Blogging Tips

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RIE Meetup Talk outline:

First things first:
- what is blogging?
- types of blogs
– journals
– news commentary
– magazines
– special interest
– clubs and organizations

The Discipline of Writing
- how often?
- how long?
- scheduling your posts
- guest blogging
- guest bloggers

Single or multiple author?
- benefits of multiple authors

Growing an audience.
- you need a mailing list
- subscriptions
- ping services
- Google sitemaps
- register your blog (technorati.com)
– RSS / email
- viral content
- link bait

Measuring Your Audience
- Google Analytics
quantcast.com
compete.com

Monetizing Options
- affiliate (PPA)
- eBay, Commission Junction, LinkShare, PepperJam Network
- advertising networks
– PPC: AdSense, Yahoo Publisher Network, Microsoft Ad Center (beta)
– PPM: FastClick, Casale
- direct advertisers
OIOpublisher, AdRoll, OpenX Market

Profitable Blogs
dailycandy.com
engadget.com
johnchow.com

How To Write and Publish on Your WordPress Site

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Tutorial: Using your WordPress-Powered web site

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wpscreencasts.com features excellent training videos for WordPress. Several WordPress tutorials that will help you get started on writing posts (news, announcements, or articles) on your WordPress-Powered web site.

Video tutorial on writing a new post in WordPress.

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