Let’s face it – the standard theme you get with a WordPress install is rather dull looking. They look okay, but your blog would benefit from a theme or template that is more fitting to your subject matter.

There are plenty of sites where themes can be downloaded for free, so
try any of the following to see which themes you can find that are
appropriate to your subject matter or topic:

• http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
• http://topwpthemes.com/
• http://www.wptmp.com/
• http://www.freewpthemes.net/
• http://www.wpthemes360.com/
• http://www.elegantwpthemes.com/

Find a theme that suits your site, download it to your computer and
then FTP it to the wp-admin area of your site.

If this sounds complicated, do not worry.
There are full instructions of how to upload a
new theme to your site on the WordPress.org site or you can watch a
video on it at http://markvschwartz.com/193/setting-up-a-wordpress-blog-tip-13v/

With the new theme in place your site will look much more impressive.

Having a blog is the center piece in building your own social networking spiderweb. After all, we need to have something to drive all your web traffic to. This is a Detailed video that shows you how to set up a WordPress Blog.

If you have always been challenged in how to create your own WP blog, this video shows you every step. I also made a powerpoint slide version of this with the same name, but I called it Step 13p (hey, people learn in different ways).

It really is easy to set up your own WordPress blog using a tool called Fantastico, provided by your hosting company. Have fun!

Getting a Domain Name – Building Your Social Networking Spiderweb

Another major step in building your own “social networking spiderweb” that will drive massive amounts of traffic to your blog, is you need to have a domain name on a hosting account.

This video will show you how to get a domain name.  If you are an internet pro, move on, this is for the millions of people out there that have no idea how to get a domain name.  The next video is on getting a how to set up your domain name on your hosting account and create a WordPress blog.