A WordPress Blog - Why You Absolutely Positively Need One!
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A WordPress blog is one of the hottest marketing and Social Media platforms online today!
While blogging is no longer a new phenomenon, it has grown to gigantic proportions with all of the
internet marketing hype and social media sites we see online today.
First we need to explain what the heck a 'Blog' is.
• The term 'blog' is an abbreviated form of 'Weblog'.
• It is essentially a diary or journal posted online.
• Blogs come in numerous forms and unlimited topics.
• An individual page or topic on a blog site is called a 'blog post'.
• Sites like Twitter aren't considered blogs, but Tweets are essentially a micro blog post.
• The only limiting factors to blogs and blog post topics are the regulations governing the
platform that your blog appears on. Of course there are also ethical and moral obligations to factor
in as well.
While there are numerous blog platforms appearing online today, the 3 most common are
WordPress, Blogger.com and Xanga.
WordPress blogs come in 2 distinct forms.
1. WordPress.org: This is where you pick out a name for your new blog and register your own
domain name. This will cost you around $10.00 per year to retain the domain and you will also
need to buy hosting from a hosting service. This can run anywhere from $6.00 per month to
$30.00 per month depending on the level of service required.
• I find that the best way to install a blog on my new domain is to access the domain cPanel
and use Fantastico to install a WordPress blog onto the website.
• The advantage to this format is that You Own the domain name and your blog won't be
kicked off the web for some perceived search engine problem.
• The URL will look like this: YourDomainName.com.
2. 2. WordPress.com: The first and foremost advantage to this option is that you don't need to spend
money on a domain name or hosting. Many entrepreneurs have started their businesses this way
when they were on a limited financial budget.
• The downside to this option is that WordPress monitors your blog continually and they can
delete your blog if you do something that they perceive as a violation of your operating agreement.
• The URL will look like this: YourDomainName.WordPress.com
Regardless of which type of WordPress blog you choose, you have basically the same options for
setting the blog up. And by options, I mean lots and lots of options!
The WordPress platform is very simple to learn and utilizes an administration dashboard for
editing purposes.
You can change nearly every aspect of the blog including the appearance, or theme. This is done
by searching WordPress itself for different theme options. You can then download and save the
new theme to your computer. Next, using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program, you upload the
new theme to your website.
There are also dozens of plugins that can be used on your WordPress blog. These range from
spam blockers like Akismet to an All in One SEO pack that helps to market your blog every time
you write a blog post. These plugins are installed in a similar fashion to the theme we installed
earlier.
Another huge advantage to WordPress blogs is the amount of support information available. A
simple Google search will answer nearly every question you could have.
If you are looking to market a product online, a blog is the perfect place to start. Search engines
love them because they are dynamic and change every time a new post is added. They can be
time consuming, but the potential returns make it worthwhile.
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