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HOW TO SETUP A WORDPRESS SITE IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS RAFAEL MARQUEZ

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes   Webmaster   Been using Wordpress since 2005   Amateur ghost hunter   Former partner in an SEO firm   Mac Head

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes  Fairlynew  You have a message  May be overwhelmed  May be confused

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes  Provideyou step by step guidance  10,000 foot overview  Aware of concepts beyond the mechanics

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes The Meat

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Before you put bit to byte to put up your website…

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes 1.  How are you found? 2.  How are you remembered? 3.  How are you organized? 4.  How is the site performing, is it meeting your goals? 5.  How are you retaining readers?

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Think: F.R.O.G.R.

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Domain name guidelines   Think elevator pitch   No hyphens   Ghost-tour-pittsburgh.com   Ghost_tour_pittsburgh.com   Best: Ghosttourpittsburgh.com

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes   Business card test   Keyword rich if possible   Buy from:  GoDaddy.com  NameCheap.com  DirectNIC.com  Hosting provider  $7-$15 per year depending on registrar

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes What is Wordpress?  Publishing Platform  Open Source  Community developed  Robust  Free

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes How do you get Wordpress?   Use the Wordpress servers   Install Wordpress on your own server

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes If you use their servers:  Called: wordpress.com  No hosting needed  Totally free  No messing with updates  Great for beginners

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes CONS:   Restricted use   Limited plugins/ themes   Your site on their servers   They can delete at will

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Run Wordpress on your own server   Your server needs: Linux, MySQL, php, prefer cPanel   Hostgator, Dreamhost, Bluehost and others   Pay about $5-$25 or more per month

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Pros of running wordpress on your own server:   Unlimited plugins   Unlimited themes   Unlimited use   Easy to setup   Grows with you

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Cons of running wordpress on your own server  Have to pay for hosting  Need to deal with updates  Confusing, lots of terms to learn  ftp  Upload  Download  Plugins  Etc.

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Immediately after installing Wordpress: 1.  Delete the default post 2.  Delete/ Edit the default “About” Page 3.  Install/ activate plugins 4.  Install/ change theme 5.  Change permalink structure 6.  Get started 7.  Keep going

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes DEMO   Install using cPanel

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes   Posts DEMO   Create   Delete   Edit   Create post with media

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes  Permalinks DEMO

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes  Themes DEMO  Upload/ Install  Change

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes  Plugins DEMO  Install  Activate/ Deactivate

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes Case Study http://superbabyfaith.com   Bought domain   Setup hosting   Customized theme   Setup donation buttons   24 hours

Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes More http://marketinglatinos.com/podcamp   Slides   Resource list   Today’s audio   Link to Wordpress course

RAFAEL MARQUEZ   @rafaelmarquez   http://marketinglatinos.com   Personal blog: http://rafaelmarquez.me

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by Rafael Marquez on Oct 15, 2009

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