This guide shows financial advisors, investors, or analysts how to set up a WordPress blog for less than $50, and in less than 45 minutes.
If you enjoy learning, teaching, and writing about finance topics such as wealth management, stock markets, retirement planning, portfolio diversification, cryptocurrency, options trading, foreign exchange, hedging strategies, or a hundred other topics, then build your own platform and audience to present your ideas, strategies, products, or services.
Register a domain name and get quality website hosting for your finance blog, and start publishing articles today, by following these easy instructions.
Total Time: 45 minutes
That’s all you need to get started.
Easy.
You can say “personal finance” or something more specific such as “cryptocurrency” or “forex trading”.
A good blog name in the finance field reflects at least one of these traits: trust, expertise, and value. Pick a name that you see yourself sticking with for at least the first year.
This is what you and your audience types in to get to your blog.
Maybe you already have a domain name registered elsewhere. Follow these easy steps here to transfer or map it to your WordPress.com blog.
Your domain registration and hosting setup is being completed automatically.
Make sure you’ve selected the Personal Plan, and total amount is $48.
If you want a business email address on your new domain, WP can automatically set you up with it. We recommend skipping this, you can always add it later, when you actually have readers / collaborators emailing you.
Search for your blog subject, and select “Free” to find a blog design that looks right for you.
Start adding posts, pages, logo, tagline, and tweak your design as needed.
Check out our other WordPress beginner tutorials on how to start a successful art blog, a DIY blog, or a lifestyle blog.