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How to Create a Personal Academic Website or Research Blog

How to articles, tips, and training videos for creating and maintaining a professional quality Personal Academic Website / Research Blog on WordPress. Plus advice on how to grow readers and subscribers and increase your academic impact.


Five years after I built my own Personal Academic Website, I started to build one for my wife who is also an academic. As I do so, I’m going to describe all the steps I take, and procedures I go through, so you can follow my journey and use my experience to help you build your own research blog or personal academic website.

If you’re not sure or remain unconvinced why having a website or research blog is good for your academic career, then you might like to read this article first. [Why you need a personal academic website].

Similarly, if you wonder why you need a personal website when your University provides you with a Faculty web page, you might like to read my article comparing Faculty Web Pages vs a Personal Academic Website

Articles and Tips

Why Build a Personal Academic Website?

  • How journal editors (and all academics) can benefit from social media – talk by Andy Miah
  • Personal Academic Websites Versus Faculty Web Pages

Getting Started

WordPress Tips

  • How to Embed a Responsive Vimeo Video without Plugins or Coding

Building an Email List

  • Email Newsletter Design with ConvertKit and MailerLite
  • How to Make a Feedback Form for Posts or Products by adding the Referer Page in Contact Form 7
  • How to integrate Ninja Forms with ConvertKit
  • How to Choose an Email Marketing Service for your Small Business
  • How to integrate Restrict Content Pro with ConvertKit
  • How to integrate Contact Form 7 with ConvertKit

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