Frequently Asked Questions
Small Business Website Development Training Center
Before you requested to join our classes, many of you belonged
to multiple groups, each with different list owners and group policies.
In most cases you can keep them straight because you knew each had
a totally different focus.
You would never ask a PC question in a MAC group, or a Dreamweaver
question in a FrontPage group. You select a specific group or forum
to ask your question, based on which one focuses on topics involving
your question.
Belonging to several of my groups is absolutely no different.
Each group has their own focus and group policies, they just happen
to have the same list owner.
If you are like me, and belong to multiple groups, it is absolutely
vital that you take the time to
organize your email in a way that prevents you from accidentally
posting to the wrong group. Keeping your group mail separated also
makes it much easier to follow the training in the various groups.
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The primary purpose of the
Small Business Website Development Training Center, is helping
small business owners learn to run a successful online business.
Each of our members have different skill levels and various interests
within a multitude of topics that are all parts of running an internet
business.
If you are, for example, an experienced graphic artist, you shouldn't
have to sort through hundreds of messages about resizing images.
Likewise, a member experienced with writing compliant code should
not have to read basic HTML lessons. Consequently, the groups are
separated into common interests, according to our members needs.
You can choose to belong to as few as two of our groups, or as many as thirteen.
It all starts with our core training classes, which are the
SEO Training Class and the
Successful Website Marketing Training Class. You must belong
to BOTH classes to participate in any of our optional training classes
or interactive discussion groups.
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In reality, we have about the same number of
guidelines and policies as the average group. The primary
difference is that many things normally considered common list etiquette
are simply laid out much more clearly in our groups.
Where some people get confused is understanding the differences between an
online classroom and an interactive discussion group. We have a total of
thirteen groups. Four of these groups are structured
as online training classes, while the remaining nine are interactive discussion
groups, each with their own primary focus.
The Structured Classes Include:
The Interactive Discussion Groups Include:
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The Training Classrooms:
The training classes follow a specific lesson plan. You may ask
as many QUESTIONS as you need to understand what we are teaching.
However, those questions must be in response to a lesson, an article,
assignment, etc. that has been posted. All questions posted are
answered only by myself, the teacher, or group moderator.
- Members may NOT start new threads.
- Members may NOT add their own input.
- Individual Email Preference Setting Required.
The Interactive Discussion Groups:
In the interactive discussion groups you can participate fully
in the discussions. You can ask questions, you can answer questions,
you can add your ideas, and you can start new threads, (topics)
based on the specific topic guidelines of each group. Each group
has a specific theme with a primary focus.
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We have to look at what is best for the members of our classrooms
as a whole. When you join one of our classes, you do so as a student
wanting to LEARN.
Imagine you were attending a large training conference with 900
people present to learn about a new topic, and the speaker asked
the audience if they had any questions. Would you stand up and give
your own ideas on what YOU feel is the right approach? Would you
stand up and answer a question another audience member had asked
the speaker? Wouldn't this be disrespectful to the audience and
to the speaker?
We have selected the structure we use for one very specific reason,
because it works.
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I do understand exactly how you feel because as a business owner,
I have been where you are right now. Chances are, prior to coming
here you joined every discussion group and forum out there. You
signed up for every relevant newsletter you could find. You tried
each new idea, each new technique. However, despite your efforts,
you likely were not seeing the results you were searching for and
often gave up in frustration.
Take the time to read
training class testimonials from some of our members. I
think you will find they wondered some of the same things you do.
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As you begin to get to know me better, you will also begin understand
that I would never consider recommending a product or service that
I was not 100% convinced would make a huge difference for you. Take
the time to read
SEO eBook Testimonials from some of our members who made
the decision to purchase the SEO eBook
Many members have found the SEO training easier to follow, and
consistently report higher search engine success rates by owning
the eBook,
SEO Techniques.
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This is probably the most common question I receive. I think
you may find it easier to understand why I am committed to these
groups by reading the following articles.
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We truly understand that our training styles are not for everyone.
Thankfully there are many sources of help available on the net to
find a training situation that works best for you and more suited
to your personal preferences.
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The class archives are deleted just prior to the start of each
new training session. This makes it much easier for you to start
from the beginning. The links listed below will take you to the
group archives of the primary classrooms. You will need to be signed
into Yahoo in order to view the messages.
When you click on the archive links above, you will see the following
navigation links:
Oldest | < Older | Newer > | Newest
Select oldest to begin with the first message posted during the current
session. You may also need to click on the sort by date link if it does
not show the first day of class.
If you set your message preferences to group by topic, you will not be
able to read the messages in the exact order they were sent. I do not recommend
this option.
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We have absolutely no control over email issues you encounter
with Yahoo groups.
Receiving Double Emails
Occasionally Yahoo has burps and sends members double emails.
This is usually corrected automatically over time. If you have set
rules in your email program, you may also want to double check the
manner in which you did so to make sure these double emails are
not being caused by your rule settings.
Changing Your Email Address
Yahoo does not give group owners the authority to change which
email address you selected to have group email sent to. This can
only be changed by you.
Go to
MyGroups. You will need to be signed into Yahoo. If the
email address you would like to use is already included in your
Yahoo account, simply click the edit my groups link and select
a different email address from the drop down menu next to the
correlating group.
If the email address has not been added to your account, you
will need to do so first by going to
My Email Preferences and selecting the link to add an
email address. Once you have added and confirmed the email address,
you can return to the edit MyGroups page to make changes.
Changes Have Not Taken Effect
Changes to your Yahoo settings can take 24-72 hours before they
take effect.
Changing Email Delivery Preferences
You can make changes to email delivery preferences for a group
on the edit MyGroups page we discussed above. Please be advised
that INDIVIDUAL emails are required for any of our structured training
classrooms. Changing this setting will result in your removal from
all of our groups.
The Structured Training Classes Include:
- SEO Techniques Training
- Successful Website Marketing
- Website Development Training
- Tech Training
Email delivery preference settings in our interactive discussion
groups listed below can be set to any setting you prefer EXCEPT
no mail.
The Interactive Discussion Groups Include:
- Expression Web
- It's All Debatable
- The SEO Coffee Shop
- Peer Website Reviews
- Net Business Success
- Everything Web Design
- The Tech Talk Hideaway
- Microsoft FrontPage Help
- Photography and Image Editing
My Email Server Is Bouncing Yahoo Emails
Once again, this is not something that we have any control over.
This is 100% between you and your email server. Contact support
at your hosting company or ISP to discuss ways to overcome this
issue. You may also want to consider using another email server
for your Yahoo Group emails, such as opening a Gmail account.
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We structure the training like a classroom. This means that your questions
must be about a lesson, tutorial, article, assignment, etc. that has been
posted.
- First you find the post (email) that you have a question about.
- Within the post (email) that you have the question about, click "reply".
- Trim (remove) the excess part of the original email, such as the extra
Yahoo information that is shown on every post. Leave the part of the message
that correlates to what you are asking about.
- Ask your question, giving as much detail as possible.
- Make sure you have a signature on your email that shows the link to the
site you are working on. (specific page when possible).
Let me explain why it is very important that you do it this way instead of
beginning a new thread (post/email) with a new subject. Everyone in the class
works at their own pace. This means some work much slower than I am posting the
lessons.
When members are studying a specific lesson or tutorial, they need to be able
to look for all posted responses to the lesson within the archives. This is only
possible to do effectively if the correct subject has remained with each post.
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