Okay, topic in hand – it’s time to set up your money making blog.
Choosing a Domain Name
You will need to choose and buy a domain name for your blog. To do this, grab your list of
keywords from the previous chapter and start typing them into
http://www.swifthostplus.com, until you find one that is
available.
Ideally you should aim to register a .com name, however if your preferred name is not
available then don’t rule out registering a different domain extension, such as a .net or .info
Registering a good domain name can be difficult and you’ll usually find that the best ones
have already been taken…
If you’re struggling for ideas try adding words like ‘News’, ‘blog’, ‘101’, ‘tips’ etc to the end
of your domain name, or add a hyphen between the words.
If that doesn’t help, try a combination of words – for example
TheHomeBusinessIdeasBlog.com.
Try to make sure you have keywords in your domain name .
Saying that, another option is to use your own name since once you have gained expert
status in your niche you’ll probably find that people start actively searching for your name.
If your business is dedicated to one specific niche then definitely make sure you do this too
as your blog will become the centre point of your business. Take a look at the top internet
marketers – pretty much all of them have registered their own name as a .com, and most
of these seem to link to their own personal blog.
Blogger vs WordPress
The two most popular ways to create a blog are through Blogger and WordPress.
Although you can make money from a blog hosted on Blogger.com, there are a few vital
flaws:
· Google owns your content and can take down your blog at a moment’s notice.
Imagine the pain of two years of hard work and content going down the pan.
· Blogger has few advanced features, like you can’t create categories and it’s basic
platform makes it difficult to format and publish posts.
· It is difficult to brand yourself, as you can’t make many changes to the header to
incorporate your logo, for example.
Wordpress doesn’t have these restrictions and I would always recommend WordPress over Blogger.
What puts people off using WordPress is that they think that it’s difficult to install and set up
– however follow the guide on the coming pages and you’ll be up and running in no time.
Trust me – it isn’t difficult!
So you need to get cheap and affordable hosting from http://www.swifthostplus.com, with just
N4,000 Per year you can get your domain name and hosting account HERE
How To Register Your Domain Name and Hosting Account
1. Go to www.swifthostplus.com
2. use the domain box to search for the name you want to register to know if the domain name is
available,if available,proceed to the next step.
3. Select the Standard Hosting which is just N5,000 Per year
4. Click on Order, to get the full instruction on how to pay for your website.
5. After 2 hours, your domain name and webhosting account will be ready.
watch out for the part 6 tomorrow, where I show you How to install your own wordpress blog
in 5 minutes.
To your Blogging Success.
Enjoy!
Taiwo
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I must say, I thought this was a pretty interesting read when it comes to this topic. Liked the material. . . . . brand names
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