A For Apple, B For Blogging

B For BlogA For Apple

- Arun Basil Lal

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B For Blog• Online Dairy• ‘Kind-a’ Website• Store of Ideas• Blah Blah Blah….

Blog? Not a website?• Interaction• Frequent Updates• Community

But What do U get• Freedom• Fame• Fans and Followers• Friends• Money, that too in hard cash!!!

Where to Start ?

Please Read:

‘Before You Start’ First…

Before U Start• Find Passion• A Mountain of Dedication• A clock with 30 hours• An Internet Connection that loads

Google.com in under two seconds!

Okay Lets Start• Free lunch? – @ Blogger.com / Wordpress.com /

[Out of Memory]– Good to try– Hard to find success

• Paid Lunch: Self Hosted Wordpress– @ wordpress.org– Total Control

Why

Wordpress ?• Open Source!!!• Awesome Plugins• Made 4 Blogging & SEO• Fully customizable & Simple• Gr8 Community to Support– http://wordpress.org/support/

• Globally Recognized• All A-Listers Blog @ Wordpress

Then What?

• Register a Domain– Domain = Brand– dot.com Preffered– http://tr.im/whydomain

• Find a Host– Start with a Shared Host– Or Host it @ a Friend’s Home

$$$• Register a Domain– $10 p.a @ godaddy.com

• Find a Host– $5.95 p.m @ HostMonster.com– $2.95 p.m @ a-just-friend– $0.oo p.m @ dear-friend

Where will Readers Come From?

• Google• Yahoo + Ask + …• Social Media – Stumbleupon– Digg– Twitter

• Word of Mouth• They will find you!

Press-ing ur Blog

• No Emails Please– But Email Footers Do work

• Social Media• Forum – Footers• Comments • Guest Posts• Shh.. Word of Mouth

Jaa..? Jargons

Now?

• Blog• Blog• Blog…

What did I get?

• Productivity – Saved lots of TV• Friends – Even in NYC• Brand – Try Googling Me!• Clients - Custom Blogs• I am not afraid of Recession• I am here

Who am I• Daytime Student – MACE• Blogger by Night – www.millionclues.com– Wordpress – Pro Blogging Tips

• Wordpress Evangelist• Totally Googlable

www.millionclues.com

But...…

You Said we could make money..

Where is the money… ???