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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Starting a Blog

Image representing Blogger as depicted in Crun...Image via CrunchBaseSo you are thinking about starting a blog? Where do you start? What is the best blogging software? What IS a blogging software?

There are many thing to consider when starting a blog.

1. What subject do you want to blog about? Are you focused on one particular hobby or idea - or would you like to have a blog that is more like an online journal? If you want to earn money blogging and placing google ads, adsense or other blog ads on your site - it really is best if you choose a niche market to blog about. There are many great tools to research topics for blogging but pick something you enjoy or have knowledge about - otherwise your blog will become a chore rather than something fun.

2. Once you have selected your blog topic - you need to select the blog software you wish to use. The most popular blogging software platforms are WordPress.com and Blogger.com. Both provide free blogs that are hosted on their sites. If you have your own domain name (myname.com) and wish to pay for your own hosting - you can also do that - it's just takes a little more work. If you are a beginner - Blogger is probably the easiest and quickest way to start your blog. WordPress.com has more template options and widgets available - but will also take you more time and skill to maintain.

3. Each blogging software has great step-by-step instructions for starting a blog. Simply follow the instructions and you can have a blog set up within a hour. Then your next task is to figure out about blog writing and setting up your adsense or Google ads accounts in order to make money on your blog.

4. Start writing.

5. Realize that this is just a basic article about starting a blog - for beginners. As you become familiar with all of the options available and feel comfortable with blogging, we will cover many more aspects of creating effective blogs and how to market them.
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