Baby Boomer Blogging for Internet Marketing

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 6:39 am

A Must Read for every Aspiring Internet Marketer/Blogger. Rob Benwell’s “Blogging to the Bank” has been the blogging Bible for thousands of IM bloggers and his latest 2010 edition has received countless positive reviews from the world’s most successful and renown Bloggers.

Over the past few weeks since I set out on this venture which is ultimately to learn how to be a baby boomer internet marketer, I’ve come across quite a few unexpected hurdles. When I use the word ‘unexpected’, I do so with tongue in cheek because I knew from the onset that there would be hurdles. However I hadn’t realized that some of these hurdles would take so much time to clear.

I think I mentioned in an earlier post that so many of the free tutorials available on the net through places like U-Tube etc, are often out of date soon after they come online because the software they refer to is being constantly updated.

Such is the case with blogging. I think I also mentioned that in building this blog, I’m using wordpress which is a prime example of software being constantly updated.

As a baby boomer with no experience whatsoever with computers until well into my 50’s, getting my head around even the simplest of concepts was initially (and please excuse the pun), a real headache. I didn’t know for example that when a computer is shut down, it should always be done from the start menu, and not just by pulling the plug or using the on/off switch. It’s the simple things like that which kids have been learning at school for the past 20 years that makes new technology for some baby boomers so difficult to grasp.

The above is a very simple example and I’m sure that all baby boomers who have ever sat in front of a computer are well aware of how to do that one properly, however, I have friends who simply don’t understand much more than how to send an email.

I was talking to a long time friend who I’ve known since we were teenagers the other night on the phone and although we keep in touch on a regular basis through emails and phone calls, I was really surprised to learn that he doesn’t know how to “cut and paste”.

Trying to explain that to him over the phone had him tied in all sorts of knots and he eventually became frustrated and angry with himself and gave up. The next time he tries to do that he well may succeed but it’s more likely that he won’t even try again because he remembers the frustration and anger it caused him last time he tried. Once again a simple example but the same principle applies to more advanced techniques as well!

While getting a haircut yesterday, I was chatting to my hairdresser (another baby boomer) about the internet in general and she was telling me among other things, about the problems she was having with her satellite internet connection.

Now I’m no computer technician but I had experienced similar problems in the past and was able to offer her a couple of suggestions which someone had passed on to me when I was in a similar situation. She called me this morning to tell me that she’s done what I suggested and her connection is now fine and that I’d saved her the hefty bill she would have received had she called a technician out. (I should have asked her for a couple of free haircuts.lol)

The point I’m making is that the information is out there if you happen to be in the right place or if someone points you in the right direction to find that right place.

Such is the case with blogging. I think I also mentioned that in building this blog, I’m using wordpress which is a prime example of software being constantly updated.

The following is a very short list of free tutorial websites I strongly recommend through my own experiences. The reason I’ve kept this list to a minimum is because of a what is called “information overload” which will be the topic of another post. Enjoy!

Affiliate Marketing.

Afflilorama.com ( Free Site.This where I was just less than 1 year ago!

Blogging!

WordPressclassroom.com ( Up to date Free WordPress video tutorials.)

Check out Rob Benwell’s updated and revised edition of Blogging to The Bank here

Netmarkbootcamp.com

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