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AndySan
October 13, 2009

http://www.theandysan.com TUTORIALS: Updated WordPress.com - Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Blog: http://su.pr/272FjV How To Use Text-Link-Ads: http://su.pr/1bKVcS PROGRAM LINKS: WordPress (b...

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TUTORIALS:

Updated WordPress.com - Step-by-Step Tutorial on How to Blog: http://su.pr/272FjV

How To Use Text-Link-Ads: http://su.pr/1bKVcS

PROGRAM LINKS:

WordPress (blogging software): http://su.pr/1R3xAT

Google Analytics (website traffic analyzing software): http://su.pr/1KK7th

Text-Link-Ads (monetization business): http://su.pr/1TkKI5

Google AdSense (monetization business): http://su.pr/2FLBRK

DreamHost (domain hosting and registering): http://su.pr/2BfRWy

I was watching a video by Jason of the MyArgonauts channel on YouTube (http://su.pr/1hQqbq) and heard that he was thinking about starting up a website dedicated to people in the JET Programme (http://su.pr/20bYWF), which in short is a program that sends college graduates to Japan to teach English.

Jason has been in Japan under the JET Programme for 5 years and came back to America in August 2009 so he's definitely got a story to tell!

The blogging software that I use is called WordPress. It's very commonly used so it's easy to find help for it through forums if you need it. There's also an extensive collection of plugins for WordPress that can enhance your website in many different ways. There are some that keep track of a certain date, some that display your website traffic, some that update your accounts with social media like Twitter and Facebook when you make a new post, and so on.

Since I have my own web domain that's not a part of a free blogging community like MySpace or Xanga, the options to customize my website are pretty much endless. Because of this freedom, I can take advantage of monetization methods like Google AdSense and Text Link Ads, although there are some free blogging services like Blogger (http://su.pr/2E3AD1) that you can use monetization services like AdSense. For me though, I'm more than happy with buying my own web domain.

The domain hosting and registering company that I go through is called DreamHost (http://su.pr/2BfRWy). They're a really reliable company that I have no complaints about. One of the best things about them, aside from their low prices, is that they can auto-install WordPress for you so you don't have to deal with its sometimes cumbersome manual installation (it might be easier to do now, but it was pretty daunting circa 2008).

Well, that should give you guys an idea of what running a blog is about. If you want a more in-depth article, check out the links I mentioned earlier as well as the following posts by Steve Pavlina:

How To Make Money From Your Blog: http://su.pr/24bBe4

How to Build a High-Traffic Web Site (or Blog): http://su.pr/7HfPnJ

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