How To Start a Blog for Ten Dollars
FIRST: What is a Blog?
Blog is short for Web-log. It is different from a traditional website in that it is database driven and is updated and managed online while a regular website is edited and managed offline then uploaded via FTP. Some benefits are that it is easier to manage, multiple users can post articles, no html skill or software is required and you can post by email even!
So now that you are convinced that you want a Blog:
SECOND: How to make a Blog.
I am not making any money from godaddy.com but maybe I should join their reseller program because that is where you should go. find a name that you like - like maybe your name or a related word with “blog” appended to it or whatever. I found HollywoodMovieBlog.com.
DON’T buy it yet!
Now find the link to “hosting and servers” then “Personal, Small, And Med. Businesses, or Click here. Now select the Economy Plan for $3.99 a month for two months. after you add it then you will see on the next page - Domains are only $1.99* with any new, non-domain purchase - so now you buy the domain you found before. Now pay for it all.
If you already have a website hosted with godaddy than you can do this next part also.
After you get notified that your website is ready, go to the “Hosting and Servers” - “My Hosting Account” then login again. Now in the column where it says “Control Panel” it will say “set up” or “Open” so click it. If you have to set it up go ahead and do what it says. If it say “Open” then on the next page find the link to “Metropolis” and click it then find the link to “Wordpress” and install it on the root.
Now you have a Blog.
Wait for an email telling you it is set up then go to your website. It should be blue themed and have ”Hello World” displayed.
Click login and go into the site admin part of wordpress. Add a post, look at themes, just explore and figure it out.
Make sure you go to “Options” then “Privacy” and make your Blog public because we want everybody to see it.
After you write a few posts then try to find other like minded blogs and post comments. when you do there is a field for “website” and in there you type yours. Also you can find plugins and such so people can “Digg” your posts.