How to start a blog

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First thing first! What is a blog? Download free eGuide here

How To Start A Blog In 10 Easy To Follow Steps

Looking for information on how to start a blog? Inside this blog is everything you will need to get started with your own self hosted wordpress blog.

I have created audios to take you through the first steps of deciding on your niche and videos on how to setup and create your own Wordpress blog.

So here it all is in a step by step manner

Want your blog set up for you? http://www.blogsuccess.com/diane

For those looking to do it yourself… here is the step by step list you should follow

Step One

Start by researching your niche. When carrying out your research you might also want to watch this video by John Hutson on Search Engine Optimization or SEO CLICK HERE – it’s 30 minutes of Gold!

Step Two

How to buy a domain name

Step Three

How to buy hosting

Step 4 (Changing the DNS of your domain)

How to change the name server on your domain so you can get your domain name and hosting talking to each other

The above video covers go daddy and related sites. If you bought your domain using namecheap or 123 reg the videos are below

How to change your domain name server (dns) if you bought your domain with 123 reg

How to change your domain name server (dns) if you bought your domain with namecheap

Step 5

Installing your Wordpress Blog

Step 6

Looking Around Your Wordpress Blog

Step 7

Wordpress Plugins – what they are and how to activate them

Step 8 – changing settings on your blog

Wordpress Permalinks – Changing Permalinks on your blog

Adding this Ping list to your blog so that you can notify different directories every time you post (coming soon)

Step 9

How to add your Wordpress API key to avoid spam

Step 10

You will want to immediately think about building your list. This video covers how to add an Aweber sign up box to your blog

How to add an Aweber sign up box to your blog

Not a member of Aweber? JOIN HERE

Now you are finished let’s look at some other things you can do. Remember blog often and I recommend you consider professional training with Blog Success .

If there is a title but no link it is because the video is coming soon. Have a video you want to see made? Contact Us and let us know the topic

How to add a blog comment on a Wordpress blog

How to add a new page to your Wordpress Blog

How to add links to your Wordpress blog

How to start a new blog post in your Wordpress blog

How to add your blog posts to your Facebook account

How to setup your RSS Feed

How to set up an account with Ping.fm (to get people from your friends list on social networks like Twitter and Facebook visiting your blog)

How to create and edit audio using audacity – Audacity is a free audio recorder that allows you to edit your audio too. You can download it here

How to add audio to your wordpress blog

How to write for the search engines (on page optimization) by John Hutson

How to optimize your blog for the search engines by John Hutson