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“Nuts-and-bolts of setting up a WordPress site quickly, easily, and primed for SEO.” | |
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| Price: | Free! | |
| Link: | Caroline Middlebrook’s Free eBook: Build Niche Sites with Wordpress | |
Obvious Observation…
I realize everything I’ve recommended so far has gotten an ‘A’ grade. I’m working through a list of resources that I’ve found to be really helpful. Trust me, I will get to all of the duds later, but for now, I want to make sure you know about a few of the better ones out there.
Going forward, I will generally spend less time going through all the details of free resources that I recommend - especially if the resource is easily downloaded (i.e. if it is not buried 2 months into an autoresponder series). You can check out the free resources for yourself, and trust that I won’t waste your time recommending free resources that are crap.
Overview:
Caroline comes from a more technical background (like me), and it shows in her ability to bring the most technical aspect of internet marketing to the masses. If you are intimidated by setting up a website (or if you are paying a techie all your revenue to set it up for you) give this book a try.
Pros:
I like this ebook because it goes into the exact steps needed to set-up a website using the cheapest possible resources.
If you want to set-up several sites (like Court’s Internet Marketing School recommends), this is a great checklist to set-up sites quickly. I use a version of this checklist every time I set-up a website to age.
If you want to set-up a Wordpress blog as the basis for your 5-page website (for either Adsense or an information product), you will appreciate the excruciating detail about how to:
- install Wordpress
- FTP themes and plug-ins to the correct folders
- change the theme
- setting up Adsense
- activate the plug-ins
- change URL slugs to be more SEO friendly
I must say that I still pull out Caroline’s book each time I set-up a new site to age - even after having set-up nearly 10 Wordpress sites in the last few months. I wish more books went into the level of depth as Caroline does in her book.
If you want to set-up a new website quickly, and want to be sure that everything is ready for search engine optimization, then Caroline Middlebrook’s free ebook on Building a Niche Site with Wordpress is a must read!
Include the entire ebook in the Website Set-up tab of your binder. (huh?)
Cons:
Caroline focuses heavily on setting up sites for AdSense (which is also the primary focus of the projects she discusses on her blog). If this is not your schtick, then you will need to modify several of the steps outlined in the book to meet your needs. I do not use Adsense on any of my sites, but I still found the steps helpful in bring me up to speed on Wordpress.
Where to Get It:
Get Caroline’s free ebook “Build Niche Sites with Wordpress“
