Comments on: Getting Started in Internet Marketing…???

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:30:28 +0000

@Annie – see as I go through the book, I find myself checking out the links provided and such, looking over what’s at the links, and then trying to get back to the book. I guess that has it’s pros and cons. For example, as I’m reading, I’m looking at and soaking in the things Holly talks about. On the downside – it’s taking me a WHOLE lot longer to read her book. Perhaps I should jot down notes or outlines or something like you said!

@Anna – You know what’s funny – I WANTED to change my permalink structure…but I didn’t know what it was called! As soon as you mentioned it by name, I went into settings and changed it! That’s kind of the frustrating thing about a mind like mine. Sometimes I know exactly what I want to do, but because of my erratic thought processes (a mind map of my mind might look more like a 3-year-old’s scribble) I sometimes need someone to paint a bright neon green arrow at something that says “HELLO! HERE’S WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR!!!”

Permalink structure is changed. (FINALLY!) It’s funny, I started this blog so I could ask the stupid questions and still find myself NOT wanting to ask the stupid questions…LOL (of course, my creative composition teacher in high school used to say “There’s no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people.”

But nonetheless, I appreciate your guidance!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:55:05 +0000

Well, first of all, you already have a WP blog and are learning to use it. That puts you miles ahead of where I was when I started. Or 1.5 years ahead, to be more precise. You already have IT knowledge and that DOES make a big difference.

Secondly, whether or not you implement as you go has a lot to do with what you are implementing! The first steps, or the last steps? Keyword research?

I would continue to work on your blog while you read the book, get familiar with Wordpress, settings, and plugins. This is a perfect blog to learn on – so that later if you make a niche or keyword-based blog you will know exactly what you are doing.

This blog, for example, has some settings you would want to change from the defaults. Such as your permalink structure. But I’m not going to overwhelm you will all of that at once. Keep posting, exploring plugins and possibilities, read Holly’s book, look for your niche.

Oh – when I first started I was anxious to get my first website up. I thought I knew how to find the right keywords but I had a confusion somewhere. I targeted the wrong keyword and got to the top of the SERPS for it. Other synonyms (which were just as easy to target and meant the exact same thing) had more traffic. I realized a year later.

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By: Annie T. Baxter

Annie T. Baxter — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:52:26 +0000

Hi Dustin. As you know, I’m still a newbie also. In the spirit of being perfectly honest about everything, I did not wait until I totally finished the book to do a few things. One night I thought that I wanted to at least “start”. So, I took the steps and finally ended up with my blog. When I finally get to that point in my “diary” entry, you will see the evidence of why reading all the way through is probably the right thing!

As far as when I’ve been reading, I do two things:

1. If there are links I know I will be using later, I save them to my favorites. (I would suggest being very organized with your link/folders from the beginning, to avoid a mess!)

2. As you read information in the book, that you KNOW you will really need to refer back to throughout your IM career, make outline notes with the page numbers, like your own study index. It made finding things I wanted to look up a lot easier.

These are my thoughts…but I won’t go any farther, for I don’t want to be a blind person trying to lead you! The other experienced ones will share info., I hope, that we can all learn from!

Until next time…Annie

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