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Own Your Blog or Else! Easy WordPress Install

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:50:30 +0000

www.trishjones.com Watch this video tutorial and see how simple it is to get online with a blog today! Create a blog using free software from wordpress.org and get tips on why, if you want to become a serious blogger, if you want to make money with your blog or, if you want to control your blog, then using free blogs such as blogger.com or wordpress.com is NOT an option … You must own your blog. Here's why …if you use hosted solutions such as blogger.com or wordpress.com, they can delete your site without your permission and there is nothing you can do about it. Also, using hosted sites to host your blog means that you have limited opportunities of monetizing your blog because some of them don't allow you to make the most of advertising with say Google AdSense. Wordpress.com for example makes it very clear that it is against their terms of service to commercialize your Wordpress.com hosted blog by hosting paid advertising and will result in your blog being deleted. In fact, I've just been reading one forum where there is a reader called "Rainmaker" and he seems to have made it his job to report people who are commercializing their WordPress blogs and within no time, their sites have been deleted by WordPress. So don't say you haven't been warned. What you need to do is go to WordPress.org and download their free software and then upload the software to the server where you have your own hosting account, using your own domain name. Alternatively, you can use the …

What is a Blog?

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:17:40 +0000

live.pirillo.com – I define a blog as a personal publishing platform. Instead of having to edit a webpage by hand using HTML, blog software makes things much simpler and more effective. Simply log into the blog via the internet, type in your subject line and text, maybe add some links or pictures, and click the publish button. Everything is automatically laid out for you, and presto…you have blogged.

Twitter in Plain English

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:02:18 +0000

commoncraft.com A quick and plain English intro the micro-blogging service Twitter. Follow us www.twitter.com This video comes in an unbranded "presentation quality" version that can be licensed for use in the workplace. www.commoncraft.com

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Blogger Tutorial – How to Start Blogging with Blogger

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:26:30 +0000

How to register and join the popular and free blogging service, Blogger. Step by step and through to your first post. More later.

WordPress.com – Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Blog

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:36:40 +0000

Chris Abraham walks you through how to join the fastest-growing and most elegant free blogging services, WordPress.com. Go from the simple acts of joining all the way through set up and administration. Become a blogger in few than 45-minutes. Most folks only need the first 15 minutes to get you started. Chris is a professional blogging instructor. Enjoy!

Blogs in Plain English

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:49:42 +0000

A video for people who wonder why blogs are such a big deal. This video comes in an unbranded "presentation quality" version that can be licensed for use in the workplace. www.commoncraft.com