How To Post In Wordpress

Most bloggers would say that Wordpress is very easy to use.  This may be true for experienced users, but for beginners this may be somewhat intimidating.  The purpose of me writing this article is to explain, through simple steps, how you can create a new post in Wordpress.  If blogging is something you want to do, make sure you are using a self hosted Wordpress blog and you know what to do.

Step 1 - Know Who You Are Writing For  Make certain that you know exactly who you want to read your blog posts.  Blogging can be very lucractive, if you focus on a target market.

Step 2 - Have These Plug-ins Installed.  The following plug-ins will help your blog get ranked higher in the search engines:  Google XML Sitemaps, All-In-One SEO Pack, Optimal Title, Another Wordpress Meta Plug-in, TweetMeMe, Simple Tags and Onlywire.

Step 3 - Make Permalinks Customizable.  Go to the 'permalinks' section under settings on the left side of your Wordpress dashboard.  Select the 'customer structure' option and enter the following code: /%postname%

Step 4 - Create Your Title.  Put the keyword phrase you want to use in the title, preferably in the front and also add it to the permalink section located below your title.  This helps with search engine optimization.

Step 5 - Write The Post.  You can write about whatever you want.  Be sure to include anything relevant to your post including images, videos and links.  Always think of your target market and what they will get out of reading your post.

Step 6 - Complete The Simple Tags Section. This section can be found on the top right of your post form.  Add your keywords to this section.

Step 7 - Fill In The All-In-One SEO Pack Section.  This section can be found at the bottom of your post form.  Include the title, blog post description and keywords.

Step 8 - Fill In The Meta Plug-in Section. - This is towards the bottom of the post form.  Be sure to include the post description and the keywords.

Step 9 - Proofread And Spell Check.  Look for spelling and grammatical errors.  Check link functionality and proofread the entire post until you are satisfied it is ready to be published.

Step 10 - Publish Post. - The publish button will be to the right of your post form.  Click publish when you are certain the post is good to go.  When you need to update the post just click update post.

Step 11 - Promote Your New Post Using Onlwire.  This plug-in will submit your new post to 33 social bookmarking websites.  This helps to increase your blog post's relevance in the search engines.  Onlywire costs money to use, but is free when used on a Wordpress blog.

You will get the most out of blogging when you follow these 11 steps.  Check out the resource below so you can watch a walk-through video of everything I just explained above.