InternetMarketingClub.org Presents WordPress for Non-Techies: 6 Steps to Get Your Website Up and Running in 10 Minutes or Less

Join Roy Weissman, CEO of BuildMySiteforFree.com, as he presents “WordPress for Non-Techies: 6 Steps to Get Your Website Up and Running in 10 Minutes or Less.” Many have struggled to build and grow their websites. Find out how you can be posting content to your website 11 minutes after the end of this Wednesday Webinar.

This presentation will explain the following topics:

• Understanding WordPress and the myriad of options available to you
• How To: 6 fast steps for launching your website in 10 minutes or less
• What is the difference between free and paid hosting?
• Recommendation of 14 key plugins to launch your site
• Sources of over 1,000 free graphic and software add-ons to enhance your new or existing WordPress website
• What not to do for every WordPress installation

Roy Weissman is a seasoned business development expert, online marketing professional and true non-techie.

His extensive career experience includes marketing, sales, strategic alliances, and partnership development in the Internet and Media industries at companies including Infoseek, Playboy, Viacom and General Electric. He created the first ecommerce B2B site in its segment growing the business by more than doubling its margins from 22% to over 50% prior to its sale.

His latest project is Build My Site for Free, the online destination for learning about how to create, maintain and grow your WordPress website. BuildMySiteforFree.com offers thousands of free resources including tutorials, tips and tricks articles, Plugins and themes.

This free webinar will take place Wednesday, June 8, 2011 12:30pmEDT – 1:30pmEDT. To register and for more information please visit: WordPress for Non-Techies: 6 Steps to Get Your Website Up and Running in 10 Minutes or Less

WordPress 3.1 Now Released

Yesterday, WordPress 3.1 was rolled out after a several month delay. Referred to by the alias “Reinhardt” (in honor of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt), the update appears to be jam-packed with lots of helpful features.

The list of features includes:

• Redesigned linking workflow
• Admin bar
• Streamlined writing interface
• Post formatting support
• New CMS capabilities
• …and a bunch of other nifty features

I installed the update last night (after doing a backup of course) and began testing out the features. So far, I’m not too crazy about the ‘Admin Bar’ – but there are workarounds for disabling it. I look forward to exploring the rest of the features within the next week.

What do you like/dislike about the update?

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The best strategy to learn Internet Marketing "Just Do It" !

I am often asked by people who have a traditional marketing background how they can get into the new marketing.

My best advise is to: "Just Do It!"

As Nike says in their marketing, you must jump in and immerse yourself in the new tools and technologies, it is free and so easy a 10 year old can do it.

Get set up with your own WordPress blog right away so you can practice the different internet marketing skill sets. It only takes about 15 minutes! Pick a subject that you are passionate about and start developing blog posts. Learn how to link, set up Google Analytics and track how many people visit your blog and where they come from. Set up and track your own revenue generating programs such as affiliate banners and Google AdSense Ads - Yes you can make money from a simple blog!

Get involved with one or more of the popular social media sites. Pick one that people you know are always talking about among Facebook, LinkedIn, You Tube and Twitter. I love Twitter, if you'd like some basic tips on how to start a Twitter account and learn about this exciting new communications world read my Ten Tips Twitter Beginners Guide.

Good Luck Just Doing It - Please let me know how it turns out.

Great Presentation how to get blogs to Rank on Google

Matt Cutts from Google did a great presentation at WordCamp in San Francisco. WordCamps BarCamps and Podcamps are free (or cheap) conferences about the interactive space. Wordcamps are focused on WordPress a free blogging platform.

You can find the Matt Cutts Video here.

"WordPress takes care of 90% of the mechanics of Search Engine Optimization"

The Most Important Online Strategy - Just Do It!

I was recently asked by a web student about how to get over a creative hurdle with stating a web business.

I answered the question with a popular ad expression 'Just Do It'!

Entrepreneurship and the world of the web require action! Velocity! Forward Movement!

My recommendation: Spend 1 more day on strategy, set a firm direction. Search for a domain name. Buy it. Start a WordPress blog and point it at the Domain name. Build a Squidoo page. Set a schedule. 4 blogs per week. 7 original Twitters per week. Minimum 7 Re-Tweets per week. 14 new Twitter follows per week. Make a list, check it off as completed. Never waiver from meeting your schedule.

When I started Ten Golden Rules I was asked to speak at a Direct Marketing Association Meeting. I had about 5 weeks. I spent 2-3 days putting a bunch of thoughts I had on paper. I searched several domain names and TenGoldenRules.com was available. I moved quickly forward to build a very basic site (it is embarrassing to look back at it now :) ) I wrote the Ten Golden Rules of Online Marketing presentation. I rehearsed it about 50 times. The presentation was well received and the rest is history. I started a company, wrote a book, launched a blog and a podcast using the 'Ten Golden Rules' name. I gave the presentation over 100 times in the last 5 years.

The most important lesson I have learned about being an Entrepreneur is to move forward smartly and quickly. The only guarantee of failing in business is not trying at all. As Wayne Gretzky says 'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!'

So, stop waiting for 'one day'. Stop developing and analyzing the perfect idea. As Gary Vaynerchuk who has built a $50 Million wine business and huge online brand says 'Crush It!' Good Luck, please come back here and comment, let us know about your success! Or if you are already crushing it please share your success stories.