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How to Start a Blog: Pleasure, Profit, and Posterity Guide

This guide explores the reasons to start a blog, from sharing knowledge to preserving family stories for future generations and provides an overview of essential blogging and web terminology.

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How to Start a Blog: Pleasure, Profit, and Posterity Guide

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  1. How to start a blog For pleasure, profit and posterity

  2. Why start a blog? • To share knowledge and expertise • To share how you have dealt with challenges • To share family history and stories for younger generations

  3. Say you want to start a store….. Understanding BASIC WEB/BLOGGING TERMINOLOGY By Wing (own work) GFDLCC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons

  4. Start with your brand or store name That’s your “web domain” (i.e. – Bluehost*) 1. Your Brand Web Domain *A company like Bluehost facilitates your name purchase but you own your web domain

  5. Put it somewhere where people will find it…Galleria, City Centre That’s your “web host” (i.e. – Bluehost*) 2. Your location Web Host You don’t by the entire shopping center. You just rent the space that you need for your store. Image by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26378528

  6. Now decorate your store, stock your merchandise and put up your open sign! That’s Wordpress, your content management system (CMS 3. Your actual store Web Host You don’t by the entire shopping center. You just rent the space that you need for your store.

  7. Store Location Brand Content Management System (Wordpress) Web Host (Bluehost) Web Domain (Bluehost) Basic elements of blog

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