Setting up my own blog was very easy to accomplish but I wanted to share some of the tools I used. The first thing is to decide what to call your blog. A unique but short name will help allow people to easily remember your site. If your trying to promote yourself and your career I would start a blog using you own name. In my case I wanted to blog about numerous ideas that come to mind so I thought it was best to register my own name. As I become more experienced in blogging I am hoping that this general blog will lead me into blogging on a specific topics of interest to me and thus start new blogs.
Once you decided on a name you have to determine if you want have a blog on your own domain name or use one of the many free blogging services (WordPress and Blogger and just one of many of these free blog sites). In other words are you going to pay for your own domain name and hosting.
I chose to register my name with GoDaddy.com and have hosting done by DreamHost.com. The domain name registration was about $10.00 with GoDaddy and the hosting was about $70.00 for a one year plan. I realized after I registered with GoDaddy that signing up for hosting through Dreamhost also includes the registration of one domain name. I chose Dreamhost for the hosting because they were running a special for new customers that provided for unlimited storage and bandwidth for the life of the account. Another reason was Dreamhost was a unique referral program that allows the person doing the referral to setup a discount that customized to the new customer. The unique referral program provides for incentives for both parties involved. Therefore, if you are interested in having Dreamhost provide hosting for your website contact me and I can help you get a discount.
Another great tool I found is BecomeaBlogger.com. This website is done by professional blogger Yaro Starak. There are 10 free video tutorials that show anyone how to register for a domain and setup WordPress to administrator a blog on your domain. These videos break the process down in a very simple step-by-step process so I would highly recommend this site to anyone that wants to setup a blog but is limited on their technical knowledge.
I am sure there are other tools out there that can help someone that is starting a blog. If you know of any please share.
Tags: Become a Blogger, Blog, Dreamhost, GoDaddy, Tools, Yaro Starak
Tags: Become a Blogger, Blog, Dreamhost, GoDaddy, Tools, Yaro Starak