An important part of blogging is social media. Once you build up your audience they'll want to follow you. This helps them feel like they get to know you on a personal level. They'll have a feed of things you're up to whenever you post. If you have any news about upcoming things than that's… Continue reading How To Blog: Social Media
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How To Blog: Setting Up Your Site
You've bought your domain and you're ready to blog! Then you realize your website is just a blank page of nothing. You're going to need a few pages to get started. About Page It's so important to make an about page. This page is all about you or your business or whatever your site is… Continue reading How To Blog: Setting Up Your Site
How To Blog: Picking A Domain Name
Picking a domain name can seem hard. Most people will tell you to keep it professional and use your name. For example my site's name is tobylopez.com. Nothing special or fancy just my first and last name. Now you don't have to follow that by any means. However there are some rules you should follow.… Continue reading How To Blog: Picking A Domain Name
How To Blog: Taking Your Blog With You
I currently blog on the PC I built. That means I'm stuck in one place. If you only blog 1-3 times a week it's probably not that bad. Since I'm doing daily blogging to show that I can come up with content on a daily basis it can be a struggle. I have to be… Continue reading How To Blog: Taking Your Blog With You
How To Blog: Hosted Vs. Unhosted
When you're building your website you'll come across two options: hosted and unhosted. I'm going to use WordPress as an example of this. You see there are two different WordPress platforms: WordPress.com and WordPress.org. WordPress.com (unhosted) lets you create your own site for free but you're very limited on what you get. You only get around… Continue reading How To Blog: Hosted Vs. Unhosted