Review of Crowd Mountain
Crowd Mountain, a new membership website, was set in motion by Michelle MacPhearson on March 1, 2009. The aim of Crowd Mountain is to train members in all facets of online business building and web development. To achieve this, Michelle has created an Internet bootcamp, which may be a first online. The first thing new members will have access to are the six bootcamp modules. Michelle has produced bootcamp training modules that cover:
- Niche the Niche: how to accurately do research before creating a new web site. Members gain access to a 17 page workbook that can be downloaded and printed, in addition to six training videos.
- Optimize for Size: how to construct and SEO (Search Engine Optimize) optimize a site for making money. Members gain access to a downloadable workbook, an automatic affiliate profit rendering and SEO enhancer plug-in, and five downloadable internet site themes that come SEO optimized and can be used with any kind of site.
- Content Architecture: how to determine what type of content to add to a website, as well as how to to publish it. Members have access to data on what type of content Google loves, a custom-tweaked plug-in that makes discovering and publishing that content a piece of cake, and a private plug-in Michelle had created just for Crowd Mountain members that will make making your website around a set of long-tail keywords extremely easy.
- Monetization Station: how to earn money with a niche internet site with advertising, affiliate programs, or your own stuff.
- Search Engine Assault: how to get Google to love your internet site and direct organic traffic to your web site.
- Power Networking: how to use social networking to to be recognized as an authority in your site’s topic.
The list above is just a sampling of what Crowd Mountain members gain access to. You can read the rest on the Crowd Mountain website.
How is Crowd Mountain?
To date, I have only experienced and viewed the tutorials available in modules one, “Niche the Niche”, and two, “Optimize for Size”. This is because Michelle is releasing one module each week, to prevent confusion and info overload. Because the website is merely a little over a week old (as of this writing), these are the only modules available. So, this Crowd Mountain review is based on two things: the two modules I’ve already seen, and my earlier experience of Michelle’s coaching.
As for the two modules I have seen, they are excellent. Contained in the first Crowd Mountain module are not one, but three, training videos that teach how to do keyword research. The three videos cover three different niches (one niche per video), so viewers get a very good understanding of the best way to do keyword research.
The second module is all about how to properly install and set up a new WordPress blog to make sure it is SEO’d properly from the start. Michelle details how to install and setup the plugins that she regards as most important for web site SEO. I was aware of some of the plugins, but, after watching her videos for them, realized I had been applying them wrongly. So, even in an area that I thought I knew, I learned something.
The Task Manager, a tool exclusive to Crowd Mountain members, is one of my favorite items. Michelle had this program custom-made just for this site. The Task Manager software keeps track of what has and hasn’t been done on every website you enter into it. Most tasks are ones made by Michelle, but users can add their personal tasks if they want to include tasks that Michelle doesn’t include. This makes the program completely customizable to each member’s wants or needs. I am loving this software!
Members also get to use a Snooper program: “The Snooper was made to look inside Google’s algorithm and literally SEE what link building and social media sites Google likes the most. Those are the sites to focus on – if they’re already in favor, piggyback your own sites on them for quick ranking.” Is it truly as powerful as Michelle claims? Yes! Is it really easy to use? Yes!
Special Bonus for Pioneer Members
Those who join within the first six weeks of the site’s launch will have a unique chance to present questions to Michelle for each module’s live Q&A, which is normally held on the Friday after each module’s debut. There is just one Q&A session per module, so get in on this chance to ask Michelle anything pertaining to that week’s module.
According to Michelle, “As a pioneer Crowd Mountain member, you’ll actually be able to attend the live session and ask your own, personal questions about the material and get answers directly from me. Late comers will only get the recorded Q&A and will not be able to ask their personal questions.”
Visit Crowd Mountain and decide if it is right for you. I can honestly say that everything Michelle promises will be delivered, and then some. Crowd Mountain is an top-notch opportunity to learn, from the ground up, how to earn an income with web sites.