WordPress is a popular blogging application that you can use to create a very professional looking blog. Blogs boost your site’s traffic and help you build relationships and trust with your visitors. The more trust your readers have in you, the more likely they are to become your customer. Blogs are also great money-makers.
There are two ways to set up a WordPress blog. You can install the blog on your own server. If your web host includes Fantastico, you can install your blog with the push of a button. The benefit to this is that you can pick your own, unique blog address. For instance, your blog address can be www.yourdomain.com/blog.
You can also get a free blog at www.wordpress.com and let WordPress host it for you. Your blog’s URL will have wordpress in the domain. However, if you are new to blogging and do not yet have your own domain, this is a great way to get started with your blog. You simply enter the username you would like and your email. WordPress will create your blog and email you the password.
Note - if you choose a Wordpress.com blog, read the TOS carefully. Wordpress.com is very picky about commercial blogs, and places limits on advertising.
There are many different Wordpress themes to choose from, enabling you to create a blog that fits your website and target market. You can further customize your blog by adding widgets, such as a calendar, RSS feed, links and other items to the sidebar. You can also change and customize the entire theme by editing the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) of your blog.
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