if you're looking to start a blog this year
this video is for you. hi my name is sarah from business woman thrive and in today's
video we're going to be talking about all the steps and resources you need to start
a blog this year. And just to start off here any resources or anything that i mentioned
will be linked down below in the description. so if you're interested in anything that i'm
talking about or you want to learn more and go more in depth on this topic, i will have
a ton of resources linked down below for you in the description.
Including a link to my free how
to start a blog email course. it's a free course that you can sign up for all you need to give
me is your name and email and i will send you a ton more resources than i can fit into this
video. so enough for the talk let's get started so the first step to starting a blog is choosing
your platform. it is just the overall best blogging platform that i have personally used i've used
a few others like wix which wasn't as good and eventually switched to wordpress and have not
looked back there are a lot of different options that you can choose when starting a blog you can
start a blog on WordPress, wix, Squarespace, blogger there's a ton of different options. so you might
be overwhelmed on which one you should choose and the one that i highly recommend to choosing is
wordpress.
But if you do decide to choose wordpress then you have the choice between wordpress.org
and wordpress.com. there are a lot of differences between the two and we don't have time to get
into them in this video and if you're interested in learning about the differences i already did
a video on this and i will link it right here if you want to check that out. but pretty much the
differences are wordpress.com is a platform that you can start on for free and then it has upgrades
that you can do. which still aren't that great for the money that you're paying, or you can start on
wordpress.org and the software for wordpress is free but you have to pay for a hosting company to
host your blog online. which is the better option especially if you're trying to make money blogging
into your full-time gig or a side hustle.
But make sure to check out my last video for a deep dive
into this topic. the second step is where to host your blog. so if you've decided to choose wix or
blogger or wordpress.com or any of the really like free blogging sites you don't actually have
to choose a host. your site is pretty much set up on like wordpress.com. but if you decide to choose
wordpress.org like i mentioned in the last step you have to have a hosting company host your blog.
because once you get a hosting company they pay to basically allow you to run your site and host
it on the internet somewhere and then once you get that you can download the wordpress software
usually a one-click install for free but you have to have that hosting company first to actually
start a wordpress.org blog. if you're looking for a hosting company i recommend either namecheap
or siteground i started out with namecheap because they were the cheapest option that i
could find and i feel like they had the best value for the money that i was paying and then
eventually i upgraded to siteground because they are a little bit on the more expensive side but in
my opinion they are one of the best hostings out there.
So if you're just starting and you don't
have a lot of money that you're willing to put out right now i would highly recommend namecheap,
but if you're looking to start your blog and you do have the extra money i would highly recommend
going with siteground. both of these will of course be linked down below along with a lot of resources
that i have to help you choose which one is best for you. like a versus between namecheap and
siteground blog posts and why i switched to siteground along with a few more things which
will all be linked down below. step number three is choosing a domain name. now you want to choose
something that is unique because your blog name will eventually become your domain name and your
domain name is essentially just the dot com link to your site. it's important because you can't have
the same domain name or website link as somebody else for obvious reasons and once you choose your
domain name you have to purchase that domain name from whatever hosting company you choose.
And if
you're struggling on this topic i have resources down below blog posts and things like that to how
to help you choose your blog name. step number four is to install wordpress. so like i mentioned this
is pretty easy because once you buy your hosting company there is usually just a one-click install.
i'm pretty sure all of the hosting companies now just have literally a one-click install and then
it will take you to your wordpress admin dashboard and you can go to create your blog from there so
it's a really easy step. so number five is choosing a theme and this is honestly my favorite part
because this is when you get to pick out the nice colors for your blog and your brand. once you get
to the choosing a theme step you can either choose a free theme that wordpress offers you or you can
go with a premium theme. i highly recommend that you choose the premium theme if you have the extra
money to put out because with the free themes there are just kind of a lot of issues with them.
you don't get a lot of customization options and they really don't look as professional as the paid
themes.
If you would like to buy a theme there are some that can get pretty expensive but all of the
themes that i have bought have been in between $25 and $45 dollars so if you look around i'm sure you
can find a paid theme that is in your price range. and i have a direct link to a bunch of themes that
are really nice on creative market and etsy which will be down below. now that is honestly a very
simplified version of how to start a blog there is still a lot more that goes into starting a blog
but there is just too much to put into one video so if you want to check out that free email course
that i mentioned there are so many different free resources and things in that email course way
more than i could fit into one concise video.
so make sure to sign up and check that out down below.
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new here and i will see you next thursday bye!.
