Transform Your Passion into a Thriving Online Presence:
Master the Art of WordPress
Unleash Your Blogging Potential with this Comprehensive Course on Setting Up a Blog from Scratch
with Step by Step videos!
I wish I knew how to build a blog...
but I don't know where to start.
When you think of building a blog, you have tech overwhelm. And outsourcing someone to do it for you costs a lot.
Wouldn't it be nice to have your own beautiful blog up and running?
What if you could
- do a course that shows, with step by step videos, exactly how to set up a WordPress blog?
- do a course that doesn’t give you false promises of riches, but rather gives you a new WordPress blog or website that will bring you business and, if you’re interested, give you links to places you can sign up to make money as a blogger. But you have to do the work.
- do a course that is incredibly real and includes mistakes and problems – and how they are overcome.
- a course that gives the power to you to set up your site and make changes without the expense.
Introducing: Start a WordPress Blog from Scratch
The no fluff WordPress set up guide – The South African version.
Yes, I’ll be using some tools from the USA, but only those that work in SA.
This is not an airbrushed perfect course.
This is a very real course about setting up a blog – all the problems I encountered and how I solved them.
Transform your blog from plain to professional:
What others are saying about this course...
I asked some veteran bloggers and some newbies my course to test it out..
Mari-Louise Candiotes
Just a Mamma
"Perfect for beginners!
This is the 1st step you've been looking for. The perfect practical course explaining how to set up and start your own WordPress blog. Heather provides practical tips and easy-to-follow instructions. It's like having her right next to you from start to finish. After this course, you'll be good to go and ready to start writing!"
Just a Mamma
Overall Blog winner of the ##AckermansBYYSAPBAwards 2022
Judy MacGregor
Fun Mamma SA
"I love the course. I think it's personal and relatable.
Full of wonderful but not overwhelming advice. A great foundation for beginners.
Some new information even for some of us blogging for a while. (As I outsource my website back end work out, I found the plug-in info incredibly helpful-thank you!)
Completed and excited to see you roll it out.
Fun Mamma SA
Highly Commended in the Crafts and Things to do with Kids category #AckermansBYYSAPBAwards 2022
Eden Naiker
"I've already learnt alot so far, like how to check and register my domain name and where I can do it at an affordable price. Also how to add it into my blog.
I didn't know about the logos and how to make those so I'm glad I learnt that aswell.
I'm ready to start my website now and I'm so excited."
@lovethenaickers
The Modern MamaZA
S’khonziwe Dzanibe
I am sincerely grateful to have been part of such an amazing course. I myself have never even attempted blogging before but I’ve always known I love telling stories and sharing stuff and my insights my people for edification and growth. This course put me in a position to be 100% fit enough to start blogging as a skilled blogger. I love how everything is simplified, such that even beginners like myself are able to follow. I also enjoyed the tips in between and the website sharing with direct links on where to find what.
After this I have no excuse to start impacting nations. Thank you so much SA Mom Blogs. I speak growth and expansion to your business.
@skhonziwe_
Zeenat Carrim
Looking to set up a blog AND monetize it? Then you definitely need to check out @samomblogs course on how to set one up successfully, and tips on how to monetize it.
It's an easy and indepth course, that's set up for anyone to do within their own time frame, and on any device!
Check out @samomblogs to find out how to sign up etc.
@zeenat_carrim
Bonita Denton
I recently had the opportunity to do a course with @samomblogs
If you always wanted to blog but were uncertain on how, what and where, this course is definitely something to help you.
The course step for step shows how to setup your own blog and what mountains you need to overcome and how to do so.
The course handles all from appearance to plug-ins and setting up a professional email and opt in form.
As a mom one is always worried to add on some more work or challenges on our plates. But with this course I am exited about blogging and ready for the next chapter.
Heather has really outdone herself with this course and I highly recommend it.
What you'll get in the course:
Everything you'll need to set up a blog.
Step One: Set up
- Your WHAT and WHY
- Hosting, Domain and adding WordPress to your blog.
Step Two: Make your blog look gorgeous
- Setting up a theme
- Making your logo and flavicon
- Making your menu
- Editing your home page
- Four essential pages for your blog
- Creating a permalink
Step Three: Building Content and Community
- How to do a blog post.
- Setting up your email and creating a list: Creating a professional email and putting it in your Gmail, Mailing list providers and creating an opt in form.
- Social media: Using Facebook and Instagram to promote your posts.
- Plugins: Overview, then setting up plugins for Google Analytics, Akismet Anti Spam and Social Media sharing icons.
Step Four: Monetise your blog by connecting with brands
- Ideas to make money from your blog
Plus, if you order now, you'll these planners:
- A set up your blog checklist to keep track that you're covering everything, and some useful links.
- Content to do list with some ideas to get going on content.
- A handy password tracker - you're gong to need it!
- A calendar you can use to plan out your content and social media.
- Plus links to change these on Canva if you want to add your logo or change the colours.
And, included in the course, are these tools:
- Brainstorm your niche worksheet
- Research and compare hosts
- Blog post checklist
For one day only:
Get your blog up and running now for just about $97! / R1997
START A WORDPRESS BLOG FROM SCRATCH
You'll get the full course with step by step videos, which you can complete in your own time. (See above for more details on each section)
- Your niche
- Setting up
- Appearance
- Blog post
- Email and list
- Social media
- Plugins
- Monetise
Meet Your Teacher
Hi! I’m Heather! I’m an online English teacher and a blogger.
I’m a widow and a mom to Nicholas, who is ten years old. I’ve been blogging for over ten years and am the founder of South African Mom Blogs: bringing mom bloggers and brands together. Over the years I’ve hosted meetups and have Facebook groups to support the local mom bloggers. I also run the #AckermansBYYSAPBAwards which is an opportunity for South African parenting bloggers to showcase their work and win prizes, together with sponsors Ackermans and BabyYumYum.co.za.
I’ve often gotten emails and questions from people over the years asking how to start a blog but I never got around to doing it. I also felt a bit weird doing it because I really don’t consider myself an expert, I’m just a mom who has been doing it a long time and has figured out a few things.
So here it is… finally! Step by step videos on how to set up your WordPress blog from scratch!
Start your WordPress Blog Now!
Don’t wait years to start your dream blog or website. It doesn’t have to be perfect. But you do have to start somewhere. And that somewhere is now!
If, having watched the videos and applied the work, you feel that the course did not help you set up a blog at all, you can have a refund within 30 days.
Yes. The course is structured with videos. All you have to do is watch the videos and follow the instructions. You can always pause or go back again.
This course shows you how to set up a WordPress blog. You can choose any theme that will suit your business and I'll show you how to install the Kadence starter themes. These themes have a huge range accross all sorts of kinds of websites. Remember that all websites and businesses can benefit from having a blog on their website because it is content marketing - it establishes you as an expert in your field.
This is a valid concern as you can nowadays get AI to spurt out a blog post for you. But here is where you set yourself apart from the bots: you add the human, real and emotional element to your posts. You speak from your heart, with passion and honest experience, which is something a robot can't do.
The minimum cost is your hosting and domain name. This is to pay for your spot on the internet (host) and your url (address of your blog). I'll show you how to research different options here, but I work with Hostgator and Domains.co.za.
As an example, at Domains.co.za, I just renewed samomblogs.co.za (domain name) for R90 for the year. I also use them for one of my sites for hosting at R119 per month. There are different options for more sites.
After that, there can be other costs but they can be free as well. I'll show you how to set up a free theme on Kadence but there are paid options as well. I'll also show you how to set up a newsletter/ opt in form for free (you only have to pay if you have more than 1000 subscribers) on MailerLite.
To quote Marianne Williamson:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
Just remember: your blog post can have a far reaching effect for someone else going through the same thing. You can support others and in turn, they can support you, as you get to know the blogging community.
And if you're really having second thoughts? You can always set it to private or take it down.