For pleasure, profit and posterity How to start a blog For pleasure, profit and posterity

Why start a blog? To share knowledge and expertise To share how you have dealt with challenges To share family history and stories for younger generations Last time we got together, I gave some reasons why blogging has become so big. The top three were: Preference for individual versus mass media. People like to talk and hear form people, not some monolithic corporation Person desires to share experiences, opinion, expertise in enough depth to help others – it used to be write a book, not it is start a blog It has become so easy to do.

Understanding BASIC WEB/BLOGGING TERMINOLOGY Say you want to start a store….. There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. By Wing (own work) GFDL CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons

Start with your brand or store name That’s your “web domain” (i.e. – Bluehost*) There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Web Domain *A company like Bluehost facilitates your name purchase but you own your web domain

Put it somewhere where people will find it…Galleria, City Centre 2. Your location Put it somewhere where people will find it…Galleria, City Centre That’s your “web host” (i.e. – Bluehost*) There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Web Host You don’t by the entire shopping center. You just rent the space that you need for your store. Image by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26378528

That’s Wordpress, your content management system (CMS 3. Your actual store Now decorate your store, stock your merchandise and put up your open sign! That’s Wordpress, your content management system (CMS There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Web Host You don’t by the entire shopping center. You just rent the space that you need for your store.

Content Management System Brand Location Store Content Management System (Wordpress) Web Domain (Bluehost) Web Host (Bluehost) There are three main components to starting your blog. 1rst is what you call it - your brand. That is your domain name. Most people have a name tucked away that you entended to call your book or your company if you every started it. Add a com to that and see if it is available. I’ll show you how to do that in a few minutes. Figure $15-$25 a year but I’ll show you a way to get that for free. Your going to need to rent some place to put your business. Like a brick and motar place in the galleria, you don’t buy the entire complex, just rent the space you need. That’s your web hosting and it will cost from free (buyer beware) to $8.95 a month depending on how long you rent for Now you need to put something on the bare walls, put in cash registers, have pretty displays, power, lights, make it your own. It’s the website development platform – Like I said before, Wordpress is the one I use and it has made it cookbook simple. Your brand, your space, your actual store. Basic elements of blog