Setting Up A Wordpress Direct Blog

Day 06 - Today is construction day. Using Wordpress Direct, you will create your blog using your theme keyword domain. Wordpress Direct makes the process of settting up an optimized blog a painless one, and comes preinstalled with all of the plugins and categories structure you need to get your blog ranked quickly.

Marty from Wordpress Direct introduces you to the service, takes you through the features and advantages of using a Wordpress Direct blog, including a variety of new features since last year's 30DC, and a run through of the theme gallery. Marty then shows you how to sign up for your free 30DC Wordpress Direct account.

Marty also shows you how to install your first blog using Wordpress Direct and explains what details you need prior to the installation. From choosing an appropriate theme through to the naming of your blog categories, Marty outlines every step of the process so you know exactly what to do.

Once you have your first blog setup, Marty then demonstrates how to add a description to your blog and write your first article using the Wordpress Direct admin panel. There are various options available when creating a blog post, and Marty outlines clearly the best practice to follow when creating yours.

The last video of the day is for existing users of Wordpress Direct that already have a blog setup. This video details the steps to follow in order to update your blog to the latest version of Wordpress, and install the Pretty Link plugin. This is a crucial step to follow if you have an existing blog created using Wordpress Direct, as without doing the upgrade your blog will not have the latest optimization installed.

Objective For The Day - At the end of Day 6 you will have done 3 things. One: Created your free Wordpress Direct account. Two: Installed a blog on your theme keyword domain you bought through Hostgator. Three: Added one keyword optimized article to your new blog and made it 'sticky'.

Mindset Lesson With Karl - "When you set your intention, you set your direction." Today Karl talks about how what you expect to happen, often comes about, and that by having a positive intention of what will come about, you actually change what does come about.