I had to post these sites for all my students and those who wish to be socially responsible with their spending.  Especially us powerful internet marketers!

xoxZ

Greetings,

Please see the ad below and visit our websites www.siteprint.biz and www.projecteat.org for more information on how you can support Organic farmers in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica and SUPPORT a grassroots organization with your business!  Your Coupon Code is on the bottom and will save you additionally for all services.

Thanks

Imara
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www.myspace.com/indigoseed
www.ecovillagelife.wordpress.com

Now that you have the inspiration, the studio/apartment (hosting), the studio’s address (domain name), now you need the tools to create your masterpiece (wordpress installation).

A Video, Folks! See Lil’ Zhen-zhen in Thrilling Mouse-Gripping Action!

Ok, I know I said this class was going to be super duper easy, and it is. Still, you might need some handholding for this lesson. So I made a video to show you how to install WordPress in a 3ix.com hosting account.

Watch it and learn. It’s less than 10 minutes short. If you still need extra help getting WordPress installed and properly set up (say if you have another host that looks different), I am happy to offer individual assistance in exchange for something of value (cash or trade - massage, dance, wax, childcare, etc )

Video # 4 - Install WordPress - Move Into Your Apartment Already! - 9:12 - 6.6 MB

Hola

I conducted a private tutoring session with Laurel of www.ConsciousMamas.com (previously http://wordpress.consciousmama.com ) today. I will make a separate post to include you all in the great progress that was made.

I hope Laurel learned something in working with me, and I thank her for her time as well because I learned something about some of you…in working with the videos.

She expressed feeling a mite intimidated about watching and working with the videos. She also did not know what to expect. So let me just clue all of you in that may be afraid to even open the videos and see what they are all about. (more…)

Now  that  you’ve:

1. Picked a topic
2. Purchased a domain name from a registrar (your apartment’s address)
3. Purchased a hosting account (rented an apartment  for your blog)

You next need to tell your registrar to attach your domain name to the actual physical location of your hosting account.  You will:

1. Make note of your hosting account’s DNS Nameservers (found  in the Welcome Email from your  hosting account)
2. Log in to your Godaddy.com (or your registrar) account
3. Navigate to the Manage Your Domains area of the site
4. Change from Godaddy’s default Nameservers to Your Hosting Account’s
5.  Save

Don’t worry!  I have 2 videos to walk you through the process…

Video # 2 - Buying Hosting with 3ix - 5:14 minutes - 7.3 MB

Video # 3 - Point Your Domain Name to Your Hosting Account -  5:36 minutes - 6.2 MB

I know these lessons are coming at you fast, don’t  worry I think most  of you are at  this point, and if not, well, the videos will be here  for you to watch when you are ready to.

Merci beaucoup for your support, y’all!

Aloha,

Everyone still there?  I’m about  2 weeks overdue on the last lesson, but take heart! because I’ve got  the next 4 lessons  all ready to go now.  Major progress is about  to be had by all.  Yeehaw.

I got  a new piece of software that  allows me to record my computer screen as I  click around and do things and my voice  narrating what it is exactly I’m doing.   I think it  is an excellent way to provide you with  instruction, especially as we get into the more technical aspects of getting your blog set up and then actually blogging.

And be sure  to let  me know what  you think so I can  continually improve.  These first  videos are definitely a tad bit “Raw”.  Also, if you still find yourself confused after watching the videos, please submit your questions here and I’ll try to  answer, if  that doesn’t work, you can always hire Divina Commedia to install WordPress for you.  Just contact me if  this becomes an issue  for you.

This Video is a review of the previous 3 blogging lessons as well  as an overview of buying a domain name from Godaddy.com .  Click the “Blog Class Video #1″ link below and be prepared to wait for  a few minutes for the video to load and play on your screen as the video file size is fairly large (you’ll need to be on a high speed connection).

Blog Class Video #1 - 11.1 MB - Video time is 6:04
Review of Previous Lessons; Buy a domain name at  Godaddy.com
http://www.smart-easy.com/videos/Blog-Lesson-2/Blog-Lesson-2.html

Enjoy!

Greetings Y’all,

Well, it’s Friday, not Tuesday.  Tuesday being the day I’m supposed to get the week’s blog lesson out.  We’re going to need to make an adjustment though - let’s make that “Tentative Tuesday”.  If I can get the lesson out by Tuesday I will.  If it’s a busy week, I’ll get the lesson out by the week that the Tuesday in question lies within.

How’s every one doing?  I’ve heard back from a handful of you here and there, but not so many as are signed up for the class have I heard from.  So I have some questions:

• Where are you?
• Is everything making sense?
• Is the homework do-able?
• Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Please don’t be afraid, even those of you who are supa dupa busy.  I have broken this class down into the tiniest of bite sized pieces so that even someone who only has 20 minutes to spare a week can keep up.  So take a metaphorical sledgehammer to your internal resistance and fear and smash it to bits!  You can do this, yes you can and you WILL.

(Forgive the soliloquy I’ve seen a couple of summer blockbuster  movies over the last couple of days and scenes were filled with ‘em.  Guess it rubbed off.  Nonetheless, I’m dead serious.)

Onward and forward…

For the sake of the novices out there, I’m teaching by using associated mental images.

Z’s Blog Class Analogy Chart (to be updated as needed)

• Blog - your work of art, your Masterpiece
• Hosting Account - Your Blog’s Apartment, space where your masterpiece resides for the time being.
• Domain Name - The Address of Your Blog, and whichever apartment your blog currently resides.  This is not a perfect analogy because domain name addresses are portable and can move to another apartment  or another blog, depending on your preference.  Though for the purpose of building online credibility this is not generally advised.  One ought to be consistent with the domain name, and keep it for its original intended purposes if at all possible.

~How to Find a Park Avenue Address (Domain Name) For Your Masterpiece (Your Blog)~

You’ll need some creativity.  Most of the obvious and not so obvious domain names have been bought up by domainers.  You’ll learn about them some other time.  For now, be content to know that the smart bastard that had the forethought to  to register (buy) the domain name www.cameras.com for $35.00 back in the day sold it for $2 million dollars in October 2006.  Well, I don’t  know if the original owner sold it at that price, but even if the original owner bought cameras.com for $35 and sold it for $3500, who’s complaining?  That’s 1000% return.  The stock market rarely does that legally, but domainers are the people that have done it and are doing it over and over and raking in big bucks.  But  I digress.

Ahem.  Point being, ALL one word domain names are GONE.  Many highly searched,  keyword rich 2 and 3 word domains have been registered as well.  But I still want you to try.  Think about your blog topic and come up with  a word that sums it all up perfectly.  If your blog is about  natural health, try (ha ha) naturalhealth.com (gone btw).  But maybe naturalhealthblog.com is available…

I  went over all the tips for this last week.  Here’s the link again in case you missed it - Domain Name Help - http://zhenya.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/blog-class-lesson-2-domain-name-help-questions/

Go to Godaddy.com and set yourself up with an account and get a fitting  name for your masterpiece.

And for those of you who have already completed this assignment and are raring for more, lesson 4 is going to follow shortly.

Peace & Love

Hello All,

I’ve gotten several questions about registering for hosting with 3ix.com . I got ahead of myself - it’s NOT you!

As you start to register for an “apartment” for your blog with 3ix hosting, you are asked to either register a new domain name, transfer an existing domain name or if you already have one you are supposed to type it in.

I forgot - domain names are a whole ‘nother ball of wax - a.k.a. another lesson. I should have made “Domain names” Lesson #2 and Getting the Blog Apartment Lesson # 3 (and next time around I will put it in this order from the get-go).

So if you haven’t already stumbled your way through getting your hosting account and setting up a domain name, please hold off on this. I am going to post - as soon as I can but it will probably be on Tuesday - a lesson about domain names. Once you have chosen your domain name you can go back and register your hosting account.

If you are just eager and want to know here are some general guidelines for choosing a domain name:

1. Should contain keywords related to your chosen topic ( if your topic is about “natural healing” then you could try to get www.naturalhealing.com ).
2. Should not be too many characters or too long (i.e. www.adventuresininternetmarketingwithseochickextraordinaire.com waaaaay too long . Short and sweet is good, medium is good too.
3. Many many domain names are already taken.  So if the one you want is not available, consider adding “blog” into the domain name ( i.e. www.naturalhealingblog.com )
4. Register your domain name for at least 2 years - 5 years is better if you can afford it.  If you cannot  afford even 2 years right now, just go ahead and register for 1 year.
5. Register with Godaddy.com but  please use my affiliate URL - http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-2141496-10378406

Go forth, bloggees and get a good, strong domain name that will brand you and your blog.  Remember it’s your apartment’s address, so make it a Park Avenue !

Aloha~