One of the first things I was told to do to start my “experience” was to get a blog. I currently use Wordpress for a couple of my blogs and I host them on my own servers. Not that I am that technical, but I understand it is easier to grow the business if you are doing your own hosting, instead of trying to move the site later on.

The great thing about Wordpress is that many hosting companies use Fantastico which will automatically install the Wordpress blog software for you. Once installed, just login to the wp-admin area and choose your theme, widgets, & set up your name, etc. It’s pretty simple really. If you need additional help, just do a search for “wordpress help”. And, once you get it installed, there is a lot of good information listed under “forums” in the admin area.

If you are new and would like some “professional” help setting up your blog, you cannot go wrong by checking out these clear step-by-step instructional videos that give you many Wordpress blog set-up tips and tricks. This is a great program for everyone from beginners with no technical knowledge to those who are more advanced and would like to learn some of the “tricks” of Wordpress.

I also have a variety of blogs through blogger.com, but they don’t have actual domain names, just the titles of the blogs after my hosting account name. For example www.hostingaccountname.com/blogs/nameofmyblog. Pretty stupid and, although they have the Adsense ads, I get very little traffic. I guess it’s because I was too cheap to give them cool domain names.

Someone jump in here and tell me if I am wrong.

If you are even toying with the idea that you may want to start a business online, you need to get a copy of Yanik Silver’s book Moonlighting on the Internet.

It is a great start and a wealth of resources. It has helped me a lot. For other books that I recommend (on all topics… not just the internet), click on “I Recommend” at the top of the page.

Later….

Tags: blogging, blogs, moonlighting on the internet, wordpress, wordpress help, wordpress tips and tricks, wordpress videos, yanik silver

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