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You don’t need web design firms that tells you making a blog could take weeks and costs a thousand dollars.  Even if you don’t have advance technical skills, if you follow this 6 Steps to Make a Blog, you’ll definitely be blogging within two days with less than a 100 dollars!

I encourage every blogger writing on popular blogging sites, free or paid, to make a blog that not only could make you money, but could make your blogging experience a success.

People think they have to spend thousands of dollars and weeks of development time to have a functional web blog. But this is an outdated way to think about it. These days, there are a variety of content-management tools available to simplify website creation and management. WordPress is one of those tools. Yes, WordPress, the blogging system. You can create a highly functional, easy-to-manage web blog using only WordPress and a just bit of technical skills.

For the the past three years, I follow this step-by-step approach every time I create a blog from scratch.

First step. Register Domain Name and Get Web Hosting

The domain registry costs around $10 per year, and the hosting will cost you between $7 to $ 100 per year, depending on the web hosting options. Add the two and that’s the total cost for web domain and web hosting for one year of blogging. Popular domain registrars like GoDaddy, and 1and1 can give you this in about one hour. So far, the fastest domain registration I had was when I bought at Dynadot, my domain is up the soon as I checked out.

If you don’t have the money to shell out that much, you can opt for free web hosting services. Be reminded though, read reviews and pick the one that you think suites you.

Second step. Install a MySQL Database on Web Host

This sounds complicated, but it’s a five-minute operation. If you don’t know how to do it, I’m sure your web host has a quick and easy guide for it. Normally, you need to go to the database section of the hosting control panel, select create, and then give it a name and password.

Third step. Install WordPress on Web Host

In case you’re not aware, WordPress is free. Download the Wordpress files, open wp-config.php and insert the database name and password you created in the previous step, and then upload the entire WordPress files onto the web host.

Fourth step. Launch and Configure WordPress

When all the WordPress files are uploaded to the web host, you’re ready to run the installation process. Go to your web address (the domain) and follow the steps for installation.

Fifth step. Customization and Appearance

Log in using your admin account and customize the appearance and behavior of your blog to your liking.

Last step. It’s Time for Content

The most important part. The reason why you are doing this. Content. Start with a few pages of content telling your readers on what to expect on your blog.

That’s it!

Enjoy blogging!

How do you choose the right web host?

It’s been asked a million times already yet still, every webmasters or future webmasters asks how to choose the right web host. I hope this article will help you answer your question.

Examine what you need. The first thing to do before choosing the right web host for you is to examine what your needs are. Do you have a small web site or a large one? Does your site require huge amount of CPU processing? Does your site require high bandwidth?

Features. You’re done listing your needs. This time, find the web host that offers what you’re looking for in a web host and make a list of the companies.

Support. Ask around the Web, from bloggers and some forums and get some feedback on the companies you’ve listed, shoot a message to the companies you think you consider hosting your site to and see how fast they respond. By doing these things, you may have a bit of an idea of how good their support is.

Price. From the list you’ve made,do away with the web hosts that offer less than impressive support and keep the ones you think will offer you their service whenever the need arise. Weigh in their prices and determine which web hosts offer the best value for your money.