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? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What’s In a Name?
Yes, a second Name post. Hopefully you have had time to come up with a lot of naming options. I also hope that you took the time to wait and see if you liked a name and gave yourself a while to consider your name. After all, you are going to be building a “brand” [...]
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 [...]
How to comment
Dee, over at BloggerNewbie commented the other day that some users who are new to blogging might not know how to comment or where to click to make a comment. She brings up a very good point that I overlooked. I know I had trouble finding where to click to make a comment on more [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
