WordPress.com is a great untapped source of targeted traffic.
I teach my students how to harness WordPress.com users and convert them into traffic for their site, but not any traffic, specific traffic that is perfect for their niche.
So you’ll see here you’ve got a couple of options.
Now if you’ve come here just to do a review, which is really what I use it for.
One of the great things about leaving a review, besides the initial time, spent setting up your account, is that it’s a quick way to send traffic to your blog, you can just pop onto WordPress.com and give reviews for as many awesome plugins that are related to your niche as you would like.
Which is great for two reasons.
I have a lot of free plugins that I adore, that make my life so much easier and they don’t charge for it, so the least I can do is leave a review, plus it benefits my blog to do so.
So giving them a review not only helps boost their reputation, but it offers them encouragement to continue to have the plug-in as a free option. You know, it kind of just helps them know we appreciate what they’re doing.
Entering a review of a plug-in related to your niche is super beneficial because it’s getting your name out there. If you are doing reviews on things related to your niche, people that will need your help are going to be looking at that plug-in.
Another great bonus is because many plug-ins are free, it’s easy peasy to give it a test run, prior to making a review.
For me, the one I was just about to do a review for is the WordPress forms, which come with every blog that you set up through Blue Host and wordpress.com.
So obviously anyone looking to build or grow a blog is going to have that automatically downloaded and if they would like to see if it is worth their while, they’re gonna head over to the plugin site and see the reviews and they’ll see my face
An example of this would be, if you’re running a cooking blog, perhaps you submit some reviews on recipe plug-ins, recipe box plug-ins, etc. You might be thinking but Bianca, my audience isn’t bloggers, and that’s totally ok, where this would help you are most food bloggers are always looking for other sites to reference in round-up posts, guest hosts and to keep an eye out for collabs, or ideas, so many would click over to check you out and might include some of your recipes in a round-up post which will also drive your traffic up as a secondary source.
So it’s not only a great marketing strategy to get your word out there to the millions of people that use plugins every day because they’re free, but you will also help the developer stay motivated to keep making great stuff.
It’s a win-win for everyone.
Creating a WordPress.com site is the first step towards generating FREE traffic to your blog, once created you can create reviews for plug-ins related to your niche, so people can easily find you, and click over to see what you’re all about.
Reviewing products, plug-in’s and other review spots, especially free products, since it’s easy to test them out, then offering your review is a great way to put your brand out there and drive traffic to your site.bbgb bbbb
Before we start creating a log-in to WordPress.com. You might be wondering, “what’s the difference?” Let’s break it down:
| Offers Free Hosting but limits your storage to 3GB on the free plan (a problem for blogs, we use images, etc, that take up space quickly) | Self-Hosted- Doesn’t Come With Free Hosting. However, Bluehost plans start at $2.95/mth, which is unbeatable for all that you get |
Gives You a free domain, something similar to yoursite.wordpress.com. If you want a custom domain, you have to pay to upgrade | You have to get a custom domain (included with Bluehost) Alone, most custom domains are only $12/year, Bluehost offers the first year free |
| Limited Themes, so not too many design options, to make your site work the way you need it to or look the way you prefer | Install any theme you want plus the best theme in my opinion Astra is always free, and any customization you want |
| Can’t use any 3rd party plug in’s without paying the $25 mth plan. | Can use any & ALL 3rd Party Plug-in’s allowing endless customization options, and site improvements, from setting up a shop, membership site, tracking with google, speeding up your site, linking to your email provider and so much more 3rd party plug ins are the swiss army knife of blogs, endless possibilities |
| You can’t put any ad’s that you would be paid for on your site, but you will have ad’s just not ones you get paid for, this is how they offer you the free plan, they get paid off of your site traffic. To remove those ad’s its around $4 a month (more than you’d pay to use Bluehost for wordpress.com) | No ad’s unless you want there to be, there is no limit to the amount or type of ad’s that you can place on your site and you get to keep 100% of the money earned. You also can choose any Ad company you’d like, for example, Google Ad-spend or whichever Ad company you choose. |
| You get basic security, and back-ups are handled for you | You get security with whoever is hosting your site, with Bluehost you get SSL security & can use a plug-in for back-ups for free. |
| You are limited by the plan’s parameters | You can set up a shop, membership site, and endless possibilities |
There are major differences from wordpress.org to wordpress.com, this is important to remember. WordPress.com is where most people set up their websites, especially if you choose Bluehost for your site’s host. I’ve created a detailed comparison of wordpress.com vs wordpress.org if you want a more in-depth look at what makes them different.
Let’s get started by getting registered for WordPress.org.
We are gonna start on wordpress.org
Then head over to the login button at the top right-hand corner.
Next to that login button is the register button.
You’re gonna wanna click the Register button.
Now you’re going to create a username and enter your email.
I used my bianca@biancapitts.com email if you wanna learn how to make your own verified domain email, for example, something@yourdomain.com. I’ve just added training to the Mastermind Vault, showing exactly how to do this step by step. You can get on the Mastermind Wait List here.
Then check the box saying you have read and accepted the privacy policy and you can subscribe to their updates. However, I don’t since I don’t need any emails from them.
Then click create an account at the bottom.
Now the following step is in a new tab. Open the email inbox for the email you entered in the previous step.
Select the confirmation email they have sent you and, click the confirmation button, then head back to the WordPress tab.
Complete the profile information. So if you have a website, you’re going to enter it here, next enter your location (I just entered USA), occupation ( I entered Blogger), and interest (I entered Blogging and Disney).
Now that you’ve gone and clicked the confirmation email.
Enter a password.
Once you have created that password and clicked save.
Boom! Now You’ve created your WordPress.com account.
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