how to start a travel blog Travel blogging 101 for beginners hey guys
bryan with wp cupid blog and in this video I'm going to be showing you a complete Travel
blogging 101 for beginners tutorial on how to start a travel blog whether you
be a technology have no experience at blog starting or even if you are a pro
this travel blogging 101 for beginners tutorial video will be perfect for you
the great thing about this tutorial is this extremely easy they'll fall along
with even if you have no experience in starting and setting up a travel blog by
following this tutorial video you will have your travel blog set up in as
little as 10 minutes at the end of this video you will have your travel blog
successfully started I'm gonna be providing you with a bunch of helpful
resources that will help you in your travel blogging starting journey towards
the end of the video so stay tuned the first step I'm gonna cover is how to
choose and register your own domain name for free to have a blog you have to have
a domain name step two I'll be going over how to choose a hosting provider to
have a blog you have to have hosting step three is getting our blog set up
for free with the most popular blogging software today the blogging platform is
WordPress if you want your blog to rank reach success etc WordPress is the way
to go if you don't have time to start your WordPress blog right this second be
sure to bookmark this video so you can come back to it later let's get started
the first thing you want to do is head on over to Bluehost via the link that I
provided in the description Bluehost is will be getting a free domain name and
up to 63 percent off web hosting make sure you click the link in the
description to get this great deal to have a blog you have to have a domain
name for people to find your blog and web hosting that powers your WordPress
blog a little about Bluehost Bluehost powers over 2 million websites worldwide
in over 850,000 blogs around the world they're also recommended by WordPress
themselves since 2005 they instantly install WordPress for you which makes
starting a blog that much easier they provide 24/7 support via chat email
and phone and they have a 30-day money-back guarantee if for any reason
you are unhappy you can cancel and get a refund that no questions asked within
the first 30 days I do want to mention that the link is an affiliate link and
I'll receive a commission which help support this channel and upses put
out more wordpress tutorial videos once you click the link you'll be at the
Bluehost home page you'll see the get started button on the page click the
button this is where you can select your hosting plan you'll see three different
options you'll see a basic plan a Plus plan and a prime plan I recommend going
with the basic plan then you can always scale up whenever you like if you have
more than one website then you wanted to choose either the plus plan or prime
plan I'm gonna choose the basic plan for this tutorial as this is most common go
ahead and hit the select button on whichever plan you would like to use we
are now brought to a the main page where we can choose a domain name that we want
completely free or if you already have a domain name you enter in over on the
right for the new domain you can select if you want to be a dot-com dotnet org
etc that comp it's the most popular domain extension so I'd recommend going
with a.com if you can I'm gonna type in a domain here and click the next button
you were now brought to a create your account page this is real input your
information we have first name last name the business name is optional put your
country address information in put a phone number and lastly the best email
for you as you'll get emailed a receipt of payment and a copy of your login
credentials etc below that you will see package information you'll see account
plan this is rican select the term for your hosting package you have 12 months
24 months 36 months and 60 months as you can see you'll save money the longer you
purchase your hosting for I'm gonna select the 12 months package this setup
fee is free domain registration is free let's encrypt SSL is free this SSL
feature is a free SSL certificate which makes your site secure with the green
bar and with the HTTPS the main privacy isn't I don't that I highly recommend it
will prevent telemarketers and marketers getting a hold of your personal contact
information and bugging you with their services the domain privacy will shell
Bluehost information for the site and not yours site lock security fine is
security for your WordPress website and protects it from hackers I'd unselect
this as there are really good free alternatives you'll see code guard code
guard creates daily backups allows you to restore your sight with a
click of a button in case something happens there are free alternatives that
work just the same SEO tools start you can keep unselected this add-on will
submit your site the search engines and provide a report on your site ranking
and keyword rankings submitting your site the search engines you can do for
free this isn't necessary to have all these add-ons are completely optional
and up to you to get as you can see you're saving a lot for this hosting
package below that you will input your payment information I'm not gonna fill
this out for protection of personal information once you information is
filled in you want to select the I've read and agreed to Bluehost privacy
policy in terms of service now click the submit button you are now brought to a
page we will choose a password for your Bluehost account I click to create your
password button and put the password you would like click the I of read and
agreed to boulos privacy policy in terms and conditions and click the next button
you will now be directed to a congratulations page click the blue log
in button to log into Bluehost Blose is also going to at this time email your
dashboard login information to the email address you provided you and now see
pick your theme Bluehost has a bunch of awesome free
wordpress themes you can choose from you can select the theme now if you want to
or below the themes you can click skip this step if you choose a theme now you
can always change your theme you pick without any problem at a later date I'll
be going over this in more detail later in the video once you choose your free
theme or click skip this step you'll be at the page here stating all done click
the button that says start building to start building your blog on WordPress
once you click that muggin you'll be at the wordpress dashboard this is what the
wordpress dashboard looks like it'll ask you a few questions as you can see if
you don't need help just click that you don't need help option once you do that
you will see this page you will see blog posts where you can add a new blog post
you will see where you can add new pages to your blog if you want to change your
navigation menus you can do so easily and if you are going to sell products on
your site you can install WooCommerce to do so on the far left you will see tabs
hover over them and get to learn them post is where you can add new post pages
is where you can new pages the media Tavis where your
images will show that you upload to your blog comments is where you can view
comments people leave on your blog plugins is where you can install plugins
for your blog almost any customization or feature that you would want more than
likely there's a plug-in already made for it
appearance is where you can change the look of your theme or change your theme
to another one or a premium theme select themes when you hover over appearance it
will showcase free wordpress themes that you can choose from if you select most
popular we show you the most popular free WordPress themes hover over a theme
and click install and then click activate to make the theme your
WordPress theme you should also see add new theme on this page this is where you
can add a new theme if you got it from another site or it is a premium theme a
great resource I've used for several years and recommend for professional
WordPress themes that look like an award-winning designer HD did your blog
is creative market this is a creative market wordpress blog themes page you
can easily browse wordpress blogging premium themes click on them and get a
live preview of themes as you can see here here's a few examples of premium
WordPress themes that are already pre-made for you to input your
information or change however you'd like you'll see they look really good click
the link in the description below to check out creative market in the top
left of your WordPress dashboard you will see welcome here or your site title
towards the top of the page click this to view your site to log in to your
WordPress dashboard you can do so via the Bluehost cPanel or by typing in your
domain name with a slash WP dash admin here's an example it'll bring up this
page here just input your login credentials to be logged into WordPress
another great resource that is helpful in use by over 500,000 users is the
drag-and-drop editor called element or page builder Elementor page builder
makes starting and creating your WordPress blog easy you can make edits
by dragging and dropping search element or page builder on the plugins page and
install and activate it if you like to try it out Elementor has a free and paid
version I provide a link in the description so you can check out and
compare the features of the free and paid versions another great resource to
check out is fiber fiber is a great place to get tasks done for just $5 it
is helpful if you need a logo or thing done I provided a link in the
description below and that is my travel blogging 101 for beginners tutorial
video on how to start a travel blog if you have any questions get in touch as
I'm here to help you with anything you need
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