You only get the chance to make a first impression one time.
If you're like me, there's always one item I forget to complete unless I make a list.
So, here are a few "MUST DO" items before you publish your Word Press Blog to the Internet and submit it to the search engines.
[ ] Review the chapter on what belongs on a Blog.
[ ] Backup your site regularly including all images and Word Press site files.
[ ] Run a spelling checker on every page in your Word Press Blog site.
Don't embarrass yourself by having a lot of miss-spelled words on your Word Press Blog site.
[ ] Repeat step above for every post you make to your Word Press Blog.
[ ] Check the site for grammatical errors.
[ ] Check the load time of your Word Press Blog site.
Large images can slow down load time of your Blog site so drastically that you may lose visitors and sales if it takes too long to load the files on your Blog site.
[ ] Review the description, meta tags and key words.
Check the title, the description and key words for spelling errors, and makes sure all meta tags and key words are the ones you wish to use for maximum search engine optimization success.
[ ] Check all links to make sure they are all active and directed to the correct sites.
[ ] Check all forms and e-mail responders to make sure the results are sent to you and that the data you receive is formatted correctly, in a usable fashion.
[ ] Finally, backup your entire site again and take the backup disks, hard drive or tape to a bank vault for safe keeping.
Computers crash and it's hard to replicate your hard work so cover all your bases.
[ ] Hire someone to review your site with you one last time with a all files uploaded to the server, before you start promoting your site.
That's it! You should now have your Word Press Blog Site ready to go so you can start making money!