learn wordpress now – how to blog!

Creating a blog is now the fastest way to get online. These days, you no longer need to be a tech-wizard or rich enough to employ a webmaster – you just have to be smart enough to create a blog.

So, how to blog?

First, you have to choose a blogging platform.  This is the software mechanism by which your blog is presented to the world. There are quite a few blogging platforms available but there are two clear market leaders: Blogger and WordPress.

Blogger.com is free and is owned and operated by Google.  And that is both its strength and its disadvantage. Yes, you get a free blog and yes, Google is prestigious and powerful. But when you have a Blogger blog Google owns the blog – not you. For that reason most serious bloggers don’t use Blogger as their platform.

Which leaves us with WordPress. WordPress has two platforms: wordpress.com and wordpress.org.

WordPress.com is a bit like blogger.com in that it is free and, because WordPress hosts the blog,  WordPress owns the blog – not you. So, while it is fine for personal bloggers and non-profits, it is not the platform of choice for those who want to attract visitors and particularly for those who want to make money from a blog. WordPress.com doesn’t like you using your blog for commercial purposes

WordPress.org, on the other hand, is still free but you have to pay for web hosting. This means you have to buy a domain and open a hosting account somewhere. And because you pay for that (all of $10-$12 a month!) you own the blog. It’s yours and you can do what you like with it. This is the route that most serious bloggers and most small and large businesses take.  They start with a self-hosted WordPress blog right from the start and they get on with the business of getting a presence online.

Learn how to blog

By now you’ve probably gathered that I’m a big WordPress fan. And I’m here to help you get started with blogging.

I have two tutorials to teach you how to blog:

• How To Build A WordPress.com Blog
• How To Build A WordPress.org Blog

These are downloadable tutorials in ebook format which take you, step by step, through the process of building a WordPress blog. Take your pick – if you can’t decide which one to take, get them both!

If you want to know how to blog, get one of these tutorials now!

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