Build Your Site Tonight, Be Blogging Tomorrow

Too many people think building a site is hard work, or something only a “professional” can do.

For less than the cost of a cheap developer, you can actually create a better result yourself.

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1. BUILD YOUR SITE TONIGHT
   
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   BE BLOGGING TOMORROW
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   (No Technical Skills Required)
   

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2. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
   • New business idea that you want to move fast on
   
   • Don’t want to wait months for a developer
   
   • Don’t have a big budget to hire a good developer
   
   • Want something that looks professional and will
   help build your business
   

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3. Time to roll your sleeves up and do it yourself…
   

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4. A LITTLE ABOUT ME
   • Co-founder of DIY Website Coach
   
   • Been creating WordPress sites
   since 2007
   
   • Regularly create these sort of sites
   for clients
   
   • WordPress trainer
   

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5. WHAT ARE WE BUILDING?
   • Solid, secure WordPress base (to keep hackers out)
   
   • Professional looking site (to give you credibility)
   
   • Integrated email opt-in (to build your list)
   
   • Fully responsive (works well on all devices)
   
   All with no coding, completed in a night for < $500
   

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6. The End Result
   

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7. SOME ASSUMPTIONS…
   • You already have a hosting account
   
   • You already have a domain name (and it is linked to your
   hosting account)
   
   • You can follow a few simple video tutorials - full videos
   available at:
   
   
   http://www.diywebsitecoach.com/build-your-site-tonight/
   

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8. LET’S GET STARTED…
   

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9. INSTALL WORDPRESS
   • Manual install for extra security
   
   • Update basic settings (site title, tagline, permalinks)
   
   • Update user profile
   

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10. Time Elapsed: 11 min
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    Total Cost: $0
    

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11. ADD PREMIUM THEME
    • Provides great functionality and design at a fraction of the
    cost of a custom theme
    
    • We use and recommend the Genesis framework
    
    • Wide range of child themes available
    
    • Clean, efficient code
    
    • Strong community support
    

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13. Time Elapsed: 19 min
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    Total Cost: $100
    

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14. BACKUPS
    • Backups provide a safety net if something goes wrong
    
    • Scheduled backups provide peace of mind
    
    • Storing offsite provides extra protection
    
    • Safest not to rely on backups provided by your host
    
    • We use and recommend BackupBuddy
    

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15. Time Elapsed: 24 min
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    Total Cost: $180
    

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16. SECURITY
    • Most sites are compromised by automated bots
    
    • Make it hard for them and they will just move on
    
    • Sucuri plugin provides 1-click hardening for the major
    vulnerabilities hackers exploit
    
    • Also regularly monitors your site for malware
    
    • Best of all, it is FREE
    

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17. Time Elapsed: 27 min
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    Total Cost: $180
    

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18. FORMS & INTEGRATION
    • Every site needs a contact form
    
    • Premium form plugins can also integrate with your
    mailing list provider and PayPal
    
    • Allows you to easily build payment paths
    
    • We use and recommend Gravity Forms
    

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19. Time Elapsed: 34 min
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    Total Cost: $379
    

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20. ADDITIONAL PLUGINS
    • eNews Extended (for email opt-in boxes)
    
    • Simple Social Icons
    
    • Jetpack (social sharing and related posts)
    
    • Akismet (comment spam protection)
    

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21. Time Elapsed: 42 min
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    Total Cost: $379
    

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22. BASIC PAGES & MENU
    • About page
    
    • Services page
    
    • Blog page
    
    • Contact page
    
    • Remember to add the pages to the menu
    

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23. Time Elapsed: 58 min
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    Total Cost: $379
    

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24. WIDGETS & BASIC STYLING
    • Available widget areas will depend on the theme
    you are using
    
    • Genesis themes have good tutorials on how to
    configure each area as per the demo
    
    • Access to community forum or support ticket
    system for additional help
    

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25. WIDGETS & BASIC STYLING
    • In this case:
    
    • Background image
    
    • Welcome area on home page
    
    • Main sidebar (optin, brief about, social icons)
    
    • 3 Footer areas (key message, recent posts, search and
    tags)
    

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26. Time Elapsed: 80 min
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    Total Cost: $379
    

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27. EXTRA CREDIT
    • Additional styling and branding
    
    • Directly update stylesheet
    
    • Visual aids such as Design Palette Pro or
    Genesis Extender (an additional $49)
    

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28. COMMON QUESTIONS
    • What if I want to change themes later?
    
    • All your content will flow in to the new theme. Widgets may
    need to be moved and/or reset
    
    • What if I need more functionality?
    
    • You can alway add more functionality to the site as your
    business grows and evolves (e-commerce, memberships, etc)
    
    
    
    
    

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29. NEED MORE HELP?
    • http://www.diywebsitecoach.com
    
    • http://www.diywebsitecoach.com/
    build-your-site-tonight/
    
    • https://www.facebook.com/
    diywebsitecoach
    
    • Twitter: @WarrenDenley
    

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