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Personalizing Your Blog Isn't That Difficult

Your blog offers more than just space for expression. Besides writing on your blog, you are also able to easily update your friends on the latest blog entires on your blog or even earn money by putting up advertistments on your blog!

Your blog can be an avenue for exchanging thoughts and opinions regarding certain topics depending on how you set up and design your blog to be conducive environment for discussions.

The good news is, it isn't difficult at all to set up and personalize your blog!

Step One: Get a Blogging Account 

You will need a blogging platform for your blog. In order to get that, you will need to sign up for a blogging account with one of the blogging services.

There are many blogging services that are free or priced at a fixed rate. Weigh your options first before making your decision. Paid blogging services often come with premium feature, however, most people do not usually need them hence a free blog service will work just fine.

List of recommended blogging services

1. Blogger.com
2. LiveJournal.com
3. Multiply.com
4. Squarespace.com
5. Typepad.com
6. Wordpress.com

List of software you can download and install

1. Movabletype Free
2. WordPress
3. Geeklog
4. Greymatter
5. Pmachine Free
6. Nucleus

Step Two: Personalize Your Blogs By Installing Cool Free Resources 

It is very simple to make your blog as attractive and user-friendly as possible by adding free features that are readily available for most blogging platforms.

Blog Templates

Blog templates are "skins"
that gives your blog a different design or look depending on what you choose. You do not have to stick to the preset templates offered by your blogging host. You can find plenty of resources online that provide free blog templates so take your time to browse and choose one that is appropriate for your blog topic.

BlogSkins.com

These are just blog templates from a website BlogSkins.com that are only compatible with Blogger and MovableType software. They also have a featured skin of the day that you may want to check out from time to time.

BlogFashions.com

This website allows the site visitors to download or alter their featured templates. The templates, however, are only compatible with Movable Type software.

Blogmaker.com

Blogmaker offers tools that makes blogging more user-friendly. They also offer a vast number of blog templates to choose from.

Tag boards

Tag boards are small message boards usually placed on the sidebar of your blog where your readers are able to instantly comment on your blog and blog posts. It allows your reader to directly interact with you and other readers too. With this feature, your blog fans will have a venue to communicate freely. You will also get to read all their comments at once without having to go to each of the comment section of your blog entries.

"Recommended Tagboards!
1. MyShoutBox.com
2. Tag-Board.com
3. TagboardSite.com"

Spice up your blog by adding games or animations! 

Games and animations make your blogs more dynamic. Check out these websites for more:

Animation Factory
Gif Animations
Aardman

 

Step Three: HTML 

Blogs are made up of html codes hence the more you know about html, the more that you will be able to make your own adjustments to your blog.

However, do not fret if you know nothing about HTML because most blogging platforms are very user-friendly.

The Internet provides a vast resource for blogs so take your time to browse the Internet and do your research when you are building and customizing your blog.

Why do I care who David Husnian is?

The Shameless (but Ethical) Marketer 

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David, the creator of the "3 Pillar of (Guaranteed) Success", is a successful marketer who provides a unique perspective on marketing, Web traffic and copywriting topics. You can get more great information, free products and a free online Web traffic course from http://www.StreetGuideToWebTraffic.com

Books you'll wanna getcha hands on if you're a blogger! 

Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers

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ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

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The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging

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