Taking bold steps.
Well as you can see I have managed to pimp my blog up a little bit. The old one was fine when I first started blogging but to be honest it needed a facelift. The only thing stopping me before was my fear of the unknown. After reading the instructions and playing about a bit I didn’t know what the fuss was all about.
Which brings me to my next point. My distinct lack of progress since the initial flurry of commissions has led me to believe I need to step up my game to make things really work. Blogs are a vital tool in the Internet Marketers armoury and now that I’ve mastered how to customise the layout to my advantage I need to set up some more.
Whereas before I would settle for a free hosted WordPress blog with a domain name pointed to it I now have to plunge into a self hosted blog. The reasons are simple. Whilst the free hosted blog is a cheap and easy option it does not allow for the freedom to customise templates and additions.There is also the possibility that a free hosted blog can disappear overnight because the content does not belong to you.
Setting up a self hosted blog is much easier than it used to be. Many hosting packages now have an ‘easy install’ button that will automatically upload the WordPress platform to your hosting package. There’s no need to worry about how FTP works as a hosting company will do the work for you. While it may cost a little bit more to do things this way in the long run it will pay off. You don’t even need to buy separate hosting packages for each blog as you can get bulk hosting packages that will allow you to set up multiple websites or blogs under the same hosting package.
This is my plan for the next week. I will be trying to set up an independent blog based on a market that has already earned me commissions. Hopefully this strategy will earn me more money.
