Inside the first of ten videos, discover why it is so important to use WordPress for your blog and how you can learn, for FREE, how to set up your very own blog.If you have any comments on how you think we can improve the videos, please feel free to add some comments to this or any of the other posts on this blog.
Happy blogging!
The Become A Blogger Team
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OOPS, sorry for the double posting, I told you I was a beginner, and after reading what I posted I now realise it sounded very uncomplimentary! That was NOT what I intended.
After reading all the other postings, I can’t wait to see these video’s, as there can’t be anyone more tech un-savvy p than me.
Best
Ian
Hi Ian
We’ve just had a crazy amount of traffic to the site in the last 24 hrs. So it’s possible that the load was simply too much for the servers to handle.
Please try again and see if the videos play back better for you.
The performance of the videos are also affected by the quality of your broadband connection of course
Talk soon, and thanks for the feedback in any case!
Gideon Shalwick
Video are not available; is there a problem? or have they been deleted or something? I’ve been trying to access the video for the last 8 hours and nothing is there
I love it and wan it for my website–where can I get it?
Gideon:
I am close to becoming a Premium memeber but I have one concern…
I have been writing about politics for some time (app. a year) and recently started my own blog about a month ago (www.gopmike.com) and have posted over 40 of my most recent articles and have set up my adsense and gadgets using Blogger.com… I also purchased my own domain through blogger(Google)..
I am concerned about moving everything over to Wordpress as I would not want to miss a beat and lose any of my initial audience (app. 150/day - I know to you its peanuts…)
Does your program apply/teach Blogger.com blogs or just wordpress. Or, do you offer a seamless video/teaching on transitioning from Blogger to Wordpress…
Please let me know asap as I would like to join by the 11th…
Ths so much… Enjoying all your material so far…
Mike
Hi Gideon
I seem to have lost the URL for your tutorial video’s can you let me know where to access them please?
Best
Ian
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
December 10th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Hi Ian
Not sure I understand what you mean…
All the free tutorial videos are on http://www.becomeablogger.com.
Best regards
Gideon Shalwick
i have watched the series of these video clips, some days ago, but right now i was unable to watch these clips again to do one or two things on my blog site. please kindly assist me to access or watch these video clips thanks.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
December 10th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Hi Olayinka
I think it could have something to do with the video sharing service we are using.
But I’ve found a way to fix it…
Do the following:
1. Clean our your internet cache (see instructions here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/howto/customizing/clearcache.mspx)
2. Then hit refresh on the page where you were watching the video
3. Then try to watch the video again
This should fix the problem in most cases.
It may also be a good idea to press play to start the video, and then press the pause button a few seconds later. Then wait until the whole video has downloaded before you hit the play button again.
Let me know if you have any more problems ok?
Gideon Shalwick
http://www.becomeablogger.com
Ooops! Sorry about that stupid question, I’ve just spotted the tab at the top of this page.
Best (again)
Ian
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
December 10th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Hi Ian
No problems! I happens to the best of us!
Talk soon!
Gideon Shalwick
i tried to view the video it doesnt come up please kindly help me out.
NOTICE TO PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VIEWING THE VIDEOS
I think it could have something to do with the video sharing service we are using.
But I’ve found a way to fix it…
Do the following:
1. Clean our your internet cache (see instructions here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/howto/customizing/clearcache.mspx)
2. Then hit refresh on the page where you were watching the video
3. Then try to watch the video again
This should fix the problem in most cases.
It may also be a good idea to press play to start the video, and then press the pause button a few seconds later. Then wait until the whole video has downloaded before you hit the play button again.
Let me know if you have any more problems ok?
Gideon Shalwick
http://www.becomeablogger.com
Hi Mike Aversano
“Does your program apply/teach Blogger.com blogs or just wordpress. Or, do you offer a seamless video/teaching on transitioning from Blogger to Wordpress…”
Unfortunately not at this stage. But Joel from http://www.blogtechguy.com may be able to help you out with this issue.
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Hi there pedagangIT
I’m not sure what exactly you mean. I’m familiar with the Ninja Affiliate system, but I’m not sure what exactly you’re asking…
If you provide some clearer details, I could maybe help you…
Regards
Gideon Shalwick
Have watched the first two videos and consider the content of both to be excellent. However the delivery is very, very broken up.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
December 16th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Hi Veejay
Thanks for your comment.
Have you tried our recommendations on our help page?
You can see them here:
http://becomeablogger.com/help.html
Let me know if you still get stuck ok?
Gideon Shalwick
Hi,
I am Fahim, just want to let you know that I did not finish the video because it is cutting off before completing full sentence which is very annoying and time consuming.
Thanks
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
December 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hi Fahim
The following instructions might help:
http://becomeablogger.com/help.html#1
Regards
Gideon Shalwick
Tried to sign up for your program.
When I tried to buy my domain name, it would not take an American Telephone Number and was unable to complete the order.
I was able to download the FileAilla program.
Can you advise why the order page will not take a USA Area Code.
Thanks, Jim
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Hey Jim
Have you been able to get in yet?
Here’s the link again in case you need it:
http://becomeablogger.com/signup/
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Hi Gideon,
I’m a Premium member–and I jsut want to know if the first ten free videos
are downloadable? The reason is sometimes I want to watch it without going
through the internet or if Internet access is not possible.
Thanks for your help,
Baltazar
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Hi Baltazar
I am currently in the process of adding all the download links and transcripts for the first 10 free videos inside the Premium members area.
So, just keep an eye on the members area over the next couple of weeks…
Remind me again if it’s not there within a week of today ok?
Gideon Shalwick
Dear Gentlemen,
My congratulations on the videos. The explanation and instructions of Gideon Shalwick are very clear and to the point. I loved it. Most of the programs say that they will guide you step by step, I miss a lot of those steps in only words.
Now I would like to ask Gideon Shalwick if he has a video on “how to create a banner on the website”?
I have learned a lot and hope to get the instruction on my question.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Etzel Provence
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
January 5th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Hi Etzel
Thank you for your kind comments…
Inside our Premium members area, we may cover the topic of adding banners to your website in the future.
But for now, we don’t have any information about that on this free site.
To find out more about our Premium service, you may visit:
http://becomeablogger.com/signup/
Kind regards
Gideon Shalwick
From an analog man in this digital world, I would like to say thank you for the enlightening information. Being a man with a lot to say and no previous medium to express my views ( other than in my own circle). From viewing your first video I am confident that this environment will be well suited to my desire to be listened to as well as debated, a practice that can only be fulfilling. Thank you again for possibly showing a hitherto inexperienced individual the ropes as it were. Sincerely Dean Bradt in Canada “aye”.
Hi Dean
Thank you for your kind comments! It’s much appreciated!
Sounds like you have some great information to share with the rest of the world.
I’m looking forward to see your progress. Do let me know how you get on ok?
Regards
Gideon Shalwick
Hi
I just watched the first video by Gideon and I am so impressed by the clear and informative style of his narration and I feel it is perfect for an aspiring newbie Blogger.
I think Yaro and Gideon are doing a great serviec to all the newbies.
Cheers
Eric
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 3:37 am
Thanks Eric!
Gideon
Great presentation style - thankyou. You discuss the benefit of wordpress as opposed to a hosted blog. Am I correct in thinking that the real loss if a hosted server was abandoned or went down is the loss of postings, comments and other content rather than the site itself and theme which can be setup again relatively easily. If so, I’m not undersstanding the benefit yet unless there is a way to backup content locally also.
Kind regards
Scott
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Hi Scott
Losing your content is definitely a major factor that counts again not hosting your blog on your own server and domain name.
The other drawback of course is that you don’t actually own the blog and it’s domain name if you’re not hosting it yourself with your own domain name.
So, imagine you’re hosted blog becomes really popular, and then you want to sell the whole thing - what happens then? How do you transfer the domain name to the new owner etc. It’s just a bit messy.
Also if your hosted blog gets removed or canceled for whatever reason, you will lose all your traffic and backlinks to your site. So even if you would copy all the content onto a new site, it will require a new domain name, and you’ll have to start from scratch again to build up back links which is so important for traffic and SEO. As you can imagine, this could be very frustrating indeed.
The decision still lies fully with you though
Hope this helps!
Gideon
Hi Gideon,
Just wanted to thank you for your absolutely brilliant video tutorials. I am so happy with my brand new blog!
Thank you so much for such an amazing resource!
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Hey Lolly
That’s fantastic news!
I had a quick look at your blog, and it looks great! You obviously have a talent for this.
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Lolly Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 5:35 am
You’re too kind! I am a Social Media Strategist for a living - this might justify the ‘talent’
I have just posted a ‘Beginner’s Guide to Wordpress self-hosting’ and my readers are loving your tutorials 
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Thanks for your support Lolly - Much appreciated!
Gideon
Forgive me Gideon if I am repeating myself, I’m uncertain if I have deleted my own query. I spotted a typing error and pressed change and close, and now I can’t find it anywhere, so I suspect I have. Anyway this is what I wanted to ask:-
Is it OK to use Private Label Rights to sell books on your personal blog, and to use URL to offer affiliate links, or does this constitute business. I notice you did not click in a circle on this question in hostgator. Does business perhaps mean ‘corporate blogging’, or is it for sites which have a proper buying and selling trade?
I am finding your videos exceptionally easy to follow but I am taking my time, as is my want. I am confident that your clear and concise instructions will get me where I want to be eventually.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Hi Veejay
Thank you for your message.
If you own the blog, you can pretty much sell anything on there you like (I’m assuming now that you’re only thinking about selling legal stuff right?)
So, using Private Label Rights and Affiliate promotions is fine.
I’m not sure which circle you’re referring to, and also in which video this was. Could you please provide some more details? Or maybe I’ve already answered your question.
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Veejay Reply:
February 18th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Yes you have answered my question Gideon, but for your information the point in question is on Video 2 - How to register your domain name, on the Namecheap Login page right at the bottom after you have entered your personal details there is a line which reads ‘I register for o/personal o/business etc.
Another question - I have been trying to set up a minisite with several linked pages. Whilst the links worked to start with I started messing about with the pages, altering content and headings etc and I seem to mess up the whole thing. The links are not working and I have about a dozen files on my desktop., duplicating each other and not linking. If I delete all of them and start again will they be properly deleted from my computer or will they be there to haunt me lurking somewhere on the hard disc or somethng? Veejay
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Oh ok - I think those fields for personal or business are purely for statistical purposes for namecheap.com. But if you’re unsure, you can always contact them directly.
About your other question… it’s a little hard for me to help you since I do not know exactly what you’re trying to achieve.
What kind of files are causing the problem? I’m really not quite sure how to help - you may need to find someone local to you who can have a look at your computer and who can answer that question for you.
Kind regards
Gideon Shalwick
Hi Gideon & Yaro
just viewed the first video, (Why You Should Use WordPress) I viewed it twice; and, to give you some analytical feedback, on the first viewing, the soundtrack stuttered and was very “jerky”, in Yaro’s intro: and, the sound quality, particularly when there was background music, was really poor! The Volume, on Gideon’s piece, was too low.
So, I clicked for a replay and found that, on the second viewing, that the soundtrack had improved quite a bit, (maybe buffered?)but I still had to “strain” to hear what was going on! Hope this feedback helps you pinpoint and fix the problem.
Best
Ian
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 15th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Hi Ian
That’s very strange indeed. The sounds comes out beautiful over at my end.
Have you followed the instructions on the following page yet?
http://becomeablogger.com/help.html
This may solve a few issues for you.
Just let me know if you are still having problems ok?
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Hi Gideon
I’ve cleared my Temporary Internet files folder (Cache?), and refreshed the page; however, I’m still unable to geta decent viewing. Any further suggestions? I’m just dying to get my teeth (both of them!) into this stuff!
Best
Ian
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 16th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hi Ian
Ok…
The poor performance of the video could be due to a number of reasons.
One such reasong could be your internet connection (you need a good broadband connection), and another could be due to your computer (older computers may have problems with displaying the videos properly).
So the only other thing I can suggest is that you view the video on someone else’s computer with a really good broadband connection.
Failing that, I could perhaps send you the download files for the videos. You can then download to your computer, and watch them at your leisure.
Just let me know how you get on ok?
Regards
Gideon
Hallo
Thanks for a wonderful tutorial on video , EXCELLENT
zelma du preez
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
February 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
No problem Zelma!
With a beautiful name like that, I can only assume you are from South Africa?
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Thank you for the great intro to blogging. When I first went to wordpress I felt like I was trying to read a foreign language.
Gideon,
Good news! I got someone to look at what I had done and he showed me that, although I didn’t know what I was looking at, I had actually gotten to exactly where your videos were trying to get me. Apparently the decisions and moves I had made were the correct ones, but not being familiar with any of it, I didn’t realize what I had done. That tells me just how good those videos are! I feel so much better now! and Thanks! Since I documented every key-stroke I took, and the resulting screen display, would like a copy of that document for the benefit of any other Mac users?
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
April 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Hey Jim
Yeah for sure! That would be great help. Just send it to support[at]becomeablogger.com.
Best regards
Gideon Shalwick
Hey, Gideon,
Great videos and very clear. My only problems are on video 4 and 5.
But it seems my problem. My understanding of Filezilla and how to move files is growing, but is still very limited.
All 10 videos are so clear and your step by step hand-holding is perfect!
Thanks for your tutorials. I look forward to getting more in the PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP training.
Dan McAuley
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
April 16th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Hey Dan
If you get stuck at all, do not hesitate to contact Joel from http://www.blogtechguy.com.
He will be able to help you out really quickly indeed!
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Hi Guys
I would like to add a page on my website about blogging and share the information with my visitors. Can I embed these videos ? I saw a post above from admin that is allowed as long as I don’t them. Has this been changed b’cos I find only the email facility and not the embed facility on clicking on the icon.
Regards
Eric
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
April 18th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Hi Eric
Of course you may go ahead and embed the videos on your site - as long as you always reference our website http://www.becomeablogger.com for the original source.
The embed function is still there. If you click on the embed icon, it should open up a small window with 3 tabs at the bottom. The embed code can be found on the second tab.
Regards
Gideon Shalwick
Hi,Gideon.
Thank God !
I finally find what exactly I am looking for.
You guys had already nailed me on my chair.
I will make this opportunity as
my MUST-ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF BLOGGING.
( but no examination ,ok ! I hate exam
Well done!
I am definitely will recommend this to all
my friends whoever has ZERO KNOWLEDGE BLOGGING WORLD.
Thanks again,
May wonderful days coming to you, guys!
Regards
su
please what i have seen is that the free videos can only be viewed online but i would like to have a copy of the 10 free tutorials on bloggong downloaded on my system to watch at a later time.this is because i have no internet connection on my system and i have to go to the cybercafe to browse anytime i need information online.kindly assist me with this
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Hi gbadamosi
We have all the download links for the videos inside the members area. But of course the members area is currently closed to the general public.
However, we are planning to open the doors to the program again very soon.
So, make sure you are subscribed to our list at http://www.becomeablogger.com, and then you’ll get notified about when we open up the doors again.
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
I really a joy a preview of your video. I hope I can learn more from your video when I finally sign in. Again thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Right now I am trying to develop my web site to start bloggin.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 16th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Hey Akin
Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying the videos.
We’re opening the Become A Blogger Premium program again in about 2 weeks time… if all goes well.
So, very soon now.
Talk soon!
Gideon Shalwick
Gideon and Yaro, Might it not be a good idea to upday your videos now with the latest versions of products? Some are becoming considerably dated.
Regards.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 18th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Hi Vera
Yeah good idea. Although, updating to the latest version is not always a good idea. The latest version ALWAYS have a number of bugs that need to get sorted out before it’s safe to use in my view.
The version that we are teaching is a pretty stable version and does a fantastic job.
And we do show people how to upgrade to the latest version as part of the Become A Blogger Premium course.
So, my recommendation is to use the version that we teach here, go through the course, and then, if you still want, upgrade to the latest version.
That’s your safest bet.
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger
Thank you for sharing this knowledge about blogging, I now understand about the difference of hosting or not to have hosting. I am fairly new to all this Internet jargon, so again Thank you for the simplicity of the video, looking forward to no.2
Regards,
Phyllis Pianta
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Hi Phyllis
Thanks for your very friendly comments!
Yaro and I spent a very long time to produce these videos, so I’m really glad that you are finding them useful.
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger
This is my first attempt to set up a landing page…
they said that videos and images are very hard to find for google to crawl because it’s not a text that can be readable…can you enlighten me more about…because I am really confuse about these…tnx.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 28th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Hey Packet
As far as I know, you can add text descriptions to your images that you post on your blog, and Google will actually pick up on that text, so that when people do an image search on Google, your images should show up.
Videos are a little different - If you’re using something like YouTube, Google is more likely to rank well for that. And I’ve noticed that YouTube is also working on speech recognition technology so that the words inside videos can become searchable. This is a very cool development to keep an eye on…
Talk soon!
Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger
Excellent and informative video. I have a blog about blogging, and I plan to use some of your stuff in it. Great work. I will be sure to give you full credit for the videos of course. Keep up the good work.
TheWildJoker
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 28th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Thanks for the support Allen!
All the best!
Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger
thank for your video but i want you sent all these video to my email for download it into my computer because i cannot watch from online it interrupt.
thank for your help.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
June 30th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Hey kompheak
We have download links for all the videos as well as their transcriptions inside the members area.
Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger
Lots of promise. Clear, concise, good graphics.
Can we hope for an update of these to WP’s most recent version, or at least to the recent major one, Gideon? These were great before that time, but it doesn’t seem sensible to recommend them to beginners, as I wish to do, when they would have to then immediately upgrade. That upgrade would be harder than the original installation as the automatic upgrade didn’t come into being until (sorry, I can’t remember the v. number of that major), and they probably wouldn’t be aware of the plug-in to do it.
I know it’s a lot of work to redo them, but they deserve it. They’re that good!
Sent with crossed fingers and thanks for considering the request.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Hey Jody
We do show people how to upgrade to the latest version inside our Premium Members area.
But we are also planning on updating the videos in any case some time in the future.
Thanks!
Gideon Shalwick
Become A Blogger
Jody Reply:
August 5th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Good news, Gideon, and thank you. I’m a technodisaster, but I installed my blog perfectly on the first attempt with the help of those videos! I’d like to see ‘future generations’ have the same privilege that I did.
i personally love and use wordpress. They are very user friendly and they upgrade often to make them even more user friendly. thank u
as a novice who learns best by understanding the big picture first then details - this was a perfect video. Thanks
This was incredibly helpful! Thank you!
Hi Gideon & Yaro,
I have a question.
I understand that if a blog is started under an externally-hosted site the content is not one’s own.
If I want to start 2 blogs with completely different topics (let’s say one is professional, and the other is a hobby/personal interest), can these two blogs be hosted under the same domain name? Won’t they be connected then?
Any suggestions on how to have 2 blogs without them being related to one another publicly?
Thank you, Yehudit, Israel.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
September 8th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Hey Yehudit
Yes, you can have two blogs with two different domains on the same server.
Basically, all you have to do, is create another sub domain under your existing hostgator account, and then install your next blog into that new directory.
You may need some technical assistance with this, so I recommend you get in touch with Joel from http://www.BlogTechGuy.com - he’ll be able to help you out.
Talk soon!
Gideon Shalwick
I discovered Yaro’s site through one of Affilorama’s training lessons. Up until that time, I toyed with the idea of using a blog as an income earning opportunity but after watching Yaro’s initial introductory video to join his mentoring membership program, I felt as if I finally found a plan of action that could enable me in a systematic fashion to achieve my independence. This video is so simple and yet very, very helpful in starting me in the right direction.
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
What about poor Gideon?
Does he not get any mention?
Just teasing ya!
Gideon Shalwick
Your step by step simple to follow instuctions were very easy on my brain
There is too much information overload around which can leave in a real spin and you end up back where you started
I like it and will put you on my face book
Thanks guys
Richard
Richard Reply:
September 19th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Those was meant for both of you
Sorry Gideon
Hi Yaro & Gideon
I had signed up on your website in June (I think it was?) and was hoping at that time to be able to access your Free Video Tutorials. I wasn’t having any luck with being able to access them so thought I would leave it it another time thinking perhaps your servers were overloaded?
Anyway I have looked into blogging again and was advised to view/listen to your free tutorials before I got started.
I am still having problems accessing the videos - I have cleared my cache, refreshed the page and all I see is a blank white space?
What am I doing wrong?
Do I need a password to sign in?
I thought that I only needed my email address and name? If I did have to provide a password I have forgotten it and my regular password doesn’t work?
Any tips?
Warm regards
Monika
Gideon Shalwick Reply:
October 16th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Hey Monika
I’m sending you some more information via email ok?
Gideon Shalwick
Great. I love this video. It was very helpful for me and the start of my blogging activities. Thank you!
These are great video’s as sharp but simple to follow as any I have seen great job!
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