keeps your site on track! Such as,1) who is the site focusing on, or what is my
target market, and 2) what is it that I am going to be offering my customers?
Once you know the answer to these two questions, then you should come up with
your Mission Statement – A simple paragraph that states your moral code on
how you plan to take care of your customers.
Now you should be able to come up with a name and a domain name for your
site. It is not necessary, but it is best to include keywords in your domain name.
This helps in search engine page rankings.
Once you know the function of your website you will have a clearer idea about the
look your website should take on. Will it be a static website, a blog, a social
network site, or a simple information site, or a form of a sales page with maybe a
blog sitting in the background? Once you know what you want, then you will need to pick a WordPress theme.
There are literally hundreds of FREE themes to choose from out there.
First: watch the entire FREE WordPress 101 Video Series to get a good and
comfortable feel for WordPress and all that it has to offer. Then before you start
building your site, choose whether you are going to pick a Free or Paid theme to create.
starts with, simply because they are FREE, however, if youplan to make money with your site, then I can't emphasize
enough that your next step will play a major roll in your
success.
Before you act, I hope you really listen to what I am about
to say to you in the next couple chapters. You can either
learn from me and jump leap years ahead with your
“Learning Curve”, or you can blow off what I suggest andmost likely make the same mistakes that I have made. It is totally up to you...