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BYPU 201 Course Outline Welcome to the BYPU 201 Action Sheets! Each video is in bold with the tasks below it. Please print this off and have it next to your computer. As you complete each task, place a checkmark in the box. This will help you take action on what you are learning. Module #1: Getting Traffic to Your Blog The Big Picture of Blog Traffic Can you answer “yes” to the following? I understand that.... My focus should be on adding value My focus should be on the longterm (the brick by brick philosophy) My focus should be on building relationships and not just hiding on my blog Getting Your First 50 Visits Find 25 top blogs in your niche using http://invesp.com/blogrank Find 25 blogs on Technorati.com Place a helpful comment on each of the blogs you have chosen above Find a forum for your niche either from Google or BoardReader.com Creating a Facebook Page for Your Blog Create your Facebook Page for your blog: http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php Creating a Twitter Account Create a Twitter account for your blog by going to Twitter.com Getting Twitter Traffic Completely fill out your Twitter profile (profile image, bio, link to blog, etc.) Send your first tweet by sharing one of your blog posts Send a tweet sharing someone else’s blog post that you follow Do a search on twitter for a topic in your niche and try to reply to someone Getting Yahoo Answers Traffic Open an account at Yahoo Answers Find 25 “open” questions and try to answer them, ideally with a prior post you have written Getting Linkedin Traffic Open a Linkedin account (if you haven’t already done so) Join 25+ Linkedin Groups that are related to your niche. Promote your best blog post in the past week in all of the Linkedin groups you just joined. Find more great blogging resources at BloggingYourPassion.com. 1

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BYPU 201 Course Outline

Welcome to the BYPU 201 Action Sheets!Each video is in bold with the tasks below it.

Please print this off and have it next to yourcomputer. As you complete each task, place acheckmark in the box. This will help you takeaction on what you are learning.

Module #1: Getting Traffic to Your Blog

The Big Picture of Blog TrafficCan you answer “yes” to the following?I understand that....❏  My focus should be on adding value❏  My focus should be on the long­term (thebrick by brick philosophy)❏  My focus should be on building relationshipsand not just hiding on my blog

Getting Your First 50 Visits❏   Find 2­5 top blogs in your niche usinghttp://invesp.com/blog­rank❏  Find 2­5 blogs on Technorati.com❏  Place a helpful comment on each of theblogs you have chosen above❏  Find a forum for your niche either fromGoogle or BoardReader.com

Creating a Facebook Page for Your Blog❏   Create your Facebook Page for your blog:http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

Creating a Twitter Account❏   Create a Twitter account for your blogby going to Twitter.com

Getting Twitter Traffic❏   Completely fill out your Twitter profile(profile image, bio, link to blog, etc.)❏   Send your first tweet by sharing one ofyour blog posts❏   Send a tweet sharing someone else’sblog post that you follow❏   Do a search on twitter for a topic inyour niche and try to reply to someone

Getting Yahoo Answers Traffic❏   Open an account at Yahoo Answers❏   Find 2­5 “open” questions and try toanswer them, ideally with a prior post youhave written

Getting Linkedin Traffic❏   Open a Linkedin account (if you haven’talready done so)❏   Join 25+ Linkedin Groups that arerelated to your niche.❏   Promote your best blog post in the pastweek in all of the Linkedin groups you justjoined.

Find more great blogging resources at BloggingYourPassion.com.

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Module #2: On Site Improvements

Fundamentals of Site LayoutAnswer the following questions:❏  Do you have your most importantelements “above the fold” on your blog?❏  Are the elements on your sidebarcategorized by importance from the top down?❏  Is your blog easy for your readers tonavigate?

Creating Your Blog Categories❏  Use About.com to brainstorm potentialcategories for your blog❏  Use Amazon.com to brainstorm potentialcategories for your blog❏  Select 5­10 categories that all your futureposts will fit into

How to Create a Contact Page❏  Add the Contact Form 7 plugin to your blog❏  Set­up your contact settings in plugin❏  Add the shortcode to your Contact page

Creating an Awesome About PageAnswer the following questions:❏  Does your About Page explain the purposeof your blog?❏  Does your About Page explain who youare?❏  Does your About Page explain what youhave to offer? benefits to the reader?❏  Does your About Page have a ways forpeople to connect with you?

Create a Simple Email Subscribe Box❏  Copy the code under “subscriptionmanagement” inside “email subscriptions”on feedburner.❏  Paste the code in a text widget in yoursidebar*note: If you want to go a step further,repeat the same steps above withmailchimp.com instead of feedburner.

Benefits of a Customizable Theme❏  Consider purchasing a premium themefor the additional option it gives you.Create a Simple Email Subscribe Box❏  Optional: A decent free theme that hasseveral options is called the Atahualpatheme

Finding Pictures for Your Blog❏  Search for a few pictures for your blogon Flickr.com (You can also usePhotopin.com as well)

Editing Photos for Your Blog❏  Upload a picture to PicMonkey.com andtry out the editing features

Creating a Free Logo for Your Blog❏  Select your font of choice atDaFont.com❏  Try creating a logo at SumoPaint.com

Add Social Media Icons to Your Blog❏  Install the Social Media widget plugin❏  Drag the social Media Widget to yoursidebar and add your social media info

Find more great blogging resources at BloggingYourPassion.com.

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Module #3: Off Site Tasks

How to Autofeed to Twitter andFacebook❏  Sign up for Networked Blogs at:http://www.facebook.com/networkedblogs

Submitting to Blog Carnivals❏  Submit to 3­5 blog carnivals by going to:http://blogcarnival.com

3 Things to Discover With GoogleAnalyticsLogin to your Google Analytics and answer thefollowing statements.I know how to:❏  Find the blog posts with the most traffic❏  Find the referring site traffic to my blog❏  Find the keywords Google is ranking me for

All About Guest Posting❏  Select 3 blogs you would like to guest poston and send them a personal email

Submit to Google/Bing Webmaster Tools❏  Add your blog to Google Webmasters Toolhttp://google.com/webmasters❏  Add your blog to Bing Webmasters Toolhttp://Bing.com/toolbox/webmaster

Submitting to Blog Directories❏  Add your blog to these blog directoriesTechnorati.comhttp://www.invesp.com/blog­rankbloggers.comhttp://www.blogcatalog.comhttp://blogflux.com/http://www.blogdigger.com/add.jsphttp://globeofblogs.com/http://top­blogs.org/

Module #4: Keyword Research & SEO

What is Keyword Research?❏   I understand the value of keywords andwhy they are so important

How to Do Keyword Research❏   Consider grabbing our favorite keywordtool to find keywords for your blog(Special $10 off for BYPU students:http:/bloggingyourpassion.com/1/keywordresearcher

What is SEO?❏   I understand what SEO means

How Search Engines Work❏   I have a better understanding of howsearch engines work

How to Get Your Site into Google❏   My site is indexed in Google(use site:yourblog.com in the Google searchbox to find out)

Find more great blogging resources at BloggingYourPassion.com.

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5 Important Things to Know About SEOAfter watching the video, I understand whatthe following terms are:❏   Keyword research❏   Links❏   Anchor text❏   Title tags❏   Content

9 Point SEO Checklist for Blog Posts❏   I have downloaded the 9 Point SEOChecklist and will use it for my future blogposts

Module #5: Monetization Strategies

4 Ways to Make Money from Your Blog❏   I understand the 4 basic ways to startearning money blogging

Getting Started With Adsense❏   (Optional) Sign up for a Google AdsenseAccount

Getting Started With Amazon❏   (Optional) Sign up as an Amazon Affiliate

Getting Started With CommissionJunction❏   (Optional) Sign up for a CJ account

Module #6: Content Creation

6 Qualities of Successful Bloggers❏  I understand what the top 6 qualities areof a successful blogger

Fear of Not Being Good Enough❏  I will not let the fear of not being goodenough stand in my way

Web Etiquette: 5 Things to KnowI understand the “right” way to:❏  Leave blog comments❏  Link on the web❏  Respond to blog comments❏  Not to plagiarise❏  Get permission for my email list

20 Types of Blog Posts You Can Use❏  I have saved or printed off the 20 typesof blog posts

Using the Article Topic IdeasSpreadsheet❏  I have saved the Article Topic IdeasSpreadsheet

How to Add/Use an Editorial Calendar❏  I know how to add and use an editorialcalendar in order to be better organized

Ideal 1 Hour Work Session❏  I have an idea of how to structure ablogging work session❏  I have scheduled my first blogging worksession on my calendar

Find more great blogging resources at BloggingYourPassion.com.

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