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She’s Crafty: How to start a crafting blog with...

She’s Crafty: How to start a crafting blog with no money, no code, little time and toddlers underfoot

Does everyone have a crafting blog except you? It’s time to get your blog online using WordPress. Everything the beginner needs to know to start a blog. How do you choose a name? How do you choose a web host or blogging service? How do you get started writing? How do you get people to visit your blog? How do you get them to keep coming back? All your questions answered in a friendly, jargon-free session. This is a session for beginning bloggers and will focus on solutions that don’t require a lot of technical know-how or a big budget.
Presented at WordCamp Vancouver 2016

Shannon Smith

August 27, 2016
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  1. She’s Crafty How to start a crafting blog with no

    money, no code, little time and toddlers underfoot Shannon Smith
  2. Optional Yearly Expenses • Domain name = 15 $ •

    Use your domain name with WordPress.com = 72 $ • (Web hosting = 120 $)
  3. Choosing a Webhost • Ask your friends • https://wordpress.org/hosting/ •

    Keep your domain name and hosting separate • You get what you pay for!
  4. Mini-Branding • A name • A simple image • A

    (free) font • A great photo of you • A colour scheme • Bonus: A watermark • Not necessary!
  5. Find your Peeps • social networks • comments • genre

    specific networks • online organized activities • in-person activities
  6. Find your Peeps • www.ravelry.com • www.textillia.com • kollabora.com •

    burdastyle.com • sewing.patternreview.com • sewcialists.org/firehose/ • Groups on flickr, Facebook, Instagram hashtags, etc.

  7. Basic SEO • Use a featured image • Fill in

    all your image fields • Write an excerpt • Use categories and tags, 
 ones for people • Plugin: Yoast SEO • 350 words • headings (h1/h2/h3) • Search engines are trying to mimic people
  8. Getting Paid? • Ads • Ad networks • Partnerships •

    Sponsored posts • Affiliates • Product sales
  9. The greatest task before civilization at present is to make

    machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men. Havelock Ellis