Day 1 - Installing
Wordpress and Start Blogging!
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!
Make sure you take action as you read through
my emails or you will find yourself a month down the road and you still haven't
started! If you do have any troubles with the eCourse, then hit the reply
button and I will be happy to respond to your email.
First thing you need is a Domain Name
I'm always creating blogs because you can
literally set them up in a hour, one of the fundamental things you need to have
is a good domain name. For those of you are 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 a hour later when they get home they must be
able to remember it. This basically means, make it simple, no .Net .Co.Uk .Info
domains, no dash's in between words and try to keep it to a 3 word
maximum.
Here's what I do, I put a twist to my domains
to make them more interesting, for example, I could of had
YoungEntrepreneurs.com instead of Retireat21.com, but the name Retireat21 is
really catchy and something no one forgets, its even a speaking point for a lot
of people. 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. My friend was creating
an outsourcing website and was thinking of domains like OutsourcingDistrict.com
but it doesn't stand out to you and say what's its about, I advised him to buy
the 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 calledGoDaddy,
they are the largest domain registrar in the world and that's for a reason! I
was able to get IncomeDiary readers 10% off any order if you use the coupon
code "cjcsave10".
If you don't want to take my word for it and
use GoDaddy, then you should check
out this page to find a selection of other domain registrars.
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 TRY
find a better deal 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.
If you do decide to use HostGator then
use the coupon code Retireat21 and you will receive $9.94 discount which is a no brainer! For
those of you who are paying monthly, this will allow you only to pay 1 cent for
the first month hosting, basically making it risk free!
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:
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.
I created a short video for you guys just to
make it even easier for you. In this video, I show you exactly how I installed
my blog and it takes only a fraction of the time you would spend doing it if
you had to do it manually.
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.
Tomorrow 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!
To
our success in 2010,
Michael Dunlop
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