
Build a personal brand website to stand out in searches, tell your story and personality, and open doors to dream jobs by showcasing credibility and expertise online 24/7.
Discover how the instructor turned a passion for design into a personal website business, building a personal brand and a career in digital marketing.
Learn to build a personal brand website with minimal tech, covering setting up domain and hosting, WordPress, themes, content, SEO, traffic, security, and backups.
Learn how to choose a domain name for your personal website, weighing whether to use your name for a personal brand or a customized domain for a broader brand.
Learn how to buy your domain name on Namecheap, check availability, select an extension, add to cart, and complete payment, with whois guard and optional two-factor authentication.
Compare web hosts by reliability, uptime, speed, and pricing, then explore my personal branding hosting package with 5 GB space, 100 GB bandwidth, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Follow the quick sign-up flow—from domain setup to PayPal payment.
Learn how to connect your domain to hosting by updating name servers and transferring DNS, then wait for propagation until your site goes live.
Install WordPress on your domain or subdomain using hosting control panel, enable one-click install, set a strong username and password, enable limit login attempts, and access the WordPress admin dashboard.
Review the setup: choose a domain on Namecheap, sign up for hosting, update name servers, and install WordPress with a non-admin login to start your personal brand site.
Discover how to pick a WordPress theme to elevate your personal brand, comparing premium and free options, using ThemeForest and live previews to envision your site.
Identify a theme by its look and fit for your personal brand and purpose, then ensure it is responsive, mobile friendly, edit-friendly, fast, and feature rich.
Choose a premium theme, sign up and verify your email, then purchase with credits or PayPal, and download the theme files and documentation for the next WordPress lesson.
Apply a WordPress theme downloaded from ThemeForest by uploading, extracting, and installing it in the WordPress backend, then activate it to refresh your personal branding site.
Learn to import demo content for WordPress themes, choosing a live site or a dedicated test site, and mirror the live preview via the importer.
Read the themes documentation to understand how the theme works, install and import demo content, and navigate features, menus, widgets, and blog pages for building your personal website.
Set up a site foundation by creating pages (home, resources, blog, contact), selecting templates, and publishing them, then build a main and footer navigation in WordPress.
Configure WordPress site settings for a personal site, including site title, time zone, front page and posts page, reading and permalink hostname, plus theme branding options.
Discover how to create your personal brand logo and favicon without Photoshop using a free online editor, with centered Oswald text and transparent backgrounds.
Learn how to craft an intentional about me page that tells your personal story with purpose. Focus on your audience and deliver a laser-focused message using text and media.
Create a personal about me page by arranging a bio, headshot, and experience with a title image, using WordPress editor, shortcodes, or visual composer for two-column layouts.
Learn how a personal blog shifts your site from passive to proactive, attracts new readers, crystallizes your thoughts, strengthens your personal brand, opens doors, and sharpens your communication skills.
Create WordPress blog posts, not pages, organize with categories and slugs, add images and a featured image, craft strong titles, and publish to the blog page.
Create a resource page to list tools, links, and resources around your topic, delivering useful, easily digestible information that builds trust and guides readers to your best content.
Learn to build a grid-style resources page with visual composer, featuring sections, four-column rows, thumbnails, titles, and links that open in a new window.
Learn how to set up a contact page on a personal brand website by installing Ninja Forms, inserting the short code, and routing submissions to your email.
Design a personal website home page that highlights the about me section and latest blog posts, using visual composer editor and a layer slider to create a responsive, full-width header.
Fine-tune your personal website by adjusting pages like home, about, resources, blog, and contact, applying subtle styling tweaks, custom CSS, fonts, colors, and widgets to enhance usability and aesthetics.
Explore bonus essentials for elevating your personal brand site, from ranking in search engines and social features to analytics, security, spam prevention, and backups.
Master search engine optimization by optimizing on-page elements like titles, URLs, headings, and meta descriptions, and by earning high-quality backlinks through great content.
Install and activate the Yoast SEO plugin in WordPress, configure titles and meta descriptions, enable sitemap and robots settings, and optimize pages with focus keywords.
Learn how to boost traffic by making content easily shareable with social sharing bars and plugins, featuring Facebook Like buttons, share counts, and social previews on Facebook.
Connect your site to Google Analytics, install a WordPress plugin to auto‑insert tracking code, monitor real-time visitors, sources, pages, time on site, exit pages, and ignore administrators for accurate stats.
Learn practical WordPress security measures: change the database table prefix and admin username, use strong passwords, limit login attempts, and install security plugins like Wordfence and Ifeoma security.
Activate the kismat plugin on WordPress to block spam, obtain your API key, and optionally use the discuss commenting system to filter spam and keep your site professional.
Back up your site from the hosting control panel or cpanel, saving files and the database. Prefer server-side backups over WordPress plugins; download backups locally and delete old copies.
Build your personal website and personal brand, with a living site that grows through blog posts, a compelling bio and resume, resources, and audience outreach such as newsletters and podcasts.
Thank you for taking the course and sharing your work in the class discussion forums to grow our personal brand website community and provide feedback.
Dec 28th Update: Almost 1000 students now! Thank you!
Jan 22nd Update: Many people have been asking me for the link to my personal website. I should've included it earlier! Here's the link: sunnytrochaniak[dot]com
Creating your own website is one of the most powerful things you can do for yourself and your personal brand. According to the Huffington Post, over 80% of employers Google search applicants before inviting them to an interview, and almost 50% of them have said they changed their mind based on what they found online. This is only trending upwards; this is just the beginning.
Most people scramble to simply change their Facebook name and remove their drunken photos, and while and this may be an effective hiding strategy, you need to ask yourself this question: you are competing for a position with tens, hundreds, or even thousands of other people. Do you really want to be hiding? This is your opportunity to stand out from the crowd.
When it comes down to it, having a personal website is great at 3 things:
The other great thing about having a website is that it's online 24/7. Take a little bit of time to set up your site right now, and you will reap the rewards it provides. Your website will be at work for you even while you sleep.
"Sunny, this sounds great and all, but I don't think it's going to work for me, I've never created a website before!"
Perfect, that's exactly the reason I created this course. The lessons are so simple that a baby could understand.
Not only that, I'll show you how you can make one in just a couple of sittings.
What are you waiting for, let's start building your personal brand powerhouse right now! It's time to make a name for yourself.
*You have my personal promise that you will get every penny's worth out of this class. If you put in the effort, your career will change for the better. If not, you have 30 days to get a full refund. No questions asked :)
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