It's always easy when you know and harder when you don't. So how do you make it easy on yourself?

I keep seeing people struggling with WordPress and unfortunately, the mistakes made at the beginning make it harder to move forward. In fact, they can have quite the negative impact that slows you down, and in some cases will cause you to waste time and money.

Here's my take on what to do to get started with a minimum of knowledge and understanding so that you avoid the pitfalls and have fun instead.