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How To Make Money Blogging

Installing Wordpress and Start Blogging!

Hello Everybody,

Before we can get started and I can show you how to make money online, we need to sort the essentials out, that means we have to get you online! Today I will show you how to build your first blog, which is surprisingly easy!

First thing you need is a Domain Name

I'm always creating blogs because you can literally set them up in an hour, one of the fundamental things you need to have is a good domain name. For those of you aren't quite sure what a domain is, it's one of those ".Com" URL's you type in your web browser to visit websites.

It's super important to choose a good domain, I often see long winded domains like, RobertSmith4CentralOregonHomes.com. For a start It's really long, boring and has so many words you will spend so much time just typing the domain that you will give up. When coming up with a domain name I have a little test I use, basically you have to be able to tell someone on the street your domain and then an hour later, when they get home they must be able to remember it. This basically means, make it simple, no .Net .Co .in .Info domains, no dash's in between words and try to keep it to a 3 word maximum. 

It's all about being creative and not trying to get every keyword under the sun in your domain. Another way you can come up with new domain names is by putting the benefit and your keyword in a domain. SaveTimeOutsource.com, it tells the reader straight away the benefit of Outsourcing and why you should use the site.

When buying a domain you want to use a big company so that you know they will look after your domain and give you the support you may need. For all of my domains I use a company called GoDaddy. They are the largest domain registrar in the world.

If you don't want to take my word for it and use GoDaddy, then you can find a selection of other domain registrars according to your choice.

Hosting your Domain

The most important thing about running an Internet Business is that you have a reliable host, without one, you are wasting your time. I recommend to everyone always to use HostGator, it's cheap, reliable and I have never heard a bad word said about them. If you do decide to go, then please research who you are getting hosting with, the worst thing is to find your website goes offline and they don't have a recent backup of your server. I have personally lost some really big website's due to hosts who just don't seem to care for their customers. Another thing to remember is that the faster your website is, the better it ranks in Google, it is also proven that people buy more on a faster website.

Connecting your Domain and Host

To host your domain on the Internet is really simple, login to you GoDaddy account and click Domains > My Domains and then click on your domain. Now click on the Nameservers Icon and change the custom nameservers to the ones HostGator would of emailed you, they would have been something like:

NS1.HostGator.com
NS2.HostGator.com

Once this is done, you will now be able to upload and install your blog!

Installing Your Blog

Now to show you how to install Wordpress using Fantastico which will allow you to save a lot of time trying to do it manually. Please remember: Not all hosts have Cpanel and Fantastico but if you are using HostGator like I recommended, then this wont be an issue!

So to start, go to YourDomain.com/cpanel and login with the admin details your host provided, scroll to the bottom and click Fantastico. Now on the left hand side is a link to Wordpress, click that and click New Installation, fill in the form and then click Install Wordpress and you are done, now go to your domain and your blog will be installed.

Adding Posts To Your Blog

If you now go to your blog on the right hand side of your blog, there will be a link called Login (yourdomain.com/wp-login.php), click that and now login with your username and password. You will be presented with the Wordpress Dashboard, on the left side you will have a link to Add New under Posts. Click this and you will be able to add your first blog post.

Later I will show you how to add a theme to your blog to make it look "nice" and will show you around the blog admin. I will also show you a few tricks I use to get the most out of my blog and making money!

PS. If you really want to create a blog but just don't have the time to do all this "technical" stuff, then perhaps you should check out my "Done-For-You-Service". I'll talk more about that after the next few days!

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