What Free Training Would You Like?
By · CommentsToday I had my first in a series of free training webinars for prospective new students of the Website Creation Workshop. (and it was a pleasure to see my alumni on the call as well)
We talked about getting a Gravatar.com account and about using WordPress as your own social media platiform.
So, I want to give you more free trainings, but I want to know:
What do you want me to teach you?
What do you need to know before you sign up for my 8 module Website Creation Workshop?
How can I help you get ready to build your website with me?
Enter your requests below in the comments, and I’ll pick which ones are most appropriate to everyone
Should You Build Your Website Yourself?
By · CommentsThese days, pretty much everyone needs a website. Whether you are an online store, a service based consultant, or any professional person: you need a website.
But the question is: Should You Build it Yourself, Or Should You Outsource it to a Webmaster?
Now I recommend using WordPress as the software that runs your website. It works if you are doing a blog, or a regular website. It’s easy to access from any computer, and the search engines love it!
So here are the steps to building a website that you need to get your site online:
- Installing the WordPress software on Your own Web Hosting
- Selecting a Design and Layout for your Website
- Adding Your Initial Content (your web pages) to Your Website
- Updating Your Website with Fresh Content (more web pages)
- Maintaining Your Website with software updates
I recommend that you learn to do these things yourself, so that you have total control of your business and website and so that you are not at the mercy of anyone else. However, the most important part of running your website yourself is adding your content to your site and updating your website with fresh content.
1) If you have the right hosting company I use www.BlueHostNow.com (my affiliate link) as my hosting company. I love them. They are very helpful, and I can get a WordPress website installed in 5 minutes.
2) The web designs I use for my WordPress websites come from www.iThemes.com (my affiliate link) and my favorite “Theme” is the Flexx Theme. You can find that at www.FlexxQueen.com (my affiliate link). That is the theme I use for this blog, and for my Christina’s Resources website: www.ChristinasResources.com
3) Adding your content, is just something you need to cut and paste into your WordPress website. That is the creative part of building your site. Use your intuition and common sense (plus a little bit of keyword research), when building your webpages. Does it look good to you? Does your pages make sense?
4) To update your site with fresh content, just means to add more pages and blog posts. Easy enough.
5) Updating your WordPress software consists of clicking a few buttons each time there is an update. (we do this together in my classes)
So if you are interested in taking control of your online business, I can help you in my Website Creation Workshop! It’s an 8 module online course where I take you through the process of building your website yourself (without the need for a webmaster). It’s an interactive class, and we have a lot of fun in it. Just take a look at some of the testimonials and example case study websites from my students)
The next Website Creation Workshop will begin in March! Watch your email for updates. (if you are not on the email list, you can sign up in the yellow box on the right sidebar)
Goals for Your Website
By · CommentsMany people are setting goals for themselves for the New Year. But I ask you, “What are the goals for your website?”
To have a successful website, you want the site to achieve it’s goals:
- Is the goal to sell a product?
- Is the goal to give out information as in a ‘brochure site’ ?
- Is the goal to get opt-in signups, i.e. email subscribers?
- Is the goal for the visitor to call your company?
- Is the goal to be a private members area?
The reason why I like using WordPress as a platiform to build a site is because WordPress makes it easy to achieve ANY kind of website you want. And you, or your assistants, can do this from ANY computer!
So the sooner you can clarify in your mind the goals of your site, the sooner you can achieve those goals.
Your Facebook Pages
By · CommentsToday I want to talk about a technique called ‘Forwarding URLs’. If you have a Facebook Fan page, you are going to want to create a ‘Forwarding URL’ for that. What is a ‘Forwarding URL’ you ask? Well it’s a domain name that you purchase, that forwards to another domain. It’s the easy way to tell people about your websites!
My Facebook Page Photo
I have a forwarding URL for my Fan Page on Facebook. If you go to http://www.ChristinaHillsOnFacebook.com you will then be redirected to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christina-Hills/67923647824 which is my Facebook Fan Page.
I have many other forwarding URLs in my biz. I use them on teleseminars and webinars because it’s much easier to say a simple URL on a teleseminar, than give a long URL with lots of slashes and numbers.
Here is how you do it:
- Go to Godaddy or BlueHostNow.com (my link for Blue Host) any other domain registrar, and buy a domain name
as in http://www.ChristinaHillsOnFacebook.com
- Inside your registrar account find where to set up domain forwarding (you can usually call on the phone and have Godaddy or BlueHost walk you through it)
- Forward your domain to the page you want people to go to. as in http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christina-Hills/67923647824
- Now just tell people about your new domain http://www.ChristinaHillsOnFacebook.com !
Oh and while you are there, Click the link to become a fan!
Twitter vs. Facebook
By · CommentsAre you a Twitter person or a FaceBook Person (or neither) ? I’m taking a poll of my readers to see which camp you fall into. Twitter and Facebook are the two largest social media platforms. Some people LOVE Twitter, and some HATE it. Same goes with Facebook. Using Social Media is a great way to connect with your audience and friends. And it’s a great way to drive traffic to your WordPress Website.
So the Question is Which do personally YOU Prefer?
Which is more FUN for you!
(not which works best for your business)
So what are you?
 Are you a Twitter person? |
 Are you a Facebook person? |
(or neither!)
Please take this short poll:
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And…
if you’d like to connect with me on Twitter or Facebook with me, just follow these 2 links
http://www.Twitter.com/christinahills
http://www.ChristinaHillsonFacebook.com
See my Page on Facebook Below
I’ll give my opinions after I get some poll results…
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