Blogging would help you identify what do you want to do online, while will help you find the right audience for the products and services you want to provide. Even thought there are many free options in order to start your own site like WordPress.com, TypePad.com, Blogger.com, Wix. com, etc. the best way is to build a self-hosted WordPress.

With a self-hosted WordPress installation you have more control and flexibility in your blogging process. You can use any provider you prefer for getting your domain and installing your WordPress (like GoDaddy or BlueHost) and have it run in less than 15 minutes. All major hosting providers have easy procedures for setup and maintenance of the WordPress installations, in order you focus on what you have to do.

WordPress has a huge installed base and it is an open-source application something that help you find whatever you need in many different variations. More specifically:

• WordPress has a 60.8% market share in the CMS market
• WordPress powers 14.7% of the world’s top websites
• 500+ sites are built each day using WordPress while only 60-80 per day are built on platform like Shopify and Squarespace
• The WordPress Plugin Directory features 55,000+ plugins
• WooCommerce powers 22% of the top 1 million ecommerce sites in the world

WordPress setup is not always easy or trouble-free. But the final result would compensate you many times over and over again.

Here, I show you how to launch a self-hosted WordPress blog. Learn the new way to set up a WordPress blog in 15 minutes or less in a comprehensive step-by-step tutorial. I will demonstrate how to use the most popular platform in the world (the WordPress) to make an operational and working website.

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