{"id":669,"date":"2012-08-28T18:15:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T17:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2012-08-30T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T08:29:17","slug":"how-to-set-up-a-wordpress-blog-in-5-minutes-from-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-a-wordpress-blog-in-5-minutes-from-scratch\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set up a WordPress Blog in 5 Minutes From Scratch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys,<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;m sure you already know, having your own blog is a <strong>VERY important<\/strong> part of any online business or venture.<\/p>\n<p>If you have followed my coaching or anybody&#8217;s coaching for that matter, I&#8217;m sure one of the first things you are told to do is set up your own blog, and for very good reason too.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just a few benefits of having your own blog:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Having your own blog is <strong>great for search engines<\/strong>, search engines love WordPress blogs, giving you <strong>INSTANT organic traffic<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> Having your own blog is great to <strong>build your brand name<\/strong>, your brand name is very important, as people need to <strong>trust<\/strong> you!<br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong> Having your own blog is <strong>AWESOME for list building<\/strong>, and we all know how <strong>IMPORTANT<\/strong> that is!<br \/>\n<strong>4.<\/strong> Having your own blog is a great way of providing <strong>great content<\/strong> for your subscribers, just like I&#8217;m doing right now!<br \/>\n<strong>5.<\/strong> Having your own blog is a great way to <strong>communicate to your subscribers<\/strong>, just like I&#8217;m doing now!<br \/>\n<strong>6.<\/strong> Having your own blog is excellent for linking to all your other sites and also other peoples sites, for <strong>back linking and additional traffic<\/strong>, kinda like a central hub.<br \/>\n<strong>7.<\/strong> Having your own blog is a great way to <strong>generate passive income<\/strong>, from products you recommend etc. We all love passive income! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, having your own blog is <strong>REALLY SIMPLE<\/strong> to do, you can do it in just a few minutes!<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I have created a short video for you to show you how you can <strong>set up a WordPress blog in just 5 minutes<\/strong>, including getting a <strong>domain name<\/strong> and <strong>web hosting<\/strong>, <strong>setting up the WordPress blog<\/strong>, <strong>adding a custom theme<\/strong>, <strong>a custom header<\/strong> and even <strong>creating a post with an image<\/strong>&#8230; All in roughly <strong>5 minutes<\/strong>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WF3MsmifNh8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiveminuteblog.com\/bluehost\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Host<\/a> mentioned in my video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a link to get any graphics from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/recommends\/gfx-1\" target=\"_blank\">GFX-1<\/a> you may need.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As usual, I welcome your comments, please also feel free to &#8216;<strong>like<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>tweet<\/strong>&#8216; if you like this post.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>Dave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys, As I&#8217;m sure you already know, having your own blog is a VERY important part of any online business or venture. 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