WordPress is pretty good for SEO. See: What is SEO. But there is always room for improvement. If you have taken my four lessons on blogging then you know the real trick to SEO. One of the easiest ways to make your WordPress blog more approachable is to configure the Permalinks option in your WordPress settings…. [Continue reading…]
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Four Lessons For First Time Bloggers
Since I launched How To Blog Tutorials, I have been working on making the new blogger experience easier and more approachable. I have just completed the four lesson plan for absolutely new bloggers. So if you haven’t yet, this is how you start a blog. Then as soon as your blog is up and running,… [Continue reading…]
How To Put a Password on a Blogpost
When you decide to start a blog, sometimes you want some of your blogpost to be available only to a select few. Only to people with the password! If you want to make a blogpost private so that a visitor can only read the blogpost after entering a password, you can accomplish this is with… [Continue reading…]
Why Should You Choose Siteground as Your Web Host
There are many web hosts out there and as you probably noticed in my Guide to Start a Blog, I recommend . But you’re probably wondering, Why Should I use Siteground? First, because I am recommending them. I have been doing this for over a decade and there are only a few hosts that I… [Continue reading…]
How to Start a Blog (Short Slide Presentation)
The How to Start a blog guide just got some updates I wanted to share with you. The overwhelming feedback was that most people couldn’t decide which web host to use to host their WordPress blog, so the best thing is for you to start with . I have clarified that in the guide. I… [Continue reading…]
How to Install and Activate a Plugin for Your WordPress Blog
Once you get your blog installed and ready to go, you may want to install a plugin or two. Installing a plugin to your blog is a great way to enhance the functionality of your blog. It’s easy to do it. Step by step guide 1 Login to your WordPress blog dashboard 2 Navigate to… [Continue reading…]
What to Do After Your First Blogpost
So you finished setting up your blog using my guide, or maybe you figured it out on your own. Congratulations, you’re now one of the few people willing to publish something for the world to see! So what’s next? Let’s talk about what to do after you publish your first blogpost. You can of course,… [Continue reading…]
Guest Blogging Tips From The Experts
The FAQ section has a question about guest blogging. Specifically I answered What is Guest Blogging. So I thought I would follow that up with some tips and advice form other bloggers out there. Neil Patel from Quicksprout suggests to guest blog on blogs that have a broader audience than your own blog. When you are… [Continue reading…]
Web Hosts You Should Avoid When Starting a Blog
Hopefully you read my other post where I list the web hosts I recommend for your blog. While I can’t possibly review all the web hosts out there, I have given you a list of great webhosts for your blog, and now I want to give you a list of hosts to avoid at all… [Continue reading…]
How to Test if The Domain You Want is Available
Coming up with a new domain for your blog could be a bit of a challenge. Most of the times, the first few ideas you come up with will have been taken by someone else. Some registrars and some “domain search” tools can be unscrupulous and steal the domain from you as you search, so… [Continue reading…]
