Do you want to create your own Blog for Your Online Business?
Tools
There are tons of tools and resources out there to help you create your own blog and start your online business. I could devote many blog posts on all the topics that could be covered (which maybe I will do some day), but for now, here are some resources that I have personally used which have helped me create my own blog:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jv47_VIBOQ – this is a great and very thorough You Tube video that will take you through the process of creating your own WordPress Website including How to:
. Get Hosting
. Get Your Domain Name
. Install Wordpress **
. Install a Theme
. Add Pages
. Change the Homepage
. Get a Logo
**Once you install WordPress, visit their tutorials often. Be specific about what you need to learn and put that in the search bar. These tutorials will help with specific tasks you need to accomplish and master in WordPress if you are going to build your own blog without outside resources.
Resources
- How to start a Business Blog – is a great article on How to Start a Business Blog and the Seven Essentials for Success.
- Here is another resource (more advanced information) that reveals “11 Google Analytics Tricks to Use for Your website” Google Analytics
- Set up Google Analytics to capture some basic data from your website – watch this video to learn how Analytics
- Plugins are critical to a well running blog. Click here and connect to my post on which plugins are “must haves” and which others you many want to consider installing down the road.
- Hosting – Click here for your hosting provider If you choose BlueHost:
- go here and watch a short video that shows you how to install WordPress
- go here and watch a short video that shows you how to install a Theme
- If your hosting provider is Go Daddy, Click here for GoDaddy video on how to install wordpress.
- Here is a link to a WordPress tutorial that will help you set up your blog for free .
- WP Beginner’s Guide
- Create a page in WordPress
- A Particularly good tutorial on how to make you Blog Page static so your posts will automatically be posted properly is
- How to Choose a Domain
More Resources
- http://www.blogmarketingacademy.com/ – This is a website hosted by David Risley where you can learn more about blogs, how to monetize them, what pages are important to have, blog content and much more.
- Here is a great article, written by Jayson DeMers, contributor to Forbes Magazine that gives you 50 content marketing ideas for your website or blog. Check it out. http://www.forbes.com/…/50-content-marketing-ideas-for-you…Can you succeed with blogging? My answer is MAYBE, maybe because not everyone can make money blogging. But there are MANY who can and do succeed with blogging. These people are willing to:* take small steps, follow instructions and report on results, delay gratification long enough for success to come.
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