Blog First Ask Questions Later

I stumbled across a very useful link in one of email subscriptions this week and put it all into practise to create this new Blog.This post is full of recommended resources to kick start the Blogging side of your business ventures.

If you did not see last week’s Carpe-Diem Ezine, you will not have seen a rather long link about creating a WordPress blog that I picked up from my subscription to Michael Dunlop’s site http://www.retireat21.com/

( I love this site because not only does it keep me in touch with young entrepreneurs as a resource for Teen Money, but it reminds me that he achieved his success before the age of 18, without a credit card.)

So I thought I’d give it a go myself and follow the “simple instructions” and set one up myself. Having recently found Hostgator as a highly recommended source, http://tinyurl.com/6fbn8b I found an excellent use for my first cPanel experience and created my new hosted WordPress Blog at www.dianecossie.com

I highly recommend the use of your own name as a website or Blog name, it certainly makes you focus on what core messages you are delivering.

If you are anything like me, and enjoy Blogging then you will pick up some of the best resources via TWITTER. I came across one of the best Blogs for layout & content I think you are likely to find, considered by some to be the best there is, run by Australian Darren Rowse, visit : www.problogger.net whenever you can. There are plenty of really useful resources for configuring your content, composing your about me page and with over 50,000 subscribers, I think it is fair to say he knows what he is doing.

Monetizing your Blog with adverts, links and resources with a WordPress Blog is made easy through Plug Ins and Widgets. If you type into Google “WordPress Plug In for …” something usually crops up. Hostgator have Fantatisco built in, so uploading a WordPress Blog is very easy.

Once you have mastered the file location and upload process for your WordPress Plug Ins you can then start to focus on one thing : TRAFFIC.

Finally for the best ways to monetize your Blog to it’s maximum potential, look no further than Blogging to the Bank, written by another young English entrepreneur, it just goes to show that expertise on the Internet has nothing to do with age. Check out his site here http://tinyurl.com/69sncs

For more about combining Internet Marketing & Networking marketing, visit my business website at : www.mycarpe-diem.com