How to Set up a Wordpress Blog in 5 Minutes From Scratch!

How to Set up a WordPress Blog in 5 Minutes From Scratch!

Posted on August 28, 2012

Hey guys,

As I'm sure you already know, having your own blog is a VERY important part of any online business or venture.

If you have followed my coaching or anybody's coaching for that matter, I'm sure one of the first things you are told to do is set up your own blog, and for very good reason too.

Here's just a few benefits of having your own blog:

1. Having your own blog is great for search engines, search engines love WordPress blogs, giving you INSTANT organic traffic.
2. Having your own blog is great to build your brand name, your brand name is very important, as people need to trust you!
3. Having your own blog is AWESOME for list building, and we all know how IMPORTANT that is!
4. Having your own blog is a great way of providing great content for your subscribers, just like I'm doing right now!
5. Having your own blog is a great way to communicate to your subscribers, just like I'm doing now!
6. Having your own blog is excellent for linking to all your other sites and also other peoples sites, for back linking and additional traffic, kinda like a central hub.
7. Having your own blog is a great way to generate passive income, from products you recommend etc. We all love passive income!

Best of all, having your own blog is REALLY SIMPLE to do, you can do it in just a few minutes!

In fact, I have created a short video for you to show you how you can set up a WordPress blog in just 5 minutes, including getting a domain name and web hosting, setting up the WordPress blog, adding a custom theme, a custom header and even creating a post with an image... All in roughly 5 minutes.

Check out the video here:

Here's the link to Blue Host mentioned in my video.

Here's a link to get any graphics from GFX-1 you may need.

As usual, I welcome your comments, please also feel free to 'like' and 'tweet' if you like this post.

Cheers,

Dave.

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Sergio Felix
August 28th, 2012 - 19:20

Hey Dave, wow man you seriously are FAST!

The header image looks fantastic, did you do the graphics yourself?

Is this a new project? FREE? Paid?

Cheers man

Sergio

PS. Loved the intro and outro too!
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- Dave Nicholson
  August 28th, 2012 - 20:24
  
  Hey Sergio,
  
  Lol, cheers man, yeah I did the header myself, just a quickie!
  No it’s not a project, just a freebie that I created to help people.
  Cheers for your comments.
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Steve Cottrell
August 28th, 2012 - 19:31

Hey Dave,

Awesome, I totally love WordPress. I use it for all my sites, it’s so simple to use with the new dashboard. It has to be the easiest site builder ever!

Keep up the good work Dave.

Best Regards,

Steve.
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- Dave Nicholson
  August 28th, 2012 - 20:25
  
  Hey Steve,
  
  Cheers man, yeah, I love it too!
  Thanks for your comments.
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Craig Pullman
August 29th, 2012 - 00:35

Hi Dave,
Great content mate. You are super fast! (Can you leap tall buildings in a single bound?) You made it look very easy.
Thanks.

Craig
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- Dave Nicholson
  August 29th, 2012 - 10:08
  
  Haha, yeah, and I can fly at the speed of sound too
  Pleased you enjoyed it.
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Stories Trending Now
August 29th, 2012 - 05:02

Thanks Dave for this illustrative and simple WordPress creation video tutorial,
its really helpful and would help give many newbie Bloggers a head start in creating their first WordPress Blog.

Don’t actually know how this update got to my email but i have just subscribed to your blog and hope to read more informative articles and watch more of such Videos from You cause you are really doing a great Job Here.

Thanks Bro.
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- Dave Nicholson
  August 29th, 2012 - 10:10
  
  Hey STN,
  
  Cheers for your comments, very much appreciated.
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Richard Davy
August 29th, 2012 - 14:30

Hi Dave,
Long time since I’ve visited your blog.
I’ve had a few personal issues to sort out over the last year, mostly at least partially resolved now, so hopefully be in a position to return to the fray in the near future?
So, it was great to receive your email of this excellent post to remind me of how simple it is to create a wordpress blog. And I fully intend to get my blogsite back on track, which I’m sure with your help that will be sorted too?
just need a kick or 3 to keep me motivated!
and will have to check out former students blogs also, as there will have been alot of new info posted, I’m sure.
Thanks again Dave,
regards
Richard
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- Dave Nicholson
  August 29th, 2012 - 17:16
  
  Hey Richard,
  
  Yeah, good to see you again!
  Good to hear your issues have mostly been solved, all the best with that.
  Thanks for your comments, if you need a kick I’m happy to do that!
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Siriol
August 30th, 2012 - 02:59

Thank you, Dave, for this cool 5-minute WP blog setup. It renews a bit of hope in me that I might be able to do this also. I have a different hosting account – and do not have a clue about creating a header.
Again, I appreciate the instruction!
Siriol

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- Dave Nicholson
  August 30th, 2012 - 09:27
  
  Hi Siriol,
  Thanks for your compliments.
  You may still have the option to create a WP blog if you have a different host, try looking in ‘fantastico’ if you have it, or as your host if they have the option.
  If you need any graphics at all then get them from here – http://www.dave-nicholson.com/recommends/gfx-1
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Peter Wood
August 30th, 2012 - 18:05

Nice one Dave!

Now, can you show me how to build a list in 5 minutes?

Cheers,

Peter

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- Dave Nicholson
  August 30th, 2012 - 18:43
  
  Haha, yeah, I’ll put that on my ‘to do’ list
  
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Paulo Teller
August 31st, 2012 - 15:28

Hi, Dave,
Simple is better, as we all know.
If your visitors don’t realize the full potential of this article, they’d better engage to your coaching one-on-one. Quickly, very quickly!
I’ve been telling you this from time to time, for some years now, but here it goes again – Best wishes,
PT

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- Dave Nicholson
  September 1st, 2012 - 10:37
  
  Hey Paulo,
  
  Cheers for your comments, much appreciated!
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Carl
September 1st, 2012 - 09:59

Hi dave I love the one click solutions I use HostGator and fantastico for WordPress and the eccomerce carts.
Catch ya laters mate
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- Dave Nicholson
  September 1st, 2012 - 10:38
  
  Yeah, they are great Carl, saves loads of time
  
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  - Carl
    September 1st, 2012 - 11:14
    
    Hey Dave I want to appolagise about my product not being launched yet, there was an issue with WordPress, nothing to do with blogs lol. Anyways I have been working on it and wandered if I could send you a link when finished to have a peek. I’m back to day job today so should finish in my spare time after work and hopefully complete by Monday! I tell you what I am not going to be so confident about launch dates in future as things can go wrong that delay you lol
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    - Dave Nicholson
      September 2nd, 2012 - 10:22
      
      Hey Carl,
      
      Yes, by all means send me a link and I’ll take a look.
      
      Regards,
      
      Dave.
      
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zora
September 2nd, 2012 - 04:49

Thanks Dave,

That’s great you can get ur done in 5 minutes And it looks good not bad for only 5 minutes .I’m sure you keep adding as you go. Thanks for sharing.

Regards
Zora
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- Dave Nicholson
  September 2nd, 2012 - 10:24
  
  Hey Zora,
  
  Thanks for your comments, yeah, I’ll keep adding to it and add more quick videos
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Brent Martin
September 4th, 2012 - 20:29

Dave,

Great job on the video, the graphics look great as well. I do have a complaint though, you have not been posting to your blog in a while. I have read every post on yours, John’s and Dan’s blogs, I need some fresh reading material. I love reading what you guys write, it’s very informative and helpful to a newbie like myself. Keep up the good work.

Thanks,
Brent Martin
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- Dave Nicholson
  September 5th, 2012 - 10:09
  
  Hey Brent,
  
  Cheers for your compliments, much appreciated.
  Yeah, I know I don’t post as much as I should, just have to prioritize stuff and post when I have the time.
  I do however try to make all my posts count, so rather than post crap every day/week I try to make posts that help people, I think quality is much better than quantity
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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Mark Healy
September 6th, 2012 - 13:08

hi dave

thanks for sharing. I agree a blog is a perfect way to build relashinships with subcribers, have cool backlinks and build up your branding and creates trust with your fans,

thanks dave

Mark
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Donald
September 13th, 2012 - 16:56

Hi Dave,

Nice one mate. Pretty cool, maybe I’ll try it…..NOT. I use D9 and Fantastico, being faithful to PB and DT. But might try Bluehost.

Regards

Donald
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James Hughes
November 1st, 2012 - 08:26

Hi Dave

It really does only take 5 mins!

There can’t be any excuses now for not setting one up

Thanks for sharing this video, well put together.

James
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- Dave Nicholson
  November 1st, 2012 - 11:21
  
  Told you so James!
  Thanks for your comments.
  
  Regards,
  
  Dave.
  
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