February 23rd, 2008 . by Dr. John W. Horn PhD
Do you want to begin blogging? You will be able to express your own opinions and share information with the world on your own blog. There are many free sites that you can start your blog on, so how do you start blogging?
Blogging is not a difficult task and anybody with a little bit of computer knowledge and writing skill can start blogging. Basically you will be going to one of many free blogging sites, which we will discuss shortly, signing up, and beginning to blog. It really is that easy and anybody with some computer skills and an opinion can start a blog this easily. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 23rd, 2008 . by Dr. John W. Horn PhD
Do you want to begin blogging? You will be able to express your own opinions and share information with the world on your own blog. There are many free sites that you can start your blog on, so how do you start blogging?
Blogging is not a difficult task and anybody with a little bit of computer knowledge and writing skill can start blogging. Basically you will be going to one of many free blogging sites, which we will discuss shortly, signing up, and beginning to blog. It really is that easy and anybody with some computer skills and an opinion can start a blog this easily. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 11th, 2008 . by Dr. John W. Horn PhD
Blogging for profit involves specific knowledge of how to make money online, although if you are only blogging for traffic then you are guaranteed that if you link your website to your blog.
In order to blog for profit, or to make money in other words, you need to understand the principles of Google Adsense, a selling advertising space on your blog and affiliate marketing. You could also advertise your products on your blog if you have any to sell, but you will likely be doing the selling from your website and that is another technique altogether. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 4th, 2008 . by Dr. John W. Horn PhD
Start a blog
Seems obvious, but just start blogging about anything that you know something about. Once you have the blog up and running you can get used to the discipline required and develop your own writing style. As an example, you could start a blog about where you live. Just sign on with one of the free blogging services or purchase a domain name, install Wordpress or other blogging software and start blogging. Doing it this way means that all you have to come up with are observations about daily life in your town and write about them. It may not be riveting, but the point is that it gives you a source of material that you have to shape into something readable. This sort of blog may never get a large audience, but the fact that it is live adds a certain compulsion to write for it. If you were just writing for yourself without publishing it, there would be a greater chance of stopping through lack of motivation. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 24th, 2008 . by Dr. John W. Horn PhD
Building a Blog has never been as easy as it is today. With applications like Wordpress you can have your Blog online in no time. You don’t have to hire a coder like in the old days. Now your hardest decision is what template to choose.
Even though is has become a lot easier many people find that once they build a Blog no one ever comes to it. I mean, they set up a ping list, added it to a few social bookmarking sites, got some backlinks and put links on Digg but they find that through all of their efforts, they still have very few visitors. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 18th, 2008 . by Dr. John W. Horn PhD
Now that you have your Wordpress blog up and running it is time to do some search engine optimization. To do this I want to start with some settings located in your Wordpress admin area. After changing a few settings I will introduce you to a plugin and how to activate the plugin. After that I will talk about downloading a new plugin that will require uploading to your blog. The downloading and uploading discussion will touch on using two methods: an FTP client, or a website host. Finally, the article will also address getting an API CODE which is necessary for activating the spam plugin and stats plugin. Read the rest of this entry »
