Is a portable career part of your plan for an untethered expat life? If it includes a WordPress website or blog, here are 52 links to help you get started. I've tried to arrange them in roughly the order you'll need them. (And yes, some of them are affiliate links.) Domain Name Registration and … [Read more...] about 52 Links to Help You Build Your WordPress Website
Blogging for Expats
How to Build an Effective Email List for Your Blog
Once you've created a portable career, you need to start marketing. The best place to do it is online, with a website or blog. When you market online, there are essentially two ways to get your message out. Attract huge amounts of traffic using any/every available means -- ads, PPC, social … [Read more...] about How to Build an Effective Email List for Your Blog
How to Know What Premium WordPress Theme is Right for your Site
This is the 11th in our Blogging for Expats tutorial series. So you've got an idea for your blog, you've worked your way through the basics of setting it up, maybe you've even posted a few articles. But your site still doesn't look as professional as you'd like. What to do. . . what to do. . … [Read more...] about How to Know What Premium WordPress Theme is Right for your Site
Dress Up Your Blog with Pictures
In our last installment of Blogging for Expats, we learned how to add content to a WordPress blog. Today we'll go ahead and add some eye candy. Keep in mind that some WordPress themes require you to handle images a little differently, but this will work with the majority. It's very common to … [Read more...] about Dress Up Your Blog with Pictures
How to Add Content to your WordPress Blog
Congratulations! Your blog is ready to accept content. If you know how to use MS Word or another word processor, adding articles to your blog will be a snap. There are four ways to add articles, or posts, to your blog: Use WordPress' internal editor Write your post using Word or another … [Read more...] about How to Add Content to your WordPress Blog
Blogging for Expats: WordPress Settings to Know and Love
In this installment of Blogging for Expats, the tutorial series to help you develop a portable income from a blog, let's go back to WordPress itself and finish setting it up. You've already accomplished a lot in getting your blog started. You have Found and set up a webhost Reserved your … [Read more...] about Blogging for Expats: WordPress Settings to Know and Love