1. "Help your Website Everyday
Using Blogs".
The question: What do I do first?
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2. Starting new blogs can be difficult and this has put many
people off. Some may get off to a good start, but then
become quickly discouraged because of the lack of
comments or visits to their blogging efforts.
You want to stand out from this crowd of millions of
bloggers, you want to be one of the few hundred
thousand blogs that are actually visited. Some to the
things in the class will be Why Search Engines like
Blogs, Why People Like Blogs, and Why You like Blogs
AND Why Consistent Blog Content Boosts SEO &
Builds Authority.
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3. What software will you ALWAYS need?
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Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in
"free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement
that supports several languages. Running in the MS
Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL
License. http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable
cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP
client with lots of useful features and an
intuitive graphical user interface.https://filezilla-project.org/index.php
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4. Images software
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GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of
software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image
authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
http://www.gimp.org/
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Inkscape is a professional vector graphics
editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It's
free and open source.
Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon,
which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics. Vector graphics
are based on vectors which lead through locations called control points.

5. GMAIL ACCOUNT – Use with Google +, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, Gmail,
Google Drive and by the time you're reading this there's likely something new. Someone
this morning asked me if I had the new 'Google Now' on my browser yet. I do now.
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MICROSOFT ACCOUNT – what's a Microsoft account?
It starts with an email address and a password that are used to sign in to services
such as Outlook.com, Skype, SkyDrive and Xbox Live, as well as devices such as
Windows 8 PCs, tablets and phones, and Xbox entertainment systems. If you use an
email address and password to sign in to these or other Microsoft services, you
already have a Microsoft account.
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6. Using prebuilt wordpress themes will save time, and do most of the 'puzzle' for you, often
to save time it's faster to modify an existing web template than to build one from scratch
Then:
Develop a storyboard with your developer
Register your domain name
Purchase and set up your hosting account
Initiate a SSL certificate (for instances that need HTTPS:// thats a secure certificate)
Set up your bank account and merchant account if needed -
Set up your payment gateway - Paypal works
Create xml sitemaps http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/
Create Google Analytics and Bing Webmaster tools accounts
Google account works for setup of Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools
Bing Webmaster tools require a windows account
Research legal requirements
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7. So what is a blog?
A blog is a frequently updated online personal journal or diary. It is a place to
express yourself to the world. A place to share your thoughts and your passions.
Really, it’s anything you want it to be. For our purposes we’ll say that a blog is
your own website that you are going to update on an ongoing basis. Blog is a
short form for the word weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.
Read more: http://blogbasics.com/what-is-a-blog/#ixzz2tWjjQEiM
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8. Post regularly, but don't post if you have nothing worth posting about.
Stick with only a few specific genres to talk about.
Don't put 'subscribe' and 'vote me' links all over the front page until you have people that
like your blog enough to ignore them (they're usually just in the way).
Use a clean and simple theme if at all possible. Best if it's responsive.
Enjoy, blog for fun, comment on other peoples' blogs (as they normally visit back).
Have fun blogging and remember, there are no rules to what you post on your blog!
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9. Why Search Engines Like Blogs:
Blogs are updated frequently and contain up-to-date information
Blogs have an optimized site architecture
Blogs are set up with a clear navigation
Blogs have every page inherently set up to link back to the other main pages (interlinking)
Because you're writing about your product/service/company, your blog posts will
naturally contain great keyword phrases
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10. Why People Like Blogs:
Your blog puts a "face" to your company
Your blog allows users/clients to interact with your company
Your blog shares recent news/information about your product/company/service
Your blog contains up-to-date information
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11. Why You Like Blogs:
Blogs can boost the traffic on your site provided you link to your site from your blog
Blogs are easy to maintain
You can create inbound links to specific parts of your site from your blog
Blogs allow you to reach out to your "people" and put a "face" to your company
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12. Why Consistent Blog Content Boosts SEO & Builds Authority
http://bit.ly/1bmVkNt
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13. The blog can provide up-to-date news, technical information, celebrity scandal, business
support, political rumour, helps run campaigns, gets people involved in volunteering, advice
on investments as well as there being blogs on cooking, health, gardening, sport, blogging
blogs and of course many personal blogs and quite a few strange blogs.
Read more: http://blogbasics.com/what-is-a-blog/#ixzz2tnXaLspf
What are Business Blogs?
Business Blogs developed as a natural progression. They use the same technology but
tend to be very targeted in terms of their subject matter and focus on a specific market area or
niche. In fact, something to bear in mind: the most successful are set up with both an
audience and a business focus in mind which they then stick to. Why? Because the audience
they are looking to reach will expect it – that is why they were attracted to it in the first place
and that is why they will return and recommend the blog to others.
http://www.betterbusinessblogging.com/what-is-a-blog/#4
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14. Links:
http://www.LibreOffice.org – software used to create the slides shown
http://www.wordpress.org - for self hosted wordpress site.
Email Guy Cook @ guy@vdomainhostinginc.com or call voice # below to setup an appointment.
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