Wordpress Do-It-Yourself Training Abounds - Isn't It Time You Set Up A Blog?

If you're a do-it-yourselfer and want to learn how to build and manage sites/blogs built on Wordpress, you're in luck. Several of my colleagues have created comprephensive and excellent training programs that take you step by step through the details of how to set up a site on Wordpress.

Recently I wrote a short review about Beginner to Blogger, an affordable video training for Wordpress offered by Traci Knoppe.

A few days ago I received a notice from my mentor Tom Antion about a Wordpress ecourse he has just released. Tom no longer uses anything but Wordpress to create ALL his ecommerce sites (and he has hundreds!). I didn't get a review copy. I bought the program so I could check it out and let you know what I think.

True to form, Tom Antion over delivers. The course is delivered by email with links to pdf documents and videos that take you step by step through choosing a domain, setting up your hosting account, installing the Wordpress software and then through all the nuances of choosing a theme and the right plug-ins to make your site optimized for search engines and to work as a selling machine.

Tom knows how to make money - he's a millionaire several times over - so any training he creates, I get it and I've never been disappointed. Check out Tom Antion's Wordpress Website Creation Ecourse. It's only $97 though I'm pretty sure that he'll be raising that fee soon. It's worth several times that.

If you prefer to get live teaching and coaching, there is no one better than Christina Hills. She is a patient, thorough teacher. Twice a year she offers her 8 week intensive Website Creation Workshop. For the first time ever, Christina is offering a 4 week accelerated "Summer Camp" on how to build sites using Wordpress. But if you want the benefit of Christina's top notch teaching, you have to act now because enrollment closes on June 24. 

The investment is more for Christina's program because you get live training, hand-holding and your first Wordpress site set up for you! If this is the type of support that works best for you, you cannot do better than Christina to learn the ins and outs of Wordpress.

Disclosure: the links are all affiliate links which means I make a small commission if you invest in one of these programs. I personally know each of these experts. I have either worked with them, trained with them, experienced their teaching, and/or have used their products. That's the only way I would make these recommendations for you.

If you prefer to have an expert build your site and coach you on how to effectively use your blog as a marketing tool, let's talk. I have a blog build/consulting program that may be right for you. Use my support desk to submit your request and we'll connect.

If you don't have a blog yet, what are you waiting for? No matter your budget, there's a way for you to get a blog set up fast and easy in just a few hours.

Blog on!

Comments

[Julius]

Thanks for these recommendations. You've provided a good selection here, and I'll gladly share it with my friends who are still considering building a blog

[Ellie K]

The best tip of all would be to steer clear of Wordpress as your introduction to the Blogosphere! I'm re-reading while previewing now, and apologize for the negativity.)

TypePad is very accessible for a novice blogger, and one can move to the paid service if interested in SEO and widgety stuff. Actually, even the free TypePad option generates an XML sitemap of your blog, you can submit it to Google so you can be "found" in a Google search. I began my blogging using WordPress, and did it without mentor or instructive materials. I had a really tough time with it, still do, actually.

I'll concede that there is a certain status, maybe URL panache, associated with Wordpress. If you MUST go the Wordpress route, it's probably a good idea to heed Denise Wakeman's advice, and get some guidance when starting out.

[Phillip Dews]

Hi Denise, great post here! I totally agree with you there! Blogging is the way forward and everyone should do it, after all its only a few dollars (or pounds in my case) a month! I have written an eBook on how to set up your own self hosted wordpress blog and i touch on the plugins, getting traffic and ultimatly making money online!

I am currently pumped up at the mo as I went to Mark Anastasi's Clickbank Millionair Seminar on London last Thurdsay and met some very influential Clickbank Millionairs including Chris Farrel as well as having a pint with my mentor Ben Hulme in the bar there!

Anyway I realised something wrong with my blog after chatting to Chris Farrell and that is I was offering my Book as a free download and not showing it enough respect!

Basically chris said that the money is in the list! so have now invested in Aweber but am still offering my book as a free download which is kinda like a tasty morsel for my readers to get their teet into! For me I think the perfect business model goes like this.

Blog -> Product (or Products) -> Traffic -> List = Money

What do you think? anyway would love for you to critique my book for me!

Great post Denise. and Will be back for more!

-Phillip Dews