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Social media has always been a love-hate relationship for me. With new networks popping up and vying for our attention, not to mention all of the changes in algorithms, it can feel like an overwhelming task to do social media right.

To make posting on social media easier, there are countless companies that enable us to schedule content, but scheduling content is only one part of posting on social media. The other part is actually creating the content that you are going to schedule.

Finding time to create good content to get the attention of readers and then turning around and scheduling that content takes a lot of time, but it doesn't have to! Thanks to CoSchedule, I'm able to create thoughtful content that is quick to schedule and super flexible around my ever-changing posting schedule.

Create multiple templates for my post types. If you are an author, you might create a 30-day pre-release book promotion and a...

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Setting up a website can feel like a daunting task. There is a lot of new terminology and so many options to choose from. Even if you are comfortable with some computer programs, it can feel overwhelming and time-consuming trying to understand it all. When I started with my first website I didn’t know what I was doing. I was intimidated and confused. I didn’t have a step by step process (like the one below). It can be easy to assume that the process of setting up a hosting service (choosing a company that provides the technologies and services needed for your website to be viewed on the Internet) is complicated and time-consuming, but it’s not. In fact, I’m going to walk you through how to do it in 7 minutes or less.

Step 1: Gather Your Resources

To set up a hosting account, you will need:

• A credit card
• A domain name (if you don’t have a domain name, I’ll show you how to get...