5 Steps to Instantly Create an Awesome Blog Using WordPress

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WHY
WORDPRESS?
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Most Brands,
Internet Marketers
Use WordPress
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Learn WordPress
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More Clients
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More Clients
=
More Sales
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The steps covered
In this blogging guide
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There are other alternatives
however, and they are listed below
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5 reasons to choose
wordpress
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Go to
www.wordpress.com/website
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This is the homepage
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Click on Create Website
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Create your site today
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Type in your Site Address
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Click on Create Your Site and
Continue
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Accomplish the fields below
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Type in your Email address
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And your Password
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Click on Next Step
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You can buy your own custom address
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Let’s proceed and click on No Thanks
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Now, let’s choose a Theme
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Choose a Theme
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Fear not, you can
change your
theme anytime
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Choose Edin for example
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Click on Select Free
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Welcome to Wordpress.com
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Let’s scroll down for the following steps
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Click on Customize Your Site
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Loading the Customizer screen
appears
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Let’s edit the
appearance of
your blog
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Click on Colors & Backgrounds
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Choose a Palette
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Let’s try this out
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Click on the back “<“ icon
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Click on Header Image
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Your theme recommends a
header size of 1230 x 100 pixels
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Click on Add new image to add a
picture on your theme
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Click Select Files to upload your
image
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Your chosen image will be added
on your media library
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Click on Select and Crop image
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Click on Crop Image
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Click on Widgets
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Let’s customizer your default
widget by clicking the Sidebar
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These are your default widget and you
have the options to Reorder or Add a
Widget
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Edit the Site Title here
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Change Site Title
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Then, click the “<“ icon to close
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Set your Static Front Page
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You can choose to display your Front
page as latest posts or static page
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When done, click on Save & Publish
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You came back here then scroll down
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Click on Sharing
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Click to connect on Facebook
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A new window will appear and select
the account you wish to authorize
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Click on Connect
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Your Facebook account was
successfully connected
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Now, let’s activate
your WordPress
account

Sign in on your email account
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Click here to Activate Your Site
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Click on Confirm Email Address
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A new tab will open that your email
has been verified
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Now that you verified
your WordPess account
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You can now Publish
Post in your blog
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Click Add Blog Posts to create your
first post
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This appears

Click HTML to create Text Posts

You can now start creating your
First Post
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Let’s try creating a new
post from your
Dashboard
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Click on Save Draft
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Click on My Site
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Then, click on WP Admin
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This is your Dashboard
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Now, click Posts
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Click Add New
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This is where you will create your
blog post
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Enter a title for your blog post here
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Compose the content for your blog
post here
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To add a presentation below
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Click on HTML/Text tab
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Move your cursor or mouse pointer to where
you want your presentation to appear
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Open a new tab and go to
www.scribd.com
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Click on Start Your Free 14 Days

Click on Join with Facebook
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Sign In Successful
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Click on Scribd

To upload your PDF
presentations,

Click on Upload
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Click Select Files to Upload
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Or, Drag files from your computer
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Wait until the uploading is finished
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Type your presentation Title here
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Enter your presentation Description
here
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You can also add
additional information to
improve discoverability

By using Category, Privacy Setting, and
sell your document on Scribd Store
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Click Save and Continue
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Click here to view your presentation
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To get the embed code
we need for your blog,

Click on the Embed icon

Then, click Embed

Make sure to select Autosize
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Choose the Slideshow view options
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Next, click on WordPress for the WP code
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Then click inside the box for the
code to be highlighted
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Ensure that everything is selected
(highlighted)
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To copy the code
Press Ctrl+C for
Press Cmd+C for

Go back to your
WordPress post window

And paste the WP code here
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To paste the code
Press Ctrl+V for
Press Cmd+V for

Then, click on Publish

Awesome! Your tutorial is
now embedded on your
WordPress blog

Click on View Post
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That’s it! I’m more than confident
that your initial blog should now be
finished and ready to go.
Enjoy your new blog!
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If you really want to do
something, you’ll find
A way. If you don’t,
You’ll find an excuse.
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- Jim Rohn

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