Staying Organized

Keeping it simple and neat:

Articles

I’m sure staying organized is important to most of us. It is to me, especially when creating thirty-five article pages on a website.

So I thought I’d blog about it this morning. Writing seems to help me understand it more and if it helps someone else that’s even better.

I’ve found the best way to stay organized when writing articles for keyword topics is to create a folder for each subtopic. The name I give the folder is important because I find when I have many files and folders it can get confusing. I name the folder “Articles + subtopic name” That way I’m not wading through a maze of files–I know right where to go.

Within this folder I have seven topic articles; each article is written on notepad. The notepad transfers to the HTML pages of the website template nicely. However I write the article in Word first for spelling and grammar purposes, then I copy and paste to notepad. I repeat this procedure for each of my five subtopics.

Website Pages:

I’ve found the best way to create pages for my site is to make copies of the template after the preliminary workup is finished, such as the sidebar and after I’ve added google adsense code, statcounter code and hittail code.

Note: I’ve found it is important to make copies of the “whole template file folder” for each of the seven article topics. This, of course, is if you are using one of the ready-made free templates.

It’s been my experience that copying only part of the file, such as the “index template” without the total file doesn’t work. You will wind up with a black and white text template without the images.

After copying pages into each subtopic folder the fun begins. Now it’s time to write articles and that’s a whole new subject in itself. Right now I’m doing research on my topic theme, which is photography. Perhaps I’ll blog about it next time.

Thanks for reading.

Until next time

To your success

Marlene Cronkhite

There are important components involved in choosing a niche topic. I’ve found the topic must not only be profitable but be personally interesting, one that I may even feel passionate about.

Here are some questions I asked myself:

Is this a subject I like or that I’m fascinated with?

It’s important not to allow yourself to get ho-hum bored with your niche. After all, it’s an on-going work in process that you must continually think about and create daily.

Can I profit from this product?

A very significant aspect is money. I believe it must all work together in harmony with your other reasons for creating a niche.

Can my niche become a hub?

This is what eventually will happen in the long-term if I’ve chosen my niche wisely. And perhaps it will turn into a gateway to other niche sites. This is my goal.

Do I understand the SILO structure for building my niche?

I think the SILO  is the way to build a niche. I’ve studied the structure and believe I’m beginning to understand it fairly well now.

Can I have fun with my niche?

Yes, fun is of extreme importance, to me it’s probably #1 — My motto is to have fun and enjoy what you’re doing. It’s the yummy frosting on the cake and shows up in your work.

This has been a growing experience for me, especially since I’ve changed my niche topic around three times. Right now I’m on the third topic and I’m considering it to be the charm. Due to this it has taken me a little longer than expected to get my site up and running, however I believe it’s worth it.

Thanks for reading.

Until next time.

My best to you and to your success.

Marlene Cronkhite

I’d like to share with you a little about creating my Niche site. Like anything else there’s preparation involved. This may sound a little complicated at first but the lessons help with the set-up, as well as the NZPCS Million Dollar Blueprint videos.

I’m using the SILO structure to set up my niche site and this is what I’ve done so far:

Utilizing the Trellian Keyword Research Tool, I’ve created folders for five topic keywords for my niche site. Within the five-keyword-topics I’ve created seven keyword phrases. Each one of the phrases will be a page in my niche site.

My next step was to choose products at the Clickbank Marketplace for my five-keyword-topics. I then copy/pasted each product with clickbank hoplink into Notepad and placed the info into its respective folder. I will eventually cloak my hoplinks using My Affiliate Assistant software.

Since I have a visual mind, I find it helpful to sketch a draft (by hand on scratch paper) of each individual page of my site. When I’m finished with the draft all I need to do is follow it and create the site.

At the present time this is my WIP (work in process) and I will share more with you in a few days.

Try this link: Niche Site

Thanks for reading.

Until next time.

To your success,

Marlene Cronkhite

I’ve had a good learning experience this week that I’d like to share. I have added five affiliate links to the sidebar of my Work From Home Blog. I will go through the process of how I setup these links.

My first step was to go to the Clickbank Marketplace. One of the wonderful things about Clickbank is that it is free to join.

Once you are in the Marketplace you are asked to enter keywords for the product you want to sell. For my keywords I typed in “work at home” I also used “on-line jobs.” Using these keywords I noticed quite a few home-based jobs crop up to choose from.

I selected five on-line job opportunities. During the process of making my selection, I viewed the pitch page for each of the five products, making sure I liked the quality of the product. Once I was satisfied I clicked on the “create hoplink” link.

From here I gave my hoplink nickname and pressed, “create.” The information I received back for each of the products was my unique clickbank hoplink ID. I copied and pasted this info on to a notepad. I did this for each of the five products.

Now at this point I am ready to cloak each of my five clickbank hoplinks so when they appear in the browser there is no connection to clickbank URLs. Cloaking is necessary for two reasons. The first reason: If a buyer sees or recognizes a clickbank hoplink URL they generally pass it by. For some reason shoppers/buyers tend to want to buy straight from the publisher of the product rather than go through an affiliate.

The second reason: Unfortunately, there are hijackers out there in cyberspace that would just love to steal your clickbank hoplink URL. They just delete your hoplink and add their own taking with them your profits. So these are two very good reasons to cloak your hoplink.

The best cloaking method I know of is My Affiliate Assistant. If you are a member of NZPCS Million Dollar Blueprint you will have access to this cloaking software as a free download. It is very easy to use and when finished your URL will be disguised and placed in a recommends folder until ready for use. This folder must be transferred via FTP to your server host.

Well, that’s it for now. Thanks for reading.

Until next time.

To your success.

Marlene Cronkhite

Sidebar Changes

Last evening my mentor and I spoke on SKYPE and together cleared up a few things I was puzzled over relating to my sidebar in my Work-From-Home Blog.

I learned a little more about placing “Categories” into the sidebar.  Actually, this is a simple task:  just type in the category of choice and WALA press the add button and you’ve got it.

I also learned more about how to arrange button codes and HTML codes, placing the code into the sidebar so it is aligned properly. It is amazing how much you will learn about HTML just by reading the codes.

This morning I deleted HTML code and added HTML code.  This is a “work in process” so you will see more changes in my sidebar as I develop my blog in the future.

Thanks so much for reading.

Until the next time,

To your success.

Marlene Cronkhite

My Journal
The following is the beginning of my Work-From-Home Journal:

I knew very little about FTP (File Transfer Protocol) when I started with NZPCS but it didn’t take long before my mentor helped me learn. I also gleaned some FTP basics from watching one of the many videos provided by NZPCS .

After my initial setup of WordPress and my plugins were activated, I needed to activate my Akismet plugin. Akismet is important in that it blocks spammers from filtering in on your site. In order to activate Akismet I needed an API key; to get a key I needed an account with WordPress.com. So I opened an account and they sent me my key via email. I entered the key in the appropriate spot and am now protected from spammers.

Now that this was accomplished I went to the Manage Tab then to Comments and deleted the “Mr WordPress Comments.”

Next I applied “the ping list” — this I learned from watching the NZPCS video: First I opened the Blogpack supplied by NZPCS (downloaded software for WordPress) and copied the pinglist from Note Pad provided in the blogpack. I then went to my WordPress dashboard and clicked Options, then Writing. I scrolled to the end of the page and pasted my pinglist into the window provided.

My next step was to change the Permalink structure. I clicked the Option tab then Permalinks. I scrolled down until I found Custom. Then I typed in: /%category%/%postname%

It is important to remember to click “update file” each time you change settings.

Next I inserted my Google pub ID code into the google_ad_client. I did this by clicking the Presentation tab then Theme Editor. In the sidebar I found Sidebar and Footer. I opened each one and added my Google pub ID.

Thanks for reading.

To your success.

Marlene Cronkhite

A NEW BEGINNING

Welcome! My name is Marlene Cronkhite. This is my first post in my NZPCS Work-From-Home Blog.

First of all, I’d like to say that the MILLION DOLLAR BLUEPRINT Course is a new beginning in my life. I was searching for a home-based business and I’m not quite sure just what led me to knock on the door of NZPCS, but I’m sure glad I did.

I searched for quite a long time and after joining the course I feel like I’m finally moving in a positive direction. The Million Dollar Blueprint course provides so much. Not only in the way of opportunity to develop a home-based business but plenty of tutorials to help you learn every step of the way.

So now the fun begins. Now that I have my Work From Home blog my objective is to to post a daily written record of my experiences and observations as I grow and learn everything I can from the Million Dollar Blueprint course. This blog will be what I consider a journal of my work in progress.

But of course it doesn’t end with this blog. This is only the beginning. From here I will learn around 220 more software systems and put them to use in affiliate marketing.

From where I’m sitting I see this Work-From-Home course has all the necessities rich in support. There are pillars that provide the foundation for anyone who would like to learn a home based business.

Thanks for reading.
To your Success.

Marlene Cronkhite