Stop struggling to create and market your own blog.

Creating your own space on the internet can be challenging if you don’t know where and how to start the process. Let me share with you what I believe to be the best approach when creating a blog and more importantly how to market that blog to maximize the likelihood of people actually finding you. If you like what you learn you may want to consider checking out my internet command system course.? It contains over 40 videos that provide you step by step instructions on how to create a blog using wordpress.org and the steps you need to take to market that blog, including harnessing the power of social media.

Step 1 – Purchase at least two really good domain names. [Free Internet Marketing Tip1]

First, grab “your own name” dot com.? This should be the easy part unless your name is common like David Wood, Adam Holland, or John Smith.? By grabbing your own name you are keeping your options open and can use this domain to brand yourself and help promote the other domain name we will now discuss.

Second, grab a keyword rich domain name.? Sounds simple right?? Well, it’s not! Trust me when I say all the “good” .com domain names are long gone.? But there is still hope even if the preferred .com tlds are seemingly all gobbled up. You just have to think harder and let your keyword software do what it was meant to do, and find a keyword rich domain name.? Be creative and more importantly patient.? A good domain name can really help your SEO performance.? An example of a good domain name would, cheaptickets dot com or something similar.

Step 2 – Create your hosting account.[Internet Marketing for less than 100 dollars]

I am currently recommending my affiliate, Host Gator, for hosting.? They are amongst the less expensive providers and offer a full c-panel interface.? Also, with hosting provided by Host Gator you can have multiple domain names (that’s good because you are going to own at least two).? Having your own hosting service not only protects and gives you full control over your online content but also enables you to tweak the appearance of your blogs, add resources on your hosting server for cloud related storage and more.

Step 3 – Create your WordPress.org blog [Only an investment of your time]

This is a no brainer as far as I am concerned.? A lot of people confuse wordpress.org with wordpress.com. Here is more information about the difference between wordpress.org and wordpress.com. While they may look the same, they are really different and you will be handicapping yourself if you go the free wordpress.com route. You will soon find that you are extremely limited in your ability to customize and promote your website/blog.? WordPress offers hundreds of blog themes to choose from and with a little bit of CSS knowledge, you can really make your site look sharp.? My blog is an example of a wordpress.org theme using hostgator as my host provider.? I think it looks good. 😉 It is not that hard to have a very similar blog up and running in about 10 minutes.

Step 4 – Create some social media [Another source of free internet marketing]

Another no brainer.? At least create a fan page on facebook.? With a few clicks of the mouse you can have your own facebook fan page.? I recommend that you use a reveal page on your fan page to generate “likes”.? Check out my fan page for my internet command system to get a feel for what I am talking about,? facebook fan page example.? After you get your facebook fan page in order you can start marketing utilizing the principles of attraction marketing to tell people about your blog.? If you don’t know about attraction marketing it basically means don’t try to SELL, instead attract people who get to know, like and trust you.

Step 5 – Build your list, rinse and repeat [If it works one time it will work 100 times]

From now on, everything you touch should have a method of collecting an email address.? This is going to require some form of email capture and broadcasting software.? I use COMF5 because when you add up all the features, it becomes more affordable than anything else online.? However, if you are extremely budget conscious and can only afford an email broadcasting service, I would recommend Aweber.?Capturing emails from people who view your website is essential if you are to have any sort of offline marketing campaign.? This is important stuff, because as much as you and I would both like people to be addicted to your website, you only have a small window of opportunity to make a sale online.? However, having their email address allows you to occasionally remind those who previously viewed your website to check it out again or view your specials, or upcoming events.? Email marketing is a very important component and should not be underestimated.

If any of what I just said made sense and you would like more training remember to check out my internet command system course.

Have a great day,

Ray Briant