Here is a digest of the posts on this blog that outline the Top Ten Steps to Starting a Blog:
1. Read other blogs.
2. Decide how/where you are going to host your blog.
3. Choose a main topic for your blog.
4. Choose a name for the blog, and register it.
5. Set up your blog.
6. Choose a [...]

In my opinion, this is one of the most important post-setup tools you can use to ensure long term success of your blog. Feebdurner allows you to take your wordpress feed, or content, and filters it through to feed readers, so that it can be read by anyone using any of almost 2000 applications.
For [...]

One of the reasons that I am such a big fan of WordPress is that you can customize it endlessly with plugins. Although there are thousands of them out there, and more released daily, there are certain ones you absolutely must have.
All the plugins come with extensive instructions on how to install and use [...]

There are many ways to bake a cake, so I am only going to cover how I got MY WordPress installed. You will be amazed at how easy it is.
As I mentioned in my post about choosing a host, mine is GoDaddy. They offer a painless method of installing WordPress. (I am sure [...]

I’ll assume you have:

Written your blog manifesto
Chosen and registered a name for your blog

Now you are ready to find a host.
Assuming you have a.com domain as the name of your blog, you have a multitude of choices. I use GoDaddy.com, but there are many others.
What to look for in a host:
Good prices. As a [...]

I’ll assume you have chosen and registered a name for your blog, and you have decided to go the WordPress route. Now let the fun begin.
You have, of course, read dozens of blogs before you decided to start your own, right? And you have admired a lot of these blogs for their excellent design, [...]

It takes a long time to set up a blog: even before the first real post appears on your blog, you will have invested (hopefully) hours of research and toil into making it the best blog that it can be. The thing is, it is just as easy to spend a lot of time [...]

Once you have decided that you definitely, absolutely want to start writing a blog, there are still some questions you need to answer before you dive right in. These questions will help you formulate your Blogging Manifesto. A Blogging Manifesto is a small contract with yourself to keep you focused, committed and motivated.
1. [...]

Cost: About $9
STEP ONE in the “Top 10 things to do when starting a blog” series.
Ideally, the name of your blog should also be the domain address where the blog can be found. That means that not only do you have to come up with a memorable name, but it should also be [...]