- ISBN13: 9780672330650
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Want a personal or business blog of your own? It’s easy! In this simple guide, one of the world’s most experienced bloggers walks you through every step, from getting started to building a worldwide audience. Tris Hussey covers it all, from low-cost blogging tools to high-powered writing tips! Get this book, and get started fast–with a professional-quality blog that meets your goals, whatever they are! Build great blogs like these, the easy way! Person… More >>
Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro
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A recommended pick is Tris Hussey’s CREATE YOUR OWN BLOG: 6 EASY PROJECTS TO START BLOGGING LIKE A PRO tells how to build a great personal or business blog with no experience. From setting up in minutes to writing compelling blog entries and handling comments, this is a ‘must’ for any would-be blogger.
Rating: 5 / 5
When I requested this book, I was hoping for a book very different than what this is. The title and subtitle to me sounded like this book would be about creating a blog and then doing 6 different things (projects) to/with it. That is not what this book is. Tris’ word choice is misleading. After I realized that, I began reading his introduction. This sentence stopped me in my tracks. “After a short while as a lab geek, and realizing that at 25 I had maxed out my career potential, I left academia to go back to the front lines of tech support.” p. 2 Goodness! Maxed out at 25! I remember being 25 and recently had a friend who was 25. She thought she knew everything. She didn’t. I say that because I can see now how much I didn’t know at 25. When Tris said this, it bothered me because my husband works with several people who think that they know a lot more than him. Things like this statement come out of their mouths though they have far less experience and knowledge. Yes, I would like the author of a book I read about blogging to be very knowledgeable, but I’d rather read a book by a humble person, than a prideful one. Some people might read this review and think I’m pulling a needle out of a haystack. I chose to quote this statement because it was a good example of why I didn’t resonate with how the author wrote this book and his style of writing and his tone.
This book is about making 6 different types of blogs. These different types are the 6 projects–the projects are not 6 things you can do to one blog. Tris is a fan of WordPress. He makes that claim up front. But, if you use another blog engine, his advice won’t be very applicable. It isn’t very helpful for me since I use Blogspot. I don’t consider this book a beginning book about blogging because a beginning book would be much more helpful if it gave more detailed coverage of how to create a blog. Tris breezes very quickly through this part and he advocates strongly purchasing a domain and installing software to facilitate your blogging. I have never used such software and even after reading his description, I don’t think it’s really necessary. It’s optional and could be helpful, I suppose, but not necessary to do prior to creating a blog.
I have been blogging for a year and a half. I don’t blog because I want great stats. Tris’ assumption is that everyone starts blogging for the stats. Most friends that I have who blog do it because there is a small niche group of people that they want to reach. I review books for 6 publishers as a hobby, not for income. I have no desire to pay for anything associated with my blog since I simply do it for fun. I blog using Blogspot. At one point, I tried WordPress, but you have pay for everything–even to be able to use different fonts.
What was I most hoping for? Advice/websites to go to for widgets, fonts, backgrounds, etc. There isn’t any of that. He writes a few brief paragraphs about it and doesn’t list any resources.
I was also hoping for appendices with helpful information–possible lists of blog engines, sites to buy a domain name, etc. There weren’t any appendices in this book and each thing I’ve tried to look up in the index hasn’t been in it. That is frustrating to me.
One last issue. In the section where the author addresses making money from blogs, he includes several possibilities of how to do that. But, he makes no mention of taxes. What about taxes? If you earn money, then it is subject to taxes by the IRS.
I noticed that a lot of people like this book and I read their reviews. As a blogger who blogs simply because I enjoy it and not for profit or for bragging rights, I don’t think this is a very helpful book. The author’s purpose and his own views of blogging are incongruous with my own.
Rating: 2 / 5
im new to this whole kindle thing. but when i noticed the blog portion of the store i knew i wanted to create a blog of my own. i got the sample of this book just to give me some general instructions on how to make a blog and this sample didnt disappoint. thanks so much tris.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book takes the mystery out of blogging. For those of us who see that everyone else is doing it, and wonder how they do it, here are the answers. Vastly expands the community of like-minded souls you can connect with via the Internet.
Rating: 4 / 5
I am not a geek or a techie. I am a storyteller. Tris’s intro told me right away that this book was for me. He reveals early on that blogging is storytelling – and then he had me at “hello.” The book goes way beyond that though. I have read many books on blogging but this one really spells out all of the technical mumbo-jumbo I have had issues with. The book also is biased in favor of WordPress. So am I, so that was also a fit. And Tris, like so many in the WordPress community, really is there to help fellow bloggers.
Rating: 5 / 5