How to Set Up a Blog for Beginners advices

• Shop around for a blogging platform that fits your needs
• Pick a topic for your blog by considering your audience and what you hope to achieve with the blog
• Choose wisely when selecting a domain name or blog address
• Use the tools and options to customize your blog to your liking
• Write compelling blog posts to set your blog apart from others on the same topic
• Grow your readership using social media and word of mouth
• Monetize your blog, but remember it likely will only provide pocket change when you first begin
  
  
  Select a memorable, relevant name: Think about your topic and audience and select a title and tagline that you think will appeal to them.
  
  Select a Platform (from which to jump): WordPress, Blogger, and Typepad are a few to consider. I’m not the one to ask about comparing these platforms – I gravitate towards WordPress every time. Problogger offers a great writeup on selecting a platform – it’s over a year old but still very relevant.
   
  Technorati: Once you get your site set up, go out to Technorati and claim your blog. Technorati is an authority on blog ranking. They track and rank your coveted incoming links. The more links the better your rank and the better you’ll be in search engine results when people search on keywords that could lead them to your blog.FeedBurner: RSS feeds and FeedBurner seem to be a tough concept for people new to the blog world to figure out. FeedBurner is the most widely used RSS feed distributor. What do I mean by feed distributor? Go sign up for a Google Reader or Bloglines account. They are free online readers of RSS feeds. When you subscribe to an RSS feed and select your feed reader, the RSS feed (or blog) that you just subscribed to will now be in your reader. FeedBurner helps it get there. It reads the feed from your site and distributes it to other sources. Those big orange buttons you see on sites lead to a FeedBurner feed where people subscribe. FeedBurner keeps track of your subscribers so you can see how many subscribe to your site. They also offer a decent, free stat tracking tool.
• Subscribe to Comments: Allows users to register themselves on any given post to receive follow-up comments via email. I very much endorse this plugin as it allows your readers who comment to get updated on your response or the responses of other readers without having to remember to come back and check.
• A Contact From – The contact form is a module that you can drop on any page or any post and it gives visitors a way to fill out a form and contact you. It is much better than publishing an email address that can be picked up by spammers. I’d link to my contact form plugin, but it has been sold to a person who publishes it in a different language now. Anyone know of a good one?
• Posts: I usually recommend having 5-10 posts written and posted before you go out and start “socializing” your work. By socializing I mean commenting on other sites, linking out heavily to other blogs, and participating in social networks to name a few. If you’re going to bait someone to check out your site you’ll want to make sure you have a good cross-section of content that gives that visitor an idea of what they can expect from you.
• Make It Easy: Make life easy for your visitors by offering an easy to find subscribe button.

ost Importantly – Have Fun when you making money!!: If blogging is not fun for you – I suggest you to stop doing it! Your dislike will show in your writing anyway. Enjoy this platform and the great communities and relationships that develop.