Marketing Online? Get A WordPress Blog

Profiting With WordPress

What is one of the easiest ways to begin marketing online? Get a WordPress Blog. Setting up a blog use to seem like a very difficult and intimidating task. However, technology makes this so easy that it’s almost funny not to have one. If you want to have your own blog, then you can set up one literally in minutes.

Marketing Online – Get Your Domain Name

However, here are a few steps you’ll want to consider. First, decide on your domain name. This is your website address such as, “http://www.mydomain.com.” A domain name can be purchased very inexpensively, usually for around ten bucks for an entire year. It must be renewed annually. Longer renewal periods are less expensive. It’s like buying in bulk. You receive a discount for buying more years in advance.

There are other tips about selecting domains but that is a  part of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). You can learn more about it by researching the internet.

Marketing Online – Hosting Account

Secondly, you will need a hosting account. A hosting account is like having a cell phone provider. Where your domain name is your cell phone, you must have a service provider to use it. So, your hosting service hosts or provides the service to allow your domain name to be on the internet. In a sense a domain name is like an phone number that calls up your website.

Hosing accounts are relatively inexpensive. It’s not always good to go for the free services because they limit your account in many ways. For just a small amount of money, even less than five dollars per month, you can have unlimited web hosting, set up an unlimited number of websites, with unlimited bandwidth.

Companies such as HostGator are very reliable and have a high reputation for excellent service. They offer 24/7 support, 365 days a year with live chat or telephone services. I highly recommend them. Get a discount by using coupon code “jazzmarketer5k30.”  Or you may choose another service.

You may purchase your domain name from the same hosting company. In such cases, it will be set up for you. However, if you purchase your domain name from another service provider, you will have to set the “nameservers” to point to your hosting account. Until this is completed, you cannot begin marketing online.

Once you have your domain name and your hosting account set up, you can go to your cpanel and login in. Once you’re logged in look for the blue smiley face Fantastico icon. Once there just click on it. One mouse click will take you to the page. On the left side of the page, you will find a link for “WordPress” a very popular and easy to use blogging platform. Currently there are over 200 million bloggers using WordPress and the number grows every day. Further research might reveal how many of them are marketing online.

Click on the WordPress link and you will come to the blog set up page. It will ask you if you want to set up your blog on your existing domain which will already be loaded. Enter the details and press enter to set up your blog. Once it’s set up, press “finish installation” and you’re done. Be sure to have the set up instructions mailed to your email address just in case you fail to write them down or forget them. Otherwise, you will not be able to login into your administration panel if you forget your password.

At that point, you can then type in your domain name and your blog website will appear online with the WordPress default theme. You’re online and you need to learn a few steps about setting up your first post. There are other steps you can take to make your blog more attractive, functional and appealing by using themes, widgets and plugins, allowing your blog to do some pretty amazing things all at the click of a mouse. Congratulations, you are just about ready to begin marketing online.

Marketing Online Summary of Blog Setup

1. A domain name
2. A hosting account
3. Click the Fantastico icon from your Cpanel
4. Click the WordPress installation link from the left side bar
5. Click the link to install WordPress
6. Enter your admin details
7. Click the link to setup your blog
8. Click the link to finish the installation
9. Visit your site online by typing in your domain name
10. Enhance your blog by changing the them, adding widgets and plugins all from within WordPress