Social Media – Dennis J. Smith

#AskDennis: Online Instructor Patricia Martin

August 20, 2016

#AskDennis: Online Instructor Patricia Martin Transcript for my reply to Instructor Patricia Martin: Welcome back for another edition of Ask Dennis and you can find previous episodes at https://dennisjsmith.com/askdennis using the hashtag Ask Dennis and today’s question comes from Tricia who is a Udemy instructor and she says thank you for offering this service for answering our course marketing questions and her question is “What’s the most effective marketing method to get exposure for her course”, she’s tried coupons she’s tried handing out fliers with a course link on those added some lessons on YouTube etc. But she’s still not making a lot of sells what should her next step be thank you and she goes on to give her website and her course link which i will add in the notes on YouTube because they’re just so long that it’s some difficult sometimes for people to understand when you’re giving them out a URL so Thank You Tricia for the question. I’ll make sure that I give you a shout out excuse me. So on one of the first things that I would say and I say this probably a lot is a blog definitely want to have a blog where everything that you do comes together including promoting your courses and then also connecting your social media networks such as Facebook or Instagram of course says that it is the “Street basic power guide to SEO”, so it sounds like they should already have some SEO knowledge I use WordPress for websites and use Yoast SEO as a plug-in to help out with the SEO because SEO is not my forte I know enough about it you know to make sure that I have the right keywords and what not but you definitely want to have a blog and promote your courses on your website and start writing about SEO and give out tips and things like that and become the expert in SEO so that those people who are coming to your website for SEO tips see that you have a course on SEO and hopefully more courses, I haven’t looked to see if you have more unique courses but I would imagine that you’re going to release more courses and you just you know you want to become an expert in that area so that your followers see that I’m just like myself with the stuff that I’ve done on you to me I constantly get questions from people through Facebook who have questions such as yours and that’s because I’ve been doing this kind of stuff for a while now I do WordPress and I do SEO and all of that but my interest is in helping others out with marketing so you said that you tried flyers and things like that that’s interesting because I’ve never done something like that but what about maybe teaching a course at a local community college I’ve done that here i’m in the Boise Idaho area. I’ve gone to community colleges before who have allowed me to use their facilities and I have people come and join me. I haven’t done this in a while and I’ve been wanting to do this again because you kind of want to do this to you know connect with students in real time or or real life or whatever so find some of those community colleges and maybe or find someplace where you can teach a course on SEO and go out to your businesses that are in your local community and let them know that you’re teaching that course and then you can upsell your online course to them so that they can go there for more information and maybe you can you know if SEO is what you do maybe that’s a way that you can find some clients. So I would definitely suggest something like that. Have you thought about writing an e-book a kindle book? It is really easy to write you could write a Kindle book and in front of the book you can put links to your courses i wrote my book Udemy Life and I put links in front of the book because I Amazon will show the first ten percent of the book so that people can decide if they want to buy the book but they can still see those links and possibly click on those and then I have links throughout the book because I interviewed other instructors so maybe you could do something like that to and use that as a way to get people to go to your course. So those are a few tips there that you might want to try out let me know how those work out and others use any of those tips certainly let me know if you’re looking at this video on YouTube comment below if you have a question contact me through DennisJSmith.com if you have a question yourself or if you see this on Facebook or YouTube please leave a comment and let me know if you have any questions or if you enjoyed the information that i gave you. So that’s it for this edition of Ask Dennis thank you very much and thanks again Tricia for your question.

How to create a video course, market with YouTube, and travel with Gabby Wallace

Catch These Top 5 Viewed Blab Online Marketing Shows

July 11, 2016

Right now I’m taking a pause from my Blab Online Marketing shows but hope to be at it again soon. In the meantime I thought I’d recap 5 of the top shows watched by viewers like you. I’ve ranked them in order of top views and each one is a personal favorite. But the show with Gabby Wallace is one of my favorites because I admire the business she’s built around her YouTube Channel, Udemy courses and her love for her passion which is teaching others english so they too can enjoy success. Let me know which one is your favorites in the comments below. Thanks for watching! How to create a video course, market with YouTube, and travel with Gabby Wallace Matt Bernstein and I chat with Gabby Wallace about her success on YouTube. Gabby has over 197,000 followers on her YouTube Channel. She shares her secerts to success so you too can build your following on YouTube. Gabby Wallace YouTube Channel My YouTube Channel Matt Bernstein, Dennis J. Smith, Simone GTeX, Gabby Wallace 832 viewers • 203 replays #Udemy Course Creation with Dennis Smith, Matt Bernstein and Phil Ebiner Learn tips on Udemy course creation from the experts. Phil Ebiner is one of Udemy’s top instructors with 66 courses and 151,870 plus students that have reviewed his courses over 7,593 times. Both Matt Bernstein and I chime in with our tips on course creation too. Matt’s Udemy Courses Phil’s Udemy Courses Dennis’s Udemy Courses Dennis J. Smith, Phil Ebiner, Matt Bernstein, Glenn M Trujillo 581 viewers • 143 replays Rolling in the dough teaching your passion on Udemy! A chat with Teresa Greenway We call here the sourdough lady and there’s a reason why. Teresa Greenway has built herself a solid following on Udemy through her love of baking sourdough bread. Teresa has a story to share that you don’t want to miss and tons of information on how she’s earning 1,000’s a month from her Udemy courses, books and online following of thousands. Teresa’s Udemy Courses Dennis J. Smith, Teresa Greenway , Matt Bernstein 506 viewers • 141 replays Unlock Online Revenue and Audience Growth With Instagram – Guest Evan Humber Want to learn more about Instagram and growing your followers? I recommend you watch this Blab with our guest Evan Humber. Evan talks about eye catching images and how to get others to follow you to quickly gain Instagram success. Evan’s Udemy Courses Dennis J. Smith, Matt Bernstein, MillionaireDj 478 viewers • 46 replays List Building, Sales Funnels, Lead Magnets, Email Marketing For Entrepreneurs Phil Ebiner and I co-teach a ConvertKit course on Udemy that continues to do well. I had started using ConvertKit back in November of 2015 and convinced Phil to use it earlier this year. He liked it so much I was able to talk him into doing a course with me and this Blab to let others know why they should make the switch to ConvertKit too. Get ConvertKit Enroll In ConvertKit Course Dennis J. Smith, Phil Ebiner 411 viewers • 80 replays

Growth Hacking Your Social Networks With Social Media Hack Expert Ali Mirza

May 19, 2016

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Are you frustrated with Social Media? Email Marketing? WordPress?

October 12, 2014

Are you needing some help with your social media marketing? Is WordPress giving you problems and you don’t know who to turn to? Set up a free 30-minute call with me and I’ll answer your questions to help solve your issues. I’ve set up a page on my website to show you what days and times are available. Just my your selection and tell me how you would like me to reach you. I’ll contact you at the date/time you select. There’s no catch! It’s my way of saying thank you for visiting my website. I have limited time slots next week so get your space reserved today. If you aren’t able to get a space this week I will open up more space for next week so keep checking. Book Your Free 30-Minute Call: https://dennisjsmith.com/schedule-free-30-min-call/ P.S. I started a new course called “Marketing Your Business With WordPress“. These are the tools I used to sell almost 1,000 copies of my book. Learn how you can use affordable WordPress to market your business online. It’s on the popular learning website Udemy.com for $57, has 10 5-star reviews and has over 20 different lectures to show you how to market your product or business using WordPress. I’m giving you $40 off so you can take the course until the end of the month for just $17. Don’t wait and miss out on this special savings! Register: https://www.udemy.com/marketing-your-business-with-wordpress/?couponCode=17BUCKDEAL

5 Udemy Courses For Learning WordPress

September 8, 2014

5 Udemy Courses For Learning WordPress I love WordPress because it has been around for just over 10 years now. That means there are tons of great resources out there to learn WordPress, find support, locate a great theme or to connect with other WordPress enthusiast. I have written post on great podcasts that talk about what is going on with WordPress or my Ultimate List of WordPress resources. In this post we are going to talk about 5 great Udemy courses for learning more about WordPress including one that I teach. Talking With Clients – Creating a WordPress Website – Free Course This course will teach you about the conversations you should be having with clients when designing their WordPress website. If you are building WordPress sites for others or plan to start your own WordPress business you should take this course. Rob also has several books on Amazon.com and I have read a few and came away with great business ideas. If you are interested in passive income check out his book “Build a Brand, Create Products and Earn Passive Income”. How to Install WordPress From Scratch – Free Course WordPress is famous for it’s 5 minute install which is offered pretty much by all hosting providers. However it isn’t the most secure way to install WordPress and could put your site at risk. This course teaches you how to install WordPress by scratch to insure you start out with a secure site. Learn how to create a MySQL database and other essentials for success from the start. WordPress SEO Rocket LITE – Free Course Learn better SEO for your WordPress site with this “WordPress SEO Rocket LITE” course. This course provides you with the basics for optimizing your site for better results with Google and Bing. Learn WordPress – A Quick and Easy Guide – $19 Course Learn how to install WordPress step-by-step and get the settings changed so you are ready to blog or build a website for your small business. This course has over 30 lectures including some advanced information at the end. Marketing Your Business With WordPress – Sell More Online – FREE(Save $147) I have been using WordPress for about 5 years now for all of my websites including the one you are reading this post on. I teach local workshops and this is my first Udemy course which now has almost 3,000 students taking the course. Learn over 20 different ways you can market your business or promote your self-published book online. These are the same tools I used to sell over 1,000 copies of my best selling web marketing book. You get a free copy at the end of the course so make sure you signup today. So there are 5 courses you can take on Udemy.com to learn some great information about WordPress from creating your site to marketing your product. If you take the courses come back here and leave your thoughts or course reviews in the comments below. *Please note that free courses were free at the time of publication and pricing is subject to change. Updated: Friday December 4th, 2015 [divider]

5 Social Media Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

August 17, 2014

5 Social Media Podcasts You Should Be Listening To I wrote a post a few months ago on 5 WordPress Podcast’s for those who want to learn more about WordPress. I’m one of those who likes to read, listen and watch videos when it comes to learning. That is why I enjoy listening to the Social Media Podcast’s I have listed below. Load them on your favorite device and listen to them in the car on the way to work or a road trip, at the gym or while taking your favorite walk or hike. I’ve listed a few below that I listen too but there are several out there on both Stitcher Radio and iTunes. Search for “Social Media” and you will find tons of others listed. Do you have a favorite Social Media Podcast I forgot to list? #1 Social Media Pubcast by Jon Loomer I have followed Jon now for a few years and check out his blog from time-to-time and he always provides quality information on Facebook, blogging and more. Plus as a beer lover I appreciate the name pubcast. #2 Social Media Marketing with Michael Stelzner [convertkit] When it comes to finding great information on all forms of social media networking I always turn to Social Media Examiner which was started by the host of this podcast packed with great information. #3 Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield If you are looking for more information on marketing online, especially Facebook Ads you have come to the right place. Amy has worked with people like Tony Robbins and companies like Harley-Davidson. #4 Social Media Social Hour Lots of great information can be found weekly on this podcast by Tyler J. Anderson. The most current episode has an interview with Mari Smith who I consider the Queen of Facebook and building relationships. #5 Social Media Talk with Dennis J. Smith My own podcast which has been on hiatus since last year, but still has lots of good information. I have been thinking about bring it back. Listen and feel free to leave a comment on Stitcher Radio or down below in the comments. [divider]

Affordable Website for Self-Published Authors

August 3, 2014

Are you looking for an affordable way to promote your book and yourself online? WordPress is the easiest and most affordable solution on the planet. When I wrote my first book over 3-years ago I knew that I would need a website and social media presence. I had to considering my book is about promoting your business or cause using social media sites like Facebook. During that time I learned how to promote my book both online and offline, selling almost 1000 copies both Kindle and Paperback. I also learned the importance of having a mailing list like MailChimp so I could target current and future readers. Something I found out not all self-published authors are doing. The problem is both a combination of lack of money, time and knowledge. Even though WordPress is pretty easy most still don’t have the knowledge to create their own website. Lets face it, sometimes it is easier to let others help us and focus our time on what we do best. Writing more books! That’s where I come in, because I’m an author just like you. I have written and marketed a bestseller that has sold over 1000 copies on Amazon.com and has over 8,000 KDP promotion downloads. I know what it takes to promote your book online and capture reader information to grow your list and stay successful. Talk to me about building an affordable WordPress website for your current book or your next bestseller. Contact Dennis

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