May 5 2009

Setting up Google Analytics

Now that you have your
Domain name (World’s Largest Registrar – GoDaddy.com)

Hosting (Easy Web Hosting $6.95)

and are starting to write some content; if you want to see how many people are visiting your site, you will need some sort of analytics program. 
Google has made this cheap and easy.  The price – free.  The amount of work [...]

Apr 21 2009

How to start on Twitter

One of the items on the list from the April 7, 2009 post was to start on Twitter.  Since you may or may not have already started a blog, this one will be a good one to sign up for anyway.  Twitter has many other uses that just promoting your site(s).  A lot of people use [...]

Apr 14 2009

Dress up your post with Pictures

Pictures make your post stand out more.   One thing to keep in mind though is:  THINK AHEAD!!!
You would be surprised at the amount of time finding just the right picture for your post will take.
A real life example:  I had a picture I wanted to load for this post.  I already had made the picture [...]

Apr 10 2009

Want to do a test drive with Blogging?

So, you aren’t completely sure if you want to fully commit to a blog.  After all, you just read that it takes a lot of time, and you don’t know if you really have enough to say.  I have another option for you.  Beyond being able to set up an account on BloggersBase as I [...]

Apr 7 2009

Marketing your blog

If you are building your blog for personal use – IE so Grandma can keep up with the family, or so you can share your hobby with your other hobby enthusiast friends, then you already have a built in audience.
If you are building a blog / site to become a well read authority on the [...]

Mar 31 2009

Finding the Time to Blog

Now that you have your subject matter, name, and all the other parts lined up ready to go, and you are still jazzed about the idea, let me give you one more thing to think about.
Blogging takes TIME.
How fast do you type?  How fast can you write and then type it into the computer? Have you [...]

Mar 24 2009

You started a blog – now what?

So, you decided to start a blog.  You followed the instructions on naming and decided to start a BloggersBase blog as I detailed in my last post.  You have even written your first post or two.
Now what?  How do I know if anyone is reading my blog?
Bottom line, you don’t.  There are many options that [...]

Mar 17 2009

Starting with BloggersBase

Ok, I covered the Free vs. Pay sites last week, and I want to show you how to create one of the free accounts.
I am choosing BloggersBase as the first example because it is the easiest to set up.  There is little customization, and if you are interested in getting your posts out to readers, [...]

Mar 6 2009

Extra post about site names

Alright, I touched on the naming of your site earlier this week, and also made a post about it a couple weeks ago.  I thought I would share with you a couple of other websites who made posts on the subject as well.  If you are still considering your name, you should head on over [...]

Feb 10 2009

Subject Matter

Now that you know why you want to blog, you have probably already decided what you are going to blog about.
If you want to blog to make money, then coming up with a subject matter might be a little more difficult.  Different subjects are going to be more or less in demand and thus produce [...]

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