All Things John Eberhardt

Today is the first day of the rest of your success. If I can help just one of you to create a successful blog or website, I’ll be a happy camper (please let me know, I love praise).

Now that you have identified something that you are passionate about (generally that means things that we love but it can mean things that we hate as well), we are now going to show you how to create and use a very powerful tool to share that feeling of exhilaration with the rest of the world!

Keeping this goal in mind, I have explained why we need to create a separate website and you have selected an appropriate domain name for it. I have explained the importance of search engines and search engine optimization (SEO will be covered in great detail over the next few months) and the critical nature of proper selection of your keywords (more about this very soon as well).

 Therefore, we are now able to move on to the mechanical process required to create of a Godaddy hosted website and blog (this will be the “free” version with ads on top as you can see here).

In this session our mission will be to demonstrate, step-by-step, the construction of a solid foundation on which to build your successful ventures on the Internet. We will start from scratch and take you to the point where you’ll have to wait for up to 24 hours for the website to initialize.

For today’s blog I have asked a technical writer friend of mine, Christopher Eck, to document and break down this process into simple steps. Christopher is a freelance writer that holds an English BA in professional/technical writing.

So without further ado, take it away Chris…

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A Step-By-Step Documentation of Hosting Account Set-Up

Originally created on Wednesday, April 08, 2009

For John Eberhardt

By Christopher Eck

1. Open a web Browser (like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or Mozilla’s Firefox)
2. Login to www.godaddy.com
3. Locate “Hosting” on the navigation bar between “Domains” and “Email” (it will be the second from the left)
4. Under “Hosting Management,” click on “My Hosting Account”
5. Within the yellow box, click on “Use Credit”
6. Scroll through to select the domain name you wish to utilize
7. Choose between  the options of  “Free Windows Hosting” (which uses all Microsoft products) OR “Free Linux Hosting” (uses all sorts of free programs and has other advantages that we’ll get into later)
8. Click on the green continue box
9. Under “Manage Hosting Account” it may say “You currently have no Hosting accounts,” so click here to access the Hosting Control Center OR instead (it also gives this option) click to purchase a Hosting account
10. You may need to Login again (using the same username and password previously engaged)
11. You are now at the “Hosting Control Center” Note:  Steps 12-16 are optional depending on your needs (more about this later in the series). 
12. Select “Assign Account Executive” (this action opens a confirmation box)
13. Click on “Add Account Executive” (which is highlighted in blue)
14. Fill out the fields of “First Name,” then “Last Name,” and finally “Email” (also remember to confirm your Email a second time
15. Click “OK”
16. Your “Account Executive” invitation has been sent
17. Now check the box and click on “Set-up Account” (which is highlighted in blue)
18. Check a box which reads, “I have read and agree to the Hosting Service Agreement” and then click “Next”
19. Login, entering “Username,” then “Password,” and finally “Confirm Password” (be sure to follow the Username and Password clarifications, such as utilizing upper case and lower case letters in addition to numbers) and then click “Next”
20. “Account Details” will now appear (the following is an example)

                        Important Details

                                        Operating System: Linux

                                        Bandwidth Allotment: 300,000 MB

                                        Diskspace Allotment: 10,000 MB

                                        Number of MySQL Databases: 10 Available

                        Domain Associated with this Free Hosting Account:

                                        YOURDOMAINHERE.COM

21. Click “Next” upon viewing your “Account Details”

22. An “Options” choice will appear for you to specify a PHP Version

        (either PHP 4.x or PHP 5.x)

23. Choose PHP 5.x and click “Next”

24. A “Confirmation” will appear showing a “Summary” including “Username,” “Domain,” and “PHP Version”

25. Click “Finish”

26. Please be advised you will have to wait for a period of 24 hours upon completing these steps to proceed any further

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Next time we’ll talk about how to complete more of the steps required to build your own site so that’s enough for this session.

As always–don’t want to do this? No time? No website? No worries, we can do it all for you. Whether starting out with a new domain name, business, website or any combination we can help you to get to where you want to be. In these times of economic chaos, money is always a bit of a sticky issue so we accept credit cards and offer easy payment plans to ensure your success. Invest in yourself today!

Visit http://www.websitemarketingmasters.com  today (type it the top in or just type in “wmm seo” in Google and we come up number one) and fill out your contact information. Be advised that we are very selective of our clients and interview each one to make sure that we can do the best job for you or your company.

JCE

That is a good question.  

There are plenty of good blogging sites out there like Wordpress, BlogSpot and Blogger that work just fine for most people.  If you just want to vent, express your thoughts or just like to write, then these blog sites would probably be best for you.  

But if you want to attempt to make money, use more tools, have more pages, or be able to search optimize your site and use analytics on it, then it might be best for you to have your own website.

 I like to do lots of stuff with my blog so that’s why I recommend having your own dedicated website. I like Wordpress software and their done-for-you blogging website but I also use Google’s Blogger. When you do use Wordpress software (did I mention that it was free software?) on your own dedicated website, you get to use many free and even some paid tools (if you want) to keep tabs on visitors and their behavior. The information is priceless (and I’ll show you why in a future example). 

As always, if you don’t want to do this or have no time or no website, no worries, we can do it all for you. Whether starting out with a new domain name, business, website or any combination. No money could be a bit of a sticky point but we do offer easy payment plans. 

Visit http://www.websitemarketingmasters.com 

(or just type in “wmm seo” in Google and we come up number one) and fill out your contact information. Be advised that we are very selective of our clients and interview each one to make sure that we can do the best job for you or your company. 

JCE

I’m hoping that you have your domain purchased by now and are ready to move on.

According to Chandler Harris of Entrepreneur.com, “Companies that rely on the web for sales have two choices. Embrace SEO or don’t embrace SEO. And one’s not really a viable option.” I read this in an article on MSNBC last week.

SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization”. Basically, for an online company this means rank high (on Google) or die.  I recommend building SEO into your website from the moment you choose its name.  So let’s start with a little talk about keywords.

Keywords are the key to a good site

The words people use to find you on the Internet are called keywords.  Choosing keywords is the first step in building a successful website.  There are many tools out there to help you research these keywords (too many to list here).  So do a search on your favorite search engine, like Google, and find some tools and do the research.

Once you have an idea what words people are going to type into the search engine to find your website, you use these words to construct it.  Great websites are built on a foundation of great keywords that are found in relevant, excellent content.  Visitors come to websites for the content (though they might leave right away if your website is really ugly).  Whether they come to learn something or to buy something, content is king.  If I didn’t have good content on my websites and my blogs no one would come to visit.  If no one comes to visit a website that is selling something, that is a very bad thing.

Next time we’ll talk about how we use these keywords to build a site so that’s enough for this session.

Don’t want to do this? No time? No website? No worries, we can do it all for you. Whether starting out with a new domain name, business, website or any combination. No money could be a bit of a sticky point but we do offer easy payment plans.

Visit http://www.websitemarketingmasters.com

(or just type in “wmm seo” in Google and we come up number one) and fill out your contact information. Be advised that we are very selective of our clients and interview each one to make sure that we can do the best job for you or your company.

JCE

By John Eberhardt - Monday, December 29, 2008- 8:58am.

Blogs have been around long enough to become one of the coolest things in the web universe (besides Twitter). They are fairly easy to launch and manage. If you blog frequently, your blog will create fresh, user-generated content that search engines such as Google like to eat for breakfast.

So for 2009 I’ve decided to give you a reason to have a brand new, cool “New Year’s resolution” (one you can actually follow through on). I am going to give you your own blog on a silver platter; a step-by-step tutorial on how to create and maintain a successful blog. To prove a point, I present for your enjoyment…this one! Here it is, and it is about as cheap and easy as you can get. I am even leaving the free GoDaddy ads on top so you can see how a “free” website looks (don’t worry: we’ll go through this step-by-step so you can see how I did it AND we will get rid of those ads after awhile).

So let’s start with step one:

Get a domain name. I am assuming that you either have something to say or you have a business or website to promote (conveniently I happen to have a couple of those lying around to use as examples). So now let’s break step one down into steps.

1. Select a name (something meaningful to your business, cause, or being). This can be a big deal. Cooler is better but don’t let it hang you up so you get frozen into an ice block of inaction. I mean really, what does Yahoo or Google mean anyway? With that in mind, I took my own name and went to GoDaddy.com and typed it in (I have no relationship with GoDaddy but I’m thinkin’ maybe I should at this point, hmmmm).

2. Once you find one that’s vacant, stake your claim before someone else gets it. Some bozos already had johneberhardt.com and Eberhardt.com (but no websites, what’s the deal with that?) so I had to stick my middle initial “C” in there (aw poo!).

3. Start to learn their tools. You need to figure out how to get stuff up there and get it to work. GoDaddy’s tools are great (and again, don’t worry I’ll cover those in the next installment). That is why I’m using GoDaddy in this example (because anyone can do this with what they give you).

That’s enough for now; I don’t want to clutter your minds with too much before New Year’s Day. But if you start now, you’ll be able to hit the ground running on day one 2009.

Don’t want to do this? No time? No website? No worries, we can do it all for you. Whether starting out with a new domain name, business, website or any combination. No money could be a bit of a sticky point but we do offer easy payment plans.

Visit http://www.websitemarketingmasters.com

(or just type in “wmm seo” in Google and we come up number one) and fill out your contact information. Be advised that we are very selective of our clients and interview each one to make sure that we can do the best job for you or your company.

JCE

Today is the day to start your own business or take your hobby to the masses. This blog is dedicated to building your “online presence”. My business is your success. I invite you to visit some of my other professional websites and blogs at:

http://wisegroup-llc.com

http://websitemarketingmasters.com

My hobby is saving the world so I invite you to visit my blog at:

 http://johnceberhardt.wordpress.com

Here is a little taste of my hobby blog:

So let’s get busy and fix what we broke. And while we’re at it, let’s not break any more stuff. It’s about time that we stop lying to ourselves and own up to the fact that the global warming is the worst thing that is happening right now (at least until that comet hits us) and we are making it worse.

Climate is fickle.
If you look at the center of the United States, about 5000 years ago ended a 4000 year long dry spell that left our breadbasket incapable of producing bread. And more recently, from 1300 to about 1850, we had those 550 years of “Little Ice Age”. Either way I’d have to move somewhere else. So if you think the economy is bad now, wait until we can’t produce any food. I think that will get your attention pretty fast.

First let’s all do just a little bit to help. I’ll keep driving my 55 mpg VW diesel and you try not to discuss who will be the next “American Idol” on your cell phone while you’re cruising 90 mph in your Escalade today on your way home from work. At least park your giant gasmonster and walk into McDonalds to order your McBurp Sappy Meal at the counter instead of idling a few gallons away in the drive-thru while discussing who will be the next “American Idol” on your cell phone. Please help us Stephen Colbert!