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Tutorial–How to Start a Money Making Blog

by DR

I've just finished a lengthy tutorial on how to start a money making WordPress blog. The article incorporates content from three previous posts (Make Money Blogging�Setting Up a WordPress Blog in 3 Easy Steps, How to Optimize a WordPress Theme for Search Engines, and 5 Must Have WordPress SEO Plugins for a Money Making Blog) and adds new content. The new content covers important non-seo plugins every WordPress blog should have, adding Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, and FeedBurner to your site, two key WordPress configurations you should make after installing WordPress, and how to get indexed by Google quickly.

I've put all of this together in one long article so that you have all of the information in one place. I've also organized it as part of an articles page of this site were I'll add future tutorials on a variety of topics.

One final note about this tutorial. You can use WordPress to create sites for a lot more than to make money blogging. A realtor looking to rank well in search engines for his or her location could follow this tutorial to set up a site. A solo attorney or accountant wanting to market their practice online could use WordPress. Perhaps you own a small business and want to tap into Internet marketing--WordPress would be ideal. The point is that WordPress is not just a blogging platform, it's a content management system that you can use for a host of different applications.

So check out my tutorial on how to set up a money making wordpress site, and leave a comment or send an email if you have any questions.

Tagged as: content management system, internet marketing, search engines, small business, wordpress blog

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DR June 30, 2008 at 6:57 am

The tutorial on how to set up a WordPress site was featured as an Editor’s Favorite Pick in the 159th Carnival of Personal Finance. You can read the other articles here: http://greenerpastures.responsiblepersonalfinance.com/2008/06/30/carnival-of-personal-finance-159-the-first-zero-emissions-city/

tiffanie July 1, 2008 at 3:46 am

i took your advice. well, i tried installing wordpress and messed everything up so i ended up switching hosts =P bluehost is actually better than who i was with, so i didn’t mind. (cheaper, too!) i’m just waiting for everything to transfer, and then i’m going to register a new domain for my personal finance blog and go from there. i’m excited. thank you.

DR July 1, 2008 at 10:08 am: tiffanie, I look forward to following your new blog. Be sure to let us know what the domain will be. And if you have any questions along the way, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or shoot me an email. Best of luck!

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James July 26, 2008 at 12:08 pm

Thanks so much for the tutorial. I followed it step by step and with any luck I’ve done everything right. Thanks also for the blog. I read it all the time and enjoy the insight.

Lori October 21, 2008 at 12:41 am

My brain is about to explode, but I think I have everything downloaded now! Thank you. Huge learning curve here. By the way, awhile back I saw one of your articles that listed the different adsense and similar ways to make money on your blog, and now I can’t find it. Of course this could be because my brain exploded!

DR October 21, 2008 at 1:09 pm: Lori, welcome to a perpetual state of information overload. My brain is exploding, and I’ve been doing this for nearly 2 years! I think this is the article you are looking for: http://www.doughroller.net/make-money-blogging/50-ways-make-money-blogging/

Best of luck!

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Searycert December 19, 2008 at 11:19 pm