Getting Started

I've recently converted all of my WordPress sites into tightly niched social networking sites. Which I'm hoping will be more successful than just a blog. I'm hoping these sites can be a myspace for each particular niche.

The hard part is, getting things rolling. I have the sites built and I have a ton of content, but I just don't have warm bodies. Right now if you visit the site, it looks busy, until you go to the message board. Nothing happening.  read more »

Ok so you've got your site up, you're about 1% of the way there. Most people have no clue how much time and effort it takes to keep your blog alive and kicking. Sure you have to post information, which can get extremely challenging after only a few short months.

There are things you need to do on a daily basis:  read more »

Guy Kawasaki did a very interesting thing. He grabbed a panel of six high school and college kids and asked them about the internet, myspace, email, cell phones, video games, blogs, wikis, rss, advertising, etc.

You can watch it here http://www.veotag.com/player/?u=wgcqpthubc. It is extremely interesting. Especially for me, since several of my sites are for younger audiences. Check it out.

When you start blogging, you have several choices of content management systems to choose from. Not to mention, the endless amount of click and build blog networks.

Some of your blogging choices are:

Drupal - http://drupal.org
Word Press - http://wordpress.org
Expression Engine/PMachine - http://www.pmachine.com/
TextPattern - http://www.textpattern.com/
Subdreamer - http://www.subdreamer.com
MovableType - http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/
Nucleus CMS - http://nucleuscms.org  read more »

This is just a quick overview of the steps you need to take when starting a new blog.

Research keywords using Wordtracker
Research ads on Overture
Buy a domain. Wait until the DNS resolves
Login to Cpanel
Create a subdomain (test.test.com)
Create an add on domain point it to subdomain you just created (test.com)
Click on Fantastcio
Click on WordPress, new installation
Point it to test.com
Fill in user info (Keep track of what you enter)
Finish installation
Copy theme and plugins
Login to wpadmin activate theme
Copy ping list
Setup your permalink structure  read more »