HOW-TO Set Up Your Own BLOG and RSS Feed In Less Than 5
Minutes...
I have a quick question to ask you... "do you know How-To set up
your own BLOG and RSS Feed so you Too can take advantage of all
the benefits Blogs and RSS(Real Simple Syndication) have to
offer you and your business?"
If you answered NO, your not alone.
I didn't either at one time, but that didn't stop me from
finding out How-To on my own.
So basically, what I'm trying to say is by the time you finish
reading this article you'll be a master at setting up your own
Blogs and RSS Feeds in a matter of minutes by simply following
my simple 'Step-by-Step' instructions below.
With that said, Buckle Up, put your thinking cap on, grab
yourself a beverage and get ready to learn...
"HOW-TO Set Up Your Own BLOG and RSS Feed In Less Than 5
Minutes..."
Know lets go to Step #1.
Step #1. Go set-up an account with Blogger.com.
This is probably the easiest part of all, which is simply
setting up an Blogger.com account at http://www.blogger.com.
Go there right now. It will take you to Blogger.com's homepage.
Once there, you'll see an orange arrow pointing to the right
that says..."Create Your Blog Now" ... click on it.
That's Step #1.
Step #2. Creating your account with Blogger.com.
If you thought Step #1 was easy than Step #2 will be a breeze.
Simply select a Username and Password that you'll remember
followed by your Email Address.(You don't have to use your
primary email address, you can use a Free web-based email
account like Hotmail or Yahoo! if you like. Your choice.)
Then check the box that says "I accept the Terms of Service".
Now proceed by clicking on the orange arrow that says...
"Continue".
That's Step #2.
Step #3. Naming your Blog.(Very IMPORTANT!)
Now, depending on what your Blog is about your going to want to
use your target 'Keywords' within the name of your Blog, its
description and the URL.
And there's a good reason for this simply because this is what
the Search Engine spiders are going to see first.
They'll first see them within your Blog name which is at the top
of your Blog that your visitors see, they'll see them within
your description of your Blog and then they'll see them within
your Blog URL that you choose.
Why is this SOoooo important?
By using your 'Target Keywords' within those areas I just
outlined, thats what the SE's will use to index your Blog under
so when someone does a search for those target keywords, guess
whose Blog will pop-up within the results depending on your
competition?
That's right, Yours!
The SE's will also use those area's I outlined for your SE
listing within there results index.
Here's an example for a quick 'Case-Study' for you.
This is one of my Blogs I have.
Go to: http://internet-marketing-tactics.blogspot.com
You'll notice my Blog title, description and URL all have the
'Keyword Phrase'... Internet Marketing Tactic.
To take this a step further, I want you to go visit these search
engines MSN, Yahoo! and AlltheWeb and type in "internet
marketing tactics" within there search boxes so you can see
where my Blog sits within those SE's so you can see the
importance of having your Target keywords within those area's I
mentioned earlier.
MSN http://www.msn.com
Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com
AlltheWeb http://www.alltheweb.com
In the MSN SE results my Blog is #1 for that keyword phrase, in
Yahoo! I'm #11(not bad) and in AlltheWeb I'm #18.
Of course these positions will very in time but just as long as
you get the point of WHY you need to use your Target keywords
within those 3 areas.
Lets move on.
Now, your last step for Step #3 is to simply type in the
'Verification Code'.
Once you've done that, click on the orange arrow below that
says... "Continue".
Step #4. Choosing your template.
If everything went well in Step #3 and that Blog name you chose
isn't taken you should be looking at a bunch of Blog templates
Blogger.com offers.
Simply select the one you like most and then click "Continue".
CONGRATULATIONS!
You just created your first Blog and completed Step #4.
You should now be looking at an orange arrow that says... "Start
Posting". Click on it and it'll take you to where you can start
posting whatever it is you want.
Now that you have set-up your Blog your probably wondering...
"where does RSS fit into this formula?"
Step #5. Locating your RSS Feed URL.
What can I say, I always leave the Best for last.
Assuming your still within the Blogger.com 'Posting' area you'll
notice a bunch of tabs at the top labelled, Posting, Settings,
Template and View Blog.
Click on the 'Settings' tab.
This will take you to a sub-menu with a bunch of other options.
Out of all those options click on the one that says... "Site
Feed".
And there it is.
It should look something like this:
http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/atom.xml
This is the URL you'll want to use to promote your RSS Feed with
to the RSS search engines and directories so that everytime you
make a post, the RSS SE's and directories will be
'Automatically' notified and updated with your latest
information bringing your Blog more exposure to your target
audience.
That about sums it up for this tutorial, but, just before I go
I'll leave you with a few articles I wrote earlier on RSS
promotion to help you get the Most out of your Blogs and RSS
Feeds.
Here are the links:
http://www.internetwondersezine.com/article_13.html
http://www.internetwondersezine.com/article_14.html
http://www.internetwondersezine.com/article_16.html
Now that you are armed with this information that I just
revealed to you, you should have no problem setting up and
getting the MOST out of your Blogs and RSS Feeds.