It’s long overdue for me to create an updated, introductory video about starting a website today.
If you already have a website, you might be tempted to dismiss this post.
Please don’t skip this — especially the first video.
Part I – Domains and Hosting
Whether you have a website or not, you can’t miss the info I share about the state of the web hosting industry.
There’s a company that has been buying up many of the popular hosting companies, and I would suggest staying away from any company owned by them.
So if you’re hosting with BlueHost, Dreamhost, Hostgator, and many others… be sure to check out the first video.
Part II – WordPress Tips, Email Lists & Selling Products
The 2nd video is more instructional.
I start out with a short overview of WordPress theme selection, but then I go into details about…
- Setting up a “What’s New” section for your blog content
- Do you even need a blog in 2016?
- Tips for creating and growing your email list
- How I’m going to monitor email conversions differently
- A preview of my new site’s setup
- Plugins for selling products from WordPress
If you want to jump to the desired sections you want to watch, be sure to check the time stamps in the description of video 2.
If you watch from a desktop or laptop, you can click the time stamps to jump to the sections.
Hope you enjoy!
I confused in choosing best web hosting can you tell me which hosting best for host my website.
Hello Lisa, is it worth investing in creating an email list? Cannot be replaced by push notification or Facebook notification?
The problem with that is you don’t own Facebook. It’s always good to have a traditional list because you can’t assume these methods will be relevant forever. Will FB notifications be relevant 15 years from now? Maybe? Maybe not. But if you have emails, you can always contact people.
Hi Lisa,
I know basic things about the domain name and WordPress site. But I don’t know how to configure WordPress sites. After watch your tutorial videos I learned new things related to WordPress settings. I following your blog regularly but this is my first comment. Keep doing your work.
Thanks
Thank you, Lisa… and which is best hosting and any companies providing free hosting
Hi Lisa,
I just watched your videos and there absolutely awesome. so informative and easy to understand and follow. thanks Lisa
Agree. But I think that it will be great if you provide a text version of your videos on your website.
What you say? 🙂
Very useful post for begginer like me, thanks for posting. It’s really frustated for me to get a traffic
Hi Liza
Useful article for beginners.
I have experience with WordPress. I did some sites a few years ago.
I started a new site a couple of weeks ago. And I was surprised how easy it is now. For only $ 12 and 20 minutes of time I have a site on WordPress. For this money selling web hosting for one year and a domain for free. Seller godaddi.
The site is installed according to the instructions of only a few steps. it is really easy and quick.
HOw much do I have to spend for building a website or I can do it for free, can you please tell me about Blogger and WordPress?
Hi, Lisa your article is superb and this will provide the full detail that how we can create a best website in 2016. The day by day google is changing their algo and some other features are also changing. So thanks for this guide.
Thank you for your blog. Really thank you! Fantastic.
Hi Lisa,
I just watched your videos and there absolutely awesome. so informative and easy to understand and follow. i have learned a few new things i can use on my own blog and i’m now going to spend a few hours looking through your site to see what else i can learn from you.
thanks
i have started my website recently,i am currently focusing on bringing some good traffic to my website and also learning some good tips which help me in benefit for long term
Thank for this informative Guide, it has bee a great helpful. 🙂
Hi Lisa,
I want to start my own website and I am looking how I start ?
After reading this wonderful post now I don’t need more assistant .
if I need shall you guide me??
Hello there Lisa, I have watched you for years and just want to say keep up the good work. You are one of the – what I like to call… Green Affiliate Marketers. It means that you’re honest and everlasting, because you are promoting clean energy affiliate marketing.
I just watched your 2 part video, and I wanted to say that I am a hostgator customer and must say that I too have heard a lot of people say that they have changed, and they’re no longer any good, but this is also said about all of the other web hosts out there. I have used a few different web hosts and must say that even though they are now owned by a new company, they are still the best, in my own opinion of course.
I have had some bad experiences with them all, even hostgator, but I like their promptness.
Thanks for the great videos and keep up the great work.
Thanks for this awesome guide 🙂 I really love the things you have explained in your guide 🙂
Thanks!
Hello Lisa,
If I said this before I’ll say it again… the content that you pump out are oozing with awesomeness!!! ??? So generous of you to share the knowledge specially on the hosting situation… I wouldn’t have known that those popular brands are being monopolized now if I hadn’t seen your videos.
I know that you have stopped recommending SBI a couple of years ago. Having said that, do you have any alternative for those who are less tech savvy? I mean in this day and age, how hard is it really to maintain a wordpress site? I mean part of the beauty of SBI is that it lifts the technical challenge for people who doesn’t want to do anything with it… But if SBI system and process is not working anymore, would you say that wordpress is easy enough to maintain (be secured)?
Hi Kristian
Thank you so much. I really think you should use WordPress. First of all, it’s the industry standard now — for newbies too and there are a GAZILLION tutorials online. With so many people using it, there will always be great support and add-ons for the product.
As far as security goes, that’s when you want to think about choosing a managed hosted like WP Engine. They handle all the security on the backend. That is definitely something to consider because WP does have risk simply because it’s run on PHP, where SBI! uses static HTML sites and they don’t pose a risk.
A few years ago I would say that it’s not necessary to spend money on managed hosting, but after what I’ve been through with WordPress, the free plugins out here are sometimes not enough. I ended up signing up with Sucuri and it scans my site for malware daily. But it’s pricey. My suggestion would be to look for a Managed WordPress host like WP Engine because they really do handle security well on the backend.
I bet if you go on YouTube and watch some tutorials you’ll get comfy with WordPress really quickly and having a managed host with the extra backend help can give you more peace of mind.
Thanks for the response Lisa… This is what I appreciate in you… You always find time to answer comments from your readers 🙂 I will definitely take note of everything you said and will use it in my own online endeavor
Thanks again for the superb blog post, Lisa. We can always count on you to not only keep it real, but to name names and call things how they are. That’s the kind of stuff a lot of marketers are squeamish about. And also the kind of stuff that makes your content so informative and valuable. Cheers!
I totally 100% agree! Keep up the great work lisa!
Thanks you two!
Your flare for teaching continues to grow as you produce more content, I’m sure your future course offerings will be a huge success. Thank you for providing insight and inspiration and being a heck of a lady!
How nice of you, Tony. Thanks.
Thanks Lisa for the guide to run a website or blog in 2016. Your Part I and Part II both are full descriptive and informational, I learn so many things from your blog keep it up and give us more ideas about blogging
You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching!