Blog Kickoff: A New Year, A New Blog
Hello, Readers! Are you ready to get your new blog off the ground along with me? Well, hang on because I already know it’s gonna be a bumpy ride. Even though I’ve been reading about blogging for over a year and have a “free” blog up over at Wordpress.com, I just was not prepared for all the trip-ups I’ve experienced so far, while trying to get this (plus another) self-hosted (NOT free) blog up. It’s really true that nothing teaches like experience. I will get to the typical problems experienced in the first days of a newbie’s blog, but first, I want to get those of you who are very new to blogging some resources to turn to for your basic training.
First, if you’ve never blogged before, I highly recommend you begin with a free blog, such as at Wordpress.com. Get an account there, and start blogging about a topic that you are very passionate about. You need to get a feel for how to navigate through everything from making posts, to changing settings, to installing special functions called plugins to your blog. While learning how to blog, you can go to the following resources to learn the whole business of blogging, from getting traffic, to a making money, to building relationships with your readers, etc. These were most helpful to me:
- Problogger.net–Blogging Tips for Beginners
- StevePavlina.com–How To Make Money from Your Blog
- BecomeaBlogger.com–Free Video Tutorials to Create Your Own Blog
Next article: My own pitfalls in the first days of blogging and how I coped with problems and found solutions…or have I? Stay tuned…
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