Intro to Blogging

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Kickstart Your Idea and Start Blogging

Amplify your voice. Inspire your readers. Grow your audience.

All of our course materials have been moved to: https://wordpress.com/learn/ where you can freely access all courses, no registration or login is required.

We are no longer accepting new registrations through this site, please visit the new site for access to the materials.

Existing students can continue to login to WP Courses as they have previously for now, but eventually will be redirected to the new site.

Blogging is a great way to share your stories and passions with the world and by working with our customers, we’ve learned getting started is the hardest part. That’s why we put together this course and after completing this course, you’ll walk away with:

What your goals and desires are, and what will keep you motivated
Clear understanding of what your niche is
Clear definition of who your audience is
Content strategies and an organizational structure that’s built to grow with you
Resources for producing high quality, engaging content
Tools to build your readership and engage with fans
The ability to track and measure your success
Options for monetizing your blog

This free course will benefit bloggers at any stage of their creative journey, but was created especially with beginners in mind. Define your why, what and who. Then build, publish, and grow your blog. This course will help you with the key elements of creating a blog that you’re excited to publish — and others are excited to read.

Create a blog. Join a community.

Whether you’re just getting started, or you want to grow your blog, our WP Courses site and Community is designed to take your skills to the next level with:

On-demand access to content
A certificate of completion
Workshops with WordPress.com Happiness Engineers
Access to the WP Courses community

This course is mostly text-based, and includes some videos tutorials. It’s packed full of resources to ensure that you’ve got access to everything you need to succeed.