New Bloggers Are Being Scammed

As a new blogger, you’ll read how easy it is to set up a blog.
Let’s look at WordPress. Their homepage says:
1. Find a Web Host and get great hosting while supporting WordPress at the same time.
2. Download & Install WordPress with our famous 5-minute installation.
3. Consult the Documentation and become [...]

NBOTW Will Set You On Fire

Have you ever noticed how some things are right under your nose, but you can’t see them?
This week, I encountered that problem.
I’ve been on my weekly hunt for my “New Blogger Of The Week” (NBOTW). I visited most of my usual haunts, did Google searches, clicked on dozens of links, got so deep into [...]

Blogging - Year One - Lesson Twelve

I couldn’t end this series without talking about making money with blogs.
Most bloggers start a blog with money as part of the equation. I did.
However, the truth about making money with a blog is often misleading.
Search online and you’ll find many sites, e-books, or “subscribe to this” that claim you can make [...]

Blogging - Year One - Lesson Eleven

The amount of blogs online grows by thousands every day.
There is no way we can read, or even find them all, but we try.
Over the past year, I’ve read hundreds of blog posts (possibly thousands).
There’s some good stuff out there.
In the beginning, I remember reading posts written by seasoned bloggers. I was often in [...]

Blogging - Year One - Lesson Six

Blogging helps us to share information with the world.
With hands perched on the keyboard, we wait for the words to travel from our heads, to the screen, via our fingertips. Like magic, they appear. Upon completing our “story for the day”, we hit publish and send our thoughts, opinions and life’s lessons into [...]

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