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Day 25 Post Article

Goal: Post your article to your blog
Take the article you submitted and use as content for your blog.
Now there are several ways to do this.

The easiest task would be to just use the article as a long post
The next option would be to add a new page and paste article
The third option would be to take the article and split it up into 2-3 post.

I like to take the article, rewrite it a little, change the title and add it as a new page.
Pick what will work for you now.  …

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Day 24 – Upload Video

Goal: Upload Video to Youtube
Setup a YouTube account, upload your video
If you don’t already have a YouTube account go ahead and create an account.
(NOTE: It is easy to create an account with your Gmail account.)

Log into your account and click the yellow ‘Upload” button
Click the gray ‘Upload’ button
Find your video on your hard drive
Fill in the information about the video – Remember your primary keyword should be in the Title, Description, Tags.
Click ‘Save Changes’

Congratulations!  You now have a press release, article and video online!

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Day 23 Record Video

Goal: Make your article video
Open the Power Point you made and record the screen as you read the article.
If this is your first time making a video then this step might seem a bit overwhelming.  It doesn’t have to be perfect.  Do a few practice runs and then record.
This should be under two minutes.

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Day 22 – ScreenCapture

Goal: Decide on best screen capture option for you
Review free tools and get comfortable using your first choice
There are several tools for doing screen capture videos.
My favorite is Camtasia.  I have using this software for many years and I love it but it is expensive.  Therefore I would recommend that you pick on of the free options for the 30 Day Traffic.
Free Options

Screen Toaster (online)
Jing (online)
Windows Movie Maker (Desktop)
CamStudio

Of these free options, I think ScreenToaster has a nice service and is fairly easy to use.
If you are new to using …

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Day 21 – Promote Article

Goal: Promote your article
Get the URL for your published article and bookmark it.
You have already done a few bookmarks so this should be easy.

Log into your ezinearticle account
Find the article your published and click on the link
You should see your entire article as it appears in the ezine directory
The URL in the browser is what you want to bookmark.

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Day 20 – Presentation

Goal: Create a 3-10 page power point
Take your article and create bullet points on slides
You can use either Microsoft Power Point or Open Office Presentation.
Take your article and break it into sections and then break each section into bullet points.
Now open Power Point (or OO Presentation) and create a simple slideshow.

Title page – The title of your article
Overview Page – Take from your summary of the article
Section 1 – With bullet points
Section 2 – With bullet points
Section 3 – With bullets points
Conclusion

After you are done, step through the slides and …

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Day 19 Promote Press Release

Goal: Promote Press Releases
On Day 14 you submitted your press release to two more press release websites.
I recommended that you use:

www.I-Newswire.com
www.PressReleaseSpider.com
and/or http://www.prlog.org/

Log into the sites where you submitted your press release.   Copy the link to your press release and bookmark these URLs.
Here are a list of websites I recommended you consider:

www.socialmarker.com for a list of sites.
www.socialmarking.com for more.
www.onlywire.com (helps automate the process)
www.digg.com
www.propeller.com
www.mixx.com
www.reddit.com

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Day 18 – Blog & Ping

Goal: Write/Publish one blog post
Write a blog post approximately 200 words and publish post
I would recommend that you write approximately 200 words around the topic of your primary keyword.
Don’t make this too complicated. Either write a keyword rich title and then write supporting content or write bullet points and then fill in the content and title.
Your keyword should be in the title and at least once in the body of the post. Make sure you check your spelling and publish your post.
If you are …