This article is from Inquisitr.

“But it’s hard! I don’t know how to use FTP! CHMOD?!?! php is confusing! what’s CSS? These are all typical arguments I’ve heard from people in the past when arguing against setting up their own blog under their own URL on a server. We know that setting up a blog on Blogger or WordPress.com is easy, but it doesn’t match a blog under your own name, where you control every aspect. Naturally it helps that you’re not afraid to try, and sometimes fail along the way, but anyone can do it.” Read rest of article.

This article is from Inquisitr.

“In our Blogging 101 series we covered a range of areas you’d need to look at while setting up a blog, but there’s one small thing that can help with looks and branding: a logo. A logo for your blog is a key part of your branding. A logo helps the name of your blog stand out and become more memorable to those who visit it.

In an ideal world, we’d all have the money to go out and get a designer to do a logo for us, but we don’t live in an ideal world. Further, while a logo should be on your list of things for your blog, it shouldn’t be necessarily a top priority either.” Read rest of article.

This article is from Twittip.com

“One way to get people to visit your Twitter page is to promote it on your blog or website. I do. When people – especially twitterers – visit your blog, they are directed to your Twitter site as well if your blog has button asking people to follow you on Twitter. Having a twitter widget is useful if your blog readers want to read your twitterings without visiting Twitter. If people want to visit Twitter to see what it has to offer, they can click on your twitscoop icon on your web page.” Read rest of article.

The best way to get traffic to your blog is by using free promotional methods. The key is to have something on your blog worth checking out once visitors get there.

Start out by joining all the forums, and social networks in your niche. The first thing to do is find out where your blog link is allowed, and don’t forget to post your blog link in your signature as well. Once this is done, take some time each day to make posts. Eventually people will start considering you an expert, and gladly check out your site.

Next it is important to start submitting your blog posts as articles to free article directories. The free article directories will help promote your blog by distributing the articles to thousands of resources, which will also get your blog, and your article higher search engine ranking at the same time.

Finally start to collect email addresses and setup your blog for RSS feeds. Allow the membership to enjoy your blog in the comfort of their inbox by choosing the option on your blog software to email the blog post every time a new one goes up. This will be a way to attract daily traffic to your blog for free, and keep the traffic you receive from your expert forum posting coming back.

Blogging is really all about syndication – getting other people to pick up, view, and use your feed on their sites and blog readers. (How do I get people to subscribe to my blog.) You want people to subscribe to your feed – not to bookmark and read the blog.