30 Blogging Resources For Newbie Bloggers
Having blogged steadily on this site for two months now, I’ve utilized a fair number of resources to help grow things. Below are my picks for the Top 30 sites/articles every newbie blogger should check out, and hopefully there are a few handy links for the more experienced bloggers too.
1. Problogger
2. Copyblogger
3. Daily Blog Tips
Starting a Blog
4. Wordpress.org (set up a self-hosted blog, it’s the best way if you want to get serious)
5. BlogSpot (if you really want the basic version)
6. Wordpress support forums (because there will be the odd bout of tears if using #4)
Choosing a blog design
7. Wordpress theme directory (free)
8. How do you choose a Wordpress theme? from Lorelle, with tips on stuff to consider (not just, because I love pink!)
Choosing the best plugins
9. My Top 10 Best Wordpress Plugins from John Chow Dot Com (who gets the traffic to justify reading this)
10. Top Wordpress Plugins For The Smart Blogger from Lifehack.org (we all want to be smart bloggers)
Writing Blog Posts
11. 10 Tips For Writing a Blog Post from ProBlogger
12. Why Some People Almost Always Write Great Post Titles from CopyBlogger
13. Avoid Bad Blog Posts With These 3 Writing Tips from Lifereboot.com
Networking, SEO and Promotion
14. Facebook (great for networking and with handy apps)
15. StumbleUpon (perfect for bursts of traffic to deserving articles)
16. Seomoz.com (optimize your blog to get better search engine links)
17. MyBlogLog (good promotional tool and community builder with avatars)
18. Technorati (a necessary but addictive blog ranking tool)
RSS
19. Feedburner (check your subscribers and stats)
20. Google Reader (read other blogs and get updates)
Stats
21. Google Analytics (in-depth stats tracking)
22. Stat Counter (more basic)
Monetize
23. Google AdSense (easy but not a high earner without considerable traffic)
24. Text Link Ads (referral link)
25. Donations (in the form of a popular ‘buy me a beer’ plugin)
26. A Definitive List of Paid Blogging Websites from DoshDosh (PayPerPost and friends)
Improving and Troubleshooting
27. 27 Lessons Learned On The Way To 3000 Visits A Day from PickTheBrain (informative and inspiring)
28. 10 Tips To Beat Blogger’s Block from LifeClever.com (something that hits us all from time to time)
29. 21 Tips To Improve Blog Quality from MakeYouGoHmm.com (”Don’t labor, have fun”)
30. The Most Linked-To Blogs In The World from Technorati (gives us something to aspire to!)
Was this useful to you? What do you think are some more essential sites for newbie bloggers?
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nice article, good information for me (newbie blogger)
July 4th, 2007 at 9:03 amThanks for the mention, Shona!
July 4th, 2007 at 9:32 amGreat collection of resources! Thanks for including me.
July 5th, 2007 at 7:41 amGadis: Glad you found it useful!
Maki and John: No worries!
July 5th, 2007 at 2:45 pmLots here…some of which I have managed to get to already…some I need to attack asap! Thanks for organizing it so well for me, just what I needed.
July 27th, 2007 at 7:06 pmThanks so much for the great links. I’ve just launched my blog today and have been surfing around for helpful articles like yours.
Thanks again!
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:34 pmGlad to help
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:02 pmHi Rich minx,
I finally moved on from my blogspot blog to an actual domain name.
My website is now: http://www.everythingfinanceblog.com/
Do you mind changing my website in your post ?
Also, do you have any ideas as to how can I still maintain my pagerank, Alexa ratings etc. that I had with my blogspot domain ?
Thanks in advance.
August 15th, 2007 at 4:05 am