blogging 101 for beginners how to start
a blog hey guys bryan with WP Cupid Blog
and in this video i'm gonna to be showing
you a complete blogging 101 for
beginners tutorial on how to start a
blog whether you're new be a technology
have no experience a blog starting or
even if you are a pro this 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 blog set up in as little as 10
minutes at the end of this video you
will have your blog successfully started
I'm going to be providing you with a
bunch of helpful resources that will
help you in your blog starting journey
towards the end of this video so stay
tuned the first step I'm going to 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 3 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 blue host is
where we'll be giving 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 wordpress blog you have to have a
domain name for people to find your blog
in web hosting that powers your
WordPress blog a little about Bluehost
Bluehost powers over 2 million websites
worldwide and over 850 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 of 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're 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'll
receive a commission which helps support
this channel and helps us put out more
WordPress tutorial videos once you click
the link you
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 and 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 domain page where we can choose a
domain name that we want completely free
or if you already have a domain name
you've 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
into the domain here and click the next
button
you are now brought to a create your
account page this is where input your
information we have first name last name
the 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 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 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 don't select this as our 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
the same SEO tools start you can keep
unselected this add-on will submit your
site to search engines and provide a
report on your site ranking and 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
going to fill this out for protection of
personal information once your
information is filled in you want to
select the I have 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 will choose
a password for your Bluehost account
click the create your password button
input the password you would like click
the I of read and agree to Blue Hose
privacy policy and terms and conditions
and click the next button you will be
directed to a congratulations page click
the blue log in button to log in to
Bluehost Bluehost is also going to act
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 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 the 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 stating all
done click the button that says start
building to start building your blog on
WordPress once you click that log in you
will 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 that 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 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 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 example of premium
WordPress themes that are already
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 be 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 the link in the
description below and that is my
blogging 101 for beginners too
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