If you want to know how to start a blog Word Press is software that is freely available and often included in your hosting plan.
To read my previous article on the 7 benefits of starting a Word Press Blog visit: How to Start a Blog
7 steps for setting up your Word Press blog:
1. Register a domain name and set-up a hosting account.
Visit http://www.isitebuild.com/sitehosting.htmto get a domain name and sign up for a hosting plan. The reason I suggest going here is that you will receive personal attention and have everything “under one roof†so any technical problems can easily be solved.
2. Install WordPress
Within your hosting account manager you will find a link to Fantastico. This allows you a one click installation for your Word Press blog.
If you wish to install it manually please read Word Press Installation
3. Choose a template
The default installation of Word Press provides a basic template however you can view 1000s of free templates at: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/Here’s an article on How to Select a Word Press Theme.
4. Customize your blog.
The reason you may want to customize your blog is so that it clearly reflects your particular online business and makes I stand out from 1000s of other free templates. For example you may want to change the header graphic or set-up a blog that looks more like a web site. Here are the steps I took to customize a blog theme for a client:
5. Theme your content
Instead of haphazardly writing about anything, choose a theme that you’re passionate about so you’ll be able to write lots of content without getting bored. There are lots of blogs on the Net that have been abandoned. It takes a solid commitment to create a online business that is profitable. Create a list of topics that tie into your theme then segment those topics for writing your blog posts.
6. Set up categories, links and pages
After logging in to Word Press (version 2.7+) you’ll see a vertical dashboard where you can easily add categories, links, posts and pages based on your theme. You are almost ready to start blogging now however I suggest optimizing your blog for the search engines so you can attract lots of visitors to read your content.
7. Optimize your blog
Optimizing your blog consists of installing plugins, creating search engine friendly URLs, and writing lots of optimized content on a regular basis. I’ll go into more details about this in the next section.
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