We hope you’ve learned a lot so far!
Important Question?
How are you implementing this knowledge in to your online marketing success?
Now that you know all about keyword research, finding a niche, and setting up a Bluehost account, let’s start building you new website!
(Note, this information will only be helpful if you’ve set up an account with Bluehost…)
Step 1: Welcome to the Bluehost Control Panel (Cpanel)
The CPanel can be a bit confusing, especially for a first time visitor. If you like to read and understand the “What’s and Why’s” of a things, this document on CPanels may help.
Personally, I’m not a big fan of reading all that information so I’m going to cut to the chase.
To set up your new website, go down the page until you find the section titled “Software / Services”
Click on Simple Scripts.
When you click on Simple Scripts, you’re going to see this at the top of the page:
Scroll down the page and find the WordPress Icon.
Step 2: Select the WordPress platform
WordPress is the platform that can do ANYTHING (almost).
Top 10 Reasons Why I Love WordPress (in no particular order)
- Easy set up
- Easy updating
- Free Plugins
- Free Themes
- Works for Dropshipping, Affiliate Marketing, Information Marketing, and Blogging
- Paid Plugins that won’t break the bank
- Paid Themes that won’t break the bank
- Constantly being updated to fix bugs and be secure
- All the big players in online marketing use it: Problogger.net, CopyBlogger.com, ShoeMoney.com
- Tons of Free Tutorials (like this one J )
- And more….
Step 3: Click the Green Install Button
Once you click on WordPress, go down the page and click on Install:
You’ll now see this:
Important TIP:
You can create your own UN and PW by clicking on Step 2: Advanced Options
It will look like this:
I recommend changing 3 things:
- The “My Blog” Section. This can be your business Tag Line, the Domain Name address, or you can simply leave it blank for now.
- The Username (UN). Keeping the UN as admin is an invitation for computer “hackers” to attempt to get in to your website. I recommend changing the UN to your first name or something you’ll remember easily.
- The Password (PW). This one is obvious too. It’s best to use a password that has a capital letter, a number and a symbol – something like this NewYorkYanees#1 – Make sure to write your UN and PW down somewhere (I know, I know, DUH…but I’ve had far too many clients forget their UN and PW.)
Step 4: You’re almost there!
Once you’ve changed the Tag Line, UN and PW, you can click the little box in Step 3 and Complete!
Step 5: Important Information to Login
After clicking Complete, you’ll be directed to this page:
The Red Arrow is pointing to the Login URL – the link you can click on to Log In to your new website.
You’ll also be sent an email that looks something like this:
In the email, the Login URL is called the Admin Panel – SAME THING!
When you click the Login URL or Admin Panel link, you’ll be taken to a screen that looks like this:
Enter your UN and PW and click Log In!
Congratulations. YOU DID IT! And you don’t even have to be a PROGRAMMER to set up multiple sites just like this!
Nate’s Recommendation:
- Go find a friend or family member you can share this information with.
- Teach them how to set up their OWN website.
- By teaching others, this information will stick and they will think you are the best thing since sliced bread
- Here’s the link they can use to set up their own Bluehost and WordPress Account:
Next Step: Learning how to use WordPress to build your website!
