Set Up a WordPress Blog In Under 15 Minutes
Is it time to create a blog? Maybe you have a website but it’s not responsive (mobile friendly).
If you own a domain name and have hosting, somewhere in your emails you have the instructions to get into your Control Panel (it’s like a dashboard)? If so, watch me create a WordPress blog (or website) with a plug-n-play program you may already have, such as like QuickInstall or Fantastico.
You’ll watch me do just that during this 12+ minute video. If your hosting company offers either plug-n-play program, it will be on the dashboard (usually the first page you’re brought to once you log into your C-Panel).
Setting up a blog on your site only takes a few clicks in the right places. So it’s not as difficult as you think! Let me, Maria Marsala, Operations and Marketing Manager to Financial Advisors, take you through the steps of setting up a blog.
But be careful. If you’re new to doing major work on you website NEVER, EVER, NEVER place your blog directly in the same “folder” as the website you already have. Otherwise, when you go to look at your website — it might be gone!
In the video, my website is CoachMaria and I put the file there. Instead I put it in a sub-folder called “webinarsite”. Sub folders are good, as long as they’re not currently be used. If you don’t have a site up yet, put your new WordPress directly in the main folder for your website. If you only want to add a blog to your current site, create a folder for your blog and then add WP into that folder.
In just 12 minutes and 16 seconds you could have a live WordPress Blog on your website! Now it won’t be professional looking (that comes with a theme), but it will be up ready for you or your IT person to play with it some more.
Click on the video below and get started. You can easily start and stop the video as you follow my step-by-step instructions.
Please note:
I created this graphic using the old hosting company my website was on. I now recommend using SiteGround They have much better customer service.
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About The Author
An irrepressible entrepreneur, Maria Marsala sold AVON at age 14 and landed on Wall Street three years later. She became a bond trader when female executives were as rare as pink diamonds. For 25 years, Maria streamlined Fortune 500 companies, nurtured non-profits, and discovered her niche—mentoring women CEOs and executives. Armed with corporate secrets and life coach credentials, Maria founded Elevating Your Business to help female financial professionals live better using her proprietary brand of consultative-coaching. Contact Maria today and take the first step toward freedom, full-fillment, and a sparkling quality of life! Contact me now!
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