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Step 1: Domain Name

The journey of building a impressive website starts with one very important step – choosing a great domain name. A domain name is the ‘address’ of your website. It’s what people put into their browser to find your website. It’s everything that comes after ‘http://’. For example, the domain name of this website is http://howtomakeabrandnewwebsite.com Without a domain name, no-one will ever find your website. So, how do you get your domain name? It’s easier and cheaper than you think. [...]

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Step 2: Website Hosting

Now you’ve got a great domain name, you need storage space to hold all your articles, pictures, and videos. This is called Website Hosting. Learn everything you need to know about hosting here.

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Step 3: Install WordPress

Despite what you might think, you don’t need to learn complex coding to make your first website. In fact, you can create your first website without knowing the difference between an alt tag and CSS. All you need to do is quickly install WordPress and you’ll be on your way!

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Your Step-By-Step Website Guide

Simple, straight forward, step-by-step guide to building your first website. Here are the 3 steps you need to follow to build your first website:

1. Choose a great domain name

2. Get Website Hosting

3. Install WordPress

Once your site is up and running, then the real fun starts. As soon as you've finished these first 3 steps, check out the advanced users tips here:

4. Now You Have Your Website...

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    Personal branding may be an unfamiliar concept to new webmasters. But this is certainly one of the important building blocks to future online success. It’s far easier to create a personal brand for a new website compared to establishing it when the website has been up for years. Established websites for example have to re-assess their marketing strategy in order to come up with a personal brand that reflects their business. Personal branding allows businesses and professionals to [...]

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There’s no point in sinking thousands of dollars or hundreds of hours of time into anything without being able to measure if it’s working. This is especially true for Search Engine Optimisation. Because there is no right or wrong way to do SEO, it means all you can ever do is try something out and see if it works. If it does, great. Keep going. If it doesn’t, you need to stop and refocus your energy. But how do you [...]

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For online marketers, collecting a list of potential customers can be a difficult task. Marketing strategies include the use of opt-ins or social media in an effort to generate a client email list. But building an email list is just half of the puzzle. Keeping them subscribed to your emails however, is another thing altogether. An effective email marketing strategy increases your customer base and improves lead conversion. If you’re still in the dark why your email marketing strategy is [...]

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Building your own website is great – you learn skills, build your confidence, and end up with a beautiful result at the end of the day. But it can also be time consuming and challenge and if you’re not in a place in your life where you have the time or mental energy to take it on, you might want to consider hiring a virtual assistant.   “What is a virtual assistant?” A virtual assistant is someone just like a [...]

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One of the things that instantly grab a reader’s attention is your post’s title. Even the most exquisitely written content would not see the light of day if you were not able to capture your reader’s eyes with a beautifully crafted headline. Creating a killer title is difficult. Headlines may only consist of a few words or phrases but this should be catchy enough to summarize your article. Most of the time, a catchy headline or title is all it [...]

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