Do you enjoy writing online content?  Do you want to bring more visitors to your Website or Blog?  Then this video series is for you! 

Here is another great Online Video Learning Series from TheTeachingBox.  These 6 videos will increase your knowledge of writing online content.   

These videos are all in flash video format and will open up in a new browser window.  The author talks about making money online, but the methods for marketing and getting traffic to your are very good.

I you want to learn more about writing articles and publishing them online these 6 videos are worth your time to watch.  Let me know what you think!

If you are interested in your own Copy head over to EbookPackageDeals.com.

On to the videos!

	Video 1: Getting Started – What is Article Marketing In this video, you'll learn just that and how Article Marketing can boost your Search Engine Rank and save you time in the long run. Article Marketing is such a great way to get exposure for your product, Website or Blog!
	Video 2: What tools you need to get started with Article Marketing Before you get started, you will need to know what topic you will be writing on as well as where and how you will find the content for the articles. You may be one of those people who suffer from a case of "writer's block" and it may keep you from getting started. That won't be a problem anymore because you'll learn some tips that will allow you to get past this by using private label articles and where to find them.
	Video 3: How to rewrite PLR (private label rights) articles. PLR Articles give you a foundation to get over the "writer's block". Finding private label articles isn't hard, however taking the usual factual, dull articles and adding spice to them is more of a challenge. You see there is a trick to re-writing PLR articles correctly, because while you want to re-use these articles, you will want to write them in a way that it reflects you as the writer as well…but don't worry, you'll learn more about that in the video.
	Video 4: Finding Profitable Affiliate Programs to promote By now, you've come to realize that a good article can be used as a effective pre-selling tool. You'll want to use the article to gain the trust of the reader. If you can find profitable affiliate programs to promote that deal with the topic of the article, then you can increase the conversion rates of the reader and get them to buy the product. In this video, you'll learn a several step process to doing just that, along with a few tricks and shortcuts that can keep you ahead of your competition.
	Video 5: Creating a Resource Box After reading the article, the reader will want more! You've gained their trust by giving them something valuable that will solve their problems. But now they will want to know about you, the writer. Creating a resource box that is short and sweet will allow you to build your credibility as well as drive traffic to your site, your free report, free video, and more. This is where you get the one way back links or traffic to your website.
	Video 6: Marketing Your Articles While a lot of your time should be spent on the marketing end, it doesn't need to be a time consuming project. Submitting your articles to article directories can be very time consuming and there are many sites out there that take articles so you'll want to choose the ones that are most effective. We'll talk about Article Marketer, EzineArticles, ArticleDashboard, and much more. You will find that some sites allow you to have direct links to affiliates products, but there are some that don't' allow this. Knowing all of this beforehand will allow you to be equipped with the knowledge you need to choose the right ones.

Due to popular demand I have re-posted this article.  Note the new download location.

If you run a website or blog you need to have a basic understanding of PHP and SQL.  This free ebook is required reading for you.

No I don't think you need to be a programmer writing applications.  You just need general information about how PHP works and the syntax of the language.  This information is extremely important if you run Wordpress as your platform, as wordpress is a PHP based platform.

The author doesn't really HATE PHP as you will quickly find out as you read through this book.  I would consider it on par with the Dummies Guide on PHP and SQL.

I ran across this ebook a while back and want to share it with others.  I am starting my ebook and software store back up at EbookPackageDeals.

I am keeping track of the number of downloads through my eStore Application at the site so just follow the link and register as a user, add the book to your cart and follow the checkout to the end.  Then you will be presented with a download link.  (you must give a legit email address, this keeps down the spam and leechers)  This ebook is in .pdf format and is about 50 pages in length.  Let me know what you think about this book!  If you have any difficulties, just send me an email and I can get the book to you another way.  Give it a read and let me know what you think!

Another educational offering by TheTeachingBox.com

-Loren  

Download the file HERE or click on the Graphic above.

What is Social Networking?  Here is a great video Clip that gives an overview on Social Networking.  This tutorial will help you understand how to use it to your advantage on your website or blog. 

Facebook and MySpace are the best examples.  Learn more about this HOT internet topic.

• Learn what social networking is all about
• And how you can use it to boost your traffic and make money

As with my other offerings, these videos are flash based and the links will open in a new window.

Let me know what you think about this video Series!

-Loren

I am starting a new video tutorial series.  It is called Web Traffic Secrets.  In this series you will learn techniques that will help you increase the number of visitors to your website or Blog.

As with my other offerings, these videos are flash based and the links will open in a new window.

Video 1 – What Is Web 2.0?
Time: 6m 13s

• Learn what Web 2.0 traffic techniques are
• And understand how they are good for your business and can massively boost your traffic almost instantly

• Learn exactly what you need to do to make Web 2.0 traffic techniques work for you
• Know what people who use Web 2.0 sites are looking for and how you can give it to them

I hope you enjoy these first two installments as much as I did.  Let me know what you think!

-Loren

Here is an excellent article that gives a Checklist of items you should use when you set up a new website.  I agree with the author.  Even if you have an "old" website these items are essential.  Credit to the Author is at the bottom of the article.

A great read.  Enjoy!

-Loren

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Stop! Before you push your fledgling site from the nest, here are 8 simple steps to ensure a successful launch.

In fact even if your web site is already live, there is no harm in going thru the checklist.

Marketing Value for You – Value for Your Web Clients

The 8 Point Pre Flight Checklist can easily be turned into a spreadsheet based checklist and applied to all your new sites. Then after all checks are complete, you can mail the checklist to your new site owner(s). This small marketing effort will demonstrate to your new customers that you are serious about giving them value for the money that they just spent on their new site.

The 8 Point Pre Flight Checklist

1. Page Title (the very first line in your browser)

From a SEO (Search Engine Optimization) point of view, this is the most important piece of text on any web page. Check each page and make sure that:

Remember that the first 60 odd characters of your title text is what really counts. Remove all unnecessary stop words like and, the, a etc.

Important:  as part of your title check, it is also a good idea to check that each page’s keywords and description text are loaded.

2. Cross Browser Testing

It is surprising how often a user will point out to you that one of your sites does not work properly in such and such a browser. I once had a client with a site that did not work at all in Firefox. He took a year before giving us the go-ahead to fix it, because he was not too concerned about Firefox (lol!).

There are two ways to do cross browser testing.

i)  You can use a cross browser test system (various are available) – we use crossbrowsertesting.com

ii)  You can do the task manually after loading the various browsers onto your PC.

At very least check your site in Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox and Chrome. Go thru all links and check all pages work as advertised. Don’t forget to check any pages that have forms with validation.

(If you have the time check multiple versions of the browsers – like IE 7 and IE

3. Check Links

It is best to make use of an automated link checker tool, such as the free W3C Link Checker too. The tool can be found at http://validator.w3.org/checklink. After pointing it at your site (you can usually ignore the options), it will detect and check all links and then return with a report of all broken or redirected links.

You can also of course, as part of the above (Cross Browser test) – manually click on each and every link on the site to make sure that they open properly.

4. Check Forms Work

Check all contact forms actually work. This means that the validation works and that the requisite emails get fired off and arrive in the correct mailboxes. Most forms send a copy of the input to the site owner/webmaster/support person and also a thank you to the person who filled in the form.

Make sure that this process works. There WILL be a war with your client if contact mails are not firing as they should be.

5. Proofread All Content

Try and re-read all text content on the site. Check for misspellings and syntax errors.

(If you are the site owner, now is a good time to make sure all the words make sense and do try to cut out any text that looks superfluous. Less is always more with text)

6. Sitemap

The site should be using an automated site map creation script. Although it is possible to do this manually, this is not advisable. Manual site maps quickly become a high maintenance and are prone to unnecessary errors.

Check that the sitemap works.  Look to see that all your pages appear in the automated XML output.

7. Analytics Code

Make sure that any code required for the analysis of web stats is loaded on every page. Also make sure that the stats are actually being collected by checking to see if your testing gets recorded.

Google Analytics is a good system to use. It is low cost (free!) and produces brilliant results. Irrespective of your choice of analysis system – make sure it is working and recording stats.

8. Favicon

The site icon is an important part of the visual branding of your site. (It is often found as favicon.ico in the root folder of a site) Check to see if it is showing. This is a small but important part of a site’s branding, which also appears as part of the site bookmark in most browsers.

Suggested Options

1)  Add the site to Google Webmaster Tools (also Bing), there are many tools that deliver great value that are included in the tools.

2) List the site in various important directories. Especially Google and Yahoo and any popular local directories.