How To Publish a Blog Post

HOW TO PUBLISH A BLOG POST

STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO ON HOW TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY CONTENT

What You'll Learn

How To…

Create Unique and High Quality Content
Add Media and Featured Images
Add Tags and Categories
Create a Hyperlink
Create an SEO Snippet
Create and Embed a Responsive Video
Schedule and Publish Blog Posts
Start Sharing Valuable Content With the WORLD!

HOW TO PUBLISH A BLOG POST

STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO ON HOW TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY CONTENT

What You'll Learn

How To…

Create Unique and High Quality Content
Add Media and Featured Images
Add Tags and Categories
Create a Hyperlink
Create an SEO Snippet
Create and Embed a Responsive Video
Schedule and Publish Blog Posts
Start Sharing Valuable Content With the WORLD!

Step-by-Step Guide

In this video, I walk you through the entire process of creating valuable content for your blog. Not only will you learn how to publish a blog post, but you'll also learn how to create high-quality content that will effectively grow your blog's audience.

Jump to a specific step by clicking on the links below:

Delete Sample Post
Add a New Post
Create Post Title, Permalink, and Read More Button
Embed an Instagram Post
Embed a YouTube Video
Embed a GIF
Add Images
Create Categories
Set Featured Image
Publish Blog Post
House Cleaning Tips

Below is an eleven-part visual walk-through of the video where each step is listed. However, I encourage you to watch the video all the way through because I go into much greater detail in regards to how to implement specific content strategies. So with that being said, let's start blogging!

1. Delete Sample Post

WordPress uses the sample post titled, “Hello World” throughout the site so that you can get a visual of how the theme is supposed to look and behave. However, you'll want to get rid of this post before you start publishing content.

Delete Sample Post

Access your post management page in the WordPress dashboard and move the sample post to the trash.

2. Add a New Post

Now it's time to start blogging! Let's go!

Add a New Post

To add a brand new post, simply hover your mouse over the “+ New” tab at the top of the screen and click on “Post”.

3. Create Post Title, Permalink, and Read More Button

Once inside the visual editor, you can begin to craft your blog post. The first few things I always take care of are the post title, the permalink, and the read more button.

Create Post Title and Permalink

As you begin typing your title, your permalink will automatically be created. If you notice that your permalink isn't using the post title in the URL, save your post as a draft and try again. This will fix the issue and the permalink will display correctly.

Add Read More Tag

Add a few paragraphs of content by using the “Classic Editor block”, and then place your cursor where you want the “Read More” button to display. Then, click the “Read More” icon to insert the “Read More Tag”.

4. Embed an Instagram Post

Embedding an Instagram post within your content is a great way to not only increase user engagement, but it just looks cool! Here's how you add this feature to your blog post.

Embed an Instagram Post

Find an Instagram post you want to embed and access the embed code by clicking on the post and copying the code. Then head back to the WordPress editor, add the custom HTML block, and paste the code within the block.

5. Embed a YouTube Video

Embedding a YouTube video is yet again another way to diversify the type of media that’s on your blog and it’s a great way to showcase your videos if you have a YouTube channel.

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Embed a YouTube Video

Find the YouTube video you want to embed, open the share options, and copy the share link. Then head back to the blog, add the YouTube embed block, and paste the link from YouTube.

6. Embed a GIF

Next, I want to show you a cool way to add GIFS within your content. Now, if you’re unfamiliar with what a GIf, it stands for graphics interchange format and it’s basically a short animated loop. GIFS are a fun way to diversify your content add some life to a blog post.

Embed a GIF

Nowadays you can literally find thousands of funny GIFs to add to your blog. A popular site for GIF is https://giphy.com. This site is my go to when I want to find a GIF. Once you find your gif, you’ll want to grab the source link. So click Media and then copy the link next to where it says source.

Then back at the editor, add the GIF by using the “image block”. This is a creative workaround that allows you to add the GIF within the content.

7. Add Images

Adding images to your blog post is a great way to showcase your work. It also gives you the ability to diversify your content and create a media-rich blog post.

Add Images Within the Post

Upload and add images to use in your media gallery. Be sure to pay attention to the display settings so that you can switch up the size and alignment of each photo you use within the post.

8. Create Categories

A category is a group of related blog posts that are about similar subjects. Whenever you create a category, it makes it easier for people to find your content. This increases user engagement and enhances the overall user experience.

Create Categories

By default, every post will be added to the “Uncategorized” category, so you’ll want to get into the habit of adding all of your blog posts to categories. To add your first category, click the add new category link within the WordPress editor, and then in the field provided, type in the name of the category.

9. Set Featured Image

Next, is the featured image. This is the image that will visually represent your blog post within the blog feed, and it's the image that will be used when your blog post is shared on a social network.

Set Featured Image

Click the “featured image tab” to open up the settings within the WordPress editor. Then simply follow the prompts to add the image via your media gallery.

10. Publish Blog Post

This is where you’ll learn how to publish, or schedule, a blog post so that you can start sharing your content with your audience as soon as possible.

Publish a Blog Post

To make your blog post live for the world to see, simply click the publish button. However, I recommend you preview it before you make it live. Either way, click the “Publish” button to publish your blog post.

11. House Cleaning Tips

Finally, there are some final “house cleaning” tips I recommend doing before you launch your blog. I walk you through these tips, step-by-step, in the video.

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Congratulations!

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You did it! Congratulations on finishing the blogging course and building your very own self-hosted WordPress blog. This is only the beginning and I’m super excited for what the future holds. If you haven’t done so already, be sure to grab your free copy of the Blog Starter Kit. This free guide is filled with 70+ pages where I show you step-by-step how to grow and monetize your blog as well. Good luck, and here’s to your continued success!

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