web pages. That makes me wonder.
Secondly, the video “How to install a wordpress blog in 3 easy steps” is great - but what about this cPanel, Rosalind is explaining so nice? I have no cPanel. The only thing I did was to join digg.com as required in assignment #1.
I can only hope I will get this under control, all my best regards, Peter
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I’m so glad I found your site. I’m really excited about the course! I would love for you to check out my blog and give me your opinion. Thanks!
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Hi Ros and Anik,
I can’t find lesson #2. Is it ready yet?
bob
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admin reply on April 17, 2008 12:59 pm:
Bob,
Just getting it ready to go LIVE in a few minutes!
Anik Singal
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This looks really cool. I have some blogs up already so here is one Tendonitis Treatment Thanks for all the great information. This is a brand new site
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[...] I have to say - Rosalind and I are very proud, the response has been incredible - over 150 blogs submitted and still climbing! The best part is that many of you (if not most) have actually taken the time to get STARTED (so you [...]
Thanks I have been thinking about doing this for Months. Now it is up. Now I have to write copy and put my links in which to me is a major struggle. One day at a time.
Irene
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Hi Ros,
This is such a great way to help new people, thank you, both you and Anik! I’ve been following your blog emails, Ros, for over a year, planning to build a website around the theme of my passion: I have an offline business helping people manage stress with meditation, and coaching and counseling clients to spiritually connect with their inner guidance.
I was distracted from this by injury, job loss, surgeries, and then lately having had a breast mass removed last September and the ongoing surveillance. When I lost my “job” I already had a plan in place. Fortunately, my part-time passion, teaching and counseling, grew into a full practice by word-of-mouth in spite of all my physical challenges. I continued my clientelle practice during the worst of all this, yet I stopped teaching for 6 months while healing.
The good news is I am well and kicking butt–and your recent experience and openness about it really inspired me! I have finally regained my strength and am planning new classes. And my clientele practice is growing again! My students and clients have repeatedly requested that I create a site, so in January 2008 I finally started one with a blog: http://www.TeleMeditationRetreats.com/blog
I used some of your tips, including building my site with SiteSell and my blog with WordPress. Though I am no geek, I kept emailing or calling the tech folks who helped me figure it out. I am more confident now after 3 months of staying the course.
So I encourage others with no tech knowledge and other distractions to just dive in and start! It’s fun to finally have a website and blog, yet I know there is so much more I can do with it. I can’t wait to learn more from you and Anik, as I really need help. Especially on how to monetize, which you can see I have only tentatively started.
One of the questions I have is the concern some marketers have talked about, putting their affiliate links out there and supposedly leaving them open to hackers. Yet I don’t want to buy their “solutions” or do anything unethical if I’d risk ruining my newly established affiliate status (I have joined several programs in my field). Can you or will you be addressing this topic in this course or have you addressed it elsewhere?
Many kind regards,
Donna
http://www.TeleMeditationRetreats.com/blog
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Hi Anik and Rosalind!
I’m very excited about your new video series. I created a women’s plus-size shoe blog,Your Feet Make You Unique about 2 years ago. I started this shoe blog because I wear size 11 shoes and I know how frustrating it can be to find fabulous looking designer shoes in larger sizes. I have been steady traffic and I’ve made some money. However, I”d really like to make at least $500 per month. I currently use affilate marketing and Adsense to generate income. Please, please review my blog, Your Feet Make You Unique - http://www.yourfeetmakeyouunique.com. I look forward to your comments.
P.S. Rosalind if you love shoes, make sure to stop by my blog to purchase your next pair…
Thanks
Andrea
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Great article, I currently write 2 blogs on the blogger format http://strategic-alliances.blogspot.com/ for entrepreneurs and http://www.pharmacyinsights.blogspot.com/ for medical news. It seems that Wordpress has more features, so my new site hosted on my own domain will be http://ourblog.iknowpeople.net/. I haven’t completed the transfer yet though..wish me luck
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http://callofthedog.wordpress.com/ is the blog address.
Roz, my internet mentor comes to my education rescue again.
I happened to have set up my weblog just yesterday for one of my websites and have another website that will also need a blog. Had many questions. Then, you came to the rescue with this tutorial.
Very much looking forward to it.
Thanks, Again.
Jay
main website is http://www.CalloftheDog.com
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I have a blog started a month ago, and started another ON wordpress. Wish I had known WHY not to publish ON wordpress, but do the bluehost thing.
Oh, well, it’s a start.
Is there anyway to get the videos in text format? I have really slow download, and could only watch 1/3 of video. Wish I lived in dsl land.
Thank you for doing this, I am learning lots, and finally ready to monetize my blog.
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I installed my http://pingmytwitter.com site yesterday I have a lot of blogs this is my new one many posts to go Thanks Guys
Pete Balasch Jr
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Dear Folks,
I am a newbie because I can’t even find where to find “cpanel” to set up my blog. I’ve watched the video 4 times now and I’m blank…where do I go to even find the cpanel??????
Thanks,
FG
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Hi Rosalind and Anik
Little word to tell that I just got into this training blog train and are very excited to learn more about all this.
Since last november I been involved in setting up my website http://www.vise-eaupure.com and anxious to learn more about how to increase traffic to the site.
For now I am really impress about how your delivering all this valuable informations.
Thanks
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Frances G reply on April 17, 2008 9:44 pm:
FYI: I clicking on your link and your site comes up in French. Since your note here is in English, I thought maybe you’d like the info.
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I set this blog up a week or so ago, just to try it. I must have a different version of wordpress, since it is clear I cannot install any ads or affiliate links. Or I’m doing something wrong. Can anyone help?
I’m happy about the course and will follow along.
Thanks
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Britne reply on April 20, 2008 9:25 pm:
There are some limitations to blogging on Wordpress.com and Ros and Anik recommend that you set up a blog on your own domain name with a host that offers Fantastico. (See response to comment #140) I bought my domain name from Godaddy.com and I am hosting it through BlueHost.com. I like BlueHost because the cpanel is easy to learn how to navigate in. Here’s the link to my blog http://www.cantstoprockin.com
Britne
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Hello Anik and Rosalind
Although I have installed pre-made blogs in the past, this will be my first attempt at my own blog.
Looking forward to the lessons.
Thanks
http://ebookprophet.com/resalerights/
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Hi Rosa and Anik,
I’m a Blogging Classroom Member and excited to get new, fresh blogger-know-how and some advanced stuff too.
It’s fun again. My Blog is about “Internet Millionaire Strategies” and the joke is, it’s not really monetized yet.
Have a look at http://www.rolandvarduhn.com
Thanks Roland
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Here is a blog I recently installed:
http://www.findmeateacher.com/education-articles/
It is not so much niche oriented as it does cover a lot of different topics but at the same time with the right seo work this can still work. This blog is just used to draw teachers and students to the main site - traffic generation.
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I’m wondering what are the conversion rates between blogs and normal static web pages. This is driving me crazy!
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Anik,
Heard you speak at the summit in Santa Ana. Great talk! Looking forward to this.
Dino
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Several blogs up, wondered how to connect products and get maximum traffic, looking forward!
repairirrigation.com
http://macarecipesmacarootblog.wellness-herbs.com
and then I went a little crazy with keywords:
http://toenailfungustreatmentremediestoenailfunguscureebookblog.preventfungus.com
http://preventfungus.com/toenailfungustreatmentremediescuretoenailfungusebookblog
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For name use your keywords, they show up as anchor text!
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Hi,
This is a very new website and this is also my first time
doing this. I’m only concern with getting it right and that
you are able to login to my blog site.
Thanks!!!
Elbert
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Well, Rosalind & Anik,
I just finished your 3 rich content-laden videos for today (great stuff!). I now see the weakness in using the “freebie” WordPress Blog I set up. Most all of the special feautures you describe don’t exist on the “freebie”. I was able to download, but of course could not upload via FTP the SEO tools to this free version of WordPress (that is more incentive for me to do the right thing!). I liked the walk-through familiarization of the FTP software. I use Core FTP Lite, very similar.
But in the meantime, I did make my time useful, nontheless. I signed up on ClickBank & became an affiliate marketer on your ‘Handbook’, Rosalind! I was also able to dig in the WordPress templates & other features to much improve the look of the interface. Please vist http://danscanlon.wordpress.com & offer me some constructive criticsm. I pasted your code into the middle of today’s blog posting.
Who would have thought blogging could be fun?!
Thank you, Dan Scanlon
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Hello, Rosalind & Anik,
Funny I got a domain but my site is not done.. But I got my free blog … I see I don`t have any pluggins tabs and I already know why!!
I love this place!! found it through a friend!!!
So here is my blog Address
http://lovingcolombia.wordpress.com/
Regards,
Maria
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I’ve done it, at last, took me a little longer than 20 minutes but I’m older and slower. But it’s there and I’m happy. Thanks for the easy videos, step by step, literally, I was flicking between windows and copying exactly and it works.
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I have always been known as the crazy, alternative artiste type. I am beyond extraordinary, as you will no doubt experience. Have only set up my blog and am yet to start working on it, but I thought to jump on the band wagon as soon as I had it installed so I can catch up with everybody.
Watch out for exciting things!
http://ToiletBowlJesus.com/blog/
(I even have a song by the same name, TBJ)
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been sitting on this domain name for a couple of months trying to decide what to do with it. I set up the Wordpress blog but am not sure how to integrate the blog into my site? I set it up through my domain settings but don’t know where to go from there. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 18, 2008 8:12 pm:
Hi Staci,
There are some limitations to blogging on Wordpress.com and we always recommend that you set up a blog on your own domain name with a host that offers Fantastico.
Because you haven’t posted to that blog yet, setting up a new one will be easy like borscht.
Cheers,
Ros
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i Have my domain name and blog program hosted with godaddy. Do I still need to do all this?
Irene
diets4autismblog.com
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As a realtor, I started several blogs a few months ago but have been deliquent in continuing with updates. If I go with Bluehost, can I move my wordpress blogs to it or do I have to abandon all I have done and start again?
I recently started a new blog to promote a Memorial Day event on Pensacola Beach with local advertisers but I found I can’t put a paypal link for sales of a DVD, by moving to Bluehost will I be aloowed to use my blog to sell something?
http://www.PensacolaBeach08.com
http://www.move2fla.com
Thanks for any help.
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My blog is dedicated to providing information and material for the serious Internet marketer as well as encouraging every one to participate.
Don
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My blog is designed for various topics with marketing links and links to charities…Questions and comments welcomed!
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Hi Anik and Rosalind,
This blog of mine has been neglected (old but never touched). Look forward in picking up some golden nuggets from your course and how to amp it up. Great videos so far!
http://www.hybrid-answers.com
-Anthony
PS. Do I need to update to the latest version of Wordpress?
Your thoughts?
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 18, 2008 7:58 pm:
Hi Anthony,
Hybrids… what a GREAT topic.
You should consider updating your blog to the latest version of Wordpress, especially if you haven’t done an update for awhile. Some of the previous versions were a little less than secure, which could cause some issues when you get going with it again and it becomes popular. Hackers notice popular blogs.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Ros
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Anthony reply on April 18, 2008 9:46 pm:
Hi Rosalind,
Thanks for the prompt reply. Ill be updating this weekend.
Have a good one.
-Anthony
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Jewel reply on April 18, 2008 8:33 pm:
Anthony - FYI: When I clicked on your link to your blog, my Kaspersky alerted me that a Trojan download had been downloaded on my computer. Jewel
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Anthony reply on April 18, 2008 9:45 pm:
Jewel:
Wow. Sorry about that. I didn’t know about the security issue. Thanks for the update. I’ll be sure to update to the latest version and hopefully that will clear that problem.
Regards,
Anthony
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Hi Guys,
I’m glad to see you’re in the training mode again.
I’m a student from your original Blog Classroom 2006.
I was wondering if your Alumni wouild have access to the old training videos?
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Paul
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 18, 2008 7:55 pm:
Hey Paul,
We’re making an all-new set of instructional videos that is updated for 2008, and Blog Classroom 2006 Alumni will definitely have access to the new videos.
Cheers,
Ros
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Hi Everyone,
Thank you for providing this information. I would appreciate any feedback on my blog.
Regards,
Rod
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Hi!
Thank you for this pre-course, so far it’s wonderful. You two seem to be wonderful down to earth folks. which is so refreshing. I am so excited, and what a great teaching method.
To your success!
Kathy Pop
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Rosalind Gardner reply on April 18, 2008 7:52 pm:
Hey Kathy,
Yup, not only is Anik a really nice down-to-earth kinda guy… he’s adorable. (He’s gonna rake me over the coals for saying that though. LOL)
Ros
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I started my blog to save people time and drive people to my website for my concierge business. 80/20 rule: I am motivated for people to organise their 80% and fully enjoy and optimise their 20%. If you need an explanation, I’ll be happy to provide.
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Christopher posted this to my Help Desk…
Hi Rosalind!
In the first BlogClassroom, you recommended for our permalink structure to be…
/%category%/%postname%
I noticed in the new videos for BlogClassroom, you recommended…
/%postname%/
Is this structure any better for SEO, or other purposes, than the one at the top?
Thanks!
Have a great day!
Great question, Christopher!
Information on the Wordpress Codex specifies:
If you use postname as the only element in your permalinks to create a structure such as example.com/post-title, the rewrite rules may make it impossible to access pages such as your stylesheet (which has a similar format) or the /wp-admin/ folder…
HOWEVER, they go on to question whether that is still true in Wordpress versions later than 2 and it has never been an issue for me with the later versions.
They also say that if you assign multiple categories to a post, only one can show up in the permalink, and that will be the one with the lowest number assigned to it… or the earliest category that you set up.
My personal rationale for no longer adding /%category%/ to the permalink is that the shorter the URL, the more likely the search engines will concentrate on the keywords in my title… and so far it seems to work really, really well.
I hope that answered your question.
Cheers,
Ros
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Yikes, Help!
I hosted my blog thru an existing account I have with GoDaddy which I found out after setting it up. They don’t support C-Panel or Fantastico!
What do suggest I use?
Then, after spending numerous hours digging around Wordpress.com I discovered to build a custom Blog, (we have a Header done, and our own custom ideas we need to “plug-in”) we need to be using Wordpress.ORG !!
We’ve built lots of Websites but this is the first Blog!!Geesh, what lot to learn! My Webmaster is already pulling his hair out. It’s his first Blog too!
Suggestions?
Onward and upward
Thanks
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 8:37 pm:
Hi Denny,
Are all of your sites hosted by GoDaddy? I personally use Bluehost because I bought Ros’ ebook and it seemed like a viable option to me. It has worked out very well, but a quick search of Web Hosting on google will give you a place to start. Just make sure they support Fantastico De Luxe with WordPress and you’re good to go.
Good Luck,
Justin
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Denny Lauritsen reply on April 21, 2008 5:05 am:
Thanks Justin,
I guess my question should have included…
Is there a way to to use GoDaddy Without Fantastico? Or is it essential? I’m already paying for 2 hosting plans with GoDaddy and hate to have to add a third! These are “shared” with several other sites I run, one of which is the main site for the blog.
Are you familiar with HostGator? I’ve heard lots of good things about them, but don’t know if they support Fantastico.
Thanks again apppreciate it!
Denny
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I’d love to get a review of my blog… It’s been up a while now (year or so) & I try to write daily.
I get a descent amount of traffic but not a lot of people coming back & haven’t really found a great way to make “millions” yet on it.
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 8:45 pm:
You would have to get gid of Adsense but you could contact mrskin.com and ask if they have an affiliate program or do a search on google like “affiliate”+”program”+”celebrity” for an affiliate program on celebrity skin. Young guys can’t get enough of Angelina and Britney…
Good Luck,
Justin
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[...] Lesson 1 - How to install your wordpress blog… Lesson 2 - How to prepare your blog for the search engines… [...]
OK guys, I’m going to bite!
I was a bit unsure where you were going to go with this, so I was bit skeptical. On the other hand, I know Anik and his level of quality products and services, so I hung around.
After reviewing the first 3 assignments, I went ahead and installed a new blog at:
http://www.TheHarleyMarketer.com
So, there ya have it.
I’m going to do the 2nd assignment!
Regards,
Jeff
PS ~ Anik! Only 64 days till Wimbledon! ;~)
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 8:56 pm:
Hi Jeff,
First off, I wish you luck with your site. I suggest that you write about soft-tail Harleys or custom bikes and weave in affiliate links to accessories like saddle bags and what not.
Good Luck,
Justin
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I am so excited about this course! Your book literally changed my father’s and my life! We started trying to earn money online about 3 years ago and purchased so many books promising us “instant profits” and easy ways to build websites and traffic. All they cost us was money.
We were on the verge of giving up when we stumbled upon your book and SBI. Together these two have been fantastic! I went from “spending” $200 a month in hosting fees and traffic services to “earning” $200 or more a month steadily by following your books step-by-step guide and using the easy tools SBI provided me.
Now I’m ready for the next big step and we are so excited!
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Denny Lauritsen reply on April 21, 2008 5:10 am:
Hi Leslie,
Read your post maybe I can help.
Just click on my signature in Post # 151
Good luck with your SBI they are great!
Denny
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Hi Anik and Rosalind
I have been dreaming of setting up a new blog, but has been in the “Someday I’lle-land” for so long mainly because the first blog I made was a flop. Rosalind, with your clear instructions, there is no more excuse for me not too. I bought your Super Affiliate program this week and I am wondering if I can use this blog for affiliates. I also heard Anik at the IMC conference in LA and I am impressed. Yes, Rosalind, Anik is adorable!
Thank you so much to both of you. I am ready for your guidance in making this blog successful.
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I have my BLOG up and runing! My question is: What is
CPanel and Fantastico? I wasn’t able to following the exercises in the course. But my blog is operational!
I used Blogger.com.
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SueMueller reply on April 20, 2008 11:44 am:
Hi Elbert,
I am in the same boat, used blogger, then the free wordpress. After all the work, which realy can be considered practice, right, I found out the “WHYs” of NOT using blogger or free wordpress.
By singing up with BlueHost or other, and using a paid version through a host server, when the “big bucks” come through SEO, we won’t have to move our info to a more compatible venue, thus not loosing all previous SEO stuff along the way. I have lots of domain names with GoDaddy, but I will start over from the beginning. It just wasn’t clear in the first video, that you must “buy” services to later reap benifits.
So, for beginners like us…Step one: buy a domain name, from a hostplan that has Cpanel, and Fantastico. A search of those key words could work. I actually did live chat with each one host company to ask if they had wordpress 2.5..Hope that answers your questions….back to the drawing board.
At least we are not too far behind!
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Here is my blog. I am in the process of making a what is voip page to add to it. I am also on the lookout for a different template so any constructive criticism is welcome.
Thanks,
Renee
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 9:04 pm:
Hi Renee,
I think you are in good with VOIP and I think you layout is better than mine, I’m too lazy to find one I like! If you haven’t started looking for long-tail keywords, start now. Don’t be afraid to make some mistakes along the way, every one does, just be sure to get over and get on with it.
Good Luck Renee,
Justin
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Renee reply on April 21, 2008 12:16 am:
Thanks Justin…what is your site?? I would like to see it. Always looking for new ideas.
And good luck to you too Justin!!
Renee
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Not only have I never heard of “Wordpress” before coming to this site today, the term “CPanel with Fantastico” may as well be newly discovered rock formations on Mars. Can we please start at Step 1 here. How do we get “Wordpress” and where do we install it? Isn’t a blog usally hosted by someone else, Blogger for example?
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 3:35 pm:
If your host supports WordPress than they should be more than happy to help you get it installed on your site. For Example if you use Bluehost scroll down until you get to software and services. If your host supports Fantastico there will be a little blue guy smiling at you click him. Scroll down to WordPress. Click it then click New installation. Thats all teher is to it. Your website host then hosts your blog, which you can install on your homepage or on a different page like http://www.example.com/blog/
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Hey guys, My blog is finally up and open for viewing. I actually have another blog that I have used for a few months built into my CMS software but I decided to start another one for HealthierBody as a way of checking out WordPress. Thanks for putting this together.
Special thanks to you two in particular. I’ve owned Ros’ Super Affiliate Handbook for a few months but haven’t put it to use yet. Just saw Anik at the IEC in Anaheim and he convinced me to take action with Affiliate Marketing. We got our first affiliate site and autoresponder series up the night after Anik spoke and now we are adding a blog. Thanks again for the kick in the pants!
Bryant
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Hello Rosalind and Anik,
Thank you both for these informative videos. Unfortunately I cannot do lesson two as I don’t understand how to download the new version of wordpress. I am very motivated but just need some help. Do you know of a tutorial that will help with the upgrade of wordpress?
Thanks very much!
Jeanne
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Woooww… great teachings here, thanks. You can find my blog at http://www.success-secrets-uncovered.com
I’m looking forward to get the other video trainings.
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Hi Guys,
Really looking forward to this pre-course. I have another wordpress blog that I have had for a while at http://fromchurch.com but I created http://spammerfree.com to go through this class like a newbie.
Thanks in advance
Be Blessed
In Him,
JMb <
Bishop James ‘I Feel God’ Brown
The Internet’s Favorite Pastor
http://www.1000churches.org
http://www.poorpreacher.com
http://www.ifeelgod.org
http://www.ifghosting.com
http://www.youcanplaygospel.com
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This is great, I just started a blog wanting to help individuals to deal with acne skin problem and to acheive healthy skin. Don’t know how to have traffic to my site. Ur help sure come at the right time. My website is http://clubxacne.com/
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Hi, OK, you did not react to my question. As a beginner I had the problem there is something missing at the start of your great course with the cpanel what I do not know what that is going to be. Don’t you think there is something very basically necessarily needed for us?
Nowhere explained what this cpanel itself is and how to get it - THIS is necessary BEFORE we are going to start with the whole course.
Sorry guys, without this stuff a real beginner is helpless - but you always say, beginners will have absolutely NO problems, you are going to explain everything. Don’t you think it is worth for you to spend a little bit of your time ref this matter? If you will not, OK, but can’t your standpoint under the explained circumstances. Then YOU DO NOT TAKE CARE FOR REAL BEGINNERS. I know there are enough student with better basic knowledges, it’s much easier to work with those.
Have a great sunday, best regards, Peter
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 3:26 pm:
CPanel comes with WordPress. If you install WordPress on your host(like Bluehost) then go to your webstie and login you are taken to the dashboard. It is CPanel. From there you can easilly make posts pages moderate comments and more.
HOpe that answer your quetion. CPanel is just an easier way to make changes to your site than scripting HTML.
Justin
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Online Marketing Fundamentals reply on April 20, 2008 7:38 pm:
Hi Peter
When you get your web hosting organised with a web hosting company, they should all come with some sort of “control panel” which you can log in to setup/manage all sorts of things - including:
1. setting up email accounts, aliases and forwarders
2. viewing your statistics
3. managing the files on your server
4. adding additional software to your server.
cPanel is just one of these “management consoles” and is fairly simple to use — with one condition — if you don’t know what something does, don’t do it until you ask support LOL
Now… most (but not all) cPanel hosting companies ALSO include Fantastico as part of that management section. Fantastico gives you the ability to select and easily install a range of extra programs (including WordPress) to make your web life easier!
Since cPanel is NOT offered by all web hosting companies, your “homework” is to find a company that DOES offer cPanel WITH Fantastico.
If you can get that, you’ll find a LOT of people who will be able to freely offer advice and suggestions on what you can “do” with it all.
Regards
Stephen Spry
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Hey Anik,
Loz here, dang 160 comments. Gee, bit late here to catch up on things.
Any ways hope all is well.
My Blog?
http://www.askloz.com
It’s called SEO Revolution.
Basically a blog about Search Engine Optimization.
Currently there are 3 videos on my SEO Revolution Blog merely explaining what SEO is, and how to go about onpage and offpage SEO. The Videos in total are about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
If anyone has any questions, they’re more than welcome to use the “contact loz” link, submit their question and I’ll do my best to answer it personally via email and or if it’s something I’ve not covered before, it’ll be published on my website with a video along side it.
The blog currently receives about 100 vistors per day, and I haven’t touched it for over 2 weeks - been real busy here on other projects… I need more content… But I need more questions asked.
Cheers all,
All the best
Loz
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I’ve known about blogging for a few years but never knew how to go about it. Just this past week my only interest was wanting to learning how to post blogs effectively. Glad to have found you guys in my email… Aloha
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I hear you Peter. I’ve been an affiliate working with html websites since 1999. This classroom has alot of hyroglific terminology I’ve never heard of before.
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I don’t know what a “Blog” is, I don’t have a website, I don’t have a hoasting company, and I don’t know what I need to create a blog. I guess I’m in the wrong classroom.
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Online Marketing Fundamentals reply on April 20, 2008 7:25 pm:
Hey Pat
If you ever want to set up your own web site, then the training offered here will be of immense benefit to you!
Finding the CORRECT information for WHEN you are ready is the problem.
THIS is the right classroom for that.
Cheers
Stephen Spry
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Pacita reply on April 21, 2008 2:34 am:
Hi Pat
I understand how you feel. Maybe I can help. A “blog” is short for “web log”. It is an online journal that is updated frequently by an individual (or groups of individual) where people can interact by leaving comments or posting on the site. Technically, a blog is a website, but it is different from what most people think as website. I believe Anik and Rosalind will talk about that in their next videos.
The first thing you will need is a domain name. You can get one at Godaddy or Yahoo or even from you chosen web host. Most people here, I think use Blue Host. I use Voda Host. They’er about the same. Both have Cpanel (short for Control Panel) where you can find the cute smiley face labelled as “fantastico”. From here you go back to Assignment #1 and you are set.
If you still feel you are lost, ask again. This is how we learn from each other.
Good Luck.
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Hi Ros;
I purchased your Super Affiliate Handbook about a month ago. Through your newsletter I’ve become involved in this classroom and have today quickly started my site in order to get going. There’s a lot to learn as I’ve never done this before but with your guidance I’m gaining confidence.
I’ll be keep working on my blog look forward to the rest of your lessons.
Many thanks, Deb
http://arrangeavacation.com/
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peter
when you purchase a hosting account these details will be supplied to you by the provider.
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Hello Peter, Hello Jim,
you are right sometimes you forget that other people don’t understand what you mean and happily ever after you ask ;0)- The cpanel(control panel)is a graphical web based web hosting panel (software) designed to make administration on websites easy. So if you sign up on bluehost.com (host-domain has his home) Rosalind reveals in the video you only have to click at the graphic and you don’t have to setup scripts (php.. responder) or other software (you must buy..)and this makes a different in your pocket by the way…
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OMG, people are so lazy. You can’t expect that every single detail is explained! Just type in fantastico in google, read a little and you are on track again. I think the energy needed for this effort is about the same as posting your complaints here.
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Online Marketing Fundamentals reply on April 20, 2008 7:51 pm:
Hey Jonas… maybe laziness isn’t the problem
Maybe after googling for these keywords, some people are still confused!
The “explanations” offered from the sites listed at the top of a google search are likely to be fairly “technical” and not pitched at putting things into a language that people with few technical skills can easily grasp.
Maybe that is more of the problem… and one we all need to be aware of and address if we are to be successful online.
Regards
Stephen Spry
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I’ve been active with my blog for a few weeks now, but hoping to get some help in increasing traffic to it and monetizing it. Thanks!
http://www.digiscrapchat.com
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I’ve just started a blog last week using WordPress. The first time through, it take a bit longer as server side administration is a bit new to me. CPanel and Fantastico did help though.
Now, I just need to get traffic to it. I look forward to your instructions and homework.
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After reading someone else’s blog and writing a huge comment on it, I got inspired to start a new blog on that topic. The url is: http://investmuse.blogspot.com
I have an older blog at: reseminar.blogspot.com that is a list of real estate seminars.
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I created a blog to go along with my affiliate web site, I am trying to learn more about blogging along with using along side my web site
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I am greatful for the pre course. Really detailed and great information.
Stocks are my hobby. Not a techie - so site still has a lot work that needs to be done. I have posted three articles - I searched the long tail keywords - in 2 posts the title is exactly the keyword.
Thanks in advance for any comments.
How do I find a plugin for getting name and email address of the visitors?
Thanx
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Hi Anik and Rosalind
Oh dear… I’m a little late coming to your party, but what I have seen so far is truly great!
It seems you have managed to get lots of people to get started with setting up a WordPress site! And getting started really is the biggest hurdle to overcome, because without that, certainly nothing else will happen!
I’ve been a full-time, self-employed web designer since 1995 and have only recently discovered using WordPress as a CMS… and if people aren’t using it, they oughta be shot! LOL It certainly makes live so much easier.
Seeing you offered I would appreciate it if you could check out my new “blog”
It too is targeted at newbies (hate that word… can we make up a new one????) and I’m working on providing correct, basic information to getting started online. The site has only been up since the middle of March, but is already attracting a goodly amount of interest.
Online Marketing Fundamentals
Best wishes with your program. I’ll certainly be linking to it from my other Internet properties.
Stephen Spry
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Question: Still somewhat confused about C-Panel and Fantastico.I have my domain http://www.iknowpeople.net registered and hosted with 1and1 the blog is at http://ourblog.iknowpeople.net. When you go to 1 and 1 blog.. they already use the wordpress interface. I’ve made a couple of posts and even imported previous post from the blogger platform. But then I get lost in the lessons.. Does it matter that I don’t use Fantastico?? For example, I installed Filezilla, but then got lost at find the public_html file. Any input is appreciated. Thanks
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 9:33 pm:
The purpose of a blog with CPanel is that you don’t always need to use http://FTP. If you have CPanel you can make your own posts as well as pages and you can upload pictures right from CPanel. If you need to upload plugins, go to file manager, click webroot, wp-content, plugins then click upload and choose the plugin/s that you want to upload. If you have not extracted the files yet you will have to do so before you can use them in your control panel.
Hope this helps,
Justin
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I started a blog along with my website. You can find the URL here: http://homefitnessbody.com/blog
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What a great selection of blogs!
My blog focusses mainly on health and related topics for those of us who are starting to age. I have a biomedical science background and try to provide information and comments in an understandable, relevant manner.
http://www.lifeagingand.com
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Hello everyone,
I should of posted earlier.I’m reading a lot of post and
see some people just giving up because they don’t know
anything and say there a beginner and can’t do it.
Come on people think positive and stick with it.If you can’t
do a step,just take a break and post a question to ask for help.
Anik and Rosalind did not know it was going to be this big of a sucessfull turnout.
I see a lot of very good blogs that look like web sites.I enjoy
looking at everyone’s blog weather it’s a super sonic site or just
a beginners site,there all totally awesome!!
I’m on a couple of forums and tell a lot of people,if you need help
on a subject your doing and can’t find the answer,go to youtube.
Perfect place to learn anything! Type in how to setup a blog,cPanel,
or anything else and you will always find a video on how to do things.
If Anik and Rosalind don’t mind i have a perfect site to teach you a few things
about how to set up a blog and more.Tim Gross has a blog site with out any
kind of affiliate or adverticing on his blog.
I have no affiliate links to his blog.Because it’s Free!
I think you can still watch the videos with out signing up.
Just click on (Free Videos)
http://internetmarketingcourse.com
Instead of me paying someone else to set up my websites or blogs.i’m
going to try it myself.So here’s my blog i started a few weeks ago,
http://www.stopthepainforme.com
I hope this is all posted and please don’t give up!!
Life is short,enjoy everyday like it was your last!!
Peace and Think POSITIVE!!
+++Marty MacDonald++++
If your down and out:( Please watch this video)
Lessons from Geese
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9cdyej0AJaI
If you want to read all the words,click on(More info)next to date.
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I am looking at starting a new blog soon but have 2 projects I must complete first. Here is a blog I have been playing with for a while.
http://www.vitallywell.blogspot.com/
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I did a “print screen” of my dashbaord and my “view site” and as you can see I do not have “settings or plugins or users”. I have viewed the lesson #2 so many times I am sick of it. You are showing “word press version 2.5″ and I have not been able to “UPDATE ” to that version yet.
I need help! Now what? As it turns out I can not add an attachment, so you can not “see”.
I need help.
bob
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 9:49 pm:
If your host only offers WordPress 2.3.3 you are fine, your cpanel just wont look like 2.5 and you don’t have as many features. Play around with the features a bit and you will find out where everything is. WordPress 2.5 has only been out a couple weeks so they don’t have any(or very more) plugins than you and I have.
Which part of the video has got you “sick of it”
If you are trying to upload plugins the process is basically the same. Just go to your host manager site and scroll down to file manager click it then webroot. Look for wp-content, click it and then click Plugins and Upload. If you have not yet extracted your files then you will have to do so now. If you are just beginning this is no big deal but if you have gigabites on your hosts site you may start to run into problems with a Kb here and there.
Good Luck,
Justin
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Okay the reason we are installing a blog is so that we can sell it later? What is the benefit of installing one versus just signing up for one?
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Justin reply on April 20, 2008 9:59 pm:
Having a dot.com name is preferable to having your blog hosted on an other site because people know you are for real. Most people search for .com and most search engines display .dom Like Ros says, competition pays for advertising, and at as little as $100 a year most people can’t complain. I know people who drink that much in beer every month. You are installing a blog to get search engine attention, which is free advertising, not to sell your blog. If you are an affiliate you want free search engine traffic. Most blogs that I see which are hosted by another website aren’t geared to make money, they basically blog about their life. Web hosting is a minor cost if you make serious affiliate income.
Justin
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Blog Installed.
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Well I just returned from a weekend of fun fill activities and a new puppy. I decided I would check up on my emails to see what I missed and came across your email to create your own blog.
So after less then two hours I have followed your very easy step by step videos and created my very first blog. I even learned how to do a lil bit of customization to my blog.
I have a lot more work that is going to go into this blog as I will be adding step by step tutorials and great valueable content to my readers.
I was going to hold off creating my first blog for a couple more weeks as I am gearing up to release my next book titled the SILENT CASH SYSTEM. I won’t get into details here as to what this new system will entail. But if you are interested then certainly come by and visit.
Thank you so much for creating these very easy and detailed step by step videos. I would not have had the ease of creating my first blog without them.
To everyone out there who hasn’t created their blogs…TAKE ACTION now. There is no better reward in life then taking action where it is due.
Here is my blog: http://www.silentcashsystem.com/blog
To your success,
James Rivers
Author and Founder
Silent Cash System
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Hi,
First of all, A great BIG THANK YOU for all your help in showing me how to install my blog. I have dreamed about this and am now finally having something concrete for my efforts. Thanks so much.
My Blog is about making trips to Juarez Mexico for dental work. It’s amazing how much info you don’t realize you don’t have before actually being there.
I need to catch up with the rest of the lessons. Thanks, again.
Fran
I am looking forward to
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OOPS!
I am looking forward to catching up with the rest of the lessons.
Thanks, again.
Fran
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Does anyone know about SquareSpace.com. Is it alright for blogging/hosting in regards to this course or should I set up with what is suggested in this course.
Thanks
Kathleen
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Anik Singal reply on April 21, 2008 1:25 am:
Kathleen,
Funny you should mention SquareSpace - I went to school and was in the same entrepreneurship program as the Squarespace founder, Tony…
Squarespace is a great platform with a wealth of features.
The ONLY reason we recommend wordpress is just because it’s all open source, free and self-hosted (meaning YOU control it not someone else).
In essence, you can use any platform you want, but many of our videos on April 29th are structured around how to tweak/use Wordpress.
Anik Singal
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Kathy reply on April 21, 2008 7:20 am:
Hi Kathleen,
I’m using Squarespace for another blog of mine, and having now set up the wordpress blog as Anik has suggested, there is no comparison. Squarespace is a good starting point but wp is WAY better in terms of flexibility and design and after this course finishes, I can’t even imagine using anything else.
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I started blogging on March 26, 2002. This is my personal blog and covers things like university life (at USC), technology, computers, programming, and hacking. I interned with Google last summer and I’m looking forward to possibly starting up some computer classes in my local neighborhood next month. Any feedback on my blog is appreciated. Thanks!
http://www.intelliot.com/blog/
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Hi Anik,
currently I have got 2 blogs
http://www.liveyourmark.com
http://www.johnsontan.com
Very grateful for your video and course.
I was quite upset when I wouldn’t purchase your PPC classroom at http://www.ppcclassroom.com/
So I am looking forward for this
Cheers!!
Johnson
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Well video is great and all, but what about us folks who are deaf ? How can we follow along ?? Everyone is hopping onto the video system but awfully hard for us deaf people to follow along. Sure it is a small #, but if one doesn’t know what to do, it is even HARDER since one doesn’t know what to ask nor where to turn to.
So is there some text typed equivalents that are available somewhere??
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Kathy reply on April 22, 2008 7:28 am:
Hi Thomas,
There are transcripts available of the video, it is on another link on the front page so you can eithe read the instructions or watch the videos.
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Hi,
Well here we go all fired up and put in place the Blue Host as recommended by Ros” just about an hour ago, followed the vid’s (Excellent by the way) and an hour later it has ground to a halt!!!!
Phoned Blue Host from here in the UK…alas no support for 5 hours as they need to verify my account so nothing to do till 5pm UK time.
Might be worth noting for anyone else that it does take time from opening the account till it is up and running.
Best Regards
Sam
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Hi - Although I think what you are offering here is excellent - I would like to point out what would appear to be a major oversight.
If I had watched this video 2 months ago - I would have given up immediately as I would have had no idea what cpanel was. I am sure that I would not have been alone in this. I think it is always a mistake to assume that people online have even the smallest amount of technical knowhow. It would also seem sensible to warn people that they need to have cpanel open before they start the video.
I would however like to congratulate you on what you are attempting to do here and hope you will take my comments as positive criticism and an attempt to ensure that the newbie marketers are able to access your information.
Thank you
Janet Matthews
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I’ve had mine up for 3 years. Have a look and tell me what you think. I am especially interested in getting more traffic. Cal, Board Certified Hypnotist
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I keep getting the following error message:
1) File: /home/nextphas/public_html/myblog/wp-config.php [ERROR! ]
2) File: /home/nextphas/public_html/myblog/data.sql [ERROR! ]
What am I doing wrong?
Donovan
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Harris reply on April 21, 2008 11:57 pm:
Any possibility there is some error in your CSS codes.
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Donovan, from what I see, it kind of looks backwards.
The /home looks alright but the rest is wrong.
/home/public_html/
should be next, then if you are putting your blog in the root directory it would here, but if you are putting it in a subdirectory (which I would recommend), keeps it all together (try to name it something other than blog if you intend to sell products)
so far
/home/public_html/myblog/
now here is where you will have to tweak it and if your using wordpress 2.5, they will be asking for a couple of things so they can do the setup.
you will have to create a database and get a password so the script will run and install word press.
“Home Page
WordPress Lessons
Getting Started
Working with WordPress
Design and Layout
Advanced Topics
Troubleshooting
Developer Docs
About WordPress
Codex Resources
Community portal
Current events
Recent changes
Random page
Help
Installing WordPress
Contents
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1 WordPress Installed for Free
2 Things to Know Before You Begin
2.1 Things You Need For The Installation
2.2 Things You Need to Do For The Installation
3 Famous 5-Minute Install
4 Detailed Instructions
4.1 Step 1: Download and Extract
4.2 Step 2: Create the Database and a User
4.2.1 Using cPanel
4.2.2 Using phpMyAdmin
4.2.3 Using the MySQL Client
4.2.4 Using Plesk
4.3 Step 3: Set up wp-config.php
4.4 Step 4: Upload the files
4.4.1 In the Root Directory
4.4.2 In a Subdirectory
4.5 Step 5: Run the Install Script
4.5.1 Install Script Troubleshooting
5 Common Installation Problems
6 Installation Instructions in Other Languages
7 Installing Multiple Blogs
8 Installing WordPress Locally
9 Resources
WordPress is well known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. The following installation guide will help you, whether you go for the Famous 5 Minute Installation, or require the more detailed installation guide.
Things to Know Before You Begin Installing WordPress
The Famous 5-Minute Installation
Detailed Installation Instructions
Common Installation Problems
WordPress in Your Language
Installing WordPress in Your Language
How to Install Multiple Blogs
How to Install WordPress Locally
Getting Started with WordPress (much more installation info)
WordPress Installed for Free
Before you read much further, if you, for whatever reason, aren’t inclined to do this type of software installation on your web server/host, you can still use WordPress by requesting the WordPress Install4Free team do the installation for you for free!
Things to Know Before You Begin
Before you begin the install, there are few things you need to have and do.
Things You Need For The Installation
You need access to your site and its directory and software to proceed with the installation. These are:
An access to your web server (via shell or FTP)
A text editor
An FTP Client (if you need to install WordPress on a remote server)
Your web browser of choice
Things You Need to Do For The Installation
Begin your installation by:
Checking to ensure that you and your web host has the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
Download the latest release of WordPress.
Unzip the downloaded file to a folder on your hard drive.
Print this page out so you have it handy during the installation.
Famous 5-Minute Install
Here’s the quick version of the instructions, for those that are already comfortable with performing such installations. More detailed instructions follow.
Download and unzip the WordPress package, if you haven’t already.
Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and fill in your database details.
Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:
If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/), rename the directory wordpress to the name you’d like the subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server. For example if you want the WordPress installation in a subdirectory called “blog”, you should rename the directory called “wordpress” to “blog” and upload it to the root directory of your web server.
Hint: If your FTP transfer is too slow read how to avoid FTPing at : Step 1: Download and Extract.
Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.
If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php
If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php
That’s it! WordPress should now be installed.
See also:
Example WordPress installation
Visual tutorial on how to install Wordpress
Installing WordPress-An Audio-Visual Presentation
WordPress Installation Tutorial
How to install the latest version of WordPress
Detailed Instructions
Step 1: Download and Extract
Download and unzip the WordPress package from http://wordpress.org/download/.
If you will be uploading WordPress to a remote web server, download the WordPress package to your computer with your favorite web browser and unzip the package.
If you have shell access to your web server, and are comfortable using console-based tools, you may wish to download WordPress directly to your web server using wget (or lynx or another console-based web browser) if you want to avoid FTPing:
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Then unzip the package using:
tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
The WordPress package will extract into a folder called wordpress in the same directory that you downloaded latest.tar.gz.
If you do not have shell access to your web server, or you are not comfortable using console-based tools, you may wish to deploy WordPress directly to your web server using ZipDeploy.
Step 2: Create the Database and a User
If you are using a hosting provider, you may already have a WordPress database set up for you, or there may be an automated setup solution to do so. Check your hosting provider’s support pages or your control panel for clues about whether or not you’ll need to create one manually.
If you determine that you’ll need to create one manually, follow the instructions for accessing phpMyAdmin on various servers, or follow the instructions for Using cPanel or Using phpMyAdmin below.
If you are installing WordPress on your own web server, follow the Using phpMyAdmin or Using the MySQL Client instructions below to create your WordPress username and database.
If you have only one database and it is already in use, you can install WordPress in it - just make sure to have a distinctive prefix for your tables, to avoid over-writing any existing database table.
Using cPanel
Main article: Using cPanel
If your hosting provider uses cPanel, you may follow these instructions to create your WordPress username and database.
Log in to your cPanel.
Click MySQL Databases.
If a user relating to WordPress does not already exist under the Users section, create one:
Chose a username for WordPress (’wordpress’ is good) and enter it in the UserName field.
Choose a difficult-to-guess password (ideally containing a combination of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols), and enter it in the Password field.
Write down the username and password you chose.
Click Add User.
If a database relating to WordPress does not already exist under the Databases section, create one:
Choose a name for your WordPress database (’wordpress’ or ‘blog’ are good), enter it in the Db field, and click Add Db.
Under Databases, select your WordPress username from the User dropdown, then select your WordPress database from the Db dropdown. Make sure All is checked under Privileges, then click Add User to Db.
When you return to the main MySQL Account Maintenance screen, cPanel will list information about the database you just created. You should see the username you just added to the database (with ALL PRIVILEGES), as well as a few sample Connection Strings for you to use in Perl or PHP scripts to connect to the database. ”
Hope this helps,
iain
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I thought I was doing so well: I followed the 1st video, set up my blog (had the hosting acct. already), and left a “comment” link for you on the 2nd day post: no link appeared in my post and I can’t access my blog nor my domain via the search engines! Also, when I login to Bluehost/Cpanel/Fantastico/WP I can’t find the page you had in the video with the uploads/ downloads (left right)… Help!
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Kathy reply on April 22, 2008 7:25 am:
Hi John, that page was the filezilla software which is a free download. Just google filezilla and then download. From there nagivate on the left on your computer and blue host will be on the right. You’ll need your sign in info to connect.
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Hi Guys
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Hi Guys, love what your doing, I have been looking at getting into blogging in a big way but haven’t the knowledge to get one up and running where I will be able to get the world to see what I am saying. Keep up the great work.
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I started this blog after a call with Nathan Anderson on 4/23/07, when he casually mentioned that it would be good to have a source of all Internet Marketing Seminars in the world in one place, so that’s EXACTLY what I did!
I know myself too well so I HAD to start this right away (analysis paralysis is practically my middle name!). I didn’t really understand the blogging thing and WP was daunting at the time, so that is why it is a blogger blog.
I’m looking forward to learning this now,
Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com/
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Hey Guys,
This has been the best training I have ever gotten. I started a free blog 10 days ago on Wordpress.com and after viewing this decided to host my own. Got it all set up and transferred my blog, watched all the videos and everything has went so smooth. Acutally used BlueHost, what a great group of poeple. Hey, when is the video coming from the guy who talked about Long Tail keywords and how to set up Google Analytics and his secrets to getting lots of traffic, can’t wait for that one. Well here is my blog, still a little tweaks and a few things to do, but very excited to start building it and creating posts.
Thanks so much, Mike
http://www.dietdrinkaddiction.com
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Kathy reply on April 22, 2008 7:23 am:
Hi Mike, the video is up under video 4 although it’s labelled video 1, assignment 4.
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I don’t really understand what it is I have to do, everything is going so fast and I don’t fully comprehend from your video’s. I already have a blog which is http://www.fruit-punch-diary.com Would want to know how to bring more traffic to my site
Thanks a million
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Kathy reply on April 22, 2008 7:22 am:
that’s a great blog. If it’s through wordpress you’ll probably benefit from the SEO stuff so take another look at that video. That alone should help with search engine traffic if you haven’t already done it.
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Hi,
I am touch that both of you took time to document this for us amidst your busy schedule. Frankly, I did not know you could create a blog in cpanel. Now I know!
I purchased a product that provide step by step instructions on how to create a blog with all the required files provided and I just need to upload to my directory using cpanel and unzip it.
Please review my site and give me comments to improve it so that it can draw traffice to my site and as a result help me make residual income.
Thank you.
Vikki
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Hi Anik and Ros, by the time I’m on the 5 video I felt I had knock off 5 years of my learning curve just by watching them. You guys are awesome.
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Kathy reply on April 22, 2008 7:20 am:
I agree storm
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Hi,
My website is as follows:
http://www.josephyap.com/affiliatemarketing
and
http://www.josephyap.com/freestuff
Thank you.
Vikki
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Hi,
I’m creating a website on the topic of water bottles, http://www.mywaterjug.com.
Hai
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Hi, everyone.
I’ll love to hear your comments on my Relationship Compatibility Advice blog.
Rosalind and Anik - thank you so much for your initiaztive. Very inspirational
Thanks!
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In the technical aspects of installing this or that on a blog, I am no voyager by any means.
This is the biggest hurdle for most would-be internet
marketers and where most understandably give up.
It is in the realm of writing posts where I am a forester
with a good measure of confidence.
Consequently I am keenly interested in acquiring the ability to set up blogs, so I can have a well cared for farm of blogs for passive income, and your timing and generosity could not have come at a better time.
Equally weighing on my shoulders is the question, How does one best Monetize a blog??
I am alice
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Well of course I am here got to learn what I am doing wrong.. I started my blog to supplement my ebay store and give updates to my customers but then I kinda changed it to help others making money for stuff.. Cool stuff you are doing…
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What a great resource! My blog started earlier this year and I have been very focused on content. I also went with a non-traditional look to my site, which appeals better to who I am targeting home buyers and sellers in Western New York. Any suggestions on improving and backlinks would be appreciated…
http://www.buffaloniagararealestatehomesales.com
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Thanks for motivating me to get started…here’s a link to my new site (still a work in progress:
http://www.maximum-exposure.biz/archives/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=155
Bruce McCulloch
http://www.Maximum-Exposure.biz
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Trying to get set up and get traffic
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I have been playing around this for a while.
Just trying to keep up to date with friends.
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Hi Anik and Rosalind,
Thank you for sharing so much information.
I set up two blogs a while ago but I don’t even know how to
get them to look good never mind getting people there. This
course is the best thing for me and just at the right time too.
My blogs are
http://aquariums.shraco.com
http://naturalgardening.shraco.com/blog
Thanks
Alexis
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I had a website and a separate blog, but didn’t like the fact that my readers had to go from one to the other for information. And then along came WordPress (hear angels singing). Not only do I have a blog (still under construction), but the static pages allow me to have the same information I had on my website! Beautiful hybrid and with the careful selection of a few choice plugins and widgets, looks way more professional than before.
My old blog: http://vegaswineaux.blogspot.com
My new and improved blog: http://vegaswineaux.com
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Hi—-Anik & Rosalind:
Great resource you have started here. Looks good.
I have a vegetarian lifestyle blog, that i would LOVE for you guys to look at and provide feedback on. It all started for me on July 5th, 2007, so almost a year now.
The reasons (or motivations) for this blog, was to create awareness of vegetarianism, highlight items of interests to all vegetarians, and to become a go-to resource.
My current goals include:
1.) create more community, grow RSS base and email list
2.) write better, become a better copywriter
3.) monetize better, to find a business model
Looking forward to your feedback.
Missy.
The Groovy Vegetarian
http://www.groovyvegetarian.com
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Dear Anik and Rosalind:
Though I have a couple of blogs I am totally impressed by what you have created and what you are giving away for free!
You truly embody the spirit of “pay it forward”!
Looking forward to continuing to learn from your upcoming course…
Cheers!
Mark Huber
Blogs:
http://howtogetridofyourmortgage.com/theuncanadianway/
http://howtobesetforlife.com/TheUnCanadianWay/
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Hello,
Well what got me to start a blog is that I heard it was a great way to get SE traffic. But what got me to take this course is to learn how. Also what got me to do affiliate marketing was actually Ros when I meet her at the Affiliate Summit East last year in Miami. I have been involved in Affiliate Marketing but as an Affiliate Manager for a company. I bought Ros’s book and learn somethings from it. I made one a site on tropical fishes
http://www.yourfishtankguru.com/Talk/
which Ros stated in her book pick things you are interested in. I have actually earned about $500 from the site so far.
Well that is my story I learn some things so far which is great.
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Great stuff.. here’s my blog at http://www.GatherSuccess.com which is already setup 2 years ago.. ranked 8,000 in Technorati
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Hi
I am still working on content for my website.
My blog is at http://www.twocommaswealth.com/wordpress
Thanks for your effort, much appreciated.
Terrance
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Hey Looking forward to learning from this. I had this blog up just a few days ago and then discovered this site. Thanks,
Mike
http://www.theauctionlisting.com
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Hey Anik and Rosalind:
Thanks for what you guys are doing with the video series. I have had a blog for a while but I do not post on a regular basis. I am hoping this will get me motivated to work harder.
- Rick
http://www.GolfSwingImprovements.com/golfblog
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I have been trying to monetize my blog without much success. These set of videos came in really handy. If any of you is interested, i have a blog Tarot Newbie at http://www.tarotnewbie.com which shares information on reading tarot cards, in particular for the newbies.
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Hi folks,
I’d like to believe in you and follow your program,
but what happens if my web host doesn’t have Cpanel with fantastico.
Must I buy it?
I suppose that’s the idea -
But I want to believe I can have this up and running quickly and for FREE - Did you mention FREE I can’t remember now
Many congratulations on your initiative
Blake
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Paola reply on April 25, 2008 3:13 pm:
I agree. I thought it was using the wordpress.com site. It’s assumed that one has already paid the $10 domain registration, and the package at Bluehost. Will follow anyway using a free blog one at wordpress.com
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Great… Great… Great…took me 3 minutes to set my blog up. That alone has got me sitting on the edge of my chair, my left fingernails are gone from tapping waiting for the videos… hurry I need my right hand to type!!
Much love,
Little Guy Secrets!!
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Hi,
I have installed a few blogs already, but I am eager to learn more because there are so many unanswered questions I have about how to optimize my blogs for the search engines and how to monetize them.
Here is one of my blogs:
http://simplygreatnutrition.com
Thank you,
Bob
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I have installed a number of blogs before so I want to learn about how to get more traffic and to see if I have made any problems with installing my blog.
I originally started this blog to market my associated affiliate programs.
Here is the blog…
http://www.marketassociate.com
Thanks,
Kenneth Elliott
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Hi,
I would like to know what the cost is for this service?
Thank You
Maggie
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Hi guys,
I’ve had experience setting up blogs before,
even got some traffic.
But I’d like more understanding of how you actually
get the traffic.
I know to use keywords, but am cheeky and don’t do
it very much.
Looking forward to instruction.
Ninindi
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Whoops! I gave my home page before, not the blog.
Ninindi
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‘Nother boogy, I didn’t include the blog in my post.
http://www.shamanspathoflight.com/theword
Ninindi
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Help! I am stuck on assignment number two. I am missing something. I don’t know where this FTP thing - split screen is. I did “export” to a folder of the SEO thing, but what is this split screen thing and the WS-FTP is? Please help.
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Anthony reply on April 23, 2008 9:17 pm:
Hi Ana,
Don’t worry. Ok, first we need to know if you have installed the FTP software on your computer. This software will enable you to upload the file to your site. Here are some FTP software you can choose from (any one will do):
- WS-FTP
- Smart_FTP
- Cute_FTP
Once installed, you need to input your host (a.k.a your websitename.com) your username, and your password. You should have this from your hosting provider.
You mentioned…Your ‘export’ of the SEO thing was to UNZIP the file on your computer, correct?
You will need to use the FTP software to get those files to your site(online).
Then you can follow Rosalind’s video on how to upload the files.
Take care,
Anthony
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Brightboy reply on April 28, 2008 1:54 pm:
Hey, Ana: sorry I missed your post ’til now. I had the same problem, and the solution was in the 2nd video of that lesson, which explains the FTP, how to install Filezilla, enable Permissions, etc. When I watched the 1st video, I spent the whole day (4.5 hrs.!) trying to figure out how we got to Cheekyo, gave up and watched the next video, and… voila! There’s the answer: 2nd vid should’ve been 1st: oh, well… have fun! John
http://infomercialjoy.com
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My blog is up and running but I heard the latest wordpress version 2.5 is VERY different and not compatible with many of my plug-ins…so I am waiting for the plug-in world to catch-up before I upgrade.
You can see my blog at http://mlmcoaching.com
Good luck to everyone here.
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I have a blog on using the internet to build a network marketing business.
I’ve had a few visitors, but need to make some changes in order to capture their info as well as possibly put on a podcast.
I’ve not posted in a while, but I think I will get some material written in order to do so.
Also, as a suggestion to help each other with inbound links, we all should put our links, via comments, on each other’s blogs. This will propel all the inbound links and ranking of the sites. Since there are so many blog on here, the link building effort should be very painless.
“What do you do think about them apples?”
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Thank you for this informative free course and for helping people get started in blogging. Because I recently joined the free SpiderWeb Marketing System, I set up a Blogger blog using my Global Domains International domain site, http://thedoorway.ws/. Everything is working fine, but I sure miss the conveniences I have on my WordPress blog at http://thedoorway.org/blog/. WP is so much more powerful a platform, and the ABTheme I’m using there is a real time-saver. If you have a WP blog, consider getting the ABTheme. It saves me a ton of work.
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Here’s a tip for anyone using a WordPress blog. You’ll love the convenience that the OneClick Installer (http://anirudhsanjeev.org/projects/oneclick/) provides. Instead of having to download plugin and theme zip files, unzip them, and then ftp them to your site, with the OneClick Installer, you can just put the .zip file location url on your Windows clipboard, the go to the OneClick Install tab in your Dashboard, paste the .zip url into the Install from remote zip File slot, and click Go. OneClick Installer will download it and unzip it to the proper place in your blog’s folder tree.
Then just go into Plugins and Activate it. You can even do that from your browser, without logging into your site! At least that’s how it works on my WP blog on my own domain. Don’t do WordPress without it.
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Hi Ros and Anik
I purchased Ros’s book a few years back now (guess the newer version is the one with the blogging bits in it?), but have wanted to start a blog for ages now! I have a domain (purchased thru HostRoute) and a broadband package with Pipex. I have seen a lot of posts about Blogger (but also some bad press about when the shut down loads of ‘good’ blogs sometime ago?), but am still confused as to where I go from here…
Can I use my new domain name and host a blog thru my Pipex account, or do I have to take another hosting package, etc? (I don’t know whether Pipex has Wordpress loaded or not).
Thanks for taking time to read and hopefully reply — this is a great thread anyway!
Graham
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Hi
Nice idea you guys have here. Congratulations.
Hope to know how to Optimise my blog
Thanks from Singapore.
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This is the address of my business blog. Please let me know what you think. http://sylandelshomebusinessblog.blogspot.com
This is a free blog from google. Is a free blog OK?
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richard reply on April 25, 2008 12:18 am:
Hi Sylvia,
There are some negative things when you use a free blogtool like blogspot.com.
1) Blogspot is in controle! When they want to stop your blog they can. When they do not support some plugins, they can! When they … you get it? Your are not in control of your own blog!
2) No idea if this is your intention, but if you want to sell your blog at a later stage it will be a lot harder to do so when you have a freeblog, as to when you would have your own domain.
richard
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Ros/Anik,
Great thing you’re doing here to help people get their first blog set up. I have several web sites but setup my first blog a few weeks ago.
My blog is at http://www.stevesieloff.com It’s the start of actually branding myself after working in affiliate marketing under the radar for the past couple of years.
The goal is to try and help beginners get started with their own online business.
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Anik and Rosalind,
I am so greatful for what you are doing. I’ve only been blogging a short time and I know I have a lot to learn. My blog URL is: http://ltroyer-web-site.com/blog/
Any feedback/constructive criticsm is welcome.
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Hi Rosalind and Anik:
I had a few problems setting up my blogs. I had to disable my rewrite engine; it was making my domain name appear as a subdirectory of my main domain.
I have set up two new blogs at http://4byeight.com and http://brandystopsforeclosure.com .
I have several other domain names I may set up on blogs. It is just a mater of having enough time to write and add content.
Thanks
Leslie west
http://articleguild.com free articles
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I was trying to watch the video for the first step to creating a blog. But I couldn’t get it to come on. I already have java script on my computer. What else should I do? I am pretty new to affiliate marketing and blogging. I try to read and reread all the info that Rosalind sends me. Man, is she sharp. Anyway, I really want to try more of the ideas she has out there. Let me know what I need to do to get past step one. Thanks
Kathy
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Good morning,
I am completely confussed about how it is going to work with this class. The class is starting on the 29th, but I see al kind of sessions live already. I assume these are the future classes. But why do you put them live already as this way people are on all kind of different tracks.
If this is the way it works, fine with me, but then I am not going to wait for the 29th.
cheers
Richard
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I am requesting a review of my site. I am creating a new business for SCUBA diving and the blog is just a portion of my business. The business is http://www.equusscuba.com and the blog is at http://blog.equusscuba.com
Thanks for the online course.
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Hey Guys-
Thanks for the opportunity to learn from the best.I just finished Rosalind’s book on affiliate marketing and this course should further my education. My blog is http://www.homebusinessprivate-eye.com and it’s dedicated to helping people find the right home business opportunity for them.
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I think one of the things that should be addressed, especially since it looks like many of you have blogs on Blogger, is why should we use Wordpress to install a blog on our own websites when we can use Blogger?
So far, Blogger doesn’t seem to be able to ping as many ping sites as Wordpress but since a Blogger blog is technically an external site, it serves as a source of links to my own website. Then on my own website, I use a RSS-Include function which shows titles of recent posts from my Blogger blog. This seems to satisfy Google that my website is still updated when I post to my Blogger blog.
What do you all think?
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Paola reply on April 25, 2008 3:07 pm:
When you have a Feedburner account, you can set up an automatic ‘ping’ everytime the blog is updated.
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Hi
My name is Mario and I’ve been a professional artist for 30 years. I’ve done work for Disney, DC Comics, Apple and Microsoft.
I’ve always wanted to sell art prints of cartoon cats and I bought Rosalind’s book and was very impressed. I thought as content, I could put up drawings of my cats and then sell prints of them. Also, sell stuff with my cat cartoons on them.
Anyway, the link is: http://www.catsbymario.com
I just started, so there’s nothing there yet, but I hope when this course is complete, I can actually have stuff to sell.
Thanks,
Mario
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I have easily installed a blog to gothamdailynews.com and look forward to getting it seo’d.
I also have a blog mysticalthenewyorkdog.blogspot.com which I have been writing for about a year and would like to know how to convert it to wordpress from blogger and hope that you let us know that procedure as well.
Thank to you both for a terrific resource and extremely well presented.
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Hi,
Got my blog installed: http://www.biggerpenis4ever.com/wordpress
This is meant to be a documentation of my progress. My host is CPanel but not Fantastico. It didn’t have the new version installed.
A review would be awesome! Thanks for the great resources Anik & Rosalind.
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Oh, Lucky Me: was up ’til 5 A.M. joining Onlywire links (only got through the b’s), and as excites.com seemed to be down, I hit the wrong button and closed the tab I was working in. Now,
I can’t get back into Onlywire because they’re down… oops!
http://infomercialjoy.com
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Hey there … great stuff!
I’m enjoying both your course and the comments on the various blogs folks are creating and working on.
My passion is increasing kindness, love and positive energy in the world, so I that is why I created this site: http://www.onemillionacts.com. Right now, the “home page” is set to the blog address since nothing else has been created.
I have recently started blogging (as in this week!), although I’ve been thinking about this campaign for a while. I have had some help from a couple of really awesome people in getting this up and running. Whew…glad for them, believe me (although if I had found your videos sooner, who knows?).
The prime reason for this site is to collect names of people who are willing to submit stories of kindness for eventual publication in a variety of media. My developer is creating a separate database to house the stories (which is why I was lucky enough to get some basic help in getting this set up). Once the publications start, there will be products available for purchase and there will be some form of agreement with one or more nonprofits so they get a portion of each sale.
The database won’t be ready for a few weeks and, in the meantime, I’m posting tips and quotes through my autoresponder and adding some of the stories I have already collected.
I have the “big picture” of what I’m doing and where I’m going with this campaign. Now, as the old saying goes, the devil is in the details.
I look forward to learning more and seeing what is possible!
Love and light, hugs and blessings
Jerilynne
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I was pumped up and ready to go until I saw that bluehost charges upfront the whole 3 months, $59,95. Please mention that the bluehost service has different packages, and if not use a wordpress for free. What free blog serice do you recommend?
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I really love this site. I have already created my blog since. I have put many content but the traffic you want to show us how will really help me.
My blog site is http://www.thebeloved00.blogspot.com.
Looking forward to see traffic rolling in into my site as I follow your instruction.
Thanks a lot,
Samuel.
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I have had a great few hours looking over some of the blogs mentioned here- I think there are some great ideas and some really cool sites, but one thing I did notice was many of the blogs had spelling errors or typos.
That really puts me off a site- I usually just leave. We can’t all be expert spellers, but surely every computer sold today comes with a word processor or if not there must be thousands of free spell checkers on the net?
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Hi Anik and Rosalind,
I have been writing some articles, based on my software development work, plus general stuff. I would be attending your classrooms, let me know if you have any suggestions for me.
Thank you,
Rohit
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I already have a blog as per the above addy. As soon as I saw your blog course I signed up immediately as I am very blog illiterate and want to have the blog directing traffic to my main website. I would really be interested in your suggestions and look forward to seeing what I can do to attract traffic to my blogs.
Thanks,
Gordon
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Hi!
I have already started my blog on “blogger” but I do not know how to get traffic or monetize it. Please check it out-it is totally different from anything you have seen because I am only one of two women in the world who has done this. http://www.insidetheapolloproject.com
I have tried Word Press several times. It was an unhappy experience for me. I love your videos!
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What a wonderful series of lessons! This technical stuff has always been a stumbling block for me… Have been working on a blog for a while now. Am in the process of ‘remodeling’ and improving it with what I have learned here. Thank you so much!
Norma
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G’day Anik and Rosalind,
I got wind of your Blog Classroom a bit late, so I hope I’m not buried too deep for you to find me ;o)
My site is the one above, I have a blog attached at:
http://thehappyhomegardener.com/blog/ that I add posts to regularly. My goal is to help anyone with their home garden and get some discussion started so that we can all benefit from each others experiences. I would be very interested in your opinion of my blog to date and welcome any suggestions you might have.
Cheers,
Tom
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http://www.the-luckyseller.com and http://pa321.blogspot.com
Thanks for suggestions
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Hi. I have a blog on Blogger.com
mediamountain.blogspot.com
But I would like to install a wordpress blog on my website. My hosting company is IXweb hosting and they do not have Fantastico or wordpress in their cpanel.
So is there a way a can still do it?
thanks
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Dear Anik and Rosalind,
I know both of you and have been an affiliate of your unique and powerful programs. The only thing that I must say is a big WOW. It´s awesome. You are giving away a pre-course which is highly valuable.
Well, I´m not a beginner in this process. I been involved sine 2005 and created some blogs, websites and newsletters. But, I must admit that your content is always fresh and informative.
Friends, keep up the good work!
Regards,
Hooshmand
P.S. Currently, I am working on my new blog called: http://TopRecommendedWebsites.com/blog/
Although the topic is broad and general but I´m going to make it cool and valuable.
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Derek Gehl sent me your link…and I listen to what Derek has to say. My blog is already set up…but it’s going NOWHERE fast! I’m anxious to find out what you have to show us.
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Anik and Rosalind -
Your names are highly respected and when you send an email, you know that hundreds of loyal readers are absorbing your wealth of information.
I started my blog about a month or two ago. I have learned so much in this time and so much more to learn.
I will be reviewing the videos in the days to come.
What I hope to learn is how to streamline and optimize my blog for increased monetization.
Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge, I am sure everyone who participates will benefit greatly.
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I began with Zoofer.com, then to E-Blogger, then to Wordpress.com, the back to eblogger. I have follow instructions, which I thought were the correct instructions, to begin generating income. After a few attempts. I was able to get Clickbank ads on to my blog with no problem, but there is a connection to get the promises of pay from clickbank to your door. I’m waiting to hear this and start emplementing this strategy to making an income from home. I’m learning and want to learn more smiling. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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Hello, I apologize I was ramping about my experiences with the blog spaces, I haven’t mentioned my space, http://www.Make-Things-Happen.blogspot.com. It deals with the voice. I would like a critique on it and suggestions that would help to generate an income. I would always want to be on track of a moving course.
Thank you.
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I think this is a great ideas and thanks for the class. I hope this will increase the traffic to my blog. http://www.bbktmkshomebiz.blogspot.com. Thanks Again!
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WordPress is easy to install, getting a blog like blogspot.com is FREE
Look at what I’ve done on blogspot.com
Click here >> http://walterdunham.blogspot.com
Want the easy software to generat content for your website, check out http://a3.titanpay.com
See the sample website http://www.funwebvideo.com/jeff-dunham-w-walter.html
Go check it and have some fun!
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Hi Anik & Rosalind,
First and foremost thanks for your inspirational videos.
I set up my blog quite some time ago. I am looking forward to learning more about driving traffic to the blog.
Thanks Rosalind for the fantastico video.
I knew it was there on the CPanel but have not used it yet.
All the best
Matt Bsat
Sydney Australia
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WOW such excitement! Can’t wait to see the rest of the videos. I just built my blog and I want traffic… but good traffic! http://www.news-quest.com
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my blog about singapore and malaysia.
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I took one look at “How to install a blog in word press” and my knowledge went skyRocketed in am now using Bluehost as a result. Keep sending me the free info. and I hope to buy from you soon, on other info.
You diffinitely know what you are talking about and have put so much into what you are doing.
Thanks again,
J.W. - keep in touch.
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Seems simple enough. Can’t wait to get it fully functional.
I saw that big blue smiley face when I was setting up http://www.GTUniversal.com but, being new, it’s great to have instructional videos that give simple setup instructions.
Thanks
GT
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Hi Anik & Rosalind
Great idea to put the video program together, thanks!
I started my blog to support my new book and wanted to get people to ask questions about the things that they are having challenges with. I don’t have much traffic but I’m gearing up to do a book marketing campaign so hope to find new ways to increase the traffic. Thanks so much!
Cheers, Sharyn
San Francisco, CA
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Took this guy 45 mins but that is not bad for a guy who use to an audience to get a reactioin from.
Taking You Mind On Adventures
Brother Beno
BenoStories.com
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Hi,
Thank you for offering these videos. I actually have two blogs. The first one (http://www.myfashionemallblog.net) offers business articles and Internet marketing tips. I have a business background and also work from home so that topic comes naturally to me. The second blog(http://thebizbuzzofalatinamom.blogspot.com) offers anything from entertainment, recipes, business articles, jobs etc. with a twist of Latin flavor.
Thanks for letting me share and I look forward to these videos courses!
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Hi guys, Thanks for this powerful video’s. (I tried to leave a comment on Youtube, but I’m not sure if it worked.
Why this blog : “I want to save the earth” And help entrepreneurs start implementing “going green” to make profit, to help them see it as a positive change. I believe Going Green is an opportunity!!! (in marketing and as a leadership-tool)
Warmly all the way from the South of France, Coach Ronny
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Hi Anik and Rosalind:
I tried to get my host’s CPanel to install Wordpress, but Fantastico wasn’t included. Then I tried installing Wordpress manually, and couldn’t get past the login page. Either there is a glitch in their system with regard to Macs using Firefox and Safari, or your e-mail has overloaded them. At any rate, I’ll keep trying.
Also, I received an e-mail this morning saying there is a vulnerability in Wordpress 2.5 and that people should upgrade to 2.5.1 a.s.a.p.
Bev Hanna.
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I already have a blog. Please let me know your thoughts when you get a chance.
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Hey Anik and Rosalnd,
Great videos and great
idea to make this pre-
launch classroom!
Everyone seems to be
getting tons out of it
and it’s fun to see
what other bloggers
are up to.
I have two blogs on
Blogspot already —
would you suggest I
move them over to
Wordpress?
What are the advantages
of Wordpress over
Blogger as far as SEO,
monetizing, etc.
(if any?)
Blogspot is easy to use,
but I don’t know if
Wordpress will have
more functionality in
the long run?
Here are the blogs —
you can see what you
think.
Thanks for your feedback.
http://www.CarefreeEntrepreneur.com
http://www.MyLuxuryTraveler.Blogspot.com
Cheers
Carolyn Carey
The Carefree Entrepreneur
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I started my BusinessOver50.com blog a couple of months ago. Wish I had your video at that time. It would have been a lot less stressful. BusinessOver50.com, as the name implies, discusses business issues on the one hand. And it discusses my journey as an over 50 person into new technology and techniques, such as web 2.0. My original premise is that there is a generational divide that occurs around age 50. All this new “stuff” is not second nature to us. My audio and video service expired since I started. So, if you look at some of my earlier posts, my audios / videos on the blog don’t work. BusinessOver50.com
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I had a bit of trouble viewing some of the videos at first, but finished today. Reading all the posts here gave me some great ideas. I decided to try this blog thing sans website, real newbie style. I have quite a lot of ideas for the most simple things we take for granted. First post is done. I will be finishing the rest in short order. Can I sign up now as one of your affiliates?
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Some great info here. I would have enjoyed Rosalind’s how to video even more if the same step-by-step instruction were applied to the set up of a blogger account. I don’t know how everyone commenting here feels about this, but I am reluctant to host a blog on my site right out the gates. Let’s say, for example, that I have an e-commerce plan for my website. I feel that I can make the blog or other social network page congruent to the site congruent to the product and build a strong buzz up to the site/product launch. Here’s to a budding netrepreneurship.
Check Out The Wacky Wom.
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Hi Ros and Anik,
I updated wordpress twice to 2.5.1, now I can follow along.
Akismet says it needs a wordpress.com API Key for it to work.
I tried several times to get a key , it wouldn’t accept my password or username.
Now what?
bob
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Hi Rosalind,
Why not just go directly to http://www.wordpress.com and create an account and then create a blog? This is what I did in July last year and it was simple. Sorry, I don’t mean to ‘rain on your parade’ so to speak but I found you videos much more complicated.
Wordpress also automatically posts to bling.com so all the posts are transmitted for us. The other bling addresses on the list dont seem to work. A few of the first ones with ‘api’ show up as HTML code - I don’t understand what’s up with that. I admit I didn’t try all of them, just the first 10 or so.
On Wordpress, I clicked on the ’settings’ link as I did not see any ‘options’ and then went to the ‘write’ link but it all ends there and there is nowhere to upload all the other bling websites you had on the list.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Sincerely,
Andrew
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Deborah McBroom reply on April 27, 2008 3:51 am:
Hello Anik& Rosiland,
This is my first time setting-up a blog. I went to http://www.wordpress.com, and joined there, but i MISS THE FIRST TWO STEPS. Please help.
Thanks,
Deborah
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I have written a few blogs but I am glad to be learning about them more. I have several blogs out and they are
http://www.lindasfriendswininstlouis.blogspot.com
http://www.lindamcclendon.blogspot.com
http:// http://www.moniebagsnt.wordpress.com
Take a look at thoses and then tell me what you think.
Sincerely
Linda McClendon-Google Me
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Linda McClendon and I have written a few blogs.
You can see them at http://www.lindamcclendon/blogspot.com
http://www.lindasfriendwinsinstlouis.blogspot.com
http://www.moniebagsnt.wordpress.com
and tell me what you think.
Sincerely,
Linda McClendon-Google Me
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Hi all.
How do I get cPanel and Fantasico? How much?
Thanks, Trevor
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Hello,
I had previously hosted a website and kept it up for more then a year. Lost some money in the process. So now I have set up this free blog recently and am trying to make money through affiliate links on it. Can you please give some tips.
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As you can see by the ‘numerous’ comments you have here, Wordpress is NOT for the amateur, no matter how easy you might make it look in the video.
If you want a basic blog, GREAT!
If you want to do fancy things, you have to be ‘genned up’ on webmaster protocol.
I have several Wordpress blogs. Things are always going ’skewey’ with them.
Blogspot.com however, offer the simplest editting and settings layout imagineable. Just point, click, and it’s done.
Perhaps you could influence the Wordpress boys to follow their lead.
pete.
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Thanks for all the work you’ve done for us!
People, please if ever possible, host your blogs on your domains and web hosting accounts.
When you publish and build the links pointing to your free blogs at blogger, wordpress.com and similar - you can be risking a trouble. It can be deleted at whatever time, see the blogger tos and your work will be gone….
I have many blogs installed in the last months and they’re wonderful in terms of traffic and revenue.
http://mariansweb.info
http://takeonme.net
http://doingonlinebusiness.com
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Hi Anik and Rosalnd, your videos are obviously great - just look at the number of comments here
Frankly I feel my chances of being reviewed are not very good (because there are 291 people ahead of me) but I will try my luck anyway - have a look at http://www.homeiown.com. I started my blog a year ago, and it is great in terms of content, but I’s like to see more traffic. You look like the right people to learn from, so I’d love to hear from you.
Thanks a lot guys and keep up the good job.
Best regards,
Chris
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I am very excited about this course. My blog currently sees more than 5,000 unique visitors per month and I just added audio. I would love to raise that to 500,000 per month by the end of calendar year 2008. I have big plans for my avocation but need expert assistance in order to make it happen.
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Thanks for the gentle nudge to have us get this done. I found that my hosting company had the blog software you used in the video and it installed in minutes.
Being an Auditor, I really like the idea of getting a outside review of my site as well as suggestions on how to improve it.
Thanks in advance!
Jon Kreski AB9NN
Owner http://www.HamRadioResources.com
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I have never done this before. I had to to through the whole process of buying a domain name and setting up the blog. Wow, I did it without too much stress. It was actually fun. I am tired of my day job and wanted to explore other ways to make $. This may be the ticket.
http://mac151.com/myblog/
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SIR,
WHAT IS THE USE OF A BLOG
DOES IT MAKE MONEY PLEASE ANSWER
THANK YOU
REGARDS
PRABAL
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installed wordpress by email.
marjory
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Blog by email installed.
what is next.
also have a blog on google
“aalbury759@gmail.com”
marjory
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http://www.yosemitereservations.info
Take a look, feel free to critique I need any help I can get
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I started off with a free WP-hosted blog about 6 months ago, so that was no hassle. I then moved it to my own domain.
I’m following this to see how I can improve it.
Thanks for all the work involved.
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Anik & Rosalind,
I’m trying to upload the plugin files, per lesson #2.
I can’t seem to find the “Plugin” tab on my admin file: it’s not next to “Settings” as I hoped. Is this an “upgrade” item?
Gary Mousseau
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Hi, I have two blogs that share content. The one that gets on the search engine pages is http://activerain.com/blogs/lp1mc
My other blog is on my website http://www.LarryPenilla.com/myblog
I’m a home loan consultant (mortgage guy) doing business in Northwest Indiana. Thanks!
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If I had know it would be that easy I would have done this over a year ago!!!!
YOU ROCK!!!
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My blog, http://www.ManagingEmployees.net, has been up for awhile and I’m looking for additional information on how to offer more value to my readers and bring in additional traffic. I look forward to going through the pre training.
Thanks for providing this valuable information.
Pat Brill
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I think this will be a great class’
webgroupmarketing.com
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HI , I am excited to get some real info on blogging. I haven’t quite wrapped my head around the potential of 2.0 yet but I can sense that it is going to be a real strong tool. I have a blog on my website but suffer from sparse traffic. kind of a tree in the forest situation.. I have so far only published some articles but haven’t really marketed my products on the blog. here is the add. I hope that you can help me with some tweaks… thanks again. tim jordan http://www.zenshoproducts.com/index.php?pr=BLOG
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I am a disabled vet new to blogging. I would to learn how to generate an income from blogging other then adsense!
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Hello Everyone, Feel bore at home? A Malaysia college Student’s blog is talking about make the life not so bore. you may visit http://www.alvinlims.com
My Blog Address:
http://www.alvinlims.com
Anyway, thank you blogclassroom.com let me to put a foot-print here.
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It’s 6 months since I leapt into ’slogging at blogging’ virtually 5 long days a week, I am addicted to research, writing articles and posting to a ‘blog network’ of 5 other sites BUT I must be doing something seriously wrong- I only have 5 people on my list(!) and while I am keen to do affiliate marketing, produce my own e-book etc, I feel that what I have set up so far really needs knocking into shape (or niche refining) so I am following your pre course training ‘thirstily’!
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This is the blog I have created. I would really love some feedback on it so please take a look at :http://darisphappywealth.blogspot.com/
Thanks
Daris Page
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I’m a bit of a ‘Johnnie-come-lately,’ but I did put up something this evening. I’m looking forward to the classes.
Thank you. Please visit my really very humble blog:
glasscatstudios.com/blog1
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What happens next?
Chris
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Hey just getting started so I wanna know what I have to do.
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Hey … I’ve got my blog name & hosting ready, I’ve watched the video …. now what? Where do I go from here, there’s nowhere to click to move forward
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Great info! Thanks for making it available! My own blog is located here: http://instantinfoprofit.com/blog
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HI,
I am really new to blogdom but have put this together to promote information related to obesity and staying healthy and lean.
http://www.becleanbelean.com/stayinglean
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http://travel.perfectspace.com is my wife and my travel blog. We are packing everything up and heading out on May 21st. Please join us on our adventures.
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Hey Anik & Rosalind,
Only just got my hands on your info but this is terrific stuff.
I spent a bit longer fiddling around and getting things set up, BUT I have made a START!
Like so many, I have spent a ton of time, money & effort in gaining the knowledge to get involved in internet marketing. Usual information overload, confusion etc.
I would say to anyone, that a blog is essential.
Although my space is around teaching people about trading financial markets, I also have an online software company and it has taken me till now to realise the importance of internet marketing.
I am going to personally share my experiences of getting my internet business up and running online, as I do it.
I will share with people the steps I go through, what I use & learn as I do it.
So let’s hope that helps other people to take action, like your quality information.
My blog is http://www.ron-carmichael.com
Just getting it all going but if I can share my experiences and get other people to take ACTION, then I hope that breeds success all round.
Keep up the good work.
To living life,
Ron Carmichael
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I want it, I want it badly, yes!
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Hi,
Thank you for the videos.Meanwhile you can go to http://www.travel.50g.com/ and discover how you can travel around the World for free and make money while doing it .
Rana
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I started three blogs about a month ago after I finished writing my first novel, a fantasy story for 12- to 14-year-olds called iWorld’s First Kiss. I’d always heard of the importance of building an online community before trying to publish a factual book and decided to apply the same principal to my work of fiction. Now that I have some content and am happy with the layouts, I am beginning to publicise the blogs by contributing to relevant blogs and forums whose target readerships are fantasy writers and fantasy fans.
My blogs include a guide to novel writing and two character blogs, one of which is the diary of the main character in my book.
http://www.iworldsfirstkiss.com The Do’s and Don’ts of Novel Writing
NOW! DON’T: Use character names that sound the same
http://www.maryloulemington.com Am I THAT Different?
NOW! Is it about me?
http://www.lettersfromiworld.com Letters From iWorld
NOW! To: The Scribes of the Land of Wise
Thank you so much for offering this wonderful free class. I will be checking back regularly and would love to hear your feedback on any/all of my blogs, particularly tips on how to improve them and/or generate more traffic.
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Hi:
Just started a blog at WordPress and looking forward to your videos to help me along. I started a blog at Blogger a year or so ago but never done much with it for lack of info.
Hoping your videos help.
Thanks
Jack
http://carfacts.wordpress.com
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Looking forward to your great course. My blog can be found at http://thefamilyceoblog.com.
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Esther reply on April 28, 2008 7:34 pm:
Hi Anik & Rosalind,
Thank you for this course. It took me about 10-15mins to install my blog and am really amazed because I bought a program sometime ago that required a WP blog with all the plugins. Being technically ungifted, I was put off with all the technical jargon and gave up. The program has been collecting dust ever since. I use Blogger however your way of doing WP has won me over.
Thanks a lot
Esther
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Hi I’ve set up my blog and anxious to get some traffic.
http://blog.calindareview.com
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Hopefully I’ve caught onto your course in time… I have set up my blog as http://www.youronlinefamilytree.com/blog.
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http://backpain.wshill.com/blog/
Go there now!
I hope what I have shared with you today gives you inspiration, less pain and a stronger will.
“Believe me I know all there is to know about back pain and more.”
God Bless You
Warren
PS: help me make this the best back pain blog there is, as I have so much to offer here, but I am new to this…any suggestion will be wonderful?
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Oh my, your comment thread is really huge. These videos are really showing a good trace of a good course. Here is my blog :http://www.jaseemumer.com
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Excellent video, and I was screwed at Step One!
No ‘Fantastico’ script on my CPanel.
Ahh, well, back to the Famous Wordpress Install
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Probably a dumb question, but is Fantastico De Luxe suitable?
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Great stuff. Thanks. I started this blog after buying and reading Rosalin’s SAH. Would love for you to review if you can. Thanks.
Moshe
http://www.howtosucceed-business.com
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Hi
I am Clare and my blog is all about me being a life coach.
I am near receiving a qualification with ICA (www.icoachacademy.com) and loving my journey.
http://lifecoachingwithclare.blogspot.com/
Looking forward to doing this course - NOW
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i don’t have a website.i don ‘t know how to create one and i spend limited time on net.could u help me?
thanks.
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Frankie reply on April 29, 2008 11:51 am:
Does not look like Anik or Rosalind replies to any of the comments here.
Not sure how to help you though.
First, if you spend little time on the net and don’t have a web site, then why do you want to learn how to drive traffic to your blog? — that is, if you have a blog.
Second, get a domain name, then get hosting. Rosalind recommends BlueHost. (I don’t.) Then follow her instructions from thereon.
But if you don’t really need a web site or even a blog, then you don’t need these lessons.
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This is my website. I really need to own a website, but I do not know anything about website, so I give some money to a folk to give me a website that will give me some money from google ads; but the person is a nonentity like me. The site has been floating for up to seven months without generating, even small money.
Kindly, assist, to put this site in order. From the small knowledge I got some months ,now, I know, there is no good content, no traffic,etc. Whats the way forward?
Please, guide and lead me. I could not hear your videos audibly. Please, help me out of this mess.
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Hello to Rosalind and Anik,
While the first 2 videos with Anik are easy to understand
when I opened Ros’ video there is an immediate assumtion
that i’m on something called c panel or e panel. clueless
What did I miss?
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All right!
It only took 5 hours, BUT there was a 2.5 hour outage for son’s school-related efforts, and then I solved the problem pretty quickly, WITHOUT Fantastico!
I’d created a new database, but in doing so had exceeded my database-creation limit, SO all that happened was a new Username and new Password; SO when I changed wp-config.php I couldn’t get to square one, but the Error Pages narrowed my focus until I deleted one of my old databases, RE-CREATED my WP Blog-name (Zeolite) and re-edited (for the 19th thyme) wp-config.php
Then BINGO! In like Flynn… NOW comes the hard work, downloading and installing about 19 WP scripts and widgets!
And I only learned of Classroom today, but its already too late, you’re going to require money of me! Dang…
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Hi,
I already had a domain and a blog, but I figured anything I could learn from you guys would be worthwhile.
Thanks
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Hi Guys
I don’t have a clue as to what I am doing with this blog but I didn’t have anytrouble getting it on line. I actually did it a couple of weeks ago after reading one of Roslands posts about blogging. I sure have more questions than answers about the process so I’m looking forward to the lessons.
Bud L
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I’m a stay at home mom who is determined to become very successful. I have been researching ways to make great money for the past several years. I have several projects in the works right now. I think affiliate marketing is a great way to make good money.
I want to share my knowledge with other moms who want to be successful so I started my blog lavellej.wordpress.com. Please let me know what you think. Thanks so much for all your great information!
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This was without a doubt the easiest to understand video I’ve ever seen.
You guys are great.
I’d love it if you’d look at my blog to offer some comments.
I’m trying to get into the health and beauty business through the internet and thought that blogging would be the smartest way to go.
Thanks for your great help.
Bob
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Thank you both, this is a wonderful idea. I really like your critique of some of the blogs and the specific advice you offer the writers.
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HI,
Here is my blog.
Enjoy
Peace, Happiness, Success!
Emrick
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Hi, I have a few blogs http://ActionWithoutDistraction.com/blog
(This one covers the first page of Google search - but not selling anything - yet)
and
http://Texdrd.com/blogsite
(A new general purpose plog, but refers to site for possible affiliate sales)
Hope you like them,
Don
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Note that all three of my previous blogs are hosted on the same server using the multiblog plug in. It is not hard to do and it works even through upgrades.
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Hi,
This is my first ever blog! I am so excited. I made this blog right before Anik created this website, so that’s why it is a Blogger blog. Ican’t wait for more of his lessons. Hope you guys like my blog!
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Hey, Great info. you are providing and I really appreciate.
Take a look once again at my blog and give me some comments.
http://www.wealthonwebmadeeasy.com
What has started me is to help people who need some step by step mentoring to started their own blog or website and to obtain wealth on the web made easy for even the most novice person.
Thanks for your comments and help.
Keep up the great work.
Blessings,
J.W.
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Black Hat SEO…
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Help, please Anik, Rosalind or anyone
I decided to install a different theme to replace the defualt theme. I uploaded it through file manager. Now when I log in to fantastico and click View Site, it is the new theme that comes up. I am not able to get into Admin anymore. I went back therefore to delete the newly uploaded theme and that deleted my whole blog as well. What do I do?
2. How do I set up seperate unrelated blogs for different niches. Do I do that under categories?
Thanks
Esther
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Php Expert Editor 4.2…
First of all welcome to Blog Classroom - we’re so glad that you’ve decided to join us he……