WordPress – Page 2 – Dennis J. Smith

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

Who’s Talking About Dennis Again?

July 17, 2014

Latest Testimonial I wanted to share the latest testimonial from a client who I now consider a friend. Patti contacted me because she was frustrated with her website. We worked together and came up with a new look and feel for her site and set her up with some tips for better blogging. Follow her site and watch as it grows with more stories of growing up in this area and product reviews for baby boomers. Check out the article about KFC coming to Ontario, OR in 1963. How can I help you put your passion online? Contact Dennis [divider] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] hired Dennis J. Smith to set up my Word Press website and blog for me. I had been wasting way too much time trying to understand it and getting nowhere. I did some research and found that Dennis is highly rated and has a great reputation, so I was comfortable with my decision to hire him. Dennis is extremely knowledgeable about all aspects of Word Press and many of the themes. In addition, he is experienced and good at explaining social marketing, SEO, landing pages – – just about all aspects of internet marketing. Right off the bat Dennis was so helpful. He offered terrific ideas and advice in addition to designing and putting up my blog. His price was reasonable for all that he did and continues to do to help me. Twice he met with me in person to go over the site and answer my questions. He was never in a big rush – always willing to stay for however long it took to get questions answered and issues solved. I highly recommend Dennis J. Smith and his business, Influence Social Marketing, for anyone who is struggling to create a good professional website or blog. In fact my advice is – don’t struggle with it at all! Hire him right from the get-go and save yourself some major headaches. Patti Mays That Retired Lady.com

How-To Host a Webinar With WordPress, MailChimp, LeadPages and Google+ Hangouts

July 6, 2014

How-To Host a Webinar With WordPress, MailChimp, LeadPages and Google+ Hangouts Have you ever wanted to host your own webinar? Webinars are great for promoting your business, a products, a book, teaching a course and more. With today’s technology it is totally possible to host your own affordable online webinar. With WordPress, MailChimp, LeadPages and a Google+ account you can be hosting your own revenue generating webinars for less than $50 a month. The best part is you don’t even have to setup a full WordPress website if you don’t already have one. Watch the video below to see how easy it is to broadcast your first webinar in less than a few hours or less. These are the Steps to Hosting Your Own Webinar With These Tools: Here’s the steps I have used to broadcast my own webinars. I have taken this information and put it in a full Udemy course with 40 lectures to teach you how you can do it too. Learn how to use these same free and affordable tools to broadcast your skills to the world with a LIVE webinar or a REPLAY of your webinar. Webinar Success: Broadcast Live Webinars Like A Professional – ENROLL IN COURSE The Tools I Use Are: WordPress, LeadPages, Goggle+ Hangouts STEP 1 – Find WordPress Hosting and get domain name GreenHostUSA Hostgator WordPress Hosting STEP 2 – Install WordPress WordPress More About cPanel STEP 3 – Set-Up Your MailChimp Account and Create Mailing List (Free Forever Plan) MailChimp STEP 4 – Get LeadPages and Create 4 Pages Webinar Registration Page, Registration Thank You Page, Live Webinar Page, Webinar Replay Page LeadPages LeadPages WordPress Integration STEP 5 – Get Google+ Account (Free) Google+ Hangouts Live STEP 6 – Broadcast Your Live Webinar Launch your Hangout On Air (HOA) Live on Google+ then copy and paste the embed code from the Hangout to your Live Webinar page you created with LeadPages. The webinar will be live from this page and also available on YouTube live for the world to view. STEP 7 – Create Your Webinar Replay When you are done with your live webinar take the embed code from the video that was recorded on YouTube and use it to create a webinar replay. This is a great way to continue to promote your business, product, books and more long after your live webinar has ended. Webinar Success: Broadcast Live Webinars Like A Professional – ENROLL IN COURSE Want to watch one of my webinars? Watch Webinar Replays Have questions or a comment? Leave them below and I will be happy to respond. Thanks for reading. Dennis [divider]

Marketing With WordPress–21 Ways In 21 Days

June 1, 2014

“Marketing With WordPress – 21 Ways In 21 Days” is my first online course designed to let you learn at your pace starts on Friday June, 20th 2014. It is combination of video and text in an easy to understand format sent to your inbox each day. Start off with an Introduction to WordPress by learning what WordPress is and who can use it, how much it cost and finding a local WordPress Meetup group. Then we will move on and talk about getting affordable hosting for your new WordPress website along with how to install WordPress and get you familiar with cPanel. We won’t spend much time with getting to know the ins and outs of WordPress because the course if focused on “Marketing With WordPress”. But I will leave you to some great resources so you can get familiar with WordPress. Plus I will give you a list of other valuable resources at the end of this 21 day course. Week One Course Outline [custom_list style=”list-1″] Introduction To WordPress Hosting WordPress Installation and Setting Up WordPress Themes For Marketing Plugins For Marketing Widgets For Marketing Smart Blogging For Effective Marketing [/custom_list] [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider] Week 2 starts off with optimizing your WordPress website for Google, BING and Yahoo to get the best SEO results. Then we will talk about using MailChimp for effecting and affordable email marketing. I will show you how to get connected to social media, build forms to sell product and collect important information to grow your business. We will finish out Week 2 by talking about Optimize Press and LeadPages which are 2 tools to build beautiful landing pages. Week 2 Course Outline [custom_list style=”list-1″] Optimize WordPress SEO Connect With MailChimp Connect With Social Media Connect With Facebook Build Gravity Forms and Formidable Optimize Press 2.0 Build Outstanding Leadpages [/custom_list] [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider] The course wraps up with Week 3 and more on selling product with WordPress. I show you how Woo Commerce is a great ecommerce solution for those wanting to sell physical and digital product online. If you are a self-published author like I am I will show you how to sell more books with WordPress. The week will finish up with tips for small local businesses, hosting your own webinars with WordPress, mobile apps to use WordPress on the go and those WordPress Resources I promised you. Week 3 Course Outline [custom_list style=”list-1″] Selling Product With WordPress WooCommerce For WordPress WordPress for Authors WordPress for MLM Businesses WordPress for Local Small Businesses Host Webinars With WordPress Get Mobile With WordPress WordPress Resources [/custom_list] BONUS: WordPress States With JetPack [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider] The course ends with a Bonus Lesson to show you how to check your WordPress website stats with the JetPack Plugin so you can find out more about your visitors and what areas of your site are most popular. Ready to get started? Signup and register today to reserve your space and watch your inbox for details. [divider] [custom_button text=”Reserve Your Seat” title=”Reserve Your Seat” url=”https://dennisjsmith.com/marketing-wordpress-course-registration/” size=”large” bg_color=”#FF5C00″ text_color=”#FFFFFF” align=”center” target=”_self”] [divider]

21 Ways to Learn Marketing with WordPress in 21 Days

April 14, 2014

Do you want to learn how to market your business better online? Is your website lacking what is needed to reach out to your customers? Are you staying in touch with your current clients? How are you bringing them back to your website? Is your website connected to your social media? I’ll show you some of the cool tools that are available for marketing with WordPress. How to grow your mailing list with webinars or courses like this one. How to promote your self-published Kindle book and getting ready to market your next book. How to create forms like the one below so you can sell your product online. Are you ready to learn? Marketing With WordPress 21 Ways in 21 Days Here’s what you’ll learn over 21 days without having to leave home: [one_half] [custom_list style=”list-7″] Brief Introduction to WordPress Hosting Your WordPress Website Installing and Setup of WordPress Themes for Marketing WordPress Plugins for Marketing Widgets for Marketing Smart Blogging for Effective Marketing Optimize WordPress SEO Marketing Connect with MailChimp Connect with Social Media Connect with Facebook [/custom_list] [/one_half] [one_half_last] [custom_list style=”list-7″] Create Great Custom Forms with Gravity Forms and Formidable Build Beautiful LeadPages Selling Product With WordPress WordPress E commerce with WooCommerce WordPress for Authors WordPress for Scentsy and MLM Reps WordPress for Local Small Businesses Host Webinars With WordPress WordPress Resources for Marketers Getting Mobile With WordPress WordPress Stats With JetPack – Bonus [/custom_list] [/one_half_last] What to expect? We’ll cover the topics above and more in this 3-week online course that you don’t have to leave home to take. When the course launches in May 2014 you will receive a new daily lesson in your inbox. It’s that easy! No driving to class, getting up early or fighting traffic to arrive on time. The pace you want to learn is up to you, but I suggest that you Plus you will get FREE access to my special Facebook Group “Marketing With WordPress – 21 Ways in 21 Days”. What does it cost? Want to save money? Register now in advance and receive the low course price of just $21.95 (This will go up in May so don’t wait!) for just the course or pick another option to get the course and some Google Hangout time with me during and after the course. I will answer your questions about anything that gets covered in the course. Just fill out the form today to reserve your space and I’ll be in touch shortly with the course launch date soon! Marketing With WordPress 21-Day Online Course 21 Ways in 21 Days! [gravityform id=”25″ name=”Marketing With WordPress Course Registration” title=”false” description=”false”]

5 WordPress Podcasts You Should Be Listening To

January 15, 2014

There are several great websites out there to find helpful information when it comes to WordPress. But some like to digest their information in different formats. I’m one of those who likes to read, listen and watch when it comes to learning something new. That is why I enjoy listening to the Podcasts I have listed below. Load them on your favorite device and listen to them in the car, at the gym or while taking your favorite walk. I’ve listed a few below that I listen too but there are several out there on both Stitcher and iTunes. Do you have a favorite WordPress Podcast I forgot to list? #1 The WordPress Chick Podcast #2 WordPress Plugins A to Z #3 WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler [convertkit] #4 Matt Report A WordPress business podcast for entrepreneurs, startups and freelancers #5 WPwatercooler [divider]

15 Ways to Get More Facebook Fan Page Engagement – Free Webinar

August 2, 2013

Here’s some of what you’ll learn… Learn how to get more likes on your post Learn how to get more likes on your fan page Learn techniques to get more comments How to get others to share your content Posting Tips Register to reserve your space today! [divider] [hcshort id=”13″]

The Social Media Talk Show | Recap Seattle WordPress WordCamp

June 13, 2013

The Social Media Talk Show – Recap Seattle WordPress WordCamp I’ve posted the links from today’s show below along with the replay. This weeks Social Media Talk show was a 30 minutes recap of the Seattle WordPress WordCamp. If you haven’t been to a WordCamp check out the websites below to see if there is one near your city. I would recommend for anyone who uses WordPress or wants to learn more about it. Facebook #hashtags Seattle WordPress WordCamp recap Links from Today’s Show and more links: https://dennisjsmith.com http://2013.seattle.wordcamp.org/ http://2013.portland.wordcamp.org/ http://central.wordcamp.org/ book.https://dennisjsmith.com – Download free Google+ Chapter of my updated 2013 Edition of my book “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” WordPress Hangouts with Dennis – for less than $25 a month you can hangout with me and get your WordPress questions answered live. Social Media Hangouts with Dennis – – for less than $25 a month you can hangout with me and get your Social Media questions answered live. Listen to internet radio with The Social Media Talk Show on BlogTalkRadio

30 Popular WordPress Plugins – [INFOGRAPHIC]

June 11, 2013

Whether you are just getting started with WordPress or a seasoned professional it still can be a challenge finding the right plugin. There are over 25,000 plugins available for WordPress and not all of them are kept up-to-date. Here’s a list of 30 popular plugins for WordPress on this infographic I came across on Pinterest. Do you already use any of this? Have a favorite that isn’t listed? I currently use about 6 myself on this site and some of my other sites. This Infographic is Courtesy of WordPress Templates and Designed by Graphs

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