how to start a blog book blogging 101
hey guys Bryan with WP Cupid blog and in
this video I'm gonna be showing you a
complete book blogging 101 for beginners
tutorial on how to start a book blog
whether you be at technology have no
experience at blog starting or even if
you are a pro this book blogging 101 for
beginners tutorial video will be perfect
for you the great thing about this
tutorial is it is extremely easy to
follow along with even if you have no
experience in starting a blog by
following this tutorial video you will
have your book blog set up in as little
as 10 minutes at the end of this video
you will have your book blog
successfully started I'm gonna be
providing you with a bunch of helpful
resources that will help you in your
book 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 your 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 a description
Bluehost is will be giving a free domain
name in up to 63 percent off web hosting
make sure you click the link in the
description to get this great deal to
have a wordpress 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 eight hundred fifty
thousand 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 no questions asked within the
first 30 days I do want to mention that
the link is an affiliate link and I
receive a commission which helps support
this channel and helps us 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 now 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 plus plan in a prime plan I
recommend going with the basic plan and
then you can always scale up whenever
you like if you have more than one
website then you want 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'd enter it in over on the right for
the new domain you can select if you
want it to be a.com
dotnet dot org etc dot-com is the most
popular domain extension so I'd
recommend going with the dot-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 business name
is optional put your country address
information input 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 a count plan this is where
you can select the term to 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 setup fee
is free
the main 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 domain privacy is an add-on
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 show
Bluehost information for the site and
not yours site lock security fine is
security for your WordPress website and
protects it from hackers
I'll unselect this as there are really
good free alternatives you'll see code
guard code guard crates daily backups
and allows you to restore your site with
the 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 in keyword rankings
submitting your site to 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 your information is
filled in you want to select the I of
read and agreed to Bluehost privacy
policy in terms of service
now click the submit button you are now
brought to a page where you choose a
password for your Bluehost account click
to create your password button and put
the password you would like click the
I've read and agree the Bluehost privacy
policy in terms and conditions and click
the next button you will be directed to
a congratulations page click the blue
login button to login no Bluehost
Bluehost is also going to at this time
email your dashboard login information
to the email address you provided you
will see pick your theme
Bluehost has a bunch of awesome free
wordpress themes that 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 the
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
saving all done click the button that
says start building to start building
your blog on WordPress once you click
that and login 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
post where you can add 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 add new pages the media
tab is where your image
we'll 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 it will 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
design agency did your blog is creative
market this is the 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 example 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 so 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
and used by over 500,000 users it's a
dragon drag & drop editor called element
or page builder element or 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'd like to
try it out
Elementor has a free and paid version I
provided 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 something done I
provide the link in this
caption below and that is my book
blogging 101 for beginners tutorial
video on how to start a book blog if you
have any questions get in touch as I'm
here to help you with anything you need
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