Starting a new WordPress blog can be a fun, new, exciting experience in your online journey. My blogging journey started back in 2011 man time fly’s when you working online.
Where did the time go its 2019 now?
Blogging and article writing was big back then you could post a 500 word article, target you keyword build a few backlinks and with a little luck you could get on the first page of Google boy has things change now. I still love to write every now and then just to put out new content to my audience.
Writing new content is to me is still one of the best skills to have in Internet Marketing industry and blogging still has a lot of benefits to it even in 2019.
Let take a look at a few things why you still need to produce new content on a regular basis whether you are blogging, writing script for YouTube video, or guest blogging
-Blogging can position you as a expert in your field
-It can build your brand name
-Increases your Brand Awareness
-Attracts new visitors through the search engines
-Generates new customers to your business
And this is just a small list of things how blogging can help grow your business.
So lets get started on your blog
First things first when starting a blog you need to know who is your target audience and is this market in demand and not over saturated with millions of other blogs in the same industry that you can help by providing valuable content to on a regular basis.
If you can manage to get this part right form the start you on your way to having a successful blog.
Next question you might be asking yourself is how to I found out how much competition is out there in my niche.
To do this you can do a simple search on google just type in your niche and see how many competing websites google returns this will give you an idea of how many competing websites you are going up against.
A tool I use to get more details about my competition before I enter a niche is Market Samurai
Market Samurai is software you can use on PC or Mac that does keyword research finds additional relevant keywords then analyze them for you and even checks seo competition for the first 10 web pages and much more.
Here are a few task that Market Samurai can help with your business
-Find additional relevant keywords – then analyze the total traffic, visitor values, competition and likely buying intentions around these keywords.
Analyze the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) competition around the top 10 web-pages in your current keyword market.
Boost your search engine rankings, pump-up your site traffic, and build high quality back links quickly and easily.
When you find your passion its like never working at all in your business your just having fun doing what you love to do everyday. I really do think in order to stay in your business long-term you need to have so kind of passion or drive to keep you going because the road is not always smooth you are going to run into some pot holes along the way.
#1 Choosing a Domain Name
Every blog needs good hosting and a catchy name so how do you choose the right name for your new blog one way is to use your own name for your blog is yes that’s right your own name if its available just like the blog you are reading from right now I chose to brand my blog with my own name with a little add on of course. If your name isn’t available try using ask in front of your name or choose a different Top level domain other than .com like (, .org, .net, .co, .website, .art etc…..)
#2 Choosing a Hosting provider
If this is your first time setting up a WordPress blog I would recommend SiteGround they are on of the top rated hosting companies in the world with over 2,000,000 domains. They are even officially recommended by WordPress.org
Here are a few things why I recommend SiteGround to host your WordPress blog.
-Super fast servers that with SSD and a free content delivery network (CDN) service to delivery your content faster and more efficient to your visitors
-Create unlimited email accounts with SpamExperts to block out spam
-Free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt SSL that keeps your data safe.
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. I know this might sound very geeky , but actually its not that compilated . SSL Certificates validate your website’s identity, and encrypt the information visitors send to, or receive from, your site. This keeps thieves from spying on any exchange between you and your shoppers.
Having a free ssl certificate was one of the determining factors why this would be one of the best hosting providers starting out. SSL certificate can get very costly also depending on what kind of website you have some SSL certificates can run you $295/yr if you are in the ecommerce industry.
Installing WordPress is very simple and free most hosting providers will have that option inside their hosting options
But if for some reason you don’t see this option to install wordpress you can download it here WordPress Download dont worry its free and it want cost you a thing to upload it to your hosting server.
#3 Choosing a WordPress Theme
Depending on which niche your in having the right theme can really play a sufficient part in your business.
The thing people will judge you on the most is the look, and design and loading speed of your site so chose wisely. The theme I’m using right is called optimizepress.
The reason I chose this theme is because it allow me to create Landing pages, membership sites,
Webinar Registration
Event Pages
Free Training Pages
Microsites & Minisites
Funnel Pages
Small Business Websites
#4 Setting up Google Analytics
Next up is Google Analytics this can help you with knowing who is visiting your blog, what platforms they are coming from so you know which advertising is working and what is not.
Its recommended to install google analytics when you first set up your WordPress blog to keep a track of how your blog is doing
#5 Setting up Webmaster Tools
The Google Search Console helps you know where your traffic is coming form, performance, it can also let notify you when to fix issues on your blog or website.
#6 Learning SEO
This is one of the most important steps in building a successful blog. Learning search engine optimization which is the process of improving your website with strategies, methods to increase the visibility of your website and/or pages on the organic search results which leads to more visitors and higher rankings in popular search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
There are three main parts to learning seo on-page and off-page seo and social signals
For on-page seo I use a seo tool called seopressor to make sure every blog post you created is optimized for the search engines so they can tell which keywords your are trying to rank for online.
Off-page seo is creating backlinks to your blog
Social signals are facebook likes, retweets from twitter, or Google +
#7 Making Money with your WordPress Blog
There are a few ways to monetize your blog after you have everything set up correctly.
1.Google AdSense
2. Affiliate Marketing
4. Creating Your own course with Teachable
#8 Choosing a Email Marketing Platform
One of the most reliable ways to make money with a blog is to build a list you may hear of the saying “the money is in the list” and they are right your whole business is in the list of target people email address you have collected over the years and build relationships with over time. One of the easiest email marketing platforms I have found for beginners is Getresponse.
#9 Building a Lead Magnet
What is a Lead Magnet? Some of you may be asking yourself this question. So I want to briefly go over this quickly who may not yet know yet and why this is so important to having a successful blog online that can generate you leads.
A Lead Magnet is an incentive you can give your visitors in exchange for their email address, phone or even their address depending on the industry you are into.
#10 Promoting Your WordPress Blog
Finally you have everything set up now for your new WordPress blog for the world to see, now where do you get traffic to your new site. There are so many places to promote your site where do you go.
Facebook Groups
Facebook Groups is one option I don’t really see a lot of bloggers doing so this could be an opportunity for you to capitalize on because so few people are using this strategy to get traffic to their blog.
Here’s how to find relevant Facebook groups to post your blog post into.
First you want find Facebook groups that are relevant to your blog so they will be interest into what you have to say,
Go to your search bar type targeted keyword relevant to your blog or niche select Groups on the left-hand side of Facebook when you are login to Facebook
Once you found a targeted facebook group click Join then make sure to read the group rules before you start to posting.
Another great source for targeted traffic is Quroa
Quora
Quora is an questions and answers site, where people go to find anwers to also anything you can think of online. This is an excellent way to find out what questions people are asking about your target niche.
Just type in your targeted keywords related to your niche, then you will see the discussions and questions people are asking in your feed.
What you want to do is provide as mush value as you can and answer the questions this way you can get voted up and everyone will see your answer then have a link to your blog.
Conclusion
Well I hope this post can bring some clarity to how to start your first or next WordPress blog online and how to make it profitable online.
Just always remember pick a niche that you are very passionate about and that you can actually compete in and that isn’t to crowded.
Hopeful I have giving you effort information for you to out there an start you next profitable WordPress blog today. If you have any questions post them in the comment section so I can reply to them.
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