I have spent most of the morning looking at blog tutorials and templates.  Although I do not feel that I am any further ahead in getting some updates to this blog, I still have learned a lot.

I have found out that my Camtasia program software key does not work with my new computer.  How does it know I switched computers?  That is just scary.  Well that lead to time spend looking for the key and finally a letter to support requesting help.  My Camtasia is 2 years old but I see no need to pay for an upgrade.

I did that so I could watch some tutorial videos that were made with Camtasia.  However then I thought I would just watch them with my browser, but for some reason firefox would not open them.  That lead to downloading up updated Firefox plugin for Adobe Flash, and then I had to uninstall my video links because they were not set up right, reinstall them, and finally watched some videos on changing blogging templates.

Well 4 hours later, I am ready to go get away from the computer for a while.

There is so much to learn about blogging once you decide you want to have one of the better blogs around and get lots of followers.  You have to start posting things that people will read and return to read.  How do you compete to get readers with all that there is out there?

I see people with thousands of followers.  That is my goal.  However at Mastemind Pros, we do not only want followers, but we want to give our followers some quality content.  Mastermind Pros is in the business of teaching success.

Well where am I with the blog and the blog update?  I read that simple changes are better than complete radical changes to start with.  However with so few readers maybe radical changes would not upset that many people.

The changes will most likely take place in June 2009. Or if not that will get changed.  Who knows what Word Press has in mind for blogging by then.

One thing definite is that things will be changing.  I look forward to the future.

To learn more about blogging or affiliate marketing please join us at our Mastermind Pros Succes School.

More and more people are blogging, yet more people still do not blog than do blog.  Blogging is the easiest way to start your own web presence.  Perhaps starting out on one of the social sites is easier, but they still are similar to having your own blog.

The advantage to having your own blog, whether or not you host it, or have it hosted by Blogger or WordPress is up to you.  Yes, there are other choices out there, but I guess I am set in my ways and go for the big 2.

Whether you want to set up a blog for fun or profit, you should get started with blogging.  So far more men than women blog, and people from countries other than the USA seem to be more interested in blogging than we are here.  Maybe there are too many distractions in the USA.  However we are seeing people who are becoming more and more tied into communication and information rather than television.

What can you offer information on? The best way to see where you want to start is to search what other people are doing out there. Search Google for some of your interests and then fine tune your search to blogs.  When you find some you like leave comments.  If you want to know how they got started perhaps ask questions in your comments.  I would say that over 1/2 of the bloggers out there will answer your comments.

Start your blog if you haven’t done so yet.  Let us know how you are doing with it.

Tonight we learned how to make banners for FREE! It is really easy when you know the secrets. Here is a banner we made.

Create A Blog And Start To Make Money Blogging

Perhaps you are like I was a few years back.  I knew that there had to be a way to earn some extra income using the internet, but was not sure exactly where to begin.  Does that sound like you?

Well I started buying e-books.  Now I have an extensive collection.  I print them out, too, so you can only imagine how many notebooks full of good ideas I have.  The e-books were all great, however they never taught me what I have learned from the Mastemind Pros.

We all have our areas of exptertise, and we all strive to learn new areas and stay current on affiliate marketing opportunities on the internet.  Our coaches use what they teach quite successfully.  We are watching our members see profits, too!  It is all very exciting to watch people you have helped put it all into place and start making sales.

Affiliate marketing is not for the get rich quick mindset.  Honestly if you think there is get rich quick methods out there you will most likely be disappointed.  Everything takes time, and education.  If you do not agree, I doubt if you are still reading this blog.

What I am wondering now, is how many people would want to take a sneak peak at MMP and attend a training session to see what it is all about?  If this is something you would be interested, just reply to this post by leaving a comment.  I will relay the results to the MMP leaders and then add more to the blog or email you to update you of the results.

This is a great opportunity.  You can take us for a test drive.  Remember to comment so I can see the interest.  Once I read your comment I will notify Frank Terranova to set this up.

If you are going to have a blog, you will find out about Technorati sooner or later.  On most Word Press blogs technorati is the pinging service of choice.  What does that mean?  It means that what you write is going to get seen by the crawling electronic (?) spiders who will visit your blogging content.

Here is a quote from the Technorati web site that explains a little about them.

Currently tracking 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media.

Technorati is the recognized authority on what’s happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. We search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”

But it all started with blogs. A blog, or weblog, is a regularly updated journal published on the web. Some blogs are intended for a small audience; others vie for readership with national newspapers. Blogs are influential, personal, or both, and they reflect as many topics and opinions as there are people writing them.

I am probably a late Technorati user for their social networking system.  If you ever need ideas about blogging or want to see what is hot in blogging just visit Technorati and you will find lots and lots of content.

I hope you will get motivated to even add your own content to your very own blog and see the difference it makes in your search engine optimziation experience.

Technorati Profile

For the past 3 months I have been looking at several blogs and there are thousands out there.  It seems that the people who are like me and addicted to blogging really have some great ones going.  If you are going to be a blogger you have to enjoy what you are doing.  The questions most beginners have are not about how to make money with blogging, but just how to get started in blogging.

Maybe I am wrong, but not every blog I see is blatent about a sales pitch.  That is a great thing.  There are genuine people out there who just have something they want to share or a platform to speak from.

Are you serious about starting a blog?  What do you want your blog to say about you?  Ask not what your blog can do for you but ask what you can do for your blog!  Thanks JFK for letting me steal your quote.  There are things to consider though if you want to have people actually read your blog then you are going to have to get out there and promote!  It is difficult to have people just appear at your blog without some effort to get your name out there.

Getting your blog to be seen requires some time and some reciprocaation among several blog owners.  Join some communities and make some friends.  Unless you have a mailing list or are going to pay for advertising it is a step along the way.

That is my advice today, and I will expand on this in the future.

Masterming Pros had a contest where a commenter to this blog won Ten Dollars.

Congratulations Dan S. for taking time to comment on one of the posts and to win the contest!  We hope you were able to use it for something other than gasoline.

What do I mean by this question, “Do You Leave Real Comments on Blogs?”  What is a Real comment?  Is this important to know?

Well it is important to know about leaving comments on blogs that will actually make it past the spam filters and get published.  The sad part of being a blog owner is putting your content out there for the general public to view, and then finding out that the only ones leaving comments are the Viagra sales people or the Stay at My Time Share people.  Then you learn that they have automated posting systems set up somehow.

Just like SPAM emails there are spam commenters.  It is just junk!  However Word Press has pretty efficient plug ins and filters so those posts never even get seen.  Plus with a Word Press Blog you can even set it up so you are notified of posts and then you can choose what you want the world to see on your blog.

What are the advantages to leaving a real comment on a blog?  Well why did you visit the blog?  Did the blog satisfy your reason for visiting it?  Was the content valuable? Did you enjoy the content and the graphics?  Will you return to the blog?  The blog publishers want to know this.  Comments help the publishers to adapt their content to what visitors are looking for.

Leaving a comment is a Win-Win situation.  When you leave a comment on most blogs you are asked for your web URL.  This is good (why do the spammers send out all their automated comments?).  Back links are good.  I personally have followed a commenter’s link just to see what their site looked like because I enjoyed reading their comment.

The more positive relationships you can establish on the internet the better it is.  Positive relationships can begin by just leaving a comment on a blog.  Sometimes the blog owner will even send you a follow up email thanking you for your comment.  Blog owners really do enjoy getting feedback.  They will usually visit your website or blog, too, just to see what you are doing.

Comments do not take very log to leave.  Give it a try and see what happens.  I have been to blogs where the comments are more fun and interesting to read then the original article.  Some really good discussions and information sharing can start this way.  Most blogs will  allow you to subscribe to comments, too. 

Let me know if this article was helpful.  Find the link at the end of this article and add your comment!  If it says No Comments, that means you can be the first!

Rocque

Conferences – week of 12/30/07
ALL TIMES CST

OPEN CONFERENCE ROOM
 
GCD/GCA ALL TIMES 7:00 PM CST

TUES – GCA- The “Automator” will help you to manage your campaigns and
 maximize your income while minimizing your ad cost. 

WED – GCD- Get into the features and functions of the “Detective”.
 Learn how to make it work for your profit.

TH – Basic Affiliate Marketing  -

MASTERMIND PROS CONFERENCES

ALL TIMES CST
MON – CLICKBANK 8:30 PM – Ann has all the insider Clickbank data you
 need to manage Clickbank to big income
WILL BE ANOTHER TEST RUN IN THE ALTERNATE CONFERENCE ROOM
go to — http://www.instantpresenter.com/moss1

TUES -  EBAY 8:30 PM- many people make alot of money on eBay- learn how
 to get started.

WEDS – INTRO TO LANDING PAGES – 8:30 PM -

TH – AUTORESPONDERS – 8:30 PM -

FRI – BLOGGING PUZZLE – 8:30 PM- Rocque will have you blOgging for dollars in
 just about an hour

SUN – MASTERMIND CREED 6:00 PM

SAT – ADWORDS 7:00 PM – Last week we learned about “keyword use
 within your ad copy”- This week we explode your campaigns with bigger sales
 results

Happy New Year Everyone.  Wow 2008 is off and running.  Whether or not we were ready it is here.  New Years bring so much hope and promise even though it is nothing more than another day.  However it is good to have starting points.  We have a time to reflect on what was right and learn from what was wrong and then move on.

One of our goals at Mastermind Pros is to get more and more people out there (or here) blogging.  Bloggers are an interesting group of people who find time to write and post articles.  I believe most bloggers are interested in helping people with what they have to say.  Some bloggers just rant on one topic day after day.  However this is a great outlet for it!  Wouldn’t you rather they do this in a constructive way.  Plus many of us have the same rants but just resist the urge to broadcast it.

Make 2008 a memorable year.  Take time for you, and if starting up a new business or looking for a way to add some extra cash to your life is something you want to do, then consider starting a blog.

We recommend the

because it is really fun to use and Alex S. gives such incredible support. 

Whether or not you start your own blog, please use this banner to join our blogging community.  It is a great way to start your online presense.  This is a nice community where you can find all sorts of interesting blogs and people.   It is FREE to join.  Once you join please make me your friend so we can keep in contact.