{"id":12457,"date":"2016-05-17T18:01:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T17:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12457"},"modified":"2016-05-17T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T17:01:27","slug":"start-your-blog-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/start-your-blog-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to start your own professional blog business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>At <strong> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">KidStart<\/a><\/strong> we are constantly on the lookout for talented and upcoming parent bloggers. We invite you to read and share advice to help your blog business succeed.<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>You might think creating an online business or maintaining a website is a difficult task. We are here to tell you that it shouldn&#8217;t be that difficult and most likely you are doing it already.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WordPress.org vs wordpress.com<\/span><\/h3>\r\nWe notice many highly talented parents who use wordpress.com as their blog business instead of creating their own website using wordpress.org. Whist some parent bloggers will know this already, for those that don\u2019t, we are here to help explain the difference.\r\n\r\nFirstly please watch this video:\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Nh11GI4-Gc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nOn the surface there is very little difference between wordpress.org and wordpress.com, however wordpress.org has an open source content management system (CMS) giving you access to many more templates and giving you much more design freedom.\r\n\r\nLook out for our article on web design ideas for blog business coming soon.\r\n\r\nPlus, all the hard work you are putting into promoting your blog is benefiting WordPress.com more than your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">online business<\/a>.\r\n\r\nIt is tempting to host your blog on wordpress.com because the service is provided for free, while wordpress.org requires you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">host your website on a server and purchase a domain name<\/a>. Don\u2019t see these as a barrier, but as an investment into your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">business\u2019s future<\/a>.\r\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">Hosting your site<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\r\nAt Kidstart we can offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">123-reg.co.uk<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/123-reg.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">6.5% back for registering your domain<\/a> and selecting the right server package for you.\r\n\r\nFor WordPress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">123.reg\u2019s<\/a> basic entry hosting option costs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a32.49+ VAT per month<\/a>. This will provide you with an email and 1GB of server storage to host your content.\r\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">Setting up a domain name<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\r\nFor a domain name the cost varies depending on the type of top level domain you want e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">123.reg\u2019s<\/a> pricing is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/StartSaving\/123-reg.aspx?i=5001\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a36.99+ VAT per year for .co.uk, while .com or .eu is \u00a311.99+ VAT per year<\/a>.\r\nChoosing the right domain is literally a million dollar (pound) question &#8211; short, generic dot coms could be worth that much! 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