Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at
7:39 am
Let me recap what I have done so far.
To begin with I purchased my domain name, MarketingWithRick.com, from GoDaddy.com for $7 (this is for one year of owning the domain name). I found a coupon online to save $3 off the list price.
Next, I set-up my hosting with HostGator.com and then changed the nameservers over at GoDaddy.com with the server information from HostGator.com. It was not as bad as it sounds.
Once I did that, I then installed WordPress onto the main directory of MarketingWithRick.com.
I installed some free WordPress themes and finally chose the one you see now. It is highly possible I will change it again in the future.
After installing the new theme, I then installed a few plugins. I am currently using All-In-One-SEO, Google XML Sitemaps, MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer, Theme Tester, What Would Seth Godin Do and Wicket Twitter Widget. I will install others as I go along but I thought these are a good start.
I change the permalink structure to the custom structure of %category%/%title%. This will show the category and page title to the domain MarketingWithRick.com.
This is a preview of
The journey so far and where I’m headed next
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Monday, February 1st, 2010 at
7:30 am
So…Wow, the journey begins.
My first blog post. So, why did I create this blog? Quite simply I wanted to build a business online and I want to help others do the same.
Let me explain my story. I have been trying for several years now to earn money online. Unfortunately, I haven’t made any yet. My name is Rick Byrd and I have recently been shown why I haven’t made any money online.
So now I am going to start over again and go after the success, I have dreamed of, with passion and determination, and this time I know I am going to make it. There it is, it’s out in the open that I will be an online success.
I am going to document my journey on this blog so you can follow my steps and achieve your goals also.
I want this blog to be a place where we can get together, interact and help one another in order to succeed. This blog is not for readers, it is a place for participants. I need everyone to participate because together we can be stronger than each individual.
