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Choosing an Internet Service Provider, Webhosting Service, and Content Management Systems
by, Jill Swenson
December 19, 2017

Last week I wrote about deciding upon your author name to determine your domain name. Once you have purchased your domain, the next step is stake out your own real estate on the internet. Before you build your author website, you will need to answer three questions.   (1)  Who will provide you with internet service?  Internet service providers (ISPs) are those who bring the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Internet Service Provider, Webhosting, WordPress.org
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Social Media for Authors: Baby Step 7
by, Jill Swenson
January 7, 2012

Are you ready to pick a WordPress theme for your new website and blog? If you’ve been following our Saturday social media for authors blog series and completed the first six “baby steps”, you already have a domain name, webhost, and content management system ready to go. Hopefully you’ve found time over the holidays to do a bit of window shopping and figured out how… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2012 workshop, Atahualpa, Buffalo Street Books, choosing themes, Coraline, Delicate, free WordPress themes, Graphene, Magazine Theme, Matisse, Platform, plugins, Social Media Strategies for Authors, Twenty Eleven theme, website design, widgets, WordPress.org
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Social Media for Authors: Baby Step 3
by, Jill Swenson
December 10, 2011

Baby Step 3: Build your author online presence by making executive decisions in answer to the following three questions. Who will provide you with internet service? Who will provide webhosting service for your website/blog? What content management system is right for you as an author? Internet service providers are those who bring the internet into your home or office. This may be your phone company,… [Read More]

Filed Under: author platform, BlueHost.com, CMS, cpanel, domain name, email, HTML, Internet Service Provider, online presence, SEO, Webhosting, WordPress.com, WordPress.org
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