1. Lesson 3 Your “Home Base”

2. You Have Options.. Wordpress – Easy to use & Free Blogger – Also Easy To Use & Free Custom Blog – Sort of easy to use & not free Custom Website – Not so easy (usually) and not free

3. Why Wordpress Rules… For this class we will use Wordpress as our “Home Base” or “Hub” site It’s Free It’s Easy To Use It Will Serve It’s Purpose For Now…

4. The Power Of Wordpress Let’s look at two types of Wordpress sites o Free Wordpress sites (Wordpress.com) internetexplorer.wordpress.com o Custom Wordpress sites (Self hosted) TheGrossLife.com nPromote.com

5. Wordpress.com Does Anyone NOT have an email address they can access from here? Signup Verify Email Account Login Let’s Learn Some Wordpress!

6. Our Home Base Is All Set! Now that we have a simple Wordpress Site we can move on to the other elements of an effective online presence The Satellite properties feed this “Home Base” or “Hub” and the other way around as well.