All Things John Eberhardt

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!