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WordPress Magic and How it Can Supercharge Your Whole Web Presence

In this show, Corrinda Campbell of Get it Done Marketing and B. Hopkins covered the benefits of how using WordPress can fill the needs of most small business owners, and also some things to watch out for when creating your blog.

Catch the answers to these following questions!

Question 1: What is WordPress?
Question 2: Isn’t WordPress just for blogging?
Question 3: Why is WordPress a good solution for a small business owner?
Question 4: What are the benefits of having a blog page integrated with my website?
Question 5: How does my blog relate to what I do with social media and my web presence?
Question 6: What’s the best way to get started with WordPress, (.com v. .org)?
Question 7: What do I need to host my own WordPress website/blog?
Question 8: How do I add a blog to my existing website?
Question 9: There’s a new up date coming soon WordPress 2.9 what can we expect?
Question 10: Where can I get help with my WordPress website/blog
Question 11: How do I create a login?

Get it done marketing – http://getitdonemarketing.com
Internet Business Strategies – http://psiphonconsulting.com

Also B. mentioned the Facebook class w/ Grandma Mary and Andrea Vahl.  More details at this: Facebook Class – Now Repeated for a new date!

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By |January 23rd, 2010|Radio Shows|0 Comments
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How to Start a Blog for a Life Success Coaching Business

The importance of a blog is that it provides many benefits to the owner of the blog, especially in the areas of branding, SEO, displaying their knowledge, and a means of connecting with their target market.  A blog is an important tool for many businesses, however it is especially useful for those in the coaching business.

For those in the life success coaching business, blogging is one tool that can really let you connect with your target market.  You can use your blog to discuss different life coaching topics and share with your readers how you would either coach someone through different life situations, or how you yourself would handle different life situations.  The later one is the more powerful as you are showing your reader that you are practicing what you preach.

So how does a life coach start a blog?  Here are the steps for both not having a website, and having one.

1)  Not having a website.

If you don’t have a website and don’t desire to get one, you can still start a blog for your business, and get leads for your business as well.

Here are the steps:

  • Decide on one of the online social blogging sites that allow you to register a blog.  There are free and paid sites.  For your purposes, a free blogging service will be more than adequate.  Some of the free blogging services out there are:
  • Once you have decided, choose name for your blog that is keyword focused (I.E. Denver Success Coach).  Begin blogging about different training topics related to Life Success Coaching.  Blog regularly (in the beginning, at least once a week), and you will begin to build up […]
By |December 21st, 2009|Website Development|2 Comments
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How to Monetize Your Expertise

In this radio show, I discuss how you can take your expertise and use it to create residual revenue streams for yourself.  Your expertise is an asset and it is a valuable asset that you can use to generate information products and services that can continue to pay you day after day without you having to trade your time.

Listen into this show and you can discover the answers to the following questions:

What is your expertise?
Why is it important to look at this model of monetizing your expertise
How do you know if you can create an information product out of it?
What kinds of ways can you monetize your expertise
How do you publicize (market) your expertise?
What Kinds of expertise can you market?

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By |December 21st, 2009|Radio Shows|0 Comments
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Web Business Training – 7 Roles Your Website Can Fulfill In Your Business

Websites have now become a necessary expense for a business if they want to give themselves credibility.  What most business owners miss out on however is that they don’t really know just what their web site can do for them because they usually have one because everyone else has one.  If the goal is to just keep up with the Jones’, then as a business owner, you are potentially leaving money on the table because you are not making the best use of your web presence.  To make the best use of your web presence, you will want to understand the 7 roles your web site can have in your business.
1)    Sales – Your website can be your automated sales person.  It can perform the e-commerce duties of collecting payments, depositing the money into your bank account and automated customer follow-up.
2)    Marketing – Your web presence can keep your business in front of your target market and it can also keep your business message fresh in the minds of your target audience as well.  It can also keep your target market abreast of the new products and services you are offering.
3)    Branding – You can use your web presence to display your expertise of your particular niche.  This is where you can set yourself apart from the competition.  Your target audience will begin to get an idea of what it would be like to do business with you.
4)    Market Research – You can get valuable market data from your target audience if you encourage your visitors to give you feedback. Ask them questions about your service, what new kinds of products or services they would like to see, and other specific questions relating to […]

By |August 17th, 2009|Internet Business|0 Comments
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