Another popular choice is Google's Blogger. Section 1 of Wordpress Goldmine includes easy to follow videos that show you the entire process of creating money blogs, helping you cut short the time you need to setup.

It is tempting to start your blog off on a free platform, such as Blogger.com, and there is nothing wrong with that, just be sure it fits your business plan. For someone that wants better features then I would suggest WordPress.org to start off with. It is up to you, just make sure you are comfortable with your choice. Back to the Basics - The design of your blog must be a natural fit for your topic. But, at the same time you want to stay with basic colors and nothing to flashy. You want to make your blog easy to read, that is hard to do with a million different colors flashing around your blog.

If you seen a blog with a bunch of spam comments, then you know what kind of trash this plug-in will keep off of your blog. Sidebar Widget - The sidebar widget allows you to move other widgets in and out of your sidebar like a category list or blogroll. Very handy indeed. AdSense Manager - As the title says it helps you manage your AdSense on your blog. Comes in handy if you us AdSense. If you put these to good use I'm sure you will see a sudden surge in your marketing results. Mistake 1: Design A Pretty Theme That Is Perfect Most corporate or any blog about marketing will tell you to design your blog layout (this is popular with Wordpress blogs) in such play necrathlon as manner that it looks nice. Nice is a subjective word.

Do you have a hobby, expertise or passion that you would like to write about? If you answered 'yes' to any (or all) of the above, then you should consider starting your own blog-based business.