Tips For New Bloggers To Start A New Blog

Last updated on September 20th, 2020 at 02:37 am

There are many technologies that will support a new blog.  WordPress is an older and more mature platform that will allow concentrating on functionality by leaving the artistic part to Word Press themes and architecture. There are other platforms such as Shopify, Squarespace, BigCommerce, etc.

Word Press has been in business since 2003 with a 60.8% market share.

1. Get Good Hosting

There are many good hosting services out in the market for just 2.95 per month for basic essentials. The options are plentiful such as shared servers, private servers, and even cloud servers from Amazon AWS.  What and whom to choose.

Like in any meaningful decisions as this is one due to the impact it may have on one’s reputation, even though it is cheap. Having said this, I would recommend taking a conservative approach making a jump to a vendor. 

What to consider, when choosing a hosting company. 

1. Phone Customer Service availability
2. Try out period and money-back guarantee
3. Customers support basic services such as problem resolution or a pointed help. This is where they make their money when we need technical support for issues that are not resolvable. In many situations, unknown to the consumer, the technical glitch belongs to the hosting company and the consumer does not suspect a thing. This is why we need to be careful about what we do pay. If we pay for a service make sure it is a feature, enhancement to your bottom line. These hosting companies can really spruce up the charges for mostly legitimate work. The cheap hosting goes out of the window very fast when we consider additional automation needed to run an eCommerce.
4. Cancel anytime policy
5. Most offer services are included in the membership with the option to extend service for a fee. Take the 0 cost option at first and then see what you really need to promote your business.

I would recommend getting a better service and free the first year from Amazon AWS such as Lightrail until you can fully develop a semi-custom solution. This choice will give you the power to make a better decision when it is time to scale and the charge begin to rise due to the heavy activities on the website.

2. Install WordPress

WordPress is an older and more mature platform that will allow concentrating on functionality by leaving the artistic part to Word Press themes and architecture. This is an excellent choice due to the proven market share and the ease of use and support.

Get WordPress

3. Choose An Awesome Theme

Perhaps, the most beneficial and best presentation of one’s business is selecting a Theme. This Theme is self-marketing and self-promoting. This is usually a specialized set of graphics and user experience skill sets.

This can save time, money, and overcome art skills deficiency.  It takes a long time to analyze, design, and develop a total theme to represent a concept. However, we can buy it cheaply and install it in just minutes. 

4. Add Colors & Widgets & Plugins & More

 Perhaps, the most difficult choices are making a selection for colors, widgets, and plugins. Any they are worth its cost, will give you the option to customize or try out different readily demostrable look and feel.