Beginners Wordpress: Tools for Online Marketers with Recurring Affiliate programs...

Recurring Affiliate Programs You can Benefit From

   by Jan Ashby  

Today I'd like to talk about recurring affiliate programs.  These are fantastic for beginners to get involved with, as they provide a passive income (once you do the "work").

I have created a video that touches on this concept.  For instance, there are tools which every online marketer must have.  And tools are easier to market to people, generally speaking.

Many gurus and expert online marketers will verify this.  It seems that people are fascinated with tools

  - whether they are software tools, marketing tools, or power tools  - think of Home Depot.  The very reason Home Depot came into being was due to the DIY concept.

People love tools !

Now that we've established that, I will enlighten you further - an example of a software tool  that has a recurring affiliate program is Aweber.  Then there's Traffic-Wave (another A/R).

 Traffic-Wave actually has additional components to it - such as the buster matrix.  You can look into that at your leisure.  For now, I'd like to invite you to see my video - it mentions a few key points, pertaining to Amazon affiliate program, SBI, and a health & beauty recurring affiliate program.

So if you've been wondering, "can I make money blogging?" .. well, the answer is a resounding "yes". Also, affiliate programs such as Adbeans, google adsense and womvegas are discussed.

References:  SBI  report    Blogging for Income: 5 Ways to Cash in with your Blog

Blogger Knowhow - Getting Started with Blogger

    

Hello. This post is a bit of an introduction on getting started with Blogger.  Blogger has many nice features, such as the Google Plus +1 for social sharing.

Blogger has a new design and layout now, but if you ever wish to use the "old Blogger" you can follow this link to do so. Some people prefer the gadgets and visuals of the original design.

Now, in getting started with blogger, here is a good introduction (a video). The instructor speaks nice and slowly, and goes over each step at a nice pace for beginners. Anthony does a nice job here, and covers the basics - such as the ROW of Icons at the top of the editor.


A Very Helpful Resource for You: Beginners Guide to Blogger    by Jan Ashby

At dummies.com, there are pictures (Screenshots) which help you in getting started. At this first reference I'll send you to, basics such as formatting your post (fonts, etc.) and other tips (your control panel, logging in e.g.) are elaborated upon.

The 2nd article is also from dummies.com  - it is "How to Get Started with Google's Blogger" and not only has a nice intro on "Creating an account" and how to go about that, but also discusses Naming Your Blog and "Choosing a Template".

What's cool is at the bottom of the post, there are hyperlinks to many additional helps.  I recommend THIS one - which will show you how to add images, how to add links and so on..

And if you ever need to add an image from another website, this brief tutorial shows you how.

Plus, there are other choices you have to make (such as determining whether readers can POST comments) - that would be found here



More: Can I Make Money Blogging?    Getting Started with Wordpress Part 1

Creating a Blog from Scratch: Getting Started with Wordpress

This post is for beginners to WordPress. WordPress is a flexible
platform and one that I am sure you will grow to love.  One thing
that is vitally important with WordPress is security.  Be sure to
read the note on security at the end of this WordPress post.

Making a Blog:  How to Build a Website with John Jarvis
  
While you may initially feel that creating your own blog is a 
daunting challenge, it truly isn't with the right mentor. 

Mentoring lessons can be found at my life skills blog and also at
John Jarvis' site, Guidetoonlinemarketingandsales.com

I have had many worthwhile mentoring lessons from John Jarvis. 
Who is John Jarvis - a helpful Canadian who really knows about
keyword research, and how to build a WordPress website. 

Getting Started with WordPress - Creating your Own Blog

Creating a blog is not as difficult as it may seem; in fact,
once you start to see all the things you can do with Wpress,
you'll started to get excited at the possibilities. You will
naturally want to look into premium Wp themes.

Premium Wp themes such as Genesis theme provide shortcuts; for
example, with Genesis you don't have to go inside WordPress and
edit code within the PHP editor.

Instead, you are provided a plugin which makes the process of

editing easier.

Genesis theme is the theme that John Jarvis likes a lot.  He also
likes Intrepidity theme, and suggests that WordPress beginners 

use this theme first - before moving on to Genesis.

Creating Your own Blog: Blogging Tutorial 

  
Now I am going to tell you of John Jarvis' excellent tutorial on
how to build a website, step by step 

It Will consist of the following five videos:

1.  Secure a domain name
2.  Get hosting for your site
3.  Upload WordPress to your hosting account
4.  Your own domain name e-mail account
5.  Learning the best WordPress plug-ins for SEO

You can find it hyperlinked at end of the post - it is the one

that says John Jarvis Instruction

 
Creating your Own Blog:  Free Blog Sites

You may be attracted by free blog sites such as Weebly, Blogger,
and many more - while these are okay to practice on, you should 
start with WordPress as soon as you can. Learn as much as you can.

Set aside a block of time to learn the basics, and then begin to
explore premium Wp themes; one of the reasons the Intrepedity is
good for beginners is its ease of use. 

Once you have gotten used to working with a theme, the next step
will be to learn about WordPress plug-ins and widgets. 

Mentoring Lessons with John Jarvis and Jan Ashby

Creating a blog site can be fun.  You may ask, "Can I make money 
blogging?"   The answer is yes, but to make things go smoothly 
you really should have a mentor. 

Mentoring lessons with John Jarvis will give you a much higher 
chance of success.  If you're interested you can go to this site:
http://buildasitewithwordpresscourse.com/

Or you may go to my life skills training site, which contains both
WordPress tutorial videos and key posts about blogging and making 
income online.

Creating a Blog Site Can be Fun: Getting Started with Wordpress

Certainly, creating a blog site can be tons of fun - yet you 

ought to PLAN out the site.  You can accomplish this with a sheet

of paper.
 

For a helpful guide, visit http://bit.ly/10jfzEh  

Free Blog Sites: A Rundown

You can get started for free with Wordpress.com (or Blogger) and 
then graduate to securing your own domain name & hosting.  You can
begin to go through a series of lessons at my blog. The series is
free. Just see the “Free Lessons” link @ the end of page  

If you're interested in getting started with wordpress training.. go to the link herein
or visit  Free Lessons at my life skills blog


Free Internet Marketing Training                     Get Started Blogging

  John  Jarvis Instruction

Copyright  2013  Breaking News Dispatch

Keyword Research Training - Superior Instructional Videos From a Master

Wordpress for Beginners: Introducing Keywords to You

There is an instructor who really teaches this keyword stuff well.  That is, it is good for beginners because he has a calm voice, and does not speak too quickly. His name is John Jarvis, and he is very knowledgeable about keyword research.

Today's brief post discusses how you can learn the basics simply by listening. Yes, you can sit in your chair, kick back & listen (and view) while John presents the material to you via video.

He instructs on how to find a keyword that will make you money. He touches on using the Google Adwords keyword external tool - so you'll get a introduction to that.

He shows you about which choices to select inside the Tool (such as the country - he usually chooses USA rather than Canada - as it has better traffic).  Also, in the video ..the various columns are shown, and he discusses at length which ones to "checkmark", and he also SHOWS you how to copy your chosen keywords to the clipboard .

Additionally, he explains how to look at the competition and analyze it properly.  In the end, you'll gain a good sense of what sort of keywords to go after!


Longtail Keywords: The Importance of These

A longtail keyword is 4 words or more - and yes, John covers this in the second video at THIS page. In case you didn't realize it, it is worthwhile to "drill down" and locate the longtail keyword because when a keyword phrase has many descriptors in it.. well, it generally means that the searcher is getting more determined & 'closer to a purchase'.

As you go along in his free video course (which consists of 5 short videos), he'll show you how it's important to HIDE personal results - i.e., in order to analyze competitors' websites (in say the Top 10 results on Google) you must first HIDE your own personal website results .

The basics of keyword research is explained in more detail here.


You'll have a better understanding and comprehension of the whole topic when you've gone through John Jarvis' excellent video tutorial training.


Thanks for listening and good luck,

Jan  Ashby
Life Skills Training and Curriculum

Getting Started with Wordpress: Keyword Research and Longtail Keywords

Longtails: Laying a Good Keyword Research Foundation

Hello.  Today I want to make a recommendation to those getting started with Wordpress blogs.  When you do your keyword research - which is the very first thing you should DO - you really ought to consider hunting for true "longtail" keywords.

True longtail keywords are 4 words and more.  Believe it or not, sometimes when I'm performing keyword research I find phrases that are 3 words and have decent enough search - but turn out to be too competitive.

And if they're too competitive for myself - Jan  

...then these '3 word' keyword phrases will likely be too difficult for newcomers to the game (Wordpress that is).

Now, don't get me wrong - you can STILL find some non-competitive 3-word keyword phrases. You just need to be prepared to dig down DEEP and hunt for 4, 5 and 6 word phrases you can use.

Before I forget, I want to recommend this great post that SHOWS you that 4-word keyword phrases are getting the bulk of the traffic.

What's neat is it contains CHARTS & visuals that prove that longtails are worthwhile - they convert better - as the first visual illustrates.

It makes sense if you think about it a while.  When shoppers are looking for something online, & they type descriptors in.. it means they are closer to making a decision.


Longtail Keywords: Go with What Works Best

Since terms with more descriptors in them are fruitful, as a beginner to wordpress you should train yourself now to dig for the gold !  That's my opinion.  Go to my life skills training blog for some sound keyword training.

More on Related Keywords: Getting Started with Wordpress cont'd   {MY BLOG
and  Mastering Keyword Research - Mentoring Lessons (This is on Video SEO mostly)

That's it for today - hope you had a good Mother's Day !

To Your Success,
Jan  Ashby


Extra Resource:  Video - Getting Started with Wordpress

Free Internet Marketing Training with Jan Ashby

Hi, I'm Jan Ashby  

I'm marketing online, and enjoying doing so.  I teach beginners wordpress - if you are a newcomer to Wordpress and would like some free internet marketing training .. visit Here

If you're wondering what sort of training you'll uncover at the link above, well it takes you inside the wordpress dashboard. The video at the TOP of the page is explaining about the Initial Steps one would take, right after installing wordpress (in one's cpanel).

John Jarvis is the trainer, and he patiently explains about the various plugins, and using Askimet for preventing spam. He prepares a blog post in front of you, showing you fonts and headers. It's a demonstration video, basically.

It's good for beginners.  In conjunction with this tutorial, you ought to view the Blog Template I hyperlinked in this sentence.  It shows you how to execute "h1" tags, "h2" tags, coding for italics or BOLD, and how to Center something on a page.

Something else that is useful for Newbies to know is Image "alt-text" SEO.  I did a whole video post on this, and so you can visit Alt-tag seo post .  The vid is 4 minutes long, and is easy for newcomers to digest.

For more advanced internet marketing lessons, start with Internet Marketing Training - it's at my blog, Life Skills.

Resources:

http://lifeskillstrainingonline.com/2012/wordpress-for-beginners-creating-your-first-blog/
http://lifeskillstrainingonline.com/2013/wordpress-video-training-getting-started-with-wordpress-2

Wordpress for Beginners: Post Thumbnail editor and more..

April 24, 2013

Here's a useful post for beginners to wordpress - my post contains two (2) video tutorials by really easy-going fellows.  If you're a relative newcomer to Wordpress, you'll get a ton out of these video instructionals.

I especially like the 2nd video.  In it, Tyler Moore demonstrates HOW to fashion a blog using a theme with Sliders .

You'll see how to use "Featured Image" within your Wordpress, plus how to "spiff up" your front page.  And you'll learn how to use certain plugins - for example, a thumbnail plugin.
(it's  called Post Thumbnail editor).

It's a really cool plugin. To read more about it visit THIS url

It's rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

You will need version 3.5 (or higher) of wordpress. The other video introduces one to wordpress and features how to write your posts (explains how readers tend to SCAN a blog - and WHAT you should do, as  a result).

Also included:  an example of a template

To read the full post, go to Life Skills Training and education .  Alternately, go read up on how to do keyword research

To Your Success,

Jan Ashby
 

Intriguing Lessons from an SEO Master Crafting Your Youtube Channel Properly

What Lessons can One Learn from a Mentor?

The answer is many meaningful insights can be accrued from a "master", or mentor.  So if you are toward the beginning of your online career, you'd do well to really HEAR this:

Align yourself with a good mentor 

In today's post, I enlighten you as to the importance of learning about "on-page SEO" within Youtube -  if you will learn to fashion your Youtube descriptions and titles correctly (as well as LEARN to develop your Youtube channel and playlists ), you'll attract the spiders to your channel, and to your videos.

                                                          

The main post regarding the above (VIDEO Seo) is at  Life Skills Training and Curriculum .

It speaks of how often to use your Primary keyword phrase within a Youtube video.  It also covers advanced keyword research (related keyword research) techniques.


Using Youtube Video: Beginners Lessons

If you don't know from Playlists, you can glean some useful info from my Life Skills blog post entitled, "Mentoring Lessons".

You can find out some stuff about thumbnails, playlists, video blogging - even the SIZE your video ought to be when you're copying the embed code from Youtube (to place in your blog, into "html" section).

Here's an excerpt (for example) - "Why do I want you to receive mentoring lessons in Keyword Research?  I firmly believe it will help beginners to WordPress to get a good education.  I was quite confused about video seo, and.." -  from Life Skills Training blog

To Your Success -  Jan Ashby       

                               Wordpress for Beginners

Resources:

Advanced Keyword Research - Related Keyword Research

Blogging to Make Income: 5 Tips  (1 of my Most Popular posts)

Wordpress for Beginners:  Seo Hints and Tips on using Youtube, and some of its finer points (Playlists, Thumbnails, & video seo/video blogging) - http://lifeskillstrainingonline.com/2013/mentoring-lessons)

Wordpress for Beginners: Wordpress Blog Design - Trust Seals and More
  Video Blogging 101

Breaking News on Keyword Research: 4 Lessons Learned from a Keyword Expert

Hi all.

Jan Ashby here.

If you're new to keyword research, you should pay attention as I have a few Golden Nuggets of information:
Today I share with you 4 mentoring lessons I gleaned from an SEO and keyword research master. Just who am I talking about?

I'm referring to John Jarvis, an ex-construction worker turned internet marketer - he truly knows his stuff.  This Canadian gentleman has many top ten listings - one of them is "how to be first on Google".

(Click link above, for proof of his Top 10 result - use control "F" on your keyboard to do a Search for John Jarvis).

*Note: When you see his youtube video, it will say Henry Jarvis - that is him !  As of today (April 10, 2013) he is in position 7 )

The Meaningful Lessons Learned: Keyword Research

Since I was somewhat of a newbie on keyword research, I wanted to learn a lot MORE about the topic.  I found that John Jarvis was not a braggart - he truly knew many meaningful lessons, and I decided I could get a great education from him.

   

I learned about stuff like "related keywords", longtail keywords, and how to use video appropriately in my wordpress blog posts. If you are a Wordpress beginner (and especially if you're wanting to learn about video blogging and video SEO), then you too can become illuminated.

If you have a thirst for blogging and want to get started, you should visit my Free Internet Marketing training post.  It will show you how to design your blog, set up your plugins and permalink structure, how to design your Home Page, how to add video and "widgets" to your blog, and also how to get a Facebook fan page set up (plus info on Facebook groups).

Back to keyword research - I 've got some free video lessons on keyword research to share with you - here is an excellent tutorial on Related keywords .

Additionally I'd like you to check a post I made over at my Life Skills wordpress blog - it specifically DETAILS some of the best things I learned from my mentor John Jarvis, regarding keyword research - this includes doing Video seo on one's Youtube channel.

So.. this wraps it up - head over to the Life skills blog and get your great free training .

Oh, one more thing - I did a video re: How to Make money Blogging 

Until next time,

To Your Success

Jan Ashby
Online Marketer 

What are BLogs Used for? Have a Rhyme and Reason to What You Do

What are BLogs Used for - Wordpress for Beginners

 Blogs are used for a lot of things:                 

1. To attract targeted visitors
2. To communicate your message
3. To brand yourself
4. To gain a loyal following
5. To acquire optins to your List
6. For providing valuable resources
7. To curate content (more "giving value")
8. To attract advertisers
9. For affiliate income
10. To offer your services
11. To offer training to students

Beginners to Wordpress: Wordpress is my Forte

  
I like to help beginners to Wordpress.  I am Jan Ashby, and have taught in the past ( English and Drivers Education).  If you have an interest in learning how to market on the Internet, you may want to look into some of my free internet marketing training.  Most of it is free, while some of the content is "locked" - this simply means that you'd "opt in" to see the locked content.

It is high value stuff, as I have learned from one of the best - a canadian SEO expert named John Jarvis (he's also a wordpress expert). To see more on him, go here

What's special about my blog, you may be wondering.. Well, it's a combination of my content and curated content - and so you sort of get the best of both worlds.


Resources:  Ways to Brand Yourself - a Video

Youtube Video Instruction: What are BLogs Used for?

Hubspot's Inbound Marketing Blog  (A Great Resource)

Life Skills Curriculum and Life Skills Curriculum and Training

(Covers Basic Keyword Research, Advanced Keyword Research, Social Skills Activities, Social Skills Games, Social Media Tips, Leadership, Life Skills for Adults (Meditation, Visualization, feng shui) , Blogging to Make Money  e.g.

Using Twitter 101: Detailed Video Instruction

Today I have a new post about using Twitter in a more advanced way - creating Twitter lists, attending "Twitter Chats", and how to message people. Yes, there is a RIGHT way to do this (you have to be careful when messaging and the video instruction in my Life Skills post details this).

As you may know, you can browse different topics by inputting a keyword phrase.  If you will use the hashtag (#), then you can find all conversations that are targeting that particular keyword phrase. So you simply type the keyword (s) and place a "#" (pound sign) in front of it.

What does the hashtag do? Well, it ties the conversations of different users into one stream for you. You may start your SEARCH at search.twitter.com

To see a really GOOD Video instructional about Twitter - you can view this vid:
  

           

**Note:  At the Life Skills training page, where you'll go to FIND the video instruction, the last video on the page says "How to Use Twitter for Businesss Part 1".  Just wanted to let you know that if you want, you can find the other parts of that series on Youtube .     


   

 

Social Skills Games and Social Skills Activities: Ideas for You to Increase Camaraderie

By JAN ASHBY          

 

This article is about “social skill activities”.  So what am I going to tell you about?  Basically, the following:

• fun team building activities
• social skills games
• social skills ideas
• free social skills activities
• social skills lessons and activities

 

As a team leader, there are certain things you can do to encourage better communication and greater involvement – for example, there are SOCIAL SKILLS GAMES you can use to both lift spirits and enable improved communication.

I found a great one at Amazon called The Big Book of Team Motivating Games.  What’s nice about this instructional is that it serves as a communication tool + problem solver -  and its exercises are quick (this keeps players from getting bored !) 

 

The Solutions Focus:  A Book to Aid in Conflict Resolution

And if you’re looking for a sort of game that can

HELP with Conflict Resolution, you might look at The Solutions Focus (One reviewer said: “it makes so much sense to identify, and then DO what works“).

You can find this book @ Amazon.

 

CONFLICT Resolution Games: How You Can Cope with Others

Then too, there is an awe-inspiring book called “Improvisational Negotiation: A Mediator’s Stories of Conflict About Love, Money, Anger & the Strategies That Resolved Them“. It not only has wonderful stories you’ll enjoy, but it gets to .. READ MORE

 

More Social Skills Ideas and Games

There is more life skills training (Social Skills curriculum and social skills games) which will help you to increase your confidence and communication with others (co-workers, mentors, friends, your downline). 

 

 

Copyright  2013

 

 

Blog Monetization: What You Should Do First

Hello beginners to Wordpress..    

I created a video, with the breakdown of what a newcomer to Wordpress should do first (Step by step coverage of blog development).

There are 8 key steps covered, and the Final Step you take is the monetization of your blog.  It is very important to leave that until the end.

Dont be in a rush.  

You want to develop your blog readership, and offer plenty of things of value so that you'll BUILD up a loyal readership..

You can offer free ebooks, links to valuable blogs within your niche, and podcasts to enrich your audience. If you create a video (and you should), script it first; write it out and include bullet points 
so you'll hit the highlights and won't sound like you're just talking from a script.

Also, before you begin speaking - have a SMILE on your face.   Your video will come across much better that way.

                                                SEE MY VIDEO HERE 


To read more of my blog postings, visit Life Skills Training Online . and to discover how you can get "return visitors" at your blog .. visit my customer loyalty


To see how you can develop a "blog persona"  visit the persona blog post

- By Jan Ashby
  Life Skills for Adults

College Preparation: Healthy Kids Articles

I certainly would think that going off to college is a heady occasion-- a possibility to know brand-new things and meet brand-new individuals. And bear in mind that (if you're a guy) you'll wish to make a great first impression on the girls! However if you're women and are reading this, well, ladies like to be organized with their storage rooms, storage bins and their apparel-- it makes it easier to "accessorize"!


In the end, whether you are a guy or a lady, it will be ultimately valuable to your studies and grades to have all these things arranged and organized. So take it to heart, and get a head start !

Also, if you have certain needs taken care of in advance, your study time won't be interrupted. So why not put a bit of time into these considerations - things like having a drink machine (or two) right in your room - a mini-frig may help ..  

Tea is fundamental to helping you wind down from hours of intense study - something along the lines of chamomille tea, or lavender tea

Fundamentally, if you take some time to become acclimated to your university's rules before you attend you'll be better off -- and why not watch some of the videos online with advice, and points of interest. You'll find out things that are required of you for College, and also the layout of the college grounds and parking lots - so you'll find out things such as whether there's a cafeteria, vending machines, and whether or not microwaves or tea kettles and coffee makers are permitted in one's dorm room.

Just pack as light as you can, as the majority of college graduates will tell you this was the main mistake they made as a freshman; if at all possible, contact your roommate to be so you can discuss the floor plan of your room, and what will be alloted to whom.  Also, try to find out rules regarding visitors, as you undoubtedly will have some at holiday breaks.

For more thoughts on Things You Need for College. visit my Healthy Kids website - which has many articles for teens, as well as kids and their families.

Good fortune be with you -

Sincerely,

Jan Ashby