1. THE BIRTH OF A BLOG

2. Starting Out

3. Niche & BrandIng Identify Your Audience Personality Expertise Clear Branding

4. Branding Through Your Blog Logos Tagline Put a face to your brand Consistency

5. Pick a domain Name Keywords, not too long, dont use punctuation, use.com, Costs about $10/year Purchase and register through your host

6. Choose a Host Great Support Easy User Panel Reliable Service One Click Installation BlueHost, HostGator, In Motion, Media Temple

7. Choose a Content Management System It is Free, Easy to work with, customizable, blog integration, Great support, SEO friendly Others - Typepad, Drupal, Blogger

8. Steps to Setting up Your blog

9. Pick your domain name

10. The c-Panel

11. www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/

12. Choose a theme What is a theme. A Pre structured drop in shell for your blog Free Themes at: Theme Labs, Woo Themes, Dynamic WP, Graph Paper Press Paid Themes at: StudioPress, Elegant themes, PremiumWP Easy to navigate, visually pleasing, cost effective custom header/logo check out the theme demo

14. Installing your theme Appearance

15. Manage Themes

16. Your Dashboard Posts Pages

17. Add a Post Title Formatting CONTENT CATEGORIES & TAGS

18. Search Engine Optimization

19. Writing for SEO Heading Content Sub-Headings Photos Internal/External linking Keyword Density Alt Tags File Names External storage

20. ADDING MEDIA

21. Social Bookmarking Make it easy for readers to share SU, twitter, Google+ Facebook, Pinterest, Digg Digg. Add This, Share This Bottom & side of post

22. Plugins Google XML Sitemaps Database Backup W3 Total Cache Yoast/Wordpress SEO Akismet Simple Image Widget TinyMCE Advanced

23. Community Global bloggers Network Travel Bloggers TBEX TBU

24. Resources www.seomoz.com www.Problogger.net www.travelblogsuccess.com www.thinktraffic.net Travel writers exchange www.travelBlogadvice.com

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