A lot of people don\u2019t know which steps to take to launch a successful website.<\/p>\n
Almost everyone these days has a website or wants to build a website. But the competition is huge, because there are so many websites.<\/p>\n
Build a website? How to do it?<\/h2>\n
How can you create a flock of readers, and attract more visitors to be able to earn money in the long run<\/strong>?<\/p>\n A the beginning of january, WPjournalist didn\u2019t exist yet. Now, at the end of December, WPjournalist is really on the map.<\/p>\n With:<\/strong><\/p>\n To be fair, you can\u2019t expect to have thousands of visitors, followers and newsletter subscribers<\/a> within a year.<\/p>\n You really need to work at it.<\/p>\n But if you follow the right approach, then you can lay a sturdy foundation for your website which you will be able to enjoy for years to come. On which you will be able to build your business or dream even further<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The great thing is that even without a big budget, you can still build a successful website.<\/em><\/p>\n I myself have built my website from the ground up and improved it step by step. And I have seen it grow significantly.<\/p>\n Curious about how I did it?<\/p>\n I have written down per month, how you can build your website step by step.<\/p>\n The first question you need to ask yourself is: what do I want to achieve with my website? What are my goals, visions?<\/p>\n It might sound a little abstract and boring, but it is important. Because when you know what you want to achieve with your website, you can focus all you attention and content on this.<\/p>\n I had also formulated a goal for WPjournalist: improve your website. That\u2019s what it is about for me.<\/p>\n So describe in short, powerful and concretely what it\u2019s about. I didn\u2019t do this until later by the way. In the beginning I was also way too diverse and I wrote about things that were not part of my goal.<\/p>\n This is something to take into account.<\/p>\n Think of a name<\/strong><\/p>\n Coming up with a name is the next step. Because if you know this, then you can also secure the domain name and social media accounts.<\/p>\n Choose a special name, something that stands out, but also covers the content. I chose WPjournalist, WP from WordPress and journalist because of the content. I try to combine technique and content in a smart way so I can make better websites.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget to create a logo. My friend is fashion designer and created the logo for me. But you can also do it yourself with Logogarden<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the best and most exciting part, building a website!<\/p>\n You can have someone build the website, but you can also easily do it yourself. I have really gotten to know a lot about WordPress.<\/p>\n Building a website isn\u2019t hard. The easy way is to open an account with WordPress.com<\/a>, because they take care of the hosting for you.<\/p>\n Time & energy<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you want to get everything out of your website, then you could look into WordPress.org<\/a>. But be aware, it takes a lot of time and energy to learn this.<\/p>\n But you won\u2019t regret it…<\/p>\n Choose a suitable theme<\/strong><\/p>\n With WordPress.com you can choose from a limited amount of themes. I have chosen for WordPress.org and bought a theme with Themeforest<\/a>. There you can choose from hundreds of themes, one even more beautiful than the other.<\/p>\n I do often choose a theme that is sold a lot. Because these themes often have good support and regular updates.<\/p>\n I wanted a magazine look for the website and chose Newsmag. Look at what this theme\u2019s options are. Because you will be stuck with it for years. Do you need a slider or a forum? In some themes it is built in standard and with others it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Weighing the options<\/strong><\/p>\n I weighed the options for weeks before I bought this theme. But after a year I still feel I made the right choice.<\/p>\n When the website is operational, it\u2019s time to draw some attention to your website from the \u2018big audience\u2019. I started with writing articles.<\/p>\n At first I had no focus, I wrote about everything I found interesting. Nothing wrong with that, because you need to learn how to write articles. The more you practice, the better your articles will become eventually.<\/p>\n Text or\u2026 infographics!<\/strong><\/p>\n Try to vary in your content. You can write articles in different ways. A top 5, five external experts speaking, a review.<\/p>\n And also vary with text, podcast or video and infographics. A you a good presenter, then you make a video yourself<\/a>. Or you alternate between a text and an infographic. Nowadays you there are free tools like Piktochart <\/a>to create your own infographics<\/a>.<\/p>\n SEO, SEO and SEO<\/strong><\/p>\n This is also the time to learn more about SEO. Learn the basics and you will be found better in Google.<\/p>\n This is already done quite often in the internet marketing branch: creating content to make yourself findable in Google. But in other branches a lot of profit can still be made.<\/p>\n Social media<\/strong><\/p>\n Start posting on social media and build a followers audience. Determine which social media will best suit your business. Preferably post something every day or at least a couple of times a week.<\/p>\n There are tools with which you can place posts automatically, like Buffer<\/a>. This way you can spend half an hour a week on this and put the posts ready for the next couple of days. Also Twitter offers this option. Then you don\u2019t have to think about it every day.<\/p>\n Small improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n Now you have been working on this a few months, it\u2019s also good to build your website even further. Every day you can look at what could be improved.<\/p>\n There are so many options to improve your website.<\/p>\n After five months in May, I wrote creating quotes easily for social media<\/a>. It was a hit because it turned out to be my best read article. You can never know upfront how you will rank in Google, but with the keyword \u2018Creating quotes\u2019 I ranked number 1 in Google.<\/p>\n Influencers<\/strong><\/p>\n Up until now you have mainly been focused on internal, now it\u2019s time to focus more on the outside world. Draw attention to your website from others, acquaintances, friends, family and especially influencers.<\/p>\n These are people with a large network and who can share a lot of content with others. And ask them if they want to link your website on their own website. Because when other websites link to your website, you site will get more value.<\/p>\n Google thinks: hey, this site is recommended by others and this will cause you to rise in the search results.<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s also time to start with a newsletter. A newsletter is still an important resource to get customers and generate leads.<\/p>\n It\u2019s quite some work to set it up and send every month, but not that difficult. You can easily send out a newsletter with tools like Mailchimp<\/a>.<\/p>\n Really do it, if you want to get serious about your website, this is a good investment. You won\u2019t have that many subscribers at first, but if you keep going it will pay itself off and you will see you\u2019ll get more subscribers.<\/p>\n Write, write, write<\/strong><\/p>\n Definitely keep writing. Your website doesn\u2019t have that much body and you really need to work at it. For people who don\u2019t write that much this can be difficult. Check out what other successful blogs write about.<\/p>\n BuzzSumo<\/strong><\/p>\n There are tools to find out what your readers needs are, like BuzzSumo<\/a>. Here you can find out which articles are popular and shared a lot.<\/p>\n Holiday!<\/strong><\/p>\n Get some rest and take a break from your website. Time to go on holiday. Of course you can keep doing small things for the website. I myself wrote an \u2018about WPjournalist\u2019 article, in which I tell a little about myself and how WPjournalist came to exist.<\/p>\n Video!<\/strong><\/p>\n I also made a video about WPjournalist with Powtoon, a tool with which you can easily make a video yourself.<\/p>\n\n
JANUARY<\/h2>\n
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This way you won\u2019t do anything unnecessary, but only the things which will help you reach your goal.<\/p>\n![\"bijzondere-website\"](\"https:\/\/wpjournalist.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bijzondere-website.jpg\")
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MAY<\/h2>\n
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