Creating a Blog from Scratch: Getting Started with Wordpress

This post is for beginners to WordPress. WordPress is a flexible
platform and one that I am sure you will grow to love.  One thing
that is vitally important with WordPress is security.  Be sure to
read the note on security at the end of this WordPress post.

Making a Blog:  How to Build a Website with John Jarvis
  
While you may initially feel that creating your own blog is a 
daunting challenge, it truly isn't with the right mentor. 

Mentoring lessons can be found at my life skills blog and also at
John Jarvis' site, Guidetoonlinemarketingandsales.com

I have had many worthwhile mentoring lessons from John Jarvis. 
Who is John Jarvis - a helpful Canadian who really knows about
keyword research, and how to build a WordPress website. 

Getting Started with WordPress - Creating your Own Blog

Creating a blog is not as difficult as it may seem; in fact,
once you start to see all the things you can do with Wpress,
you'll started to get excited at the possibilities. You will
naturally want to look into premium Wp themes.

Premium Wp themes such as Genesis theme provide shortcuts; for
example, with Genesis you don't have to go inside WordPress and
edit code within the PHP editor.

Instead, you are provided a plugin which makes the process of

editing easier.

Genesis theme is the theme that John Jarvis likes a lot.  He also
likes Intrepidity theme, and suggests that WordPress beginners 

use this theme first - before moving on to Genesis.

Creating Your own Blog: Blogging Tutorial 

  
Now I am going to tell you of John Jarvis' excellent tutorial on
how to build a website, step by step 

It Will consist of the following five videos:

1.  Secure a domain name
2.  Get hosting for your site
3.  Upload WordPress to your hosting account
4.  Your own domain name e-mail account
5.  Learning the best WordPress plug-ins for SEO

You can find it hyperlinked at end of the post - it is the one

that says John Jarvis Instruction

 
Creating your Own Blog:  Free Blog Sites

You may be attracted by free blog sites such as Weebly, Blogger,
and many more - while these are okay to practice on, you should 
start with WordPress as soon as you can. Learn as much as you can.

Set aside a block of time to learn the basics, and then begin to
explore premium Wp themes; one of the reasons the Intrepedity is
good for beginners is its ease of use. 

Once you have gotten used to working with a theme, the next step
will be to learn about WordPress plug-ins and widgets. 

Mentoring Lessons with John Jarvis and Jan Ashby

Creating a blog site can be fun.  You may ask, "Can I make money 
blogging?"   The answer is yes, but to make things go smoothly 
you really should have a mentor. 

Mentoring lessons with John Jarvis will give you a much higher 
chance of success.  If you're interested you can go to this site:
http://buildasitewithwordpresscourse.com/

Or you may go to my life skills training site, which contains both
WordPress tutorial videos and key posts about blogging and making 
income online.

Creating a Blog Site Can be Fun: Getting Started with Wordpress

Certainly, creating a blog site can be tons of fun - yet you 

ought to PLAN out the site.  You can accomplish this with a sheet

of paper.
 

For a helpful guide, visit http://bit.ly/10jfzEh  

Free Blog Sites: A Rundown

You can get started for free with Wordpress.com (or Blogger) and 
then graduate to securing your own domain name & hosting.  You can
begin to go through a series of lessons at my blog. The series is
free. Just see the “Free Lessons” link @ the end of page  

If you're interested in getting started with wordpress training.. go to the link herein
or visit  Free Lessons at my life skills blog


Free Internet Marketing Training                     Get Started Blogging

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Getting Started with Wordpress: Keyword Research and Longtail Keywords

Longtails: Laying a Good Keyword Research Foundation

Hello.  Today I want to make a recommendation to those getting started with Wordpress blogs.  When you do your keyword research - which is the very first thing you should DO - you really ought to consider hunting for true "longtail" keywords.

True longtail keywords are 4 words and more.  Believe it or not, sometimes when I'm performing keyword research I find phrases that are 3 words and have decent enough search - but turn out to be too competitive.

And if they're too competitive for myself - Jan  

...then these '3 word' keyword phrases will likely be too difficult for newcomers to the game (Wordpress that is).

Now, don't get me wrong - you can STILL find some non-competitive 3-word keyword phrases. You just need to be prepared to dig down DEEP and hunt for 4, 5 and 6 word phrases you can use.

Before I forget, I want to recommend this great post that SHOWS you that 4-word keyword phrases are getting the bulk of the traffic.

What's neat is it contains CHARTS & visuals that prove that longtails are worthwhile - they convert better - as the first visual illustrates.

It makes sense if you think about it a while.  When shoppers are looking for something online, & they type descriptors in.. it means they are closer to making a decision.


Longtail Keywords: Go with What Works Best

Since terms with more descriptors in them are fruitful, as a beginner to wordpress you should train yourself now to dig for the gold !  That's my opinion.  Go to my life skills training blog for some sound keyword training.

More on Related Keywords: Getting Started with Wordpress cont'd   {MY BLOG
and  Mastering Keyword Research - Mentoring Lessons (This is on Video SEO mostly)

That's it for today - hope you had a good Mother's Day !

To Your Success,
Jan  Ashby


Extra Resource:  Video - Getting Started with Wordpress