Comments on: Starting Your Blog http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Llama Money http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-6159 Llama Money Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:49:51 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-6159 That's quite the comprehensive list of to-do's when starting up. I'll second the need to link, link, link away in the beginning. Any extra readers you can gain early on will be huge. That’s quite the comprehensive list of to-do’s when starting up. I’ll second the need to link, link, link away in the beginning. Any extra readers you can gain early on will be huge.

]]> By: plonkee http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-6134 plonkee Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:40:21 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-6134 Definitely set it all up before you make an announcement here. I started writing and working on my new blog for about a month before I felt ready to let me regular readers know. I thought that some would stop by and check it out, and I didn't want to look half-finished. Definitely set it all up before you make an announcement here. I started writing and working on my new blog for about a month before I felt ready to let me regular readers know. I thought that some would stop by and check it out, and I didn’t want to look half-finished.

]]> By: vh http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5983 vh Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:09:05 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5983 The Aviva site is amazing! And its links really lead you to a lot of other interesting sites. Thanks for posting that. Do you really think you need to start with a "bang"? In the first place, if you don't already have a bunch of readers, wouldn't that be like the proverbial tree falling in the forest...who's to hear the bang? From what I was able to gather from Trent Hamm's series on blogging at The Simple Dollar, it looks like you need to build a fair amount of decent content, first so there'll be something that will interest a bunch of people and second so there's a well of information for search engines to explore. That seems to make sense & so it's what I've been trying to do in what I call the "beta" launch of my infant blog. Also, as Early Retirement Extreme mentions, I wanted to see if I actually COULD come up with enough ideas to write something every single day (yipe!). The other reason I didn't feel like I should try to leap full-formed from the head of Zeus is that I didn't want a lot of ads until (or unless) it looks like people are interested in reading what I have to say. But maybe that's the wrong idea...maybe it's better to dive in headfirst and try to max out readership from Day 1. ???? The Aviva site is amazing! And its links really lead you to a lot of other interesting sites. Thanks for posting that.

Do you really think you need to start with a “bang”? In the first place, if you don’t already have a bunch of readers, wouldn’t that be like the proverbial tree falling in the forest…who’s to hear the bang? From what I was able to gather from Trent Hamm’s series on blogging at The Simple Dollar, it looks like you need to build a fair amount of decent content, first so there’ll be something that will interest a bunch of people and second so there’s a well of information for search engines to explore.

That seems to make sense & so it’s what I’ve been trying to do in what I call the “beta” launch of my infant blog. Also, as Early Retirement Extreme mentions, I wanted to see if I actually COULD come up with enough ideas to write something every single day (yipe!). The other reason I didn’t feel like I should try to leap full-formed from the head of Zeus is that I didn’t want a lot of ads until (or unless) it looks like people are interested in reading what I have to say.

But maybe that’s the wrong idea…maybe it’s better to dive in headfirst and try to max out readership from Day 1. ????

]]> By: PT from Prime Time Money http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5953 PT from Prime Time Money Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:12:18 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5953 Good link, Mrs Micah. Thanks for sharing. Good link, Mrs Micah. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Best Advice on Debt http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5939 Best Advice on Debt Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:33:07 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5939 The 8th point is really important. Network, network, network to become successful. The 8th point is really important. Network, network, network to become successful.

]]> By: Aaron Stroud http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5922 Aaron Stroud Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:18:22 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5922 Aviva's 8th point is particularly important. Commenting isn't just important after your launch, it's vital prior to the launch so you can start making relationships with other bloggers and creating a name for yourself. Aviva’s 8th point is particularly important. Commenting isn’t just important after your launch, it’s vital prior to the launch so you can start making relationships with other bloggers and creating a name for yourself.

]]> By: RacerX http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5912 RacerX Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:20:00 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5912 Mine was for accountability as well, but also to give back a bit. As we started out on getting our finances together, we learned a lot from blog like this one. I also though technially t would be harder to start, but there are a lot of great tools (like Blogger or WordPress) to get you started. As far as money goes, it sure hasn't happened yet! But all of the top money making blogs were started by people that had passion for what they were doing. I have never seen a AdSense farm have high traffic! Mine was for accountability as well, but also to give back a bit. As we started out on getting our finances together, we learned a lot from blog like this one.

I also though technially t would be harder to start, but there are a lot of great tools (like Blogger or WordPress) to get you started.

As far as money goes, it sure hasn’t happened yet! But all of the top money making blogs were started by people that had passion for what they were doing. I have never seen a AdSense farm have high traffic!

]]> By: Shauna http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5910 Shauna Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:13:49 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5910 Accountability was number one for me when I started. I've found it incredibly helpful to be able to track back my progress and plan where I'm headed! Also, I've learned a ton through sharing and reading about other people's experiences! Great post, thanks! Shauna www.shauna26.wordpress.com Accountability was number one for me when I started. I’ve found it incredibly helpful to be able to track back my progress and plan where I’m headed!

Also, I’ve learned a ton through sharing and reading about other people’s experiences!

Great post, thanks!

Shauna
http://www.shauna26.wordpress.com

]]> By: Toxic Money http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5909 Toxic Money Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:12:45 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5909 Great post! The main reason we started our blog was accountability. We often say Toxic Money blog is our written statement owing up to our goals/debt payoff. We were also amazed by how much you can learn about your own finances writing a blog, and about finances in general reading someone else’s blog. We just love how supportive and educational this little “finance blog community” is. At this point we’re not looking to make money through blogging… we’re just happy to have a tool to keep us on track with our debt payoff and savings goals. We also love how inspiring other people’s stories are. All in all, we should have discovered the world of financial blogging long time ago. :) Let us know once your other blog is “live”! Great post! The main reason we started our blog was accountability. We often say Toxic Money blog is our written statement owing up to our goals/debt payoff. We were also amazed by how much you can learn about your own finances writing a blog, and about finances in general reading someone else’s blog. We just love how supportive and educational this little “finance blog community” is.

At this point we’re not looking to make money through blogging… we’re just happy to have a tool to keep us on track with our debt payoff and savings goals. We also love how inspiring other people’s stories are. All in all, we should have discovered the world of financial blogging long time ago. :)

Let us know once your other blog is “live”!

]]> By: Early Retirement Extreme http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5902 Early Retirement Extreme Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:04:18 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/01/13/starting-your-blog/#comment-5902 I guess I started [my new blog] with a bang or at least that's what I've been told. I have been blogging on myspace before, so I was not new to blogging per se. I have also started a couple of failed blogs where the problem was that even though the subjects interested me, it was hard to come up with something I thought was worthy of publication on a regular basis. I think maybe the critical question is: "Do I have enough material stored in my brain about this subject to write a book about it?". If yes, then I think or hope that blogging can go on for a long time. If not, then it will be hard. PS: Interesting idea about starting a network. Maybe I should do that, eventually. I guess I started [my new blog] with a bang or at least that’s what I’ve been told. I have been blogging on myspace before, so I was not new to blogging per se. I have also started a couple of failed blogs where the problem was that even though the subjects interested me, it was hard to come up with something I thought was worthy of publication on a regular basis. I think maybe the critical question is: “Do I have enough material stored in my brain about this subject to write a book about it?”. If yes, then I think or hope that blogging can go on for a long time. If not, then it will be hard.

PS: Interesting idea about starting a network. Maybe I should do that, eventually.

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