Jun 30 2009

How much can you make with a blog?

Well, that is a very subjective question.  I have been writing on this blog for 6 months now, and even though I have advertising on it, I have made $0.  Why is that?  Most likely for the following reasons:
1.  My blog posts are more informative about how to start blogging.  Therefore I usually don’t put [...]

Jun 16 2009

If my Blog has no Readers, Does it Exist?

Based on the “If a Tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?” quote, the title of this post may be applicable to many of us out there that have few visitors / readers.  This is acutally the main reason behind writing about something that interests you.  By writing about what you are [...]

May 19 2009

How to Set Up WordPress

You have decided that you want your own WordPress site.  Congratulations!  I hope you have already taken the time to read some of my other posts and prepare for your blog.  If not, go ahead and read them now, I will wait.
So, you have your
Domain name (World’s Largest Registrar – GoDaddy.com)

Hosting (Easy Web Hosting $6.95)

and are [...]

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 10 2009

Free Tools vs Your Own Website

What type of budget you would like to have for your blog, and what you are going to do with it will help make these decisions.  In general, if you want to make money on your blog you will be limited on the number of free tools you could use.  If you are just keeping [...]

Feb 24 2009

Your Blog Access Rights

Now you will need to decide who you will allow to read, post, comment, etc. on your blog.  Many of the software tools we are going to cover have a lot of options on who can access your site, so having this information thought out will help our setup process.  Why do this before you [...]

Feb 17 2009

Naming your blog

Ideally the name of your blog will represent the subject matter.  We can take the Blogmaster General website & blog as an example.  We went through many different names before settling on Blogmaster General.  We were trying to come up with a name that when people saw it they would have a pretty good idea [...]

Jan 27 2009

Starting from Scratch

What is a blog?  The term “blog” is short for Web Log.  A blog is simply a collection of short related posts.  The author(s) tend to keep the information to a narrow subject matter.  This can be thought of as a niche news article service.  It can also be thought of as an online diary [...]

Jan 27 2009

Are you already blogging?

Already blogging and looking for more tips / tricks?   Already beyond the basics and want to skip ahead?
I will give you a hand. 
One of the blogs that I follow has a on-going series on what to do before you start blogging.  This series is currently on article number 8 and has many things you should [...]

Jan 20 2009

Hello, and Welcome to Blogmaster General

This is a site created to teach readers about blogs, blogging and how you can create your own blog.  If you are anything like me, the word blog didn’t really mean anything to you until recently.  I knew what blogs were, but to me they were only a way to allow your family and friends [...]