Just How Am I Supposed to Get My Self-Hosted WordPress Blog Up an Running?

My new blog is here: http://www.noitartst.com/
My old blog is: http://noitartst.wordpress.com/
Idon't have a clue as to how to make it functional, get traffic, SEO it, use it to make money, though.
I was running a thread here: https://forums.digitalpoint.com/thr…ate-blog-traffic.2697485/page-4#post-18854541
Well, I was told to get a slf-hosted WordPress blog account, I've done that, and now I'm seeking to figure out where to go from here.
Just How Am I Supposed to Get My Self-Hosted WordPress Blog Up an Running?

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