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Blogging To The Bank 3.0: Review
A few months ago, I had a chance to review Blogging to the Bank 2.0, and I was very impressed by it. Most experts who reviewed that product agreed with me that it was a decent product that showed newbie bloggers how to get the most out of their blogs. The course has now been updated to account for the latest developments in the Internet industry. Blogging To the Bank 3.0 still aims to teach bloggers how to take their blogs to the next level, but the techniques have been updated to give you the best possible chance to succeed online as a full-time blogger. If you are a beginner and want to get started with blogging fast, Blogging To the Bank is a serious training course to consider.
Here is what you get with Blogging To The Bank:
- Content: I found the content to be very useful to beginner and intermediate bloggers. If you have never owned a blog or you have an under-performing blog, you are gonig to learn how to push your blog to the next level and monetize it properly. I also was impressed with the fact that you learn how to treat your blog as a business. Unfortunately, too many of us treat our blogs as a hobby. If that is you, then you should rethink your strategy. You can’t expect to make a full-time living with a hobby unless you treat it all as a business. This course teaches you how to install your blog, keep them up to date at all times, and make decisions like a true CEO.
- Tips: the tips in this course are great for beginners who are just getting started with blogging. You’ll learn what kind of hosting you need to create a killer blog. You also learn all about services available to you on the market. If you are stuck and don’t know what to blog about, this course will teach you how to research niches and find goldmines in them. You’ll learn how to do keyword research properly and get ranked for more keywords. One thing that I like about this course is that it doesn’t try to sugarcoat the realities of the blogging business. If you want to make a decent living off of your blog, you need advertising, affiliate marketing, and some sort of sponsorship. If you are blessed with a rich wife or an even richer dad, you may not need all that, but if you are a mere mortal like the rest of us, you need to make money to keep your blog going. I have always said that there is no shame in getting paid for your blogging efforts. If you run out of money, your blog dies, and I am sure many readers understand where you are coming from. The key is to be honest and go about making money the right away, and this course touches on these issues.
- Promotion: driving traffic to a blog is a necessity if you want to have any chance of making a living off of your blog. But not everyone knows how to properly drive traffic to a blog. You’ve got paid search. You’ve got SEO, and then you’ve got Web 2.0. There are literally thousands of ways you can drive traffic to your blog. I like the fact that this course focuses on the most important ones. Finally, I was impressed with the coverage of outsourcing.
The Bad
I have worked in the online marketing industry. I know what it takes to write a landing page to increase sales. But I just hate pages that come with too many paychecks all over them. Everybody does that these days, and they simply don’t mean anything. I have no doubt the author is making a lot of money, but I rather see less sale copy and more useful information. How about a sample video? I also believe that not everyone can get this blogging right. You’ve got to have patience and dedication to work hard. You can buy this course and read it from cover to back, but if you are not ready to work hard, it’s all a waste.
The Verdict: B+
Whether you are a newbie or have been in this business for a while, you can learn something from Blogging To The Bank 3.0. You learn how to create blogs, develop your lists, promote your sites, outsource tasks, and sell your blogs. This shouldn’t be the only blogging material that you read, but it is a very good start. And best of all, you won’t have to do research on all these topics as the author has done it for you already. Once you graduate from this course, and if you are willing to work hard, you’ll be ready to take your blog to the next level and have much more success with it.
Why Videoblogging Is The Current Big Thing
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The Internet has changed dramatically in the past few years. The year 2008 has been a very transformational year for bloggers and Internet entrepreneurs. A couple of years ago, having a video-blog was somewhat rare. The social media was around but folks were not as hooked as they are on Twitter and Facebook as they were on MySpace then. But what’s surprising is that many marketers still think of vlogging as the next big thing.
Vlogging is not the next big thing in the blogging world. It’s the current big thing. Most super-bloggers are now using video on their blogs. But more importantly, we are seeing blogs that are based only on video. No text blogging plus a couple of videos here and there. There are guys who literally make a living out of having their on Internet shows (vlogs).
How to get started with video blogs
Getting started with video blogging may seem overwhelming at first. A lot of folks are shy about showing their face on video. And a lot of folks don’t know how to manage a camera/camcorder. But the main mistake that newbies make with their first videos is getting the color contrast wrong. Things such as background color may not look very important at first. But believe me, having the right color settings in your video can be the difference between a hit or a failure.
If you are comfortable presenting in front of folks, you are going to find it even easier to present in front of the camera. But even if you are not comfortable with presenting in front of a group of folks, you’ll find presenting in front of a device more relaxing. After all, you don’t get to see all those eyes looking at you judging your every move. Whichever your case, you should definitely get started with videos now. If you don’t know where to start, I suggest you look at various vlogging training available on the Internet. But as long as you have valuable material to discuss, and you can envision yourself presenting in front of a camcorder, you should be fine.
Your take: what’s the biggest challenge you have faced in creating videos on your blog?
Become a Blogger – Review
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Yaro is one of the true superstars in the blogging world. Anyone who has blogged for a while has probably heard from the man named Yaro. Even his name is one that you would expect to hear in a Hollywood super hero movie. But in reality, Yaro is dedicated in bringing his knowledge to folks who are motivated and dedicated to making themselves a better blogger. Yaro’s blogging mastermind is still one of the best blogging courses anywhere. Yaro’s new project involves teaching folks how to start and run a blog towards stardom. Let’s see how it stacks up.
Audience: Become a blogger is obviously designed for folks who are getting started with blogging. Whether you are looking for a web host or looking for ideas how to start a vlog, this course has something for you. In essence, you are going to learn:
- The ins and out of Wordpress, including how to setup your own Wordpress blog on your very own hosting account.
- How to get the branding right for your blog by getting the right domain.
- How to choose the right theme for your blog.
- How to upload files and images to your blog.
- How to set up your RSS feed and link it with Feedburner.
In essence, if you are a blogging newbie, you are going to learn exactly how to do things from scratch.
Advanced Topics: even if you are a more advanced blogger, you can still learn things from Become a Blogger training course. Here is what you can expect to learn:
- Search Engine Optimization: you are going to learn how to optimize your blog for search engines. Many folks are obsessed with driving traffic to their blogs, and SEO is one of the best way to do so. You are going to learn how to create a sitemap for your blog. In addition, these guys teach you how to optimize your title tags, and how to add to your subscribers.
- Social Media Optimization: Become a Blogger shows you how to optimize your blog for the social media, which is a must these days. You are also going to learn how to create a community that keeps people coming back for more.
- Digital Media Optimization: Yaro covers audio, video, and image blogging comprehensively. You are going to learn how to use different media types to bring life to your blog. Yaro also covers audio and video casting.
Wild card: this was my favorite part. Yaro and the co. get down and dirty with advanced traffic building techniques. Yaro talks about different methods such as PPC, article marketing, and … that you can use to drive traffic to your blog. Yaro also goes into how to use social media sites to get in the first page of Google. Finally, he discusses advanced money making techniques for blogs.
My take: I personally didn’t like the first half too much. I thought it was for the beginners, and there was no need for me to go through it. The 2nd half got very interesting indeed. I loved the video blogging section a lot as well as the social media site. The money making techniques were OK, but I knew most of them already, so I may be biased. But overall, the wild card section was definitely worth the price of the entire set. I believe if you are new to blogging or just getting a hang of it, you should definitely try Become a Blogger. Yaro is known for taking very good care of his students, and the course is more affordable than blogging mastermind. I would give it an A- for content and an A for presentation.
Blog Training From Blog MasterMind
The popular Blog Mastermind training program is up and Yaro is at it again to help beginner to intermediate bloggers earns as low as $5000 a month from blogging. Yaro’s program is highly on demand and is only offered to a limited number of people. But it is an excellent program that teaches you how to:
- Start blogging from scratch
- Form a Pro Blogger mindset where it’s not all about Adsense but about ways to make decent money by blogging the right way
- Learn how to be a part-time blogger and make a full time salary
- Find tools to help you blog easier and in a more productive way
- How to build your business, and buy and sell hot e-real estate properties.
You also get a bunch of videos, interviews, and also teleconference opportunities with fellow students. So this is not really for someone who is trying to wing it and watch a video to become a blogger. There is a lot of interaction going on in this program. What that means is you are going to have to start blogging seriously to get constructive feedback from the community there.
But if that’s not enough, the price will definitely make you either commit to or leave the program. You are going to have to pay either a one time payment of $497 or $97 per month for 6 months (lifetime updates). It’s a significant investment if you are not serious about blogging. However, if you plan to make it in the blogging world then this is just a change in compare to the amount that you will be making as a successful blogger.
Should you get this course? I highly recommend this course to those of you who are interested in blogging professionally. There are many of us who like to get started but just have no idea where to start. Yaro is a successful 6 figure blogger, and he has done his research, so you do save some time by applying his program. In the end, it depends on how serious you are about blogging. Note that you can try the program for the first month and return it if you don’t like it. With the 6 month plan, you can also cancel anytime (one more reason to get the 6 months plan instead of the one time one).
This is a limited time offer, and it will sell out very soon (as soon as the space is filled). It will be going on for 6 months. If you are interested, don’t forget to check it out before it runs out. There are plenty of videos and content available on the site to help you make up your mind. My advice here is, look past the sales material and see if you can really fit what Yaro is talking about in your daily life. After all, blogging is a way of life.
