WORDPRESS.COMLydia Rogers

Purpose?•Portfolio

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Purpose?•Portfolio•Blog

Purpose?•Portfolio•Blog•Small Business

Purpose?•Portfolio•Blog•Small Business•Non-profit

Purpose?•Portfolio•Blog•Small Business•Non-profit•E-commerce

SET-UPYour Host is WordPress.com

WordPress.com

WordPress.com - login or create a login

Free or add some options

Choose what meets your needs(you can add on later)

YOUR NAMEEasiest Option is via WordPress.com

Paid: Myname.com

Free: Myname.wordpress.com

THE STRUCTUREChoose a Theme

Search by your need

Want a theme especially to show off your work?

WordPress Will Show You Specialized Themes

Want a theme especially to show off your work?

Almost all WordPress themes are Mobile Friendly. These are especially so.

CREATE A PAGEPages have information that does not change often:

Your email addressPhone Number

CREATE A BLOG PAGE

This should be regularly updated with:Examples of your work for your portfolio

Blog PostsArticles you write related to your business

CREATE TEXTMuch like writing in a Word document

ADD IMAGESBeware of Copyrights!

Source of Free Images• http://search.creativecommons.org/

Source of Paid Images

Example: iStock

Source of Paid Images

Example: Shutterstock

Source of Paid ImagesExample: Clip Art

NOW FOR ADVANCED ASPECTS

Bring your Internet presence to the next level.

PLAN YOUR CONTENT UPDATES

SOURCES OF

INSPIRATION

http://www.timeanddate.com/

ADD COOL EXTRAS

DO A LITTLE SEOHere is where to start…..

HAVE A GOOD TITLE

USE THE IMAGE ALT TEXT

USE THE IMAGE ALT TEXT

Google reads it.

So does software which reads for the sight-impaired.

USE SUB-HEADINGS FOR CLARITY

WRITE GOOD COPY

DO A LITTLE SEOMore details from Google itself

https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf

https://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/

WORDPRESS.COMLydia Rogers