Bring Your Direct Sales Business Up a Level
Learn to stand out and get noticed online with the
Direct Sales Blogging Intensive.
Guesswork Doesn't Work
You need to make smart, strategic decisions about your business that will propel you forward—and that means you need data.
Businesses Without A Blog Are Forgotten
The problem with word-of-mouth marketing is that everyone does their talking online now! So if you want to be a part of the conversation, you have to be online.
Build a Blog that will Draw a Steady Stream of Clients to You Over Time
Plus, become the leader in your company other consultants turn to for information they can share with their customers or their team.
Build a Blog that will Draw a Steady Stream of Clients to You Over Time
Plus, become the leader in your company other consultants turn to for information they can share with their customers or their team.
What is the Direct Sales Blogging Intensive?
Ten weeks of intense training on blogging setup and strategy designed to help you take control of your business, stand out, and grow.
Video training
Each lesson will is pulled from a previously recorded live delivery that includes a technical introduction and a wrapup Q&A—to help you work through everything from the mundane to the complicated so you can keep making progress at your own pace. Plus, you'll receive 4 NEWLY RECORDED training videos.
Spiral-Bound Workbook
You'll receive checklists, worksheets, and every tool we use in the course all packaged together into a complete, spiral-bound workbook in the mail to help you take notes and work through every step of the course.
Lifetime Access
The videos will be released one week at a time to help keep you moving forward with your site.
After that, you can enjoy lifetime access to every lesson for as long as the Elite Suite is here to serve you.
ARE YOU BRAND NEW TO BLOGGING?
This is the perfect chance to give yourself a leg-up in your blogging game. Learn the most up-to-date strategies based on the latest information of what's working all presented in a way that's easy to follow along with so you won't get lost in a sea of YouTube videos.
ALREADY BEEN BLOGGING FOR A LONG TIME?
This is the perfect opportunity to audit your current systems and processes to make sure they are compliant with the latest privacy and data handling laws as well as making sure your blog is doing what you want it to do and get answers for the areas that aren't working.
What's Included?
These ten weeks of live training are all delivered through an exclusive community where you can find networking opportunities and accountability partners so you can keep your head in the game:
- 10 previously-recorded technical training videos
- 4 NEWLY RECORDED training videos
- 10 previously-recorded Q&A sessions packed with more information
- 6 previously-recorded feedback sessions so you can apply structural and functional feedback on your site and blog
- Complete spiral-bound workbook to help you take notes and work through every lesson
Here's Everything You'll Learn:
Lesson 1: Introduction to Blogging
- Viewing blogging as part of your overall business strategy
- The Blogging Spectrum
- Goal setting for your blog
- Positioning and branding for your blog
- Choosing and purchasing your domain name
- Choosing and purchasing your hosting plan
Lesson 2: Getting Started
- Installing WordPress
- Choosing and installing a free theme
- Must-have plugins for your site
- Understanding the Audience Funnel / ideal client
Lesson 3: Getting Your Core Together
- The WordPress dashboard and primary functions
- How to add new features (plugins) to your site
- The most important pages on your site
- Bringing your brand into your blog
- Choosing primary categories
- Understanding your site menu
- Tracking obstacles and issues so you can keep moving forward
Lesson 4: Establishing Your Cornerstone Content
- Understanding the WAND you offer for your clients
- Putting together your Silo pages to deliver your WAND
- Putting together your first Cornerstone Article
- Blog post checklist
- Putting together a blogging routine
- Creating a list of comp sites
- Essential elements of your Home Page
Lesson 5: Finding Your Groove with Content
- The Four Degrees of Business
- Getting deeper into your ideal client's head
- Ways to come up with new blog post ideas (free and paid)
- Setting up your sidebar
Lesson 6: Introduction to SEO and Google Analytics
- Understanding Google's mission
- 5 key factors for solid SEO strategy
- Best tools for SEO (free and paid)
- Setting up Google Analytics
- How to RACE Through Keyword Research
- Understanding your Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for tracking
Lesson 7: Introduction to Google Search Console
- How to set up Google Search Console
- What Google Search Console can do
- Connecting Google Search Console to Google Analytics
- Creating clickable headlines and titles
- Writing vs optimizing your blog posts
Lesson 8: Promoting Your Blog on Social Media
- Understanding the 3 types of social media channels
- The best strategy for Facebook, X/Twitter, and LinkedIn
- The best strategy for Instagram and TikTok
- The best strategy for Pinterest and YouTube
- Choosing the best channel for you
- How and when to choose your second channel
Lesson 9: Integrating the Blog to Market Your Business
- Revisiting the Blogging Spectrum
- Diving further into ideal client and how they will use your blog
- Understanding the 9 goals for individual content
- Understanding the complete Client Funnel
- Setting up your KPIs per blog post
- Staying on track with a commitment to yourself
Lesson 10: The Path Forward
- Documenting your workflows
- Analyzing pieces of your blogging routine
- Setting up your blogging baseline
- Anayzing future blocks and brainstorming solutions
- Tracking tools being used for your site
- Other ways to monetize your site
- Maintenance (with checklist)
Lesson 11: SEO Deep Dive—Understanding Google's “Helpful Content” Update
Google has recently finished rolling out it newest core update, aptly named the “Helpful Content” update. It has taken nearly 2 years for this update to complete and roll out globally, and now that it has, we can dive in deeper to what it means for you and your blog and how you can use it to your advantage even as a new blogger.
Lesson 12: SEO Deep Dive—What we can learn from Google's Patent
We've recently discovered the actual patent Google submitted on its algorithm and why it's the best search algorithm in the world. While the patent doesn't give us specific details like exact ranking factors, it does unlock some new ranking factors that are never talked about anywhere else!
Lesson 13: Writing to Sell
A deep dive into copywriting and how to write website copy that is compelling, engaging, and persuasive (to make your readers do exactly what you want)
Lesson 14: AI is Here!
Dive into some of the various AI tools that can help you with your blogging, including keyword research, SEO audits, and Naomi's favorite AI-assisted blogging workflow.
You didn't think we'd forget about the bonuses, did you?
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Jump in before December 31* to receive these amazing bonuses!
- 3 LIVE Q&A + Feedback sessions with Suite Technical Director and Integrated Marketing Expert, Naomi D Nakashima, which can be used for technical support or personalized strategy support
- Blogging Content Roadmap Generator which will help you get to know your ideal client even better and help you map out your content strategy to get your clients buying
- Creating a Vision Statement Worksheets a Vision Statement is key to your blog's success, and Naomi's worksheet can help you put together a statement that will draw your clients right to you.
- Blogging Terms and Glossary which can help with breaking down some of the technical-sounding terms we sometimes use in the training
- TIME Management Worksheet Naomi's ADHD-friendly time management system that helps her get more done faster even with ADHD!
- SEO Checklists that include the most complete checklist of known SEO ranking factors and where you can learn about each one.
*The spiral-bound workbook will take 3-4 business days to prints and another 3-4 business days to ship to you. Order before December 15 to guarantee receipt of the workbook in time for the first video to drop.
“Blogging is, without a doubt, the single strongest strategy I had in my career and was pivotal in my success as a direct sales leader.”
Brenda Ster
Founder
What Other Elite Members Are Saying
As a busy mom trying to launch a new business, I don’t always have a lot of extra time and starting a blog felt really overwhelming. Naomi was great at breaking everything down into bite size chunks that made it easy to understand. I was continually blown away by the wealth of knowledge that Naomi openly shared with the community. I loved that I could do this course at my own pace on my own timeline.
I absolutely loved every aspect of the DSBI! I mean, it was intense (kinda given away in the name, right?!), but once I applied myself, I really saw how having an active plan for blogging could help my business – and it did! Not only that, but I came away with such a better understanding of running the back end of my website. I will absolutely be taking the Intensive again. Thank you Suite team!
I joined the first Blogging Intensive at the last minute on the last day while I was visiting the Suite office in Phoenix. The training was starting that week but I did the replay when I got home from convention. I did the second week live and then came down with covid and was sick for 6 weeks. Needless to say, I was behind and a bit lost and I replayed some trainings multiple times. I had my website set up and wrote some articles in time for the holiday season.
I knew there were things I didn’t understand and didn’t have set up correctly so I joined the second Blogging Intensive. I understood so much more and set my website up correctly with cornerstone content and silos. I had no idea there was so much to learn about google analytics, WordPress, themes, SEO and so much more.
I have published 56 posts and 15 pages. I have loved learning to write and speaking to my ideal client.
After the first Blogging Intensive, 6 of us collaborated to support each other and we have a power hours every week. We still meet weekly and have become great friends. The power of Elite Suite accountability and collaborations is astronomical.
Naomi has been a huge part in helping me gain the confidence to create my own website. She is brilliant, supportive and has provided the support I needed to succeed.
The blogging intensive is amazing. The training approach Naomi uses meets the needs of all types of learners. The workbook is awesome and provides great detail, allowing participants to really focus in on the videos rather than pausing frequently to take notes. Naomi routinely demonstrates steps for folks, like me, who need to see a step by step real-time approach to a topic. As the instructor, Naomi is patient and encouraging. There is no such thing as a dumb question … she meets the participants where they are. I am looking forward to participating again to learn things I missed or wasn’t able to put into practice the first time around.
I am always excited to jump into a new training thru The Suite, and the Blogging Intensive did not disappoint.
I have had a blog for several years, and did not understand all the ins and outs until I took the course, or that there is way more to blogging than I originally thought. The in depth training from the sexy workbook (I adore them!), the FaceBook Group to ask questions and hear from others, and the live classes with time for Q & A contained more information than I could have hoped for.
In fact, there is so much help, I haven’t applied all of it yet. I admit, I have a lot of work to do, still. But, I am looking forward to taking this course again so that I can implement even more and understand more deeply all that blogging entails.
Naomi is brilliant and goes above and beyond providing the millions of details necessary to help you build an engaging blog/website. I hesitated joining the DSBI but joined because I knew the level of expertise I would get with Naomi. It was better than expected – OVER THE TOP Fantastic.
I started the blogging intensive to learn how to blog and build my website. I found that building my site was not my wheelhouse but taking the class taught me what I NEEDED and WANTED in a site so when I hired someone, I was able to cofacilitate the building of it. It has gotten so many rave reviews. Additionally, my method of blogging prior to the intensive was like throwing spaghetti at the wall. I was able to get clarity on creating the bigger picture and dialing down to write for my ideal client. The opportunity to take the class one bite at a time and get questions answered without any feeling of being judged was invaluable. No matter what your skill level is at the moment, I can’t recommend this blogging intensive enough; you will have forward momentum.
I joined the Direct Sales Blogging Intensive to create a new & improved website for my direct sales business. Through this course I have been able to increase my reach to new clients and to streamline how I wanted my website to be & do. The constant increase to my weekly newsletters along with increase to open and click rates has shown me that when you do the work taught, it works!
Looking forward to what the next intensive will bring to the online portion of my business!
Having a community of people from a variety of sales backgrounds really makes this course unique. I am very much a visual learner. Personally, I have found it easiest to watch recordings later so that I can pause, rewind, take really good notes, and do the work right along with Naomi. I find her instructions easy to follow. It is extremely helpful to watch Naomi critique live, working sites during Q&A times. It often answers a question I may also have, or gives me things to think about that hadn’t occurred to me before. The Mindset lives are so helpful. It often feels like Brenda is in my head and can sense what is making me anxious. 😁 The blogging intensive is just that – intensive. But so worth it. I started with absolutely zero knowledge of how to set up a site. And now I have something that I’m excited to share!
Before enrolling in the Blogging Intensive, creating a website and starting my own blog seemed impossible. Through this course’s guidance and step-by-step instructions, I gained the skills and knowledge needed to build a website from scratch, design it efficiently, create content, and use plugins effectively. My blogging journey has begun, and I’m excited about the potential and growth ahead.
Take Your Business Into Your Own Hands
You wouldn't buy a plot of land and let someone else plan and build your home without a say, right? So why would you do the same with your business—with your livelihood??
First Video Drops January 1!
Ready to take the world by storm?
Total Value: $12,579
Normal Price: $997
Pink Friday Price: $797*
30+ training videos ($9.000)
Bonuses ($3,500)
Spiral-Bound Workbook ($79)
*This does not include hardware and services such as hosting or domain names. You may spend more to set those services up, but we will help you choose the best plans for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What if I Already Did The Old Blogging Boot Camp?
Awesome! Then you already have a little bit of a head start. But this workshop will help you take what you've started and get you even further with more strategies, up-to-date tools, and more support.
What About The "Build A Website In A Weekend" Masterclass?
That is a great self-directed masterclass if you just want to sit down and bang out a basic website in a couple of days. If you're looking for more detail on how to build a robust, powerful blog into your direct sales business, then this Intensive is for you.
Who Is Teaching The Workshop?
This Intensive is being joint-run by Elite Suite founder, Brenda Ster, and Elite Suite Technical Director and Integrated Marketing expert, Naomi D. Nakashima. Brenda used blogging early in her direct sales career to break the mold and stand out in the market as an early adopter with online marketing. Naomi has been a web developer since the early days and was on the team that built the first White House website in the early 2000s.
Will There Be Replays?
For the first time EVER we are offering lifetime access to replays for this version of the Blogging Intensive for as long as the Elite Suite lives.
What If I Took This Blogging Intensive In The Past?
If you took the Intensive before, then you know how quickly things can change! Jumping into this Intensive will ensure that you have the most up-to-date information.
Will This Cover Everything I Need For My Website?
This Intensive will cover most of the knowledge you need to build your website, but it does not include any of tools or platforms. It will not include your domain or your hosting plan. Other expenses may also come up, depending on your exact needs and plans for your site. For example, we will be recommending a collection of themes, plugins, and other tools to help you run and maintain your site; some of those tools will be free but you may choose to pay for their premium versions.
How Much Time Will This Intensive Take?
This is a hard question to answer because that depends on your schedule, how much time you have to dedicate to being in the intensive, and how fast you can pick up on certain concepts. What we can tell you is that the video trainings come out to about 3-4 hours per lesson (each lesson is divided into 2-5 videos, ranging anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 hours). For your first 3 months, as part of the Pink Friday special, you're also invited to live Q&A sessions with Naomi for added support.
How do the Live Q&As work?
As part of this Pink Friday deal, we are throwing in 3 live Q&A sessions with Naomi. These sessions will be held over an exclusive Zoom video chat. These sessions will not be recorded, but they can last as long as you need. Come with ALL your questions!
Take Back Your Business with the Direct Sales Blogging Intensive!
Starting a blog for your direct sales business will open up more opportunities to grow your business, attract new customers, and take control of your dreams. Isn't it time you stopped being a spectator for your business and started taking control of it?