2. Outline - Different types of blogging applications. - Advantages/disadvantages. - Choosing the right blogging solution. - Getting your own blog (sign-up or install) - Customizing your blog (blog theming) - Enhancing your blog (plugins and hacks) - Expanding your blog (podcasting, photoblogging, moblogging) - Promoting your blog - Monitoring your blog (sitestats, mybloglog) - Tools and other services

3. What are the different Blog applications? - Hosted Blogs (TypePad, i.PH, WordPress.com) - Remote Blogs (Blogger) - Independent/Stand-alone Blogs MovableType (MT), Expression Engine (EE) WordPress (WP)

4. Things to Consider - Cost of maintenance (free or paid) - Skills required to maintain a blog. - Features and functionality needed.

5. Advantages/Disadvantages of Free/Hosted Blogs - No maintenance cost - Easy and fast sign-up and blog creation - Limited features - Limited customization - Lack of technical support - Ownership and control

6. Advantages/Disadvantages of Stand-alone Blogs - Personalization - Flexible/wider range of features/multiple authors - Integration with other applications - Provides technical support - Cost is proportional to the size of the blog - Requires a little more technical knowledge

7. Choosing the right blogging solution. - Free Blog (i.PH, Blogspot, WordPress.com) - Independent Blog (WordPress)

8. Getting your Own Blog i.PH -www.i.ph http://yourname.i.ph BlogSpot - www.blogger.com http://yourname.blogspot.com WordPress.com - www.wordpress.com http://yourname.wordpress.com

9. Installing WordPress (the 5-minute installation)

10. Theming your Blog (custom styles and themes)

11. Enhancing your Blog (hacks and plugins)

12. Expanding your Blog (photoblogging, moblogging & podcasting)

13. Expanding your Blog (photoblogging, moblogging & podcasting)

14. Promoting your Blog (blog listing, blog portal, aggregators)

15. Monitoring your Blog (sitemeter, mybloglog, mapstats)

16. Tools & other services (Feedster, Newsgator, etc.)

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