WordPress Website creation

Creating a Free WordPress Website

Welcome Readers !!! In this article, we are going to learn how to create a free WordPress website without spending a penny:).

Most of you are already aware that in my previous post, I have shared plans & pricing details for WordPress.

So, in this article I tried to focus on website creation using WordPress free plan plus understanding the ‘Free plan benefits‘ as shared below:

Details and benefits of Free WordPress Website

Jetpack Essential Features – It helps speeding up site performance and protect from spammers.
Storage Space – Space used to store images, audio, documents which are going to reflect on your website as selected. Total 3 GB space offered to free plan users which is good to start with.
Pre-Installed SSL Certificate – It Keep privacy and safety of all the in-coming and out-going traffic to your website.
Dozens of Free Themes – These are the design templates which are used to setup your websites. Basically, plays an important role that how your website will going to appear to the audience?

How to create Free Website using WordPress?

So, now let’s learn that how to create a free website on WordPress? which is interactive and informative at the same time.

I know most of you are excited to know that how to create a free website? Mainly those who are new and exploring about website creation and digital marketing as both are incomplete without each other.

“Digital marketing is nothing without a website. Also, to make awareness amongst public or to promote product/services in this digital marketing era website is a must. Note for writing a blog too website is required.”

Most importantly it is most beneficial for the users who are new and looking to explore more about website creation using WordPress as the best part of this tool is…it’s simple and effective.

I hope this might help most of the users and save their time to some extent. So, let’s get started !!!

Step by Step process of creating free WordPress Website

Before we start, I would like to give exciting offer to my readers i.e. INR 1841/- off (25$):

Open WordPress.com website and click here to get redirected to WordPress website
after that claim your credit by clicking on ‘Claim your credit’.

Note, If you are creating website using above shared link then you will be going to receive INR 1841/- off (25$) on your first purchase.

Also, please don’t worry when it says ‘off on first purchase’. As, I mentioned initially that we are going to learn free website creation so I will keep my promise. So do not worry about purchase part.

For future reference whenever one is planning to upgrade from free plan to any other advance plan with additional features then remember you are going to get discount on first purchase:).

Filling details to proceed with website creation once credit is claimed

Create your WordPress account by entering following details:
- Your email address – where you are going to receive emails from WordPress.
- Choose a username – Choose the one you can remember.
- Choose a password – Choose the one you can remember.
- Create your account – Enter on ‘Create your account’ option or else can create using existing Google account too.

Domain Selection

Selecting a free domain from WordPress
- Select domain – ‘type the domain you want within search option’ but note for free some numbers will appear on suffix like for example I selected ‘createwebsite55254146’.

Note – ‘Select’ one which is coming on the drop-down, not recommended one as we are learning to create a free website in WordPress🙂

Though the domain is not yet customized to initially start with and to explore WordPress let’s continue with the same. Also, later on at any point in time, you can have a domain of your choice placed which is based on the plan one is going to opt for.

Just a quick reminder all plans have domain free for 1 year plus you have INR 1841/- (25$) off on the first purchase (only if redirected using the above shared referral link ).

Email activation and account confirmation from WordPress
- Check your email, WordPress must have dropped email to your account in-order to confirm and activate your account by selecting ‘Click here to Confirm Now’.
- Title of the email must be like Activate ‘Username you already choose’.

Login to WordPress
- Subscriptions Plan page will appear now to offer plans but here on top click on ‘Start with a free site’ reflecting in red font.
- Login page will appear now. Here enter your username or email address as mentioned earlier initially while filling details.

Congratulations!!! You have now your own website placed:).

Setting up website in WordPress

The next step is to select a theme, setup site name, menu setup, and update the Homepage, etc.

We will cover them all next i.e. under ‘Site setup’ and finally will going to launch the site so that it would be visible to the audience.

Get started with ‘site setup’ in WordPress
- Give Name to your site (note by default present page will be at ‘Name your site’)
- Click on ‘Name your site’ option
- Enter Name of your website example I did ‘Testsite‘ (as shown in above screenshot). This will going to appear on browser tab plus at home page of your website so give some sensible name for now. “This is identity of your website”.

Create a site menu
- You can set Menu bar of your choice. Lets keep as it is for now (by default following options will going to appear on top of the page i.e. ‘Home, Blog, About, Contact’ for most of the themes. These are nothing but beautiful pages which will going to appear on your website.
- Save changes after editing and click on cross mark on left top.

Update & Edit Website Homepage

Update your Homepage
- Edit Homepage– Here can edit and enter any message of your choice like ‘Welcome to my site’ or ‘Hello Viewers’ or anything you would like to give some message to your users who are going to visit your site.
- Click on ‘My Site’ to go to WordPress Homepage

Home page editing & removing text
- Once at ‘Home’ Page take cursor to the text you want to edit. Keep relevant data and remove irrelevant.
- Remove unwanted text either by selecting entire text and then clicking on ‘backspace’ option on your keypad or else
- Take & place the cursor to any Block (where text written) then click on ‘3 dots’ symbol on left side. Scroll down and click on last option ‘Remove Block’.
- Edit others pages (blog, About, contact) by following similar process.

WordPress Default theme and customer support

By default mostly ‘Hever’ theme selected initially in WordPress.

So, if in between not sure, how to proceed? then feel free to reach out to WordPress support team anytime. Just click on question mark option on bottom left.

Launch your website:
- Click on Launch site – Now public can view your site.

Note – If by mistake also launched then no worries you can edit pages (refer ‘Edit text and Choose theme’ section) after that too but as suggested earlier try not to launch until everything is ready and tested by you.

Get the WordPress app
- This step can be skipped for now by clicking ‘skip for now’ as it is asking to download mobile app.
- You can come back anytime and can download mobile app whenever required.

Methods to edit window of your website themes:

Method 1: Click on ‘Pages’ option on left panel and select ‘Home’ page.
Method 2: Click on ‘Visit site’ option on top right and then select Edit option from bottom left as highlighted.

Anyone of them you can use to edit the text of your website. Also, note WordPress has multiple methods to reach one place. I am sharing two to avoid confusion as you might learn more while exploring more.

Selecting & trying Free themes

Choose & apply Free Themes
- Select ‘Themes’ from left panel on WordPress Homepage
- Many themes will appear on right side. Click anyone from recommended themes (make sure you choose free one’s for now). Not sure about free themes then check next topic i.e. ‘How to identify themes are free?‘.

“Best part is once edited any theme and not satisfied with theme view then one can try other free themes of your choice.”

How to identify themes are free?

No pricing mentioned on bottom of themes
Once clicked any theme then message will appear ‘Activate this design FREE’

Can I view and try themes before applying/activating on my website ?

Yes, you can just follow these steps below:

After selecting any free theme, click on ‘Open Live Demo’ option on left side
Then select ‘Try and Customize’ until happy with look and feel.
Finally ‘Activate’ the theme

Note:

Once your website content is finalized and you want to change your theme at any point in time then you can do so.
Content will remain the same as well but few themes have some tabs enables/disabled as per default setting, view in test mode 1-2 times, and then apply.

Also, learn How to get a full-width image on WordPress [using Elementor] by clicking here.

Pros and Cons of Free Website

Pros of Free WordPress Website
- Can setup Website that too free of cost.
- Able to write blogs within your website and can publish.
- Get chance to explore various features like adding Media, Tools etc.
- Showcase your work to clients/customer.
- Export your content like Media files, post, pages, feedback etc.
- Import your content from Blogger, Go Daddy etc. if any.
- You can ‘Add new site’ as well anytime and can start working behind the scenes.
- Can try dozens of free themes and choose the one you like most.
- Earn credits by referring a friend.
- Connect to social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.

Cons of Free WordPress Website
- Limited Features & Storage Space.
- Plugin’s restrictions, not able to install plugin’s like SEO plugins, updraft etc.
- Can’t apply advance themes of your choice.
- All Earn option not accessible only referral one.

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Introduction to WordPress in Digital Marketing

WordPress is a free powerful tool or a online open source platform which helps anyone creating their own websites either to do Blogging or planning to expend small/existing business in this digital marketing era.

If have an idea to get it presented through their website so that can generate revenue to expand their business in this digital marketing world.

Let me welcome everyone before proceeding further with WordPress tutorial, Welcome Readers!!! Today, I am excited to share knowledge about WordPress🙂.

Though some of you are already aware or might have good knowledge about same. For those who have sound knowledge about same. Please feel free to share your experience with everyone under comment section. Also, those who are looking for further information related to WordPress, let’s continue….

Can create website without technical background too🙂

Yes, it’s right anyone can create website and for same no designing, no architecture, no development/coding background required. As “WordPress takes care of all this“.

If I can create one with no technical background then you can do as well. You just need to choose relevant theme of your choice and place a good content within selected theme.

Though there are so many other things like Features, plugins within WordPress as it is a big ocean. Plus, to learn it alone will going to take at least 365 days. Although, this doesn’t mean one will stop thinking to place website either for doing business, writing blogs or for both.

WordPress site surfing to choose right site for Digital Marketing — Social Media Learning

Many learning material in the form of guides, videos, blogs are also available within the social media and within WordPress itself for beginners, Intermediate, Advanced learners based on the topics one is looking for.

Word ‘WordPress’ itself explain its meaning i.e. ‘it is a press of words’ or in other words, we can say one can express their feelings or passion or present their business well to audience.

In short, we can say an excellent powerful platform for a variety of websites either from blogging to e-commerce websites or placing portfolio websites.

What role WordPress play in Digital Marketing?

WordPress have captured 35% of the Internet so by this we can see how much important role WordPress is playing in Digital Marketing field as around 63% websites on the internet so out of which 35% captured by WordPress.

As shared in my previous post too. We are aware now websites are required for doing digital Marketing and one of the powerful platforms like WordPress help creating those. There are many other platforms as well which helps creating websites as mentioned in my previous article “The Power of Website” too.

For my new readers specially, I would suggest to read below mentioned article i.e. “The Power of Website” , “Introduction to Digital Marketing” & How to earn money through Digital Marketing article for more visibility about Websites, hosting, domain knowledge.

Why to choose WordPress for Digital Marketing?

Word Press is the top Content Management System (CSM) because it has 61.8 % CSM market share as per stats which is more than combined shares of other companies.

Also, WordPress makes it easy to translate a website into different language. WordPress content is published in 120 different languages so far and it is growing continuously. 14.7 % of top 100 websites in the world are created with WordPress site.

Moreover it never sleeps as due to this we are able to see comments, posts and likes in real time. It is easy to learn, practice especially for start-ups, beginners. It remains the choice of many people, organization as it fulfils their site goals.

Can we do Content Marketing using WordPress?

Yes, initially WordPress started as a content platform for Blogs and as we know it is the top Content Management System at present.

Even though it has extended its initial scope, “WordPress continues to keep content at its center”. Also, in Digital Marketing quality content generation is necessary.

You can post, edit new content very easy and as frequently as you want using WordPress. As a result of which you can quickly build an online presence and reputation by showcasing your work.

Benefits of Word Press that makes it difference in Digital Industry

Easy and Accessible
High Performance
SEO friendly
Powerful Media
Powerful Management
Customizable Designs
High security
Flexibility
Online support and communities
Various templates and designs

Are there any plans offered by WordPress.com in-order to proceed with Digital Marketing career?

As we know now, WordPress is free platform to create your website but that doesn’t mean everything is free like features, themes & plugin’s etc.

It totally depends on your needs like if started as a beginner then can opt for Free plan but if planning to expend business and need more storage then you can go with Business plan with additional feature like Plugin’s installation,24/7 live chat option, Unlimited Premium themes.

Personal and Premium plans are also their but as I said it totally depends on your needs as you progress further exploring things in Digital Marketing world.

WordPress.com Plans

Pricing in INR:

Free – Free for lifetime
Personal -₹ 200/month
Premium -₹ 350/month
Business – ₹ 800/month
E-commerce – ₹ 1440/month

Pricing in USD:

Free – Free for lifetime
Personal – $ 4/month
Premium – $ 8/month
Business – $ 25/month
E-commerce – $ 45/month

Note: Currently, 20% discount is going on all WordPress plans.

So, for example, if we consider Personal plan after 20% discount it is available in ₹160 in India, same apply for other plans. Also, these plans are billed annually. Country wise price varies so just for my users shared pricing for US & India above.

For more details on pricing & features included per plan check out pricing list available within WordPress pricing list (Note: Please make sure to scroll down pricing page in-order to view price listing within “Compare WordPress.com fees and plans” subtitle)

There is VIP subscription plan as well in WordPress which starts from ₹ 1700/month onwards in India and $ 1700/month in US. It is mainly designed to provide Business solutions, well-known companies like Disney, TED opted for this plan and are successful as well most of us know.

Hosting & Domain Service provided by WordPress

WordPress.com provides free hosting service with all its plans and initially setup your website on Blog in their domain. so that you can proceed without worrying much and can change at later stage once you have decided domain name.

Though you can select one of your choice to start initially but it would be something like this ‘example.wordpress.com/’ where example can be like ‘pvblog470776809.wordpress.com’.

I know some big numbers behind and not that much easy to remember. No worries, here ‘subscription plans will come into picture’ where you can look for options to buy domains of your choice and Features included within, check same pricing list as shared above for more details related to Feature.

Once you buy a plan then you can have your own domain like I have i.e. ‘digitalpvblogs.com’. In fact all plans have domain free for 1 year but after that you need to pay.

Some of you are still worried about cost of plans. No need to worry much as there are some good hosting service providers as well in the market which I have covered next.

Is it fine to buy Hosting from other hosting provider?

Due to WordPress increasing popularity day by day, there are many popular web hosts which offer specific WordPress Hosting packages. These are for those mainly who have limited budget or looking for smart investment for long duration. Some of the best hosting services I have mentioned in my previous blog too “Power of Website in Digital Marketing” within subtopic ‘Are there any websites which provide hosting services?’ Also, tried to cover some of the best hosting sites here as well:

Best WordPress Hosting Services

Bluehost
SiteGround
HostGator
GreenGeeks
Hostinger
DreamHost
A2 Hosting
Namecheap

You might be wondering which one should I go for. I would suggest Go and check plans of these hosting services by visiting their sites and select the one which works best for you after doing comparison.

Also, there are many good blogs/videos as well which would be helpful for you to give clear visibility about the comparison and make it easy for you to decide.

Suggestion – but please make sure, you are checking latest article/videos as with time plan pricing varies and other factors too.

If in-case not able to find or do not get chance to do comparisons then do let me know in the comment section. For my lovely readers, I will research and post same in future for your ease.

How good or bad is WordPress customer support team?

WordPress support is very good and quick as per my experience. WordPress will give you option to email your query related to the topics, always will give option to choose relevant topics so that it will redirect to correct individual without any further delay. Great support team which help clarifying doubt at every point whenever you are looking for solution or doubts to be clarified.

Once you login to WordPress.com site then on bottom right corner, you will find question mark symbol where you can ask your queries to support team.

Are there two different WordPress platforms?

Yes, it’s true there are two separate platforms. One is WordPress.com which is owned and operated by Automattic, Inc. and another one is WordPress.org is software released under the GPLv2 license.

“Due to same co-founder Matt Mullenweg, often users confuse with WordPress.com and WordPress.org”. WordPress.com is created by the co-founder of WordPress.org that’s the reason why most of us confuse.

Quick Standard Definitions for clear visibility:

WordPress.com is a free blog hosting platform for registered users so basically famous for Blogging and other works on the other hand WordPress.org is a free and open-source CMS (content management system) and used by 60 million websites.

I would suggest going and visiting both the sites once. Also, if still not clear then no worries please do let me know under comment section after visiting them so that I will try my best to answer all the queries.

Some Amazing Stats related to WordPress.com
statistics

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and got some good inside about WordPress and growing popularity plus good wonderful stats which clearly says Blogging is not going to die soon:). Thank you reader’s for your precious time and support:)

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Power of Website in Digital Marketing

Power of Website in Digital Marketing is mainly covered within this article so that it can help understanding learners that how important is website for us in this world? because it is extremely growing digitally really very fast.

Welcome Readers!!! Before, I start with ‘Power of Website’ topic. Let me say ‘a big thank you’, to all my lovely readers, for spreading so much love on my post 🙂

So, before I start sharing about ‘Power of Website’ or it’s importance in Digital Marketing, let me clarify below doubts which most of the beginners have, especially those who have no idea about websites or else just started exploring these area, rest others may continue exploring from ‘Importance/Power of Website’; if already have good understanding about Website, Domain and hosting.

What is a Website?

As per standard definition, ‘It is a collection of webpages containing related content which are represented by a common domain name and published on at least one web servers’. Sometimes we don’t understand definitions and wonder if we have examples shared as well in-order to understand them better so below are some examples of famous wonderful search engine and ecommerce websites:

Google is a well-known search engine, its website is http://www.google.com/
Amazon is a famous ecommerce website, its website is https://www.amazon.in/
Flipkart is an ecommerce website, its website is https://www.flipkart.com/

I am sure it is clear now, so currently https://digitalpvblogs.com/ url is in your browser address bar, which is my website where you are exploring things currently related to Digital MarketingJ . I hope it is clearer now.

Ecommerce website main platform for online shopping

Also, in digital Marketing world when we talk about website then Domain and Hosting obviously comes into picture as these are the main pillars of websites which basically drive it. Let’s know bit about them as well with some good examples:

Domain – Location/address of a website is domain or a domain name example ‘google.com’, amazon.com, ‘digitalpvblogs.com’ these are domain names which are human friendly version of IP address.

In computer world addresses are represented in numbers which are known as IP address and to make it easy to remember for humans name are given which are known as domain name. “Domain is just like our home address”. There are many website which provide domains.

Hosting –Place where websites resides example place where webpages of Google, Amazon or any other website hosted is called hosting. Hosting is like home where we live. There many sites which provide hosting service.

How to choose Domain name in this competitive Digital Marketing world?

Choose something which is easy to type, pronounce and write plus easy to remember. Avoid using hyphens & numbers. Select right dimension like .com, .org or .net it depends on your business as well as people wanted to approach. Some of the sites which help suggesting domain name are Leandomainsearch, shopify , hostpapa, nameboy etc.

These websites might help you selecting your own domain so don’t think much and start creating your own website.

Are there any websites which provide hosting services?

Yes, there are many websites which provide hosting services such as WP Engine, HostGator, Bluehost, Hostinger, GreenGeeks etc. Note they have their own subscription plans so select them as per your need and requirement.

What is the use of Website?

Website plays an important role in Digital Marketing as you can promote your products/services online. Also, not only in Digital Marketing but also it’s a way to showcase your work to others and make an impactful impression to audiences and can get good projects in-hand.

What is the Power of Website in Digital Marketing?

Below are some of the points which will help understanding Power of Website in Digital Marketing:

Key to unlock Digital Marketing career
One can Practice complete Digital Marketing using Website
In short-time you can become pro digital marketer
Can build your own personal brand
Can crack first interview easily in Digital Marketing
Interviewer ask for Website not for certificate
One can start Digital Marketing business
Start writing blogs and one point Google will start paying for traffic
Can start Freelancing and will get projects too by showing your work through website
Can do Affiliate Marketing and start earning money

How much important is Website for Digital Marketer?

Website is like a lifeline for a Digital Marketer as in-order to do Digital marketing one must require a website. If we talk about Digital Marketing interviews there too “people will ask for your website and not for certification as they want to see your work” so this is most important Power of Website especially for Digital Marketer.

If wanted “to be your own Boss” then I would suggest start Focusing on digital Marketing and setting up your own website so that can start practicing same as more you practice more you start knowing about Digital Marketing. Remember more efforts you put learning Digital Marketing, definitely going to see results.

What are other advantages of having a Website in this Digital Marketing world?

So far we have seen that Website plays crucial role in Digital Marketing so not only doing business or promoting products/services but also great platform for doing Blogging, Affiliate marketing, searching jobs, Freelancing. I think now we knows power of website in Digital Marketing.

For new readers, who are interested to know more about Quick ‘Introduction to Digital Marketing’ or ‘How to earn money through Digital Marketing’ can check out my earlier post or click on related topic so that they will be redirect to related page.

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and got some knowledge about the Websites, Power of Websites and the role they play in this Digital world. Thank you reader’s 🙂 .

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Are you planning to create your own website soon? or already in the process of same?

How to earn money through Digital Marketing?

Welcome Readers!!! I know you must be excited to learn about How to earn money through digital marketing topic, so let’s get started to know bit more about it.

There are couple of areas via which one can earn money as shared below:

Blogging

This is one of the most important areas or piece of work where you can start earning.

So basically now you might be wondering what is Blogging or a Blog? and How I can earn money through Blogging? “Especially those who have no idea about it and have just started learning “Digital Marketing & Blogging”.

Need not to worry much:) I am here to help you understand same so let’s check them one by one below:

What is Blogging or a Blog?

Blog is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web (www) consisting of dairy-style text entries (posts).

Are you still confused? Let me try explaining in a simpler way.

Sharing knowledge with your audience using your website or via powerful online platforms (like Blogger, Word Press etc.)and those are mostly related to some specific topics like for example Personal Dairies, Health & Fitness, Sports, about Corona, Digital Marketing and many more. I hope it is clear now :).

Also, writing a Blog/Blogs is nothing but Blogging so those who write blog or a post are known as Bloggers.

How one can earn money through Blogging?

Readers, who joined digital marketing journey initially, they are aware that in my last post while discussing about Digital Marketing Overview/Introduction, I mentioned that one can earn money through “AdSense/Affiliate Marketing by working for companies” i.e. by doing promotions for their brands (products/services) placing ads of companies within your website.

“I will try to cover in detail about AdSense/Affiliate Marketing in a separate future post.“

Let’s cover about AdSense first as next topic is itself about Affiliate Marketing, just to give quick idea about it who have no clue about same. “AdSense is basically displaying ads on your website; this program is served by Google & for same Google pay you for the ads displayed on your site based on user clicks on ads or on ad impressions, depending on type of ads.”

Affiliate Marketing

It is a way of earning a commission by promoting other company’s product/services.

If you like any product, promote it to others and earn a piece of profit for each sale you are going to make.

Quick flow to understand how to be Affiliate Marketer?

Create a website or Blog (using platforms like Blogger, Word Press etc.)
Visit the Amazon Associates Homepage
Build Amazon Associate profile
Create Amazon Affiliate links (unique link shared by Amazon for particular product/service)

So via these unique links if someone drives Amazon lead or a cell, they pay them out as per the commission mentioned on their website. Check same for further details.

Note – You need to have your own website/Blog to place ads on your pages. Also, no need to worry about website creation, it is free of cost at some wonderful platforms like Word Press and Blogger and many more..

Job

So going back to my previous post where I have mentioned “At the end of 2020 it is expected to generate over 20 Lakhs jobs per year which is quite a big number.”

“Companies are looking out for Digital Marketers and ready to pay pretty well.“

So, now may be thinking where can I get jobs related to Digital Marketer? We have many Job portals available online, where you can find one like for e.g. Naukri, Indeed, Times Jobs and many more…

Business

Ministry of Corporate affairs have companies registered in this government website.

For example assuming this site have 1 crore companies registered in there portal and out of which 25 lakhs are Digital Marketers so you can see remaining 75 Lakhs need digital marketers because every company do digital activity to sustain in a longer run.

If we see in India itself there are over 2500 digital Marketing agencies and you can earn money through this as well.

Just for your reference current stats say 1.15 million registered companies so far in MCA website so from this you can get idea about big number.

Freelancing

People who do freelancing are freelancers so self-employed individuals either working on hourly basis or on project basis. Freelancer and Fiverr are famous websites/platform for Freelancing; there are other good sites as well.

Search in Google to find other websites providing this service.

Basically some companies outsource their work to freelancers. You can get jobs like this which suits your time so “Be your own Boss”.

99% digital marketers do offline jobs. Website will play an important role here as well by showcasing your work while creating profile for these platforms.

In How many days I can earn money?

If someone is working 4-5 hours/day then can get money in next 60 days and if not performing well then can take 90-180 days as well so it totally depends on you.

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and might helped you understanding bit more about Digital Marketing.

For those who are new and looking for Intro of Digital Marketing then can view my previous post by clicking on Introduction to Digital Marketing within Overview option, it will redirect.

Thank you readers 🙂 Also, for more upcoming post please subscribe, like and follow my blogs. In next post planning to cover “Power of Website” so keep learning and sharing!!!