{"id":44,"date":"2009-01-18T02:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2009-01-18T02:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T07:42:00","slug":"blogging-101-what-i-have-learned-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Blogging 101 &#8211; What I have learned so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I signed up for my first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyblogtips.com\/what-is-a-blog\/\">blog<\/a> in 2003 but have not promoted one or fully delved into the blogging world until now. I have three blogs today: <a href=\"http:\/\/philvelez.blogspot.com\">Velez\u2019s View<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/centeredsoul.blogspot.com\">Centered Soul<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/fratcomm.blogspot.com\">Fraternity Communication<\/a>. They are all part of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogger.com\">Blogger.com<\/a>, a free premier blogging network owned by <a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\">Google<\/a>. You can also set up a free blog with <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\">WordPress.com<\/a> or pay a reasonable monthly rate for a more advanced blog via <a href=\"http:\/\/typepad.com\">Typepad.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Once you set up your blog you should concentrate on the look and feel of the site and post some content. Setting up a blog is fast and easy. Next you can promote your blog to contacts, family, and friends via email or online networking sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\">Myspace<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a>. Then it\u2019s important to join a blog network to see what other bloggers are up to, build online relationships, learn from peer bloggers, and draw traffic to your blog. There are many blogging networks. I joined three: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/\">Technorati<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogcatalog.com\/\">BlogCatalog<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybloglog.com\/\">MyBlogLog<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, you should bookmark blog info and web coding sites. Two of the best blog info sites are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.problogger.net\/\">Problogger.net<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyblogtips.com\/\">DailyBlogTips.com<\/a>. You do not need to know web-coding languages like HTML or CSS, but it may be helpful in the long run. One of the best places to start learning web-coding language is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.htmldog.com\/\">HTMLdog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are some incredible blogs out there. I will mention some in later posts. 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