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If you haven’t heard we’re launching a School on the New Media. Topics will cover blogging, SEO, SEM, PPC, Affiliate Marketing, Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Stumbleupon, RSS / Feed Readers, Time Management, Best Practices for Blogging, Entrepreneur Classes, Online Business related classes, etc….

We will be giving away FREE Classes to select individuals - to be eligible you absolutely must subscribe to our newsletter (note you also will receive free entrance in a contest to win a gas card!)

To Apply to be a Teacher go here for the application information.

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What is it?

This project is an Online University of ALL aspects of New Media. Topics will include:

• Blogging (Including topics on each of the major blog software, tagging, installing the software, upgrading, theme modifications, plugin development, link building strategies, seo strategies as they relate to blogging, marketing a blog, tools and resources, proper blog etiquet and grammar, and many other topics related to blogging)
• Social Media (Including creating podcasts, and videocasts, recording interviews via skype, minor video editing courses, uploading videos, promoting your video’s and podcasts, etc…)
• Social Networks (How to build a large network in the social world. How to become an authority in your network. How to expertly use and manage the many different networks. Differences of the major networks like twitter, facebook, squidoo, myspace, knol, and how to best utilize each different network - perhaps a course for each network as well. etc…)
• RSS / Syndicated Content (Includes what is a feed, how to use a feed reader, different type of feed readers, ways feeds can benefit your blogging efforts, how to get blog ideas from other’s feeds, etc..)
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization techniques, how to effectively use / create linkbait, how to build the most high quality linkbacks in the quickest amount of time, how to effectively perfect your blog’s seo, how to raise your rankings in google, blackhat and whitehat techniques for seo, etc….)
• SEM (How to use PPC campaigns and other methods for marketing via search engines, how to get the most from your marketing dollar, how to get discounts on advertising, how to create and track ads,)
• Affiliate Marketing (Using affiliate ads on your blog; Marketing Affiliate programs via ppc campaigns, creating and running your own affiliate program; other best practices for Affiliates and Program Owners.
• Other Internet topics as they come up.

These are just a few of the many courses that the university will hold.

Currently we’re looking for individuals with the knowledge and experience to teach in an online classroom environment. Ability to create videos / podcasts related to the class is very important. Also important is having the equipment and know-how to hold live streaming chats / training sessions.

Experience using moodle is also a nice plus, but not necessary.

Compensation will be based on number of students you have in your class. There will initially be an enrollment fee to enroll in the college, and a fee per class taken. Tentative prices will be about $99 for enrollment, and $29 per class. Some classes may cost more, and we may have some exclusive classes if we can get some A-list teachers on the board, these may be as much as $99 for the individual class, but it will be definitely high quality learning experience.

There will be a share method of distributing earnings, all the money earned minus costs of hosting and other business fees, will be pooled, each person will receive a number of shares based on their position in the company, these share though are not stock in any way shape or form, they are simply the way we determine payout.

Example: Company earns $100. $10 goes to hosting / fees. Leaving $90. We have 8 teachers, of which 7 teach 1 class, and 1 teaches 2 classes. The 7 each get 1 share, the last gets 2, and that’s a total of $10 per person, except the last who gets $20.

This is the best way I can think of to make things fair, this example was just a small one to make the math simple.

I’m accepting applications / resumes for this position right now - I’m looking for people will real-life experiences. Please provide the following:

1. Link to your blog / website / and any sites that you’ve worked for.
2. Your experience relating to the topics that were mentioned. Please also provide an outline for the course topic you’re interested in teaching. Be as detailed as possible.
3. Not required but an audio / video of why you think you’d be a good fit as teacher, plus if you could teah a small lesson 5-10 minute on any aspect of blogging, or social media that would be a huge plus.
4. Resume if applicable not necessary though - if you send in a video and I like your teaching style, then I’ll be sold.
5. Anything else you’d like to add. You can email your resume / application to: patrickwcurl@gmail.com

Notice: The top teachers will receive seats on the Board, which will mean higher pay for less work.

We will also be working to create the best certification program for social media on the planet, certifications that will be able to make a person stand-out to corporations that need help marketing online.

We are estimating having as many as 1000 students at any one time, and our earnings could be substantial. We may also branch out into other online training programs as well in the future. This is definitely a great opportunity to be part of something big.

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RSS, which stands for really simple syndication, is simply an internet technology that allows busy people to receive quick and easy updates from news sources, like blogs.

It isn’t just for blogs though, using rss you can syndicate images, videos, lifestreams, etc…

The essence is this, you visit a site you like, you click their “subscribe” link, and it may ask you which feed reader you want to load it in, choose your favorite feed reader, and badda bing, badda bang you’re receiving all the updates from the site, without having to waste your time visiting the site.

Ok, but what exactly is a feed reader?

There are many feed readers, they are actually quite similar to an email account, you have your software programs like microsoft outlook, and you have online services like yahoo or gmail.

Feed readers are the same, there are a number of different feed readers. My personal favorite is the google feed reader, which can be found here:

Google Feed Reader

Some other popular online feed readers include:

• - Bloglines
• - Netvibes
• - Feedlounge

Some popular desktop solutions include:

• - Newsgator
• - Feed Demon

Another example of how to use an RSS feed, is when you create a yahoo home page, or google homepage.

However, if you are confused and don’t want to learn a new software program, the good news is - most sites have setup ways for you to subscribe to their feeds via email, so you’ll just receive updates like you would from any email newsletter.

To recap feeds and feed readers are very similar to using email programs or receiving an email subscription, it’s just organized a lot better.

OK, I’ve got my feedreader, uh how do I subscribe?

First off, look for the standard rss logo, it looks kinda like this:

Alternately look for the words subscribe, or click on a chicklet that might look like this:

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• Getting Started with RSS
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