This video is for anybody who is thinking about starting a blog but is totally confused by the massive amounts of different hosting sites you can use and needs a little bit of guidance .
Alright , so let's see how we go .
Hi guys , my name is Ramsey .
I'm from blog taran dot com .
And this little video is all about hosting .
Now , you've got two options .
When you want to start a blog , you can host it on a free blog host or you can buy your own hosting package and host it for yourself .
Now , I don't recommend using the free version because you don't have total control over that site .
When you're starting a blog , you're gonna put in a lot of work , a lot of effort .
You're gonna wanna change things .
You wanna , you're gonna wanna control the backend and on a free uh hosted site , you can't do that .
Um And that's a bit of a shame if you then one day start to make an income from that blog and you really need to sort of totally own that asset .
You want full control over it .
The only way you can get that is if you buy a hosting package and host your blog for yourself .
Now , the way that works is you need a domain name and you need a hosting package .
You put those two things together and then you install a blogging software like wordpress , which is sort of free .
Once you've got that hosting package , that's the most popular blogging software in the world .
It's fantastic .
There's unlimited plugins and free themes and templates and all these amazing things .
You didn't even know you could do come built in with wordpress .
So you need to get that sort of that , that trifecta , those three things going together .
It sounds complicated , but it is insanely easy .
I promise it only takes five minutes .
So what you do is you go to a site like blue host , blue host is the blogging host that I recommend .
I've used them for many years .
I'll include a link below this video to sort of , to show you a step by step guide to how the installation process works , but it literally will only take you five minutes .
So what you do is you go , go to blue hosts , they give you a free domain name and then you sign up for a hosting package which costs I think 3 95 or 4 95 a month depending on if they've got a Christmas special or some offer on .
Um And then once you've installed those two things , you then go on and they've got one click wordpress installation .
So what that means is you find a little wordpress icon , you click it , you install wordpress , create a user name and password and you're ready to go and it's your own hosted blog that you own .
It's your asset , you control the brand , it doesn't belong to anybody else but you , now that's the main thing is you really want control of that as of that asset .
Um So people want to know a few reasons why I recommend blue hosts .
And the first reason is because it's worked for me .
I don't know if they're the best hosts , but they've been a wonderful host for me .
I've never had any problems with them .
They have 24 hours a day , seven days a week live support .
Um So you can jump on chat and talk to their support staff if you have any problems that's been insanely useful .
If you ever run into something that you don't understand with the technical aspect of hosting a blog , those guys are there all the time to help you out .
The other thing is it's only 3 95 or 4 95 a month .
So if you're just starting out money's a bit tight , you know , maybe you wanna make some money from the blog , but you don't want to invest too much in the initial period .
This is a perfect opportunity .
I notice a lot of people sort of get afraid of investing money .
So they go the free blog route and they really regret it down the track .
So it's good .
It's a good idea to do it the right way the first time , you know , keep the costs to a minimum , but still get your own host .
I've written a blog post called , what is the best blog host ?
I'll give you a link to that below and that sort of goes over some of the reasons why I like blue host .
And it also has 80 comments from my fantastic readers at Blog Tire .
And I love those guys .
Um A lot of them use Blue Host as well and sort of expla uh explain some of the reasons why they , why they use them and why they've found them helpful .
I hope that helps you if you have any more questions , um drop over to my site or leave a comment below , try to get back to you and help you out .
See you later .