BUILD A WEBSITE &

MAKE MONEY

HELLO!I am Mairaj PirzadaI develop/design with WordPress.You can find me at @thisismairaj

We are going to build a website

But.. wait, what kind of website, exactly?

A question/answer website?

A forum?

A coupon-sharing site?

A video-sharing site?

A social networking site?

A wiki site? Like Wikipedia

No. We’ll build a blog.

A website which publishes blog posts in a reverse chronological order.

Blog?

New post

blog post

Old post

3-Step Process

Build blog

Blog.

Blog.

Blog.

Make money

Step 1: Build a blog

2 Ways

✘Costs $000✘Is limited✘Involves software’s

promotion✘Can’t place ads

1ST: FREE

✘Costs ~$80 yearly✘Limited by your imagination✘Excludes software’s

promotion✘Can place ads

2ND: PREMIUM

We’ll go with free solution

Blogger.com WordPress.com Tumblr.com

Let’s get to work.

Go to WordPress.com

Click this button

Enter an address that’s available

Then.. click this button

Fill in details.

Then.. click this!

Custom Address?

iammairaj.wordpress.comto

iammairaj.comWhy?✘ No WP-promotion✘ Limitless control

Click this if not interested

Verify email add.

Click this button

Congrats, friend!You just built a blog!Where’s the party?

Why not check what we built at

iammairaj.wordpress.com?

This is the

blog.

I know it’s dull.Because it’s version 0.001

It’s time for makeup :)

Go to iammairaj.wordpress.c

om/wp-admin

Click here

Click ‘activate’

Without any customization

Click ‘Customize’

With some customization

12,000+Whoa! That’s a big number, aren’t you

overwhelmed?

Step 2: Blog. Blog. Blog.

(8 months)

To write a new post

Click here

Click here

Go to iammairaj.wordpress.co

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Writing & publishing on

a blog = blogging

Blogging?

field, topic or focus of blog = niche

Niche?

Examples?✘ Tech News (mashable.com)✘ Cooking tips

(iamafoodblog.com)✘ Automobiles’ (autoblog.com)✘ Psychology (psyblog.com)

Step 3: Making Money(1 month)

Make money by displaying relevant

ads

Google AdSense

But.. who am I?

✘ Blogging since 2011✘ WordPress

Developer/Designer✘ Your friend :-)

KEEP CALM AND

START BLOGGIN

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THANKS!Any questions?You can find me at✘ @thisismairaj✘ thisismairaj@gmail.co

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