WordPress is one of the most convenient FREE programs available to help you create an attractive, well-organized website. Most people use WordPress for blogging, with great results. But why just stop at blogging, when you can add even more impressive functionality to your site in just a few clicks, to drive more traffic, increase reader loyalty, and make more money as a blogger?
In this guide, you will discover step by step methods for setting up your WordPress blog from scratch quickly and easily. Use it to get started blogging, or as a checklist to make sure you have set up your blog correctly to gain the kind of traffic from readers and search engines that you will need in order to have a successful money-making blog.
Once you have accomplished the essentials, you will then be able to go beyond blogging with WordPress, to build your business and bring in even more revenue by discovering 10 impressive ways to build your business by adding full-featured professional functionality to your WordPress based site, FREE, with the help of handy FREE plugins you can download from your WordPress administrator's area, or free or inexpensive plugins and themes that will look like an expensive programmer customized your site for you, but for pennies compared to what they would charge.
Some of these free plugins are ready to use as is. Some will require a small amount of configuration, but are so easy, even a new comer to WordPress will be able to set them up correctly. In this illustrated guide, you will learn how to transform your blog into one or more of the following:
1-Article Directory
2-Auction Site
3-Content Management System
4-E-Commerce Storefront
5-Frequently Asked Questions or Question and Answer Portal
6-Forum/Discussion Board
7-Help Desk
8-Invoicing System
9-Membership Site
10-Project Management Tool
In this guide you will also discover even more ideas on how to transform and make money from your blog, for an even more impressive niche-related website. Also get insider information on how to make the most of the FREE WordPress plugins and themes available, so you can keep costs down and profits up.
If you are eager to grow your new blog and go beyond the basics to create an impressive niche website to rival even those of your top competitors, download this guide today and start adding the features that make sense for your business in order to achieve your financial goals.
Audience:
+WordPress blog owners who wish to make their blog look and function more impressively for their readers
+New WordPress users who quickly want to learn the essentials of setting up their blog as a business and wish to learn more about the different ways they can grow their blog as they gain a larger readership
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INTRODUCTION
CH 1: SETTING UP YOUR WORDPRESS-BASED SITE: THE ESSENTIALS
CH 2: SETTING UP WORDPRESS CORRECTLY AS A BUSINESS THAT WILL EARN YOU INCOME
CH 3: CREATING AN ARTICLE DIRECTORY
CH 4: BUILDING AN AUCTION SITE
CH 5: BUILDING A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS)
CH 6: BUILDING AN E-COMMERCE SITE
CH 7: BUILDING A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) OR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PORTAL
CH 8: BUILDING A FORUM/DISCUSSION BOARD SITE
CH 9: BUILDING A HELP DESK
CH 10: BUILDING AN INVOICING AND BILLING SYSTEM
CH 11: BUILDING A MEMBERSHIP SITE
CH 12: PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
CONCLUSION
APP 1: OTHER WAYS TO USE WORDPRESS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS
+Event managing, mapping, review sites, and more, all in a few clicks, all free
APP 2: TIPS FOR ADDING FUNCTIONALITY TO YOUR WORDPRESS SITE
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Joan Mullally has worked in digital publishing and as a marketing consultant for a wide range of firms for nearly 20 years.Andrew Simon has worked in the technology departments of some of the world's leading financial institutions, including Dow Jones the New York Stock Exchange.
In this guide, you will discover step by step methods for setting up your WordPress blog from scratch quickly and easily. Use it to get started blogging, or as a checklist to make sure you have set up your blog correctly to gain the kind of traffic from readers and search engines that you will need in order to have a successful money-making blog.
Once you have accomplished the essentials, you will then be able to go beyond blogging with WordPress, to build your business and bring in even more revenue by discovering 10 impressive ways to build your business by adding full-featured professional functionality to your WordPress based site, FREE, with the help of handy FREE plugins you can download from your WordPress administrator's area, or free or inexpensive plugins and themes that will look like an expensive programmer customized your site for you, but for pennies compared to what they would charge.
Some of these free plugins are ready to use as is. Some will require a small amount of configuration, but are so easy, even a new comer to WordPress will be able to set them up correctly. In this illustrated guide, you will learn how to transform your blog into one or more of the following:
1-Article Directory
2-Auction Site
3-Content Management System
4-E-Commerce Storefront
5-Frequently Asked Questions or Question and Answer Portal
6-Forum/Discussion Board
7-Help Desk
8-Invoicing System
9-Membership Site
10-Project Management Tool
In this guide you will also discover even more ideas on how to transform and make money from your blog, for an even more impressive niche-related website. Also get insider information on how to make the most of the FREE WordPress plugins and themes available, so you can keep costs down and profits up.
If you are eager to grow your new blog and go beyond the basics to create an impressive niche website to rival even those of your top competitors, download this guide today and start adding the features that make sense for your business in order to achieve your financial goals.
Audience:
+WordPress blog owners who wish to make their blog look and function more impressively for their readers
+New WordPress users who quickly want to learn the essentials of setting up their blog as a business and wish to learn more about the different ways they can grow their blog as they gain a larger readership
++
Word Count=20,665
++
INTRODUCTION
CH 1: SETTING UP YOUR WORDPRESS-BASED SITE: THE ESSENTIALS
CH 2: SETTING UP WORDPRESS CORRECTLY AS A BUSINESS THAT WILL EARN YOU INCOME
CH 3: CREATING AN ARTICLE DIRECTORY
CH 4: BUILDING AN AUCTION SITE
CH 5: BUILDING A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS)
CH 6: BUILDING AN E-COMMERCE SITE
CH 7: BUILDING A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) OR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PORTAL
CH 8: BUILDING A FORUM/DISCUSSION BOARD SITE
CH 9: BUILDING A HELP DESK
CH 10: BUILDING AN INVOICING AND BILLING SYSTEM
CH 11: BUILDING A MEMBERSHIP SITE
CH 12: PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
CONCLUSION
APP 1: OTHER WAYS TO USE WORDPRESS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS
+Event managing, mapping, review sites, and more, all in a few clicks, all free
APP 2: TIPS FOR ADDING FUNCTIONALITY TO YOUR WORDPRESS SITE
+++
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Joan Mullally has worked in digital publishing and as a marketing consultant for a wide range of firms for nearly 20 years.Andrew Simon has worked in the technology departments of some of the world's leading financial institutions, including Dow Jones the New York Stock Exchange.
