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Stpehen Lawes teaches people how to create a blog for fun or business, and then get traffic to it.

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Starting a Blog from Scratch

January 26th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

My Newbie Blog is a learning tool. It is designed to help people who want to start a blog from scratch see what the process looks like in real time. As you read through the posts you will see how the blog takes shape. For two years I wrote manuals and help screens for a computer software developer. I have taken that experience and attempt to write helpful posts that will lead you through the process step by step. I will use a lot of screen shots (pictures of the actual things you will see on your screen) to help you make progress. Much of the information you find on the internet or in books about starting a blog assumes you know more than you do. This site could just as easily be called “Blogging for Beginners” or “Blogging 101″. We will work through the process here at My Newbie Blog step by step. Here is a list of the things we will do on this blog.

50 Things to Do to Start a Blog from Scratch

Before you can do anything on this list you need to get your blog foundation set. I suggest you go to GoodNewsDomains.com and get a domain name and a hosting plan if you haven’t already. For more information on this process read my article called Create a Blog You Can be Proud Of (The who, what, why, where, when and how of starting a blog).

1. Install a Wordpress Theme

2. Change the Permalink Structure

3. Install Plugins

4. Participate in Blogging Carnivals

5. Make sure your posts are pinging

6. Get comfortable with changing the code

7. Learn how to back up the code before messing with it

8. Add Categories

9. Add Pages

10. Get them to link together

11. Write helpful articles

12. Get good Keywords

13. Learn about site stats

14. Create Site Maps

15. Get lots of good links

16. Change the tagline

17. Add the right Widgets

18. Get the RSS (Really Simple Synication) installed and running

19. Open up and install an Adsense account

20. Examine ways to monetize a blog

21. Set up a paypal account

22. Put in a contribution button

23. Rename this heading “22 Things to Do”….

I am sure I will be adding to this list as the need arises. In the meantime I am going to start with the tagline and permalink structure in my next post titled 50 Things to Do to Start a Blog from Scratch - Part 1.

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