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Day 23–32 – I Was Lost in the Internet Marketing Wilderness, But Now I Am Found

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I hope you can forgive me. This is my first post in almost 10 days. For a while there, I did not know where I was going. I wandered off the path. I became confused, disorientated and discouraged. I was lost in the Internet Marketing wilderness.

But now I am back.

I am found.

Here’s what happened…

10 days ago, I decided it was high time I got back on the path to making money online. I had spent two weeks getting this blog up and running and learning as much as I could about WordPress. At the end of two weeks I had learned a lot, but I was no closer to making money online.

It was time I got back to building my first niche website, helpwithtoddlers.com. I realized my time would be much better spent building a site in a niche that is not quite so overcrowded as internet marketing/make money online.

I went back to my toddler keyword list and spent a day organizing the keywords into a site structure. Feeling very proud of myself, I then identified 20 low competition keyword phrases which would form the basis of my first 20 posts.

I installed WordPress and a new theme from StudioPress on the domain. I followed my own guide to setting up a WordPress blog (very helpful!). I set up categories and menus based on my site structure.

I wrote my first toddler post, How to Stop a Toddler Whining. It’s easy when you know how.

Not So Easy When You Don’t Know How

I reviewed the remaining 19 post subjects and realized I knew nothing about any of them. I started researching a couple of posts, but found very little good information. Sure there was lots of generic advice, but I had no idea if it was good advice. The last thing I wanted was to spend time rewriting someone else’s bad advice and offering it up as my own.

I became confused and just a little disheartened. I was unsure what to do next. I spent hours staring at my keyword list hoping for inspiration. I wasted countless more hours on toddler and parenting websites.

I was lost. I didn’t know what to do next or where to turn to for help. Negative thoughts started to take over. I began to doubt myself and whether I could do this. For 3 days I wallowed.

But on the 4th day..

Internet Marketing Salvation

Into my inbox popped an email from Travis Sago. He was promoting his InstaCash Keywords product. He’ll send you a list of low-competition starving crowd keywords every day for a week for $4.95. He also includes research and 5 PLR articles on each niche, a recommended affiliate product and detailed instructions on what to do with the keywords. That’s the introductory offer. After the first week I think it costs $27 a month for one keyword list per week.

As always Travis was both convincing and persistent. I decided to sign up for the week long introductory offer. $4.95 for 7 niches with articles seemed like a no brainer. But the real reason I was signing up was to get his detailed instructions on how to tackle a niche. I needed some guidance, some inspiration. Basically I needed a pep talk and who better than Travis Sago to deliver it.

The Amazing InstaCash Keyword Income Plan

So far I have received 2 niche keyword lists from InstaCash Keywords. One is a pretty obvious niche (I think), but I never would have thought of the other one. I may tackle them someday, but the big prize for me was Travis’ no nonsense guide to tackling a niche, any niche. He calls it the Instacash Income Plan. It’s a 42 page pdf with video tutorials.

The guide covers article marketing briefly, but the main focus is on setting up a niche blog. He walks you through the whole process from purchasing a domain, setting up WordPress, how to write content, get backlinks and rank on Google.

The tips and tricks come fast and furious:

- SEO in 3 steps
- a 30 second trick for devising a site structure that Google will love
- how to write quality content always
- 2 simple backlinking strategies

And so much more.

By the time I finish reading the Instacash Income plan I am totally psyched.

I have also realized a couple of things that seem obvious now in hindsight:

1. My niche, help with toddlers is way too broad. My site structure had categories ranging from behavior to sleep problems, health, feeding, learning, toys and games. I was trying to create an empire, not a niche website.

2. My second realization was that I should find a product that I am happy to promote and use that to narrow my niche.

I spent yesterday searching for a product. I found one in the toddler behaviour niche. I signed up as an affiliate and got a free copy of the product. What I have read so far is very impressive and it contains all the information I could possibly need to write the content for my site.

So I have found my way out of the internet marketing wilderness. I am back on the path. I can see what lies ahead and what I must do. I have no doubt I will wander off the path again, but right now I am feeling good. Thank you Travis!

I’m going to concentrate on the toddler site for the next while, but I will check back once a week or so and to update you on my goal of making money online.

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Day 22 – How to Add Twitter to Your Blog

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A couple of days ago I added a feed to my website so visitors can subscribe to my blog. So far I have one subscriber. Me. I subscribed to test that it was working properly. When I got my first update yesterday I noticed a couple of things I wanted to change about the email, like making the headline more interesting and eye catching.

One of the great things about having no traffic is you can make mistakes and tweak things without anybody knowing. There is only one critic, you.

That’s what I did this morning, but while changing the settings on Feedburner I noticed an option to post updates to my feed on Twitter. I don’t even have a Twitter account.

OK that’s not quite true.

In fact I have two that I set up in the past couple of years. But that’s all I did, I set them up. I haven’t logged into either account since.

Maybe it is time to do Twitter properly. And since Feedburner has offered to do it for me every time I add a post, well, it seems foolish not to.

Setting up a Twitter account is fast and easy. I now have 3 accounts! My latest, @IvanisLearning, I will use just for internet marketing and anything related to this site.

I Googled “best internet marketers to follow on Twitter” and found this list of Top 25 Online Marketers to Follow on Twitter.

I picked 10 of them and started following them.

I then wrote my first Tweet with a link to Day 1 of my path to making money online. This is it:

My First Tweet

Next I went back to Feedburner and activated the option to send feed updates as Tweets. Easy. You can add standard text that will appear before the post title name and of course a link to the post will be included.

Last thing that needed to be done was to add a Twitter follow button to the website. This was easy with my Prose theme from StudioPress. There is a widget just for that very purpose. Enter your Twitter name and it does the rest.

I’m starting to wonder what other goodies my Genesis theme has that regular WordPress themes don’t have. Am I spoiled but don’t even know it? Someday when I’ve time I’ll do a comparison and see if it was worth the 80 bucks.

But right now I got to say I’m pretty pleased with myself. 3 hours ago Twitter scared me. I didn’t understand it.

Now I’m beginning to. And I’m excited!

And you know the craziest thing? I have 20 followers already!

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Ivan’s Guide: How To Set Up a WordPress Blog

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I have spent the last number of days learning everything I can about WordPress.

Today, I’m starting a guide – how to set up a WordPress blog – so I don’t forget everything I’ve learned so far. I also know that I still have lots to learn so I intend to start the guide today, but I will come back and update this page whenever I learn something new.

I also invite you to make suggestions. What have I missed? What else should be included? Please tell me!

OK without further to do..

Ivan’s Guide: How To Set Up a WordPress Blog

This guide does not cover installing WordPress or choosing a theme. Instead this guide answers the question, what do I do next?

1. Change your WordPress Permalink settings to a more SEO friendly format.

Why to do it and how to do it is covered in detail in this post.

2. Install these Essential Plugins:

Akismet              

Prevents comment spam. It comes pre-installed with WordPress, but you must purchase an API key to activate it. The API key is free for non-business sites. Get it here.

WP Super Cache

Makes your blog load faster.  Make sure you change this setting so you can see your blog updates immediately.

Google XML Sitemaps

This plugin will generate an XML sitemap which makes it easier for search engines to index your blog. It will also notify them whenever you publish a new post.

All in One SEO Pack

Automatically optimizes your WordPress blog for search engines. I do not use this plugin myself as most of what it does is included in the Genesis framework as standard. However, for SEO, the All in One plugin seems to be the one recommended by almost everyone. Here’s a video that explains how to use the All in One SEO Pack plugin.

AddToAny

This is a social bookmarking plugin that adds share buttons to the bottom of your posts. I looked at lots of different social plugins and could not find one that I really liked. I’m not crazy about AddToAny either. There are too many options. If you have a social plugin that you love, I would love to hear about it.

3. Learn Some Basic WordPress SEO

Don’t think that just because you installed a plugin you no longer have to think about SEO. In order for your blog to be successful it must be found. SEO is the art (or science) of being found and ranked by search engines. To be successful online you need to understand SEO.

There are SEO guidelines that apply to all websites and there are specific rules for WordPress websites. Here are the best WordPress SEO resources I have found so far.

Jim Westergren’s SEO for WordPress – The Complete Guide
The Blogger’s Guide to SEO from SeoBook.com
The Beginners Guide to SEO from SEOmoz.org
The Definitive Guide To Higher Rankings For Your Blog from yoast.com

Each guide comes at SEO from a slightly different angle so all are worth checking out. If you follow all their advice, nothing will stop you charging up the rankings!

4. Set Your Preferred Domain

This is part of SEO, but is something you should do from the outset so I’m highlighting it separately. You domain can be either:

http://www.mydomain.com

or

http://mydomain.com

If someone enters either address in their web browser they will make it to your home page. However, having two versions can dilute your popularity with search engines. It may also dilute the power of your backlinks if some are pointing at one version and some at another. To solve this problem you need to do two things:

1. On the WordPress General Settings page, make your WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL) the same, both either with or without the www.

2. Tell Google your Preferred Domain. You do this by creating a Google Webmaster Tools account.

Log in, click Add a site, then Continue. You will have to verify that you are the owner of the website. This is immediate if you already have Google Analytics tracking code installed on your site. You need to add and verify both versions of your website (www and non-www). Next, click on the version you want as your preferred domain, then from the menu on the right choose Site Configuration >> Settings. Under Preferred domain, check the version you want and click Save.

5. Learn How to Use WordPress Tags and Categories Properly

Again this is part of SEO, but is important to know from the very outset. This page explains it pretty well, How to Use Tags for WordPress SEO

6. Add an RSS Feed to Your WordPress Blog

Here’s an easy to follow step by step guide to adding a feed using Feedburner. Feedburner is owned by Google, so apparently you would be crazy to use anything else.

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OK that’s it so far. I will be adding more as I discover it.

But please, please tell me what I am missing. I’m a WordPress newbie, I’m only just getting started.

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Day 16 – Why Is There a Delay When I Update My WordPress Blog?

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Here’s one problem I found a simple solution to:

Problem

You make changes to your website in WordPress admin. You flick over to the website to see how it looks, but the changes haven’t taken effect. Sometimes you have to wait hours before your site updates. Very frustrating if you are just starting to build your website and are making lots of changes.

Solution

In WordPress Admin, go to:

WP Super Cache>>Settings>>Advanced

Tick the box that reads “Don’t cache pages for known users.”

Wordpress blog won't update

No delays! Your website will update immediately.

 

Problem solved.

I have learned a lot about WordPress in the last couple of days, but I still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m wandering from setting to setting in Admin, changing things willy nilly without any real plan. I would love a more structured approach, but I cannot find one to follow.

Maybe I will try and create a step by step guide on how to set up a WordPress blog.

To get the ball rolling, my next post is going to be a summary of everything I have learned about WordPress so far.

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Day 15 – 3 Vital WordPress Tips Every Beginner Should Know

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Please excuse me in advance, my brain is a bit muddled after the day I’ve had. You know those days where you tackle what you think is a simple task, but it turns out to be a frustrating pain in the a** that takes up your whole morning.

I had one of those mornings. But the afternoon made up for it. The real reason my brain is about to melt is the amount of new knowledge it is attempting to take on board.

I won’t bore you with my frustrating morning. Suffice to say, it shouldn’t take 2 hours to add a new email account to your email software!

OK let’s get practical. Here are 3 vital WordPress tips every beginner should know.

1. Change WordPress Permalinks

WordPress gives you a number of options for how your website’s urls will be created. The default option in WordPress is this:

http://www.mywebsite.com/?p=123

In other words every post you publish or page you add will be identified by a bunch of meaningless code: /?p=123

It is well known that one of the most important factors in SEO is the keywords being in the url. Why does WordPress use this format by default? Who knows. The important thing is to change it before you make any posts. This should be the first setting you change after you install WordPress.

In WordPress Admin, go to Settings >> Permalinks and select one of the settings that contain “/sample-post/”

Change WordPress Permalinks

Change WordPress Permalinks for better SEO

Now your urls will by default contain the title of each post, though you still have the option of editing the link text prior to publishing each post.

[I should point out that in my StudioPress theme, the Permalink settings were set to a more SEO friendly format, but I still had to change them. See below.]

2. Take the Dates Out of Your Posts

By default WordPress appends a date to every post you make. These dates are clearly visible to anyone on your website. For most people this is not desirable. Here’s why:

- Unless your content is time sensitive, your website content is going to appear dated for no good reason.
- Everyone wants the latest information available. It’s human nature. If visitors to your website see content that is “old” they will immediately start to question its validity, even if your topic is timeless.
- With no dates your content does become timeless and you can get value out of it for years to come. You can even go back and update old posts to make sure the content is still fresh and relevant.

Here’s how to take the dates out of your WordPress posts:

Go to Settings >> General.

- Under Date Format, select Custom and delete the contents of the box
- Under Time Format, select Custom and delete the contents of the box

Change WordPress Date Settings

Don't let your site look dated!

This will remove the date and time from your posts, however you need to check one more thing. Some of the Permalink options (see image above) contain the date. There’s not much point in taking the date out of the post if it still appears in the page url.

To exclude the date from your urls you must create a Custom Permalink. The most straightforward one is that used by me in the image above. This, arguably, is also the best format for SEO:

http://www.mywebsite.com/%postname%/

In the Custom box input:

/%postname%/

Or

/%postname%

If you don’t want the trailing /.

Congratulations! You have now eliminated time from your website.

3. Use Gravatar to Create Your Profile

One of the tasks I set myself today was to add a profile picture and bio info to the website. Yes, the very one you see there to the right. The WordPress theme I’m using is a paid one from StudioPress, the Copyblogger people. They pull your profile picture from Gravatar, which means you have to set up a Gravatar account before you can activate the profile on your site. This sounds unnecessarily complicated, but it’s actually a great idea.

It means the profile picture on your website will be the same one that appears whenever you make a comment on someone’s blog. The profile picture and bio is site specific – it is linked to an email address – so you can have different profiles for different websites. Very handy.

If someone clicks on your picture on another blog they will see the profile you created with a link back to your site. You can use the Gravatar bio on your own website or input alternative info under Users / Your Profile.

What else did I do today?

- I added a navigation menu
- I added some widgets so recent posts and post categories are listed in the sidebar
- I added a site Search box
- I changed the background color (but quickly changed it back again).

No wonder my brain is fried!

Tomorrow, why is there a delay when I update my WordPress site? Annoying problem with a simple solution.

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Day 14 – My First Blog Post!

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Guess what? We’re already two weeks into my path to making money online. If you’re just joining me, here’s a quick recap.

The first thing you should know is that I haven’t made any money yet.

But here’s what I have done.

Two weeks ago I decided I was going to get serious about Making Money Online. I started my internet marketing training over at Chris Farrell Membership. I found a profitable niche, bought a domain name and learned how to create a website. I was about to start building my first website when I realized I had been living a lie. I had been keeping this diary offline in MS Word. Kind of pointless, right? I decided to set up a WordPress blog and get it online as quickly as possible. I bought the domain for this blog and installed WordPress. I bought a WordPress theme from StudioPress, because I wanted to get started as quickly as possible.

Today I’m ready to install my theme and finally get my ass online. So now you are up to date.

I log into WordPress admin and install StudioPress Genesis and then the Prose Theme. It’s all very easy and fast.

I set up my profile and then work my way through the various settings trying to figure out what everything does. It is obvious what some are about, but for most settings the best policy seems to be if you do not understand, do not touch. In fact that’s what it says on some of the Genesis settings:  “If you do not know what this means, leave it on”. Very helpful.

OK, well, I guess there’s nothing for it but to get my first post online and wait for all hell to break loose.

OK this is kind of weird. It’s blog time travel.

Today on Day 14, I am publishing my first blog post, Day 1 – I Want To Make Money Online.

Don’t worry, I plan to catch up with myself real soon.

What amazes me is how easy it is. WordPress really does make getting online possible for anyone. Of course, the wonders of blog time travel meant I already had the post written. So all I had to do was click on Add New Post, paste in the text from Word (there’s even a paste from Word button), do one last read-edit, pick a post title, write the meta description, input relevant keywords and hit Publish.

Wallah! I flick over to my homepage and there it is, my first blog post, I Want To Make Money Online!

What an opening declaration to the world! It’s a little selfish, isn’t it? But hey, at least it is honest.

I look my new website over and realize there’s a lot of blank space around my post. In fact, besides my post there is nothing else. No menus, no info about me, no nothing. There’s a text box to the right of my post telling me I can add Widgets here. I have no idea what Widgets are.

Hell, the tagline under my blog name says “Just another WordPress site” That’s got to change.

It feels good to be finally online, but I feel a little nervous and exposed. It’s like waking up all alone, naked in the desert. I need to find some clothes and make myself respectable before I head into the nearest town in search of other people.

Tomorrow I need to get a handle on some WordPress basics. How do I make my website look more like a website? What settings do I need to worry about? How do I add Google Analytics tracking code? What plugins do I need?

Tomorrow, 3 vital WordPress tips every beginner should know.

 

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Day 13 – Do You Believe in Self-Fulfilling Prophecies?

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Yesterday after doing some research and reading lots of reviews I decided to purchase a StudioPress theme for this blog. I decided on their Prose theme because it was plain and seemed suitable for a diary.

But before purchasing the WordPress theme I had a more immediate chore. I had to find and purchase a domain for this blog and add it to my hostgator account.

After an hour at Godaddy I finally settled on mypathtomakingmoneyonline.com. It’s a too long I know and it’s just a tad presumptuous given that so far I haven’t made a cent online.

But hey, I’m determined.

And I’m a firm believer in self-fulfilling prophecies

Myattempttomakemoneyonline.com would have been more honest, but I would have been sorely tempting the self-fulfilling prophecy gods.

Just for laughs, here are the other domains I considered – all were available (surprise surprise!):

secondincomequest.com
secondincomediary.com
searchforsecondincome.com
questforsecondincome.com
thisishowididit.com
myroutetoriches.com
myroutetoonlinesuccess.com
mypathtoonlinesuccess.com
mypathtoonlineincome.com
mypathtoonlinesuccess.com
mypathtoonlinemoney.com
pathtoonlinemoney.com
pathtosecondincome.com
pathtomakingmoneyonline.com
easymoneymyass.com
youandyourlaptop.com

easymoneymyass.com. Love that one.

I bought the domain and headed over to Hostgator to add it to my hosting account. But for some reason I can’t log in to Hostgator Control Panel. The link they sent me in the confirmation email doesn’t work.

I submit a ticket and wait for a response.

Less than 2 hours later I get an email with a new login url. There’s no explanation of what the problem was, but they have fixed it, so no complaints really.

I go to add my new blog domain to Hostgator, but the instructions are not very clear. A quick search in the forum pulls up detailed instructions. It’s straight forward once you know how. Why don’t they explain what the required fields on the add domain form mean? They expect people to just know.

After changing the nameservers at GoDaddy, I pop back to Hostagor and install WordPress on my new blog domain. Installation is very easy and fast.

During installation a message appears saying a new WordPress password would be emailed to me “if necessary”. I don’t receive any email. I have no idea what my WordPress login is. Tried my Hostgator login. No good. Very frustrating.

I email support again explaining my problem. 3 hours later they get back saying they have reset my WordPress password. Again, no explanation of what I did wrong. An explanation would be nice so I could avoid making the same mistake again. At least they are fast.

I later found out that the login info was sent to the email address I set up when I added the new domain to Hostgator.  I should have added that email account to Outlook or Thunderbird as soon as I set it up.  It seems obvious now, but at the time I could have done with someone telling me!

It’s these simple things that make life difficult for beginners. Hours can be lost trying to figure things out or waiting for a response from Support. Once you do something once, it becomes totally obvious, and you almost forget that there was a time when you didn’t know. Maybe that is why everyone forgets to explain these things to the beginners who don’t know.

I suspect this is why Chris Farrell is so successful. He somehow hasn’t forgotten what it is like to be an internet marketing beginner.

Me? I’m looking forward to forgetting!

Tomorrow, the big day finally arrives – my first blog post!

 

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I believe in Transparency:  The links to Chris Farrell Membership on this page are affiliate links. I changed them from regular to affiliate links 3 weeks after joining. Based on my experience so far I am happy to recommend his membership site for internet marketing beginners. See other posts about my experiences inside Chris Farrell Membership.

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Day 12 – Can You Learn WordPress In A Day?

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This much I know.

I want to keep an online diary to document my path to internet marketing success. I have had zero success so far, I’m only just getting started, but I am going to assume that this journey ends in success. Think positive, right?

What is an online diary better known as? A blog.

What is the best known and easiest to use blogging platform? WordPress.

I know virtually nothing about WordPress. The question is..

Can you learn WordPress in a day?

I log in to Chris Farrell Membership to see what training he has on WordPress. There are 6 videos available in the forum. They are not presented by Chris, but by one of his staff, Jeff the Web Guy.

This turns out to be a problem, because the videos are not very good. In 6 videos he gives a great overview of WordPress, but never gets in to the nitty gritty of how to set up a WordPress blog. Video 6 promised more training but it never arrived. That was back in 2009. There have been no new videos since, even though lots of people have asked for them.

In response to numerous requests, Jeff the Web Guy explained that he and Chris had discussed at length how to provide WordPress training, but decided that it would impossible to cover everything related to WordPress in a video series. There are just too many options within WordPress. What might apply to one theme would be irrelevant to another, etc.

This makes some sense, but there should be an introductory course at least. This is my first black mark against Chris Farrell Membership. For small niche websites, WordPress is the easiest and quickest way to get your website online.

I should add that I have since discovered a separate WordPress section in the forum at Chris Farrell Membership that is basically WordPress support for members. Ask any question related to WordPress and you will receive a super-fast answer from one of Chris’ in-house experts. This is a great service and is completely free once you are a member. I guess they decided a WordPress support forum would be the next best thing to formal training.

But I didn’t have the time to go asking lots of questions in the forum. And to be honest I didn’t know what questions I should be asking. Instead what I really wanted was a turnkey WordPress solution with instructions and plenty of hand holding to get me started.

After some research I settled on purchasing a Studiopress theme from Copyblogger Media. Their themes are built on their Genesis Framework which has SEO and lots of other functionality as standard. I don’t understand most of what their Genesis Framework does at this point, but I’ve been following Copyblogger for years. I trust these guys.

I know for many people, paying $84.95 for a WordPress theme will seem ludicrous when there are so many available for free. But for me the cost was only one factor. I wanted to be confident the theme I was using was built to the best specifications and had all the most important functionality already included so I didn’t have to spend time researching best practices. I also wanted technical support so I had somewhere to go when I had questions. For me that was worth $84.95.

So alas it appears that you cannot learn WordPress in a day. But you can take some shortcuts so you don’t have to learn everything in order to get started. That’s what StudioPress did for me.

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Transparent Internet Marketing:  The links to Chris Farrell Membership on this page are affiliate links. I changed them from regular to affiliate links 3 weeks after joining. Based on my experience so far I am happy to recommend his membership site for internet marketing beginners. See other posts about my experiences inside Chris Farrell Membership. The StudioPress links are not affiliate links, I don’t know enough about it yet to recommend it.

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Day 11 – It’s Time To Stop The Deception And Tell The Truth

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Yesterday, I completed Chris Farrell’s video course, Create Your First Website by 3.45 This Afternoon. I was very impressed. Today, I am back following his 21 Days to Success videos. I race through Day 5, 6 and 7. Much of it is a repeat of what I learned in the create your own website course.

I am anxious to move forward, learn something new. Day 8 is about monetizing your website. I’m looking forward to that!

But I have a problem.

I haven’t been completely honest with you.

OK, here’s the problem.

So far I have been maintaining this blog offline in MS Word. Why? Because when I started I did not know how to set up a blog! Now I realise this is pretty stupid, I should be publishing in real time.

So what to do? You are reading this online, but on the actual Day 11 of my path to making money online none of this blog was online.

Confused?

Don’t be, it is just a minor crack in the blog-time continuum. It’s my problem, but it needs to be sorted out all the same. I want to get to where I am publishing in real time, otherwise I feel like I’m constantly trying to catch up with myself. It’s not a pleasant feeling!

So here’s what I propose.

I’m going to take some days “off” to figure out how to get this blog online. These days will still count of course. It is all part of my internet marketing education and it is part of my path to making money online. But instead of publishing a post for every day I am going to combine some days together and summarize what I’ve been up to. Or maybe post a few times each day.

So through the miracle of blog time travel, in just a few days from now, I will be all caught up.

What other secrets have I been keeping from you?

None, I promise.

Tomorrow, I will see if it is possible to learn WordPress in a day.

 

Transparent Internet Marketing:  The links to Chris Farrell Membership on this page are affiliate links. I changed them from regular to affiliate links 3 weeks after joining. Based on my experience so far I am happy to recommend his membership site for internet marketing beginners. See other posts about my experiences inside Chris Farrell Membership

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Day 10 – Create Your First Website by 3.45 This Afternoon

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Yesterday, I got annoyed because every time I try to proceed to the next day of Chris Farrell’s 21 Days to Success video course, I find out that there’s some new skill I need to acquire first. Yesterday, I found out that in order to learn how to create my first website I first needed to learn how to use KompoZer, the free html editor.

In retrospect, this makes complete sense of course. And the good thing is Chris has another video course inside his membership site that teaches exactly what I need to know.

And so one lazy Sunday afternoon I whiz through Chris Farrell’s entire how to create a website course. He calls it Create Your First Website by 3.45 This Afternoon.

It took me until almost 6pm. By it is true, by 6pm I have published my first website! The amazing thing is that none of it is hard. Chris’ step by step slowly, slowly approach is a little annoying at times, but it works. I can’t believe that in the space of 24 hours I have set up hosting, learned the basics of building a website and actually put a page online.

Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t have a functioning website yet. I have a one page place holder for my new site. But in the process of getting that one page up I have learned an awful lot.

Here’s what Chris covers in the course:

- How websites work, common terms explained
- Choosing and purchasing a domain name
- Setting up your hosting account
- Using a html editor, formatting your webpage, adding links
- Uploading and editing images
- Organizing your website files
- Publishing your website
- Using an autoresponder
- Using website templates

Whew!

I have to say I was very impressed with this course. It is a great introduction to how websites work and how to create and edit websites. You won’t have a professional looking website at the end of it, but you will have a very good understanding of how websites work and how to edit them. In my opinion this is vital knowledge for any internet marketing beginner to have.

One piece of advice. Work along with the videos, create your own page and publish it as Chris does it. The best way to learn something is to do it.

This course is available free inside Chris Farrell Membership. He also sells it separately for $67. Don’t spend $67 whatever you do. Instead sign up for a week-long trial for $4.95 and get access to much more than just this course.

Here is my first webpage. Ahh, isn’t it cute?

 

Transparent Internet Marketing:  The links to Chris Farrell Membership on this page are affiliate links. I changed them from regular links to affiliate links 3 weeks after joining. Based on my experience so far I am happy to recommend his membership site for internet marketing beginners. See other posts about my experiences inside Chris Farrell Membership.

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