
Learn how to start a WordPress website and build momentum by committing to 10 minutes a day. Set daily goals, schedule them, and bookmark this course to stay on track.
Set up your domain and web hosting for your WordPress site, then install WordPress through the provider. Navigate WordPress to change themes, create pages and blog posts, and install plugins.
Explore why WordPress, an open source publishing software and content management system, powers about 20 percent of the internet and supports unlimited scaling with plugins and themes.
embrace simplicity to execute: commit 10 minutes daily to launch your first WordPress site quickly, stay focused and patient, and leverage the skill set into something amazing.
Compare WordPress.com and WordPress.org, highlighting free hosted blogging with limited plugins and ads versus self-hosted sites with unlimited customization and full ownership.
Choose a hosting provider with monthly billing, like HostGator, for WordPress sites, with 99.9% uptime and a one-cent first month via coupon 'you to me course' on the baby plan.
Navigate the WordPress dashboard to log in, adjust permalink settings for SEO, and install and activate the responsive free theme to update the site's appearance.
Create and publish essential WordPress pages (about, contact, legal), install Contact Form 7 to add a contact form via shortcode, and tidy the dashboard by removing tagline and widgets.
**UPDATED October 2018** -Referred to as "Excellently organized content. I would highly recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn from scratch..."
You may have seen other courses on “how to develop your first website" on here…
Before I get into exactly why this is different and what you'll learn here, here's what I've done:
Built my first Wordpress website from scratch
Taught thousands of people how to create their first site
Generated thousands of podcast downloads from the site
Inspired students to take action and use that momentum to build something incredible to transform their lives
In this course, you'll learn step by step and get of insider's view of how to create the same results.
Creating a website isn't tough...the real secret sauce is understanding the mindset to be successful. Let's face it, there is incredible information out there but it is up to you to take action. With this course, you'll have the support to take action.
We'll cover the basics of creating your website, but also more advanced strategies like:
Wordpress software installation
Mindset to be successful
Obtaining your first month of web hosting for 1 penny*
Benefits of Hostgator for your first website
How to search and install Wordpress themes
There's plenty of other material on “creating a website" but they felt outdated and I didn't feel like they covered all the tactics available to really crush it on Udemy which is why I created this course.
Whether your goal is to start developing passive income or simply grow your thought leadership online this is the course for you...
From Entrepreneur Takeover community members...
"The questions are to the point and reflect topics I would love to ask startup entrepreneurs myself. As a small business owner, this is a great way to hear new ideas for approaching the early stages of startup ventures. The mistakes and eventual successes of these entrepreneurs is very inspiring. Really glad I found this." -Troy C
"If the last 100 years were characterized by mass employment, the next 100 will be characterized by entrepreneurship, and Blaine is out to fuel the takeover! Looking forward to future episodes" -Nick L
"We all learn best from our mistakes and Entrepreneur Takeover bridges the gap between successful entrepreneurs and aspiring ones. Blaine's guests inform the listener on his/her past mistakes, how to avoid them and what he/she learned along the way. This is a must listen for anyone looking to improve their business and take over the competition." -Matt L
*requires signing up via Hostgator. Students can choose not to do this and they will still learn the Wordpress setup process :)