Assignments
Overview:
In this course there is generally one assignment per unit. The assignments may involve answering questions related to the readings, setting up software, developing your blog, or some combination of any of these tasks.
In a number of the course units we will refer you to certain excerpts in the e-book, putting emphasis on specific topics. This does not mean that it is sufficient to read only those excerpts.
Blogging has everything to do with reading and writing. It is best that you begin getting into this habit of reading and researching your topic at hand, starting with this course.
Chris Garrett, a renowned online business consultant and author of Blogging for Business, 50 Steps to Building Traffic and Sales, is generously allowing all AWDD students to use his e-book free of charge. Thanks for your continuing support, Chris. Visit his website, chrisg.com to learn more about Chris and gain access to excellent content!
Note: You are expected to read the entire e-book as you proceed through the course.
Note: As you are well aware, the tech industry moves fast! You will notice in your e-book that there are various services mentioned in connection to blogging. Some of these services either (a) no longer exist or (b) have less clout and relevance than they did at the time of writing the e-book. The current "expired" services mentioned in the e-book are listed below with some alternatives.
Services mentioned in the e-book that no longer exist:
- The Keyword Question Tool — https://ahrefs.com/keyword-generator is a good alternative.
- Posterous.com — WordPress is an alternative to Posterous.com. In this course we guide students through the process of installing WordPress.
- Was Popurls.com — now https://upstract.com.
- Digg.com/search
- The link to 50 Kick-Keyword Strategies — https://ahrefs.com/blog/keyword-strategy is an alternative.
- Stumpleupon.com — now mix.com which aims to help display the best content on the Web.
- TweetBeep.com
- FriendFeed
- Cligs — The alternative is to paste a URL into a tweet or direct message into X, and the URL will be shortened automatically. No additional plug-in is necessary.
- TweetMeme plug-in
- The Feedburner WordPress plug-in
- video.seesmic.com
- Sitemap generator plug-in for WordPress — a good alternative is to install the AIOSEO plug-in which includes sitemaps.
- The wp-page-numbers WordPress plug-in — an alternative is the wp-paginate WordPress plug-in.
The services listed below have changed in the e-book:
- Google Analytics
- Google Docs
- Was Google Adwords — Now falls under Google Ads
- Google Alerts
- AWeber.com
- ClickBank.com
Let's begin the course then!