Starting a Blog
Posted by Brad on July 5th, 2011Starting a Blog
One of the first things you need to do to get started in internet marketing is start a blog. There are two ways to do this.
- Purchasing a Domain & Hosting
- Setup a FREE Blog
The best option is and always will be buying a domain and hosting. But, I understand not everyone is going to want to throw money into this right away. Granted, a domain can be bought for as cheap as $1.99 and hosting for $4.99/mo but, again, I get not everyone will want to do that. That’s why I have listed the best places to do both below.
If you want to buy a domain (most recommended):
- GoDaddy (best & cheapest for buying a domain & hosting)
If you want to use a completely FREE blog:
Some of these will not allow you to make a blog on certain topics. If you run into this problem, please contact me and I will help you get through it. My personal favorites of these are the top 3: Blogger, Squidoo & Tumblr. This is because they offer the most customization and are easiest to put links on and get ranked in search engines.
Using a FREE Blog – When you choose a name for your blog make sure it is relevant to the topic you are going to write about. For instance, if we start with promoting Cashcrate, we would want to make a blog title something along the lines of “Make Money Online” or “Easy Money Online”. Those two are probably taken already but you can create some variation of it for a title. Just make sure it’s on topic.
Using a PAID Blog – Once you’ve paid for your domain & hosting you will more than likely need to wait a bit for GoDaddy to register the domain and set your account up. If you are having trouble setting up your account please contact me and I will help you the best that I can. After your account is setup you will need to install WordPress. To do this, login to your GoDaddy account and then under “My Products” click “Web Hosting”.
Once you’ve done that your domain name or hosting package should appear. From here click on “Launch” which will open a new window. On the right side of this page click on “WordPress” under the “Applications” box. This will open another page. Below “application rating” click on “INSTALL NOW!”. Scroll down and select your domain name then click “Next” at the bottom of the page.
Type in a description (usually just one word to label your site) and then create a password. Click “Next”. This brings up a box telling you to install to a folder. Clear out the text box beside your domain name (the part that says “http://www.yourdomainname.com/wordpress). You just need to delete the “wordpress” word that is after the domain. Click “Next” again. On this page you will need to create an “admin” name and a password. The admin name is basically just a username you will use to access your website. This can be anything you want. Type in your email address and then your blog title. Remember to make the blog title something on topic with what you want your website to be about. Click “Finish”.
You have completed the setup of your blog in GoDaddy. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete entirely. Once that time has passed just go to your website (http://www.yourdomain.com) and you will see that you have a blog setup. In order to access the control panel where you will be able to write posts and edit your blog, just go to http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin
If you have any problems during these stages at all please contact me and I will guide you through it. This concludes the first part of creating your blog. I will write up part 2 soon.
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