This is the deck from my presentation on creating a wordpress website in 10 minutes or less.

1. HOW TO SETUP A
WORDPRESS SITE
IN 10 MINUTES
OR LESS
RAFAEL MARQUEZ

2. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes

3. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Webmaster
 Been using Wordpress
since 2005
 Amateur ghost hunter
 Former partner in an
SEO firm
 Mac Head

4. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Fairlynew
 You have a message
 May be overwhelmed
 May be confused

5. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Provideyou step by step guidance
 10,000 foot overview
 Aware of concepts beyond the
mechanics

6. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
The Meat

7. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Before you put bit
to byte to put up
your website…

8. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
1. How are you found?
2. How are you remembered?
3. How are you organized?
4. How is the site performing, is it meeting
your goals?
5. How are you retaining readers?

9. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Think:
F.R.O.G.R.

10. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Domain name guidelines
 Think elevator pitch
 No hyphens
 Ghost-tour-pittsburgh.com
 Ghost_tour_pittsburgh.com
 Best: Ghosttourpittsburgh.com

11. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Business card test
 Keyword rich if possible
 Buy from:
 GoDaddy.com
 NameCheap.com
 DirectNIC.com
 Hosting
provider
 $7-$15 per year depending on registrar

12. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
What is Wordpress?
 Publishing
Platform
 Open Source
 Community developed
 Robust
 Free

13. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
How do you get Wordpress?
 Use the Wordpress servers
 Install Wordpress on your own
server

14. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
If you use their servers:
 Called: wordpress.com
 No hosting needed
 Totally free
 No messing with updates
 Great for beginners

15. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
CONS:
 Restricted use
 Limited plugins/ themes
 Your site on their servers
 They can delete at will

16. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Run Wordpress on your own server
 Your server needs: Linux, MySQL, php,
prefer cPanel
 Hostgator, Dreamhost, Bluehost and
others
 Pay about $5-$25 or more per month

17. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Pros of running wordpress on your own
server:
 Unlimited plugins
 Unlimited themes
 Unlimited use
 Easy to setup
 Grows with you

18. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Cons of running wordpress on your own server
 Have to pay for hosting
 Need to deal with updates
 Confusing, lots of terms to learn
 ftp
 Upload
 Download
 Plugins
 Etc.

19. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Immediately after installing Wordpress:
1. Delete the default post
2. Delete/ Edit the default “About” Page
3. Install/ activate plugins
4. Install/ change theme
5. Change permalink structure
6. Get started
7. Keep going

20. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
DEMO
 Install
using
cPanel

21. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Posts
DEMO
 Create
 Delete
 Edit
 Create post with
media

22. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Permalinks
DEMO

23. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Themes
DEMO
 Upload/ Install
 Change

24. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
 Plugins
DEMO
 Install
 Activate/
Deactivate

25. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
Case Study
http://superbabyfaith.com
 Bought domain
 Setup hosting
 Customized theme
 Setup donation buttons
 24 hours

26. Setup a Wordpress site in 10 minutes
More
http://marketinglatinos.com/podcamp
 Slides
 Resource list
 Today’s audio
 Link to Wordpress course

27. RAFAEL MARQUEZ
 @rafaelmarquez
 http://marketinglatinos.com
 Personal blog:
http://rafaelmarquez.me