how to start a personal development blog personal development blogging for
beginners hey guys bryan with WP Cupid Blog and in this video i'm gonna be
showing you a complete personal development blogging for beginners
tutorial on how to start a personal development blog whether you're new be a
technology have no experience a blog starting or even if you are pro this
personal development blogging 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 and setting up a
personal development blog by following this tutorial video you will have your
blog set up and is the last ten minutes at the end of this video you will have
your blog successfully started I'm gonna be providing you with a bunch of helpful
resources that will help you in your blog 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 main
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
the description Bluehost 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 main
name for people to find your blog in web hosting that powers your WordPress blog
a little about Bluehost Bluehost powers over two million websites worldwide in
over eight hundred fifty thousand blogs around the world they are 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 and you want to mention that the link is an
affiliate link and I'll 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 homepage 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 didn't 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're now brought to a
domain 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 to be a.com dotnet dot org etc dot-com is
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 and put your information we
have first name last name the business name is optional put your country
address information in it and put a phone number and lastly the best email
for you as you'll get emailed or receive payment and a copy of your login
credentials etc below that you will see package information you'll see account
plan this is where you can select a 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 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 domain privacy isn't 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 we shall
Bluehost information for the site and not yours site lock security fine is
security for your WordPress website and protects it from hackers I done select
this as their really good free alternatives you'll see code guard code
guard creates daily backups and allows you to restore your site 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 a dolt will submit your site to search engines and provide a report on
your site ranking in 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 your information is
filled in you want to select the I have read and agree the Bluehost privacy
policy in terms of service now click the submit button you are now
brought to a page we would choose a password for your Bluehost account click
the create your password button and put the password you would like click the I
of read and agreed to 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 log into Bluehost Bluehost is going to at this time email
your dashboard login information to the email address you provided you will now
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 a 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 log in
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 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 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 more than likely there's a plugin
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 engine see 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 examples of premium
WordPress themes that are pre-made for you to input your information or change
however you 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 and used by over 500,000 users is the drag-and-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
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 something done I provide a link in the description below and that is my
personal development blogging for beginners tutorial video on how to start
a personal development blog if you have any questions get in touch as I'm here
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