How to Build Your WordPress Blog or Site in 10 Easy Steps

My BConnected presentation on how to build your WordPress site or blog in 10 easy steps.

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1. Build Your WordPress Blog Richard Martin! BConnected! ! http://richardgmartin.me! @richardgmartin! ! richardgmartin.me/wordpress/build-wordpress-blog-site/
2. Who Am I? • Online entrepreneur! • Help people build their online business! • Product Marketing! • WordCamp Ottawa organizer http://richardgmartin.me! Twitter: @richardgmartin
3. Build Your Blog
4. Build Your Blog
5. Structure: ! WordPress Themes & Frameworks Functions: WordPress Plugins Foundation: WordPress
6. 1. Hosting Provider • Budget! • Performance needs! • Ease of management! • Reliability of service
7. Hosting Options Shared Cloud Dedicated
8. WordPress Managed Hosting
9. 2. Developer, Designer or DIY • Home page or blog?! • Will a theme do the trick?! • Theme + designer for CSS?! • Custom design and functions?
11. 3. Choose Reputable Plugins …
12. … From Reputable Sources • WordPress.org plugin repository! • From vendors recognized by the WordPress community! • Directly from a recognized vendor
13. 4. Going Mobile
14. 4. Going Mobile
15. 4. Going Mobile
16. 5. Secure Your Site • Theme choice! • Plugin choice! • Password management! • Brute force attacks! • Backups
17. 6. Backup Your Site • Many hosting companies provide backup services! • Backup Buddy ! • Backups stored at AWS
18. 7. Maintain Your Site • Backups! • Keep WordPress, themes and plugins up to date! • Broken links! • DIY, developer,service! • Overall health (next point)
19. 7. Maintain Your Site • Backups! • Keep WordPress, themes and plugins up to date! • Broken links! • DIY, developer,service! • Overall health (next point)
20. 8. In Good Health • Google Webmaster Tools! • HTML improvements! • Crawl errors! • Tell Google you love your site
21. 9. Measure Performance • Google Analytics! • JetPack Site Stats! • Goals, funnels, and campaigns Source: William Warby, Flickr
22. 10. Attract Attention • Yoast SEO plugin • Yoast Video SEO plugin • Yoast Local SEO plugin • JetPack: Publicize • JetPack: Google + Profile • Simple Social Icons plugin
24. http://richardgmartin.me
    @richardgmartin http://richardgmartin.me/wordpress/build-wordpress-blog-site/