These slides belong to a little presentation I gave at Domino English Learning Centre. Request: Excuse the fonts. :(

1. BUILD A WEBSITE
& MAKE MONEY

2. HELLO!
I am Mairaj Pirzada
I develop/design with WordPress.
You can find me at @thisismairaj

3. We are going to
build a website
But.. wait, what kind of
website, exactly?

4. A question/answer website?

5. A forum?

6. A coupon-sharing site?

7. A video-sharing
site?

8. A social networking site?

9. A wiki site? Like Wikipedia

10. No. We’ll build a blog.

11. A website which
publishes blog posts in a
reverse chronological
order.
Blog?

12. New post
blog post
Old post

13. 3-Step Process
Build
blog
Blog.
Blog.
Blog.
Make
money

14. Step 1: Build a blog

15. 2 Ways

16. ✘Costs $000
✘Is limited
✘Involves software’s
promotion
✘Can’t place ads
1ST: FREE

17. ✘Costs ~$80 yearly
✘Limited by your imagination
✘Excludes software’s promotion
✘Can place ads
2ND: PREMIUM

18. We’ll go with free
solution

19. Blogger.com WordPress.com Tumblr.com

20. Let’s get to work.

21. Go to
WordPress.com

22. Click this button

23. Enter an address that’s
available
Then.. click this
button

24. Fill in details.
Then..click this!

25. Custom Address?
iammairaj.wordpress.com
to
iammairaj.com
Why?
✘ No WP-promotion
✘ Limitless control

26. Click this if not
interested

27. Verify
email add.

28. Click this
button

29. Congrats, friend!
You just built a blog!
Where’s the party?

31. Why not check what we built at
iammairaj.wordpress.com?

32. This is
the blog.

33. I know it’s dull.
Because
it’s version
0.001

34. It’s time for makeup :)

35. Go to
iammairaj.wordpress.com
/wp-admin

37. Click here

38. Click ‘activate’

39. Without any
customization

40. Click ‘Customize’

41. With some
customization

42. 12,000+
Whoa! That’s a big number,
aren’t you overwhelmed?

43. Step 2: Blog. Blog. Blog.
(8 months)

44. To write a new post

45. Click here

46. Click here

47. Go to
iammairaj.wordpress.com

49. Writing & publishing on
a blog = blogging
Blogging?

50. field, topic or focus of
blog = niche
Niche?

51. Examples?
✘ Tech News (mashable.com)
✘ Cooking tips (iamafoodblog.com)
✘ Automobiles’ (autoblog.com)
✘ Psychology (psyblog.com)

52. Step 3: Making Money
(1 month)

54. Make money by
displaying relevant
ads
Google AdSense

55. But.. who am I?
✘ Blogging since 2011
✘ WordPress Developer/Designer
✘ Your friend :-)

56. KEEP
CALM AND
START
BLOGGING

57. THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me at
✘ @thisismairaj
✘ thisismairaj@gmail.com