Monday, June 9th, 2008
To go hand in hand with the last post, Setup RSS Feed, I thought it would be important to mention that keeping your readers attention is crucial. If I am going to return to someones blog/website I need to see something I didn’t see before. Keeping the info on your blog up-to-date is key to creating returning readers let alone trying to get them to subscribe to your RSS feed.
So what is your blogging routine look like? I try to start the week by writing 2 or 3 posts and only publishing one the day of. So I actually have a bank of posts that I can use to provide new info. I’ll admit its hard to continue with this practice but if you plan to have a successful blog you will need to keep a steady flow of info for your readers to read.
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Everyone has their own reasons to create a blog so I won’t talk about the topics or any of that crap here. Well I will say one thing. If you plan to make money with your blog, try to make the topic of conversation around one niche. I think there are a lot of people out there that are missing out on the opportunities that true blogging, not the myspace and facebook blogging, can provide you. So how do you do it?
Well the first thing is to have your own hosting account somewhere. Some examples are GoDaddy.com, Dreamhost.com, Bravenet.com etc… There are a lot of different companies around that will provide good deals on hosting and registering, but you need to find what best works for you. I would make sure your hosting company has built in FTP program so you don’t have to buy an FTP Client. However an FTP Client is much better and sometimes easier to use. If you have any questions about anything in this post, leave us a comment.
The second part would be to register a site name (example.com). Most hosting companies have this feature on their site, but you can also use Register.com. Then after your hosting account is setup and you have the FTP all ready to go you need to install Wordpress (or which ever data management system you prefer) by going to Wordpress.org/download. Simply follow their simple install guide and you will be all setup and ready to go.
Not happy with the default WP theme? You can go to a number of sites to find WP themes, however I have a few that I use myself. BlogohBlog.com and Themes.Wordpress.net. If you still can’t find something you like and want to create your own theme, you can try this theme generator site. After finding the theme you like, download it and upload it to your wp-content/themes/ folder with the ftp client you chose. Then login to your wordpress account and go to Design and choose that theme. Its that simple. Basic setup is complete.
In the next post in this series we will cover the things you can do to monetize your site and how you to setup your very own RSS Feed. Other topics we will cover is setting up your WP plugins, Twitter, posting and more.
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