Want to build your own WordPress website?

Yes, there are many website builders available (also known as Content Management Systems), but I recommend using self-hosted WordPress as your website platform. WordPress powers around 20% of all websites on the internet. I use it for all my sites. It’s awesome.

Some other sites that use it include: Sony, Disney, LinkedIn, The New York Times, CNN, eBay, and more.

While WordPress isn’t SEO friendly out of the box, it’s super easy to make it SEO friendly. This is where it really differs from some of the other platforms available. You don’t need to be a technical genius to make Google love your WordPress website.

WordPress is also free and comes with thousands of website designs (known as themes) and clever extensions (known as plugins). It’s also super flexible and integrates with heaps of other third party platforms.

The course focuses on WordPress.org or self-hosted sites. Here’s why:

• For 95% of users, it makes more sense to use WordPress.org, also known as self-hosted WordPress
• It’s free
• You’re in control – you have full control of your data.
• You can upload and use plugins (WordPress.com allows several plugins but they are often limited versions)
• You can upload custom themes and modify theme files (not just the look and feel) if needed
• You can make money from it by using your own ads, and doing things your way
• You can have custom analytics and tracking.

The interfaces for both sites are very similar and both are easy to use with a bit of training.

Asking ‘how much does a website cost?’ is a bit of a ‘how long is a piece of string?’ question.
The answer depends on what kind of website you are trying to build – how complicated it is, does it have a shop, what apps do you need to integrate, what support do you need – the list goes on.

But for a small business website in Australia, costs tend to range from $800 – $10,000. And just as the cost varies, so does the quality.
I recommend starting small – getting the foundations set up and then you can always add to your site later down the track.

I’m confident you’ll be all done and dusted with set up in about 6-8 hours. Of course it will take longer to add in all your content – depending on how much you have.

Yes.
When I built my first WordPress site 10 years ago, I had no clue what I was doing, and even then I managed to create a professional site in less than a day. If I can do it, you can do it too.
However if you do get stuck I’ve struck a deal with one of Australia’s most respected WordPress developers to be on hand to help with problems.*

I recommend building your shop with WordPress and the Woocommerce plugins – that’s the combination I use on all my sites.
This course covers the WordPress side of this set up – but not the Woocommerce side. However, if you decide to install Woocommerce you’ll find their support and tutorials are out of this world

Yes, you’ll have to pay for your own hosting, domain and WordPress theme.

Also, there may be costs involved if you decide to buy additional WordPress plugins, but most have a free version that you can try out first.

No. This is a self guided course. There are FAQs within it however and you can head to the I LOVE SEO group for extra support.
I’m afraid we cannot answer individual questions via email.

If you do get into technical difficulties, we have a support team ready to help you, but please note that any fixes required are not included in the course price.

With any self-hosted website platform there are a few things to consider:
• You will have pay for a domain name and hosting, but these can be relatively inexpensive (The course explains how to do this and provides recommended trusted suppliers)

You are responsible for:

o Updates – but most can be done with one click.
o Site security – but I’ll recommend plugins for this.
o Back-ups – but there are heaps of good plugins for this too.

For sure. My awesome WordPress developer buddy can help you migrate your site* – just contact him here.

The course is aimed at those starting from scratch.
If you have an existing site on another platform and want to migrate over content, then you may need additional coaching.
It’s important that you keep the URL structure the same from one site to the new site. If you can’t they you’ll need to set up 301 redirects to ensure you don’t lose SEO juice.

No. The course covers ONLY the set up of your site and all the elements outlined above. If you want to step into the full world of SEO consider signing up to the 7 week Recipe for SEO Success course.

It depends on how much you’ve done already, how keen you are, how distracted you are (kids, dogs, etc), how big your site is and how computer savvy you are.

An example would be a 5-page site starting from scratch, copy already written – I’d say you could have your site up and coded in about 6 – 8 hours.

Yes, there is no Australian specific content in the course, it’s globally doable.