Why Blog?

Posted in Blog Writing, Featured on December 24th, 2008 by Brian – Be the first to comment

Everybody is surrounded by many question marks!!!
photo credit: ePi.Longo

This is the first question you need to ask yourself.

Blogging can be fun, rewarding, a great hobby, or a vent for your daily frustrations.

Regardless of why you are deciding to start a blog, my goal is to help you make the most of it by letting you in on the blogging secrets I’ve learned over the past three years. I’ve started many blogs in this period - all attracting 500-1500 people a day on average.

I’ve made mistakes, signed up for a lot of courses and discovered that “doing” is a lot easier than reading an instructional book or watching a video.

So my approach will be to walk you through the steps you need to follow… to create a blog that attracts a significant targeted readership.

Just follow along, building your blog as we go, you’ll have a great one in a few weeks. Now that I’ve done it a few times, I can get a blog started and attracting traffic in a day.

But first I need to share with you:

DON’T blog because you think you’ll make lots of money.

It is possible to make a living off of a blog, but it will take a lot of work.

If you strike a chord with enough readers - the money will be there. Focus on writing great content.

So set aside some time, get ready to invest $50, and let’s build a blog together.

Bookmark my site, or grab my RSS feed - I’ll be laying out the step-by-step over the next three weekends. (Yes I work for a living :{ )

How To Blog - Free Video

Posted in Setting Up Your Blog on November 1st, 2008 by Brian – Be the first to comment

See The Whole Series Here:

Click Here to Watch the FREE Blogging Video Tutorials

Blogging - In Plain English

Posted in Setting Up Your Blog on September 22nd, 2008 by Brian – Comments Off

A great quick video from Common Craft:


A video for people who wonder why blogs are such a big deal.

Blog with Style

Posted in Cool Themes on August 10th, 2008 by Brian – Be the first to comment

Style is very important when blogging - readers want to be entertained, challenged, informed…

Remember that visual is as important as content. Type needs to be large enough to be readable and colors should be relaxing..

I came across this blog when I moved to Vancouver and was immediately attracted by the images and the style.

It has a great theme, and is very readable.

Remember to play with themes to find one that reflects your message.