I Want to Build a WordPress Blog

By Bruce Stewart

WordPress is the very best platform to create your site on. Google loves WordPress because of its content management system. It is easy to add fresh updated content to it every day. If you keep consistent with your content posting the Google bot will visit your site every time you have placed content on it. Google's job is to find valuable content to feed its massive content driven search engine. Why Google is so huge is because it is the rest of us who give it information so it may pass this information on to the millions of people who search the web every day.

Once you have decided that you yourself wish to create a blog then there are step by step resource online available for you to accomplish this procedure. You can be struggling in the beginning to come up with what it is that you want your blog to be about and do for you. The first thing that comes to mind for most people is that they wish to make money with their blog. Now this is well and good but the odds of you making money from this blog in the near future is slim to none, sorry to be the bearer of a disappointing message here.

The mindset to approach your blog building venture is with the mind-set of offering unbelievable value to people about your chosen topic. By doing it this way you will notice after a matter of time that you will have acquired a following of readers who come back to your blog on a regular basis. Because you post articles etc consistently on your site you will attract these follows like bees to a honey pot. Take note big tip here "Being Consistent is the Key." People in general don't care about how much you know they just want to know, that you care.

Tip One:

Find a market that is a small market in a larger market. We call this start out with a micro niche market. Use the Google keyword tool to do this and look for monthly exact match keyword phrases that have a search volume of 100 to 1500 per month and competition bar is around medium. Choose 6-8 of these and save them to your note pad. Remember this is your first site so you are not going to get right straight out of the gate.

Tip Two:

Use one of these keywords and create a domain name about 3 or 4 letters long. The extension can be a .com, .net, .org, .info doesn't matter. If you just want your blog to be in your own country then use your countries extension. It is best that you register this domain name for a minimum of 2 years that way Google thinks that you are committed to that site. This is another key tip.

Tip Three:

Next is you have to create a hosting account for your site. Now days there are loads to choose from and that is just a matter of making a decision. I use HostGator and Blue Host and they both have great 24/7 support to fix any issues. Tip here is to pay for a year's hosting up front not month by month. Don't over analyse at this stage as it is not worth it. Hosting companies are reliable these days.

Tip Four:

Now you have domain name and hosting it is time to liven up your blog. Starting out you will need a theme and at this stage just use the WordPress default theme as this will get you going. Tip here is it not the look of the theme that brings in a following it is the message that you deliver on a consistent basis that counts.

Tip Five:

Now it is time to tweak a few of the settings in your WordPress platform and add some plugins. This info can be found by searching in your favourite search engine or from my site. The tip here is to make sure in the privacy settings that you check the radio button that blocks the search engines from visiting your site because your site is not search engine friendly at this early stage. This is a massive tip here for the overall success of your site.

Tip Six:

Use six of the keywords that you had found and set up six pages using them as page titles. Create about five categories with names that relate closely with those keywords. Tip here is that the page titles and the categories have to match like relate closely not too far off beam.

Tip Seven:

Now it is time to create content on a regular basis. These are called posts and they will match one of the categories and also reference one of your pages topics as well. The tip here is post on a consistent basis. Find out what other sites in your market are talking about and create your own material based on your own opinions good or bad of the said topics. Tip here is you have to become a reporter and report about your own views on any subject matter. This can be daunting when first starting out but will become easier over time.

This is just the raw basics of setting up your own blog/website and once you get started it can become addictive. You can participate whether it is on a part time or fulltime basis. Remember do not go into this thinking you are going to make money from it. Now if that happens after awhile when your skill set gets better, then well and good that is the bonus part.

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6 Simple Steps on How to Blog Successfully

By Tom James White

In this post you will find some great tips and tricks on how to build a successful WordPress blog, whether you are just embarking the journey of blogging, or have been blogging for quite some time without solid results, this article will be perfect for you. I am far off being a search engine optimization expert, nor do I think you need to be in order to be successful on the web. This was proven last month when we reached over 1 Million views, not extremely impressive if you didn't know the fact that we had launched only 2 months ago. Let's continue...

Step one: Write about what interests you.

It sounds extremely obvious, but you would be surprised at the amount of bloggers that talk crap and flood there website with adverts from Google hoping to make their first million. Slap yourself in the face people, it won't work.

There would be no need basing an entire website on a topic that you do not enjoy to its fullest. As it will eventually show in your posts, and your readers will know it. You need enthusiasm for your chosen niche, and not to forget a lot of patience in order to get out what you put in.

Step two: Research your chosen topic

There will be lots of other people who will already be writing about your chosen topic. But does that mean you can't continue to do so? Of course not, so dont worry. These people will come in handy in the future so bookmark them and jot their email address down, we will need them.

How do I research? Good question, simply look at what other people are writing about. What subjects are the most popular, what post's are creating the most conversation and attention, jot this down. Research deeper into your chosen topic, you may not know all you think you know, so back yourself up with some facts.

This step would also be a good time to look into Keywords (what people type into search engines to find for your topic), Jot these down too, to help with this and to get some numbers, check out the useful tools section below. Remember, try not to aim too high, "Inspiration" returns millions of searches every month, Will you be top if you flood your blog with the keyword "Inspiration", simple answer is no. But if you were to specifically place "Design Inspiration" carefully around your content and blog you could be in for a good chance. The more specific your key phrases/words are the better results you will get. (No more than 4 words)

Step three: Set-up camp

You may have already done this, but if not it's time to get on it. There are many blogging platforms that you can jump on the band-wagon with, but the one I personally would recommend is Wordpress, it is flexible, simple to set-up, and very easy to use. The amount of plug-ins and themes that are available are incredible and solid proof of its versatility, its one blogging program that will grow with you.

Keep in mind when you get to naming your blog remember the keywords that you jotted down and try to include a couple in your main title and blog description. Keep the description short, snappy and to the point.

I.e.: Blog Title - Inspiration Hut

Blog Description - The Home of [Creative Inspiration] and [Design Resources]. <-- Keyword Examples

Step four: Branding

If you are a designer, I'm not here to re-teach you, as imp sure you have a good understanding of this element, But if you are not, I recommend you pay close attention.

Branding is a key element to success of any business of any shape or size and is not necessarily pretty pictures and a rocking logo. Branding is created by how people perceive you as a person or a business, if you come across as arrogant and stuck up, people usually will walk the other way, that's bad branding. If you come across friendly and funny, people will be drawn to you, brilliant.

How do you want to be perceived... try and be consistent in your branding, stick to the same style of language and tone. You will build a keen following with good consistency.

Step Five: Content

The most important of all, you're content. Your content is what people are coming to you for, you have found something or you know something that somebody else wants. It's simple right? Not really. How will people find your content? Is your content useful? Is it a duplicate of thousands of other similar blog posts? These and more are all questions that you should be asking yourself. As you see on Inspiration-Hut we provide Art and Design Inspiration, Inspiration is common, but something we love writing about. What makes us unique are the resources we have to offer, and the informational articles we write, like this one.

Keywords should be common in all of your content, For example this blog post is about "How to Blog" You may or may not have noticed but in the first line of the article those keywords are carefully placed ("In this post you will find some great tips and tricks on how to build a successful wordpress blog") that search term alone receives 151,000,000 searches a month. Also, sneakingly (norty me) I've added Tips and Tricks, another common search phrase, and the phrase Wordpress Blog. So in that one sentence you are covering a wide range of keywords and search phrases. Chances are I won't be top of Google, but if this article grew to be popular, who's to say I won't?

Step Six: Social Marketing

Another way to be found is social marketing, this does not mean get your smart clothes and visit your neighbours with flyer's, not at-all. This means start to make a fan page on Facebook, a Twitter account, a Google + fan page (They now do that, yes), Even a Tumblr? Maybe, and start to slowly fill each account with information that you are storing on your website. Point all of your accounts to your website, make sure your most precious keywords are on your profiles, along with your website URL, and try you're darn hardest to build a following.

Avoid spamming "useful information" as it's annoying, and we don't like people like you, try to be yourself, remember back to the branding element. The common thing to do is be social with your followers, share good content from other websites, and your own content as and when you create it.

Useful Tools - Keyword Searching Tool

This write up was a very short version of a very long version, but if you can perfect each one of those steps above, you will be fine and dandy. Your blog may not reach 1000 page-views per day for another month or two, or even three, but keep at it. If it were that easy, don't you think we would all be doing it by now? Thanks for reading, and I hope that I have helped that little bit extra.

Hi guys, My names Tom and I'm Co-Founder of a Photography, Art and Design Inspiration Blog called Inspiration Hut

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