The Online B.A.G.: Recent Episodes
James Shannon
James Shannon from the Blare Group discusses various ways to build and grow your online business. If you are a creator or simply someone that wants to improve your website, social media platforms, and/or podcast then you need to listen. Learn how to build and grow each one of these as well as some tips for branding yourself and your business.
James Shannon helps you with building and growing your website by telling you where to get a theme for your WordPress website. Before getting a theme, you need to know what one is and what is the purpose of having one. Don't worry, James will make sure you know.
What's Covered * Getting a theme * Theme compatibility * WordPress plugins * A WordPress page builder -- Elementor
Relevant Links * Themeforest * Astra Themes * WordPress * Elementor * The Blare Group
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James Shannon continues with helping creators build and grow their websites by explaining how to point domains to website hosts. Some of what is covered may be too advanced for some, but the kind folks at The Blare Group have provided guides, videos, and more to help out. So, don't be worried if you don't know what an A record is, or what TTL means. These DNS settings will be explained to you in more detail.
What's Covered * DNS Settings * A Records * CNAME Records * Domain Registrars
Places to Get a Domain * Hover * GoDaddy * Bluehost * Google Domains * Namecheap
James Shannon explains what a website host is and why it is important to have. There are free options available, but he wouldn't recommend them at all. So, that makes you wonder why would James tell you to pay for something when there is a free alternative. He answers that and also explains what to do with those domains that he told you to get before.
With simplicity, James Shannon from The Blare Group explains what a domain is, and he answers the question, "Do I need a domain?" Hint: Yes. Also learn of several places where you can purchase a domain for your website, or for your professional looking email address.
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Welcome to the Online B.A.G.: Build and Grow Yoour Online Business, hosted by James Shannon of The Blare Group. This very, very show episode is the start of short episodes aimed to quickly show you how to, you guessed it, build and grow your online visibility. So, if you're a creator with an online business, social meda platform, or any kind of visibility on the internet, you will want to tune in every Monday.