Getting started with WordPress
I started blogging in September 06 using the free blog platform my host provided. At first I thought it was great: simple posting, easy editing, adsense, no problem.
After a couple of months, I started to realise something wasn’t quite working. I had zero comments, very little traffic and no new customer enquiries - although a few sales guys had been in touch. Strange as I kept reading how blogs and other Web 2.0 stuff are so great for business growth. All I can say is after 5 months I’d achieved very little, except some fairly original content on shoestring marketing tactics.
So I decided it was time to try something different and to upgrade my blog software. After all, I was enjoying writing the blog. So I did a little research and decided on WordPress, rather than Typepad and others - mostly because it’s all open source and free. Of course, I didn’t want to make the same mistake twice, so I started looking for some guidance and stumbled across Gobala Krishnan - The WordPress Guy - and his internet home business blog.
I’ve got to say this guy is great. I bought his Easy WordPress System and it got me up and running in no time. I think I paid about $47 (so around 25 quid) which is a snip. I grabbed the Marketing Blagger domain name, bought some UK based hosting and got started. Of course, there were a few stumbling blocks to get over, but Gobala’s support desk, albeit a little slow, has always risen to the challenge and helped me to over come these.
So where am I at now. I’m hitting 50 unique visitors every day which is nice, Adsense is bringing in a trickle of money, I have two blogs and I’m on the verge of launching some internet marketing and affiliate campaigns to start generating an income - alongside my regular marketing consultancy work.
I suggest anyone looking at blogging as a way to make money online would do well to read some of Gobala’s blog. Especially his advice on WordPress, plugins and more. His latest idea is to get other bloggers to review his blog to get more traffic - well he’s actually taken the idea from John Chow - another big name internet marketer, but that’s all good. Check out his review me page here.
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I remember when I first started using WordPress. It has come so far and is easily the best blogging software there is.