Sign up for Twitter.com

Next filler lesson for the blog making money online class

1. Go to www.twitter.com
2. Sign up for an account there.  Use your firstname_lastname if you want to promote yourself, or choose a “pen name” or “alias” you plan to stick with in your online career.
3. Upload your picture.  You may have to optimize the photo or make it fit the right dimensions.  Email me your pic and ask me to do it for you if you have trouble with this part but you NEED a photo uploaded to your account.
4. Find and Follow:  “skysurfergirl” (that’s me b4 I knew it was better to use my name)
5. Once you are following me, I will follow you and we will be connected.
6. I will then show you how to connect your twitter space to your blog.  As long as you twitter often (which is a lot easier than blogging – it’s called “micro-blogging”) then you can keep your blog active more easily.  As you know the search engines like active blogs and fresh content.
7. I will also show you some easy ways to start having some great conversations online that will build up your foundation and your network.

Talk to you soon!  xoxo Zhenya

the fairy tale all women should have heard

More chuckles for the ladies.  I’d heard this one before but I read it any way and it had a great affect on me as I got the big bellylaugh!  Take a minute and read so you can have a good laugh too 🙂

the fairly tale all women should have heard

She Did It!!! Another Blog Student Launches…

My good friend Kristen has launched her blog from Mexico.  I am excited that she made the decision to get started and share some of the beautiful travel experiences she is having.

Please check out her blog and show Kristen some love (i.e. make some comments) to her blog.

http://omdeebha.wordpress.com/

The rest of you, even though I haven’t taught anything new yet, just keep on posting articles to your blog.  This is like money in the bank, as you shall see.  The more content you have on your blog and the more frequently you keep it updated, the more rich of a resource your blog, and Google will love you for it.  Once I am ready to share what to do next, your blog will already have the attention and indexing that is needed to make an impact on your online marketing efforts.

Kristen, I’ve added you to my blogroll as well, and I encourage all other blog class members to please add Kristen’s link to their blogroll as well so we can get her noticed in the search engines.  This will benefit us all!

Joy~ Peace ~ Namaste

25+ Essential Articles For Every WordPress Beginner

Came across this blog tonight and thought I’d send your way for those overacheivers amongst you are that are hungry and ready for more.

http://elitebydesign.com/beginner-wordpress-help-guide/

Have lots of fun, but if it starts to look like TMI (too much information) promise me you will stop, close the page and go out side and put your bare feet on the earth and look up at the sky!

xoxo

Letter of Encouragement…

Aloha dear readers,

A dear friend of mine was feeling a bit lost in getting started with her internet business.  The first thing I want to say is that having a blog should be a joyous experience.  If it is not, move on.  You really need to find your bliss and your joy in your work and in your life.  This is a lesson I have learned from experience.

…I received your latest posting on your internet marketing site. I feel stumped with my self-discovery and what I can offer the public through the cyber world. Other than support and consultations on gardening and yoga, what else can I offer. I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around how to make a business over the internet. ANyway, if you have any suggestions please offer…****

I looked back and I realized that not all of you set up your wordpress blogs. I think my friend’s concern above is very real for many of you. Just getting started seems impossible. Then there are some of you that dropped off because I kind of dropped the ball too. We are really close to the lesson about putting Adsense on your blog so you can start getting a check every month from Google. You won’t have anywhere to put the ad code if you don’t have your blog set up though. So you’ve got to do that and keep posting content. I assure you, there is exciting info coming your way. If you choose to write about something you have passion about then it doesn’t seem like work and it doesn’t seem daunting. What do you love? What do you do in your life? Are you travelling? Learning a new language? Or simply keeping it simple and holding down a schedule for you and your family? It’s all relevant to one of the 1 or so billion people on the internet. And you’ll get better with practice. Here’s my reply to my friend:

Anywayz, I wanted to encourage you to go to http://www.wordpress.com next time you are checking your email (like right now) and sign up for a blog. Name the blog either after yourself, or if you were a brand, what would you want to brand to be called? Don’t resist the marketing spin on this, self-promotion in this day and age is all about finding your own voice, your own passion, and sharing it with others. No shame.

For example, I have https://zhenya.wordpress.com … but I also have ecosurfchick.wordpress.com along with others. Just register something that resonates with you now (you can even check out what others have named their blogs). That is all you have to do for now. Just do that and send me your link once you have. The next lesson coming up is how to post to your blog once you’ve created it.

You can keep a written journal about your travels and transfer what you wish from those journal entries to the internet. Talk about your yoga practice, your spanish studies, your travels. Name towns, restaurants, hotels. Wax poetry and philosophy. Got it?

Go forth and share your passion and look out for my next video coming soon on how to post to your new blog!

xoxo