Getting Started With WordPress

Welcome! In this first video I wish to show you step-by-step how to register a new domain name. In this case I am using GoDaddy as my registrar as I find them inexpensive, reliable and easy to use.

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In this video I wish to show you step-by-step how to register a new Hosting Account with GoDaddy.

Here’s a quick video to show how to associate your GoDaddy Hosting Account with a Domain

If you found these videos helpful please use my link to register your account. GoDaddy.com Please feel free to download my instructional Step-by-Step guide to setting up your domain name and hosting account in PDF format. Setting_Up_WordPress.pdf

First Things we will need

A GOOGLE WEBMASTER TOOLS ACCOUNT

A GOOGLE ANALYTICS ACCOUNT

A GOOGLE ADSENSE ACCOUNT

Improving Your Site’s Visibility

How Your Customers Find You

Pings

Everytime you post a new Blog or update your pages, WordPress PINGS the main Web Services and Search Engines. WordPress uses Pingomatic as it’s default ping service, however, you may wish to enter a more comprehensive list. Go to the Settings Tab in he left hand sidebar in your dashboard – Choose Writing and replace the exisiting Ping service with this list.

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://coreblog.org/ping/

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.blo.gs/

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.myblog.jp

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://ping.weblogs.se/

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

http://rpc.newsgator.com/

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

Finding Keywords

• https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Sources For Main Article Content

• http://www.ezinearticles.com
• http://www.articlesbase.com
• http://www.articlecircle.com/
• http://www.amazines.com/
• Online Newspapers, i.e., independent.ie
• Relevant Online Publications

Sources For Photo Content

(Creative Commons)

• http://www.flickr.com
• http://search.creativecommons.org/
• http://www.squidoo.com/
• http://www.freephotobank.org/main.php

Video Content

• http://www.YouTube.com
• http://search.creativecommons.org/

Sign Up To These Resources To Monetise Your Site

Google Adsense

• https://www.google.com/adsense/

AdSense is a Contextual Ad Placement Service provided by Google. If you have AdSense on your site and a visitor clicks on the ad, you receive a commission.

Affiliate Products

Amazon Associate Program

• https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join/landing/main.html

You will have to sign up to Amazon’s Web Service You will need to get your AWS ID and Secret Key

• http://aws.amazon.com/account/

For a listing of Amazons Top selling items

• http://www.amazon.com/gp/site-directory

ClickBank – World’s largest distributor of Digital Products

• http://www.clickbank.com

For a listing of Clickbanks’ Top selling items

• http://www.cbtrends.com/ Also a resource for loads of Free Graphics etc.

There are a host of other affiliate services you could sign up to also, i.e.,

• eBay – Very Strict about who signs up.  Would not advise from the get go, Wait until you have a bit more experience.
• Commission Junction
• Too many to mention.
• Agencies within your own industry/sector may also have affiliate programmes.

Don’t be afraid to ask.

PLUGINS I USE

Here is a list of Resources and Plugins I use regularly. These, like 99% of the features I demonstrate, are Free of charge When installing the plug-ins, in your WordPress Backend, go to the Add New Plugins tab and copy the names of these plugins and paste into the search box and they should be the first you see. When displayed just click install – everything is automatic. Alternatively, if you wish to do it manually, they can all be downloaded at

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

First Things First!

Plugin Central

Install this plugin first.  Once installed you can enter the list of all the plugins you wish to install on your site and Plugin Central will install all of them automatically.  What a time saver.

VISIBILITY

• WordPress SEO Pack

SEO Control for your Site

• Google Analytics For WordPress

Incorporate Google Analytics to Track Your Site’s Activity

• NewStats Press
  

View  statistics of your site activity directly on your Dashboard

• GT Translator

Allows visitors translate your pages into 42 different languages.

AUTOMATED CONTENT

• Guest Blogger

Automatically Creates Content Using eZine Articles Based On Keywords

• WP-o-Matic

Enables administrators to create posts automatically from RSS/Atom feeds.

• Auto-Schedule Posts

Allows you to control when and how Posts get Published.  Useful if you want to screen posts before making them public.

• TubePress

Automatically Displays YouTube Videos Based On Keywords

• Flickr Post

Insert Images from Flickr into your posts

CREATING MAILING LISTS

• [GWA] AutoResponder

AutoResponder

MONETISING YOUR SITE

• Clickbank In-Text Affiliate Links

Automatically creates contextual ClickBank Links using your Affiliate Link based on keywords within the text of your pages You Need Your Clickbank Affiliate ID First

• Whydowork Adsense

Automatically puts AdSense banners on your pages You Need Your AdSense Codes From Google First

• Amazonpress

Automatically displays Products from Amazon based on Keywords You Choose You Need Your Amazon Web Services ID First

• Commission Junction Product Search

Allows you to quickly and easily display products from your Commission Junction affiliate partners. You Need Your Commissions Junction ID First

• Advertising Manager

Display Your Own Paid for Advertising on Your Page as a Sidebar Widget

Useful Tools I Also Use

• FCKEditor
  

Improves on WordPress’ default editor.

• DD Add Sig

Adds a signature at bottom of every post

• Daiko’s Text Widget

Create Your Own Widgets

• HTML Templates

Allows you pre-define aspects of your page with configurable fields Amazing for Opt-In Forms

Feel free to use the eamample below for a GetResponse Opt-In form

Specify The Dynamic Fields, separated by commas, to be used; in this example they are

SubmitButtonText,CampaignName,SalesPageURL,ReferringSite

Dynamic Fields are then enclosed between HASH symbols in the code (see example below)

#SubmitButtonText# – The text to be displayed on your Submit Button

#CampaignName# – The name of your Getresponse Campaign

#SalesPageURL# – The URL of your Sales Page where visitors will be redirected after they submit form

#ReferringSite# – If you have This Opt-in form on other sites, Track  where they came from by specifying a Referring Site

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• Drop Caps

Makes the first letter of the page a Dropped Capital.

• Exclude Pages from Navigation

Allows you to create pages that will not be displayed in your menu.  Useful for administrative purposes.

• Display Widgets

Allows you control which widgets appear on individual pages.

• Sexy Bookmarks
  

Places buttons on your Posts/Pages that allow visitors share on their Social Media Profiles or email.

• Contact Form 7
  

Automatically creates a contact form for your website where visitors can send messages.

• Google News

Displays a feed from Google’s RSS feed

• WordPress Related Posts

Allows Your Page to display a list of other related Pages or Posts from your site

• WP-DBManager

Database management tools.  Can repair and auto backup your WordPress Database.  In my opinion a must!

• W3 Total Cache

As all site content is stored on a database, every time someone access your page the page must be re-read which slows everything down. This plug-in allows WordPress Cache your page as if it is a static HTML page for faster loading. If you have a lot of plug-ins in use then this will help speed pageloads up a lot.

If you can’t find a plugin you would like, don’t be afraid to Google it. It may be available for free, or as a premium download at another location.

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