Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro
- ISBN13: 9780672330650
- Condition: NEW
- 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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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
In terms of the information content, I would have been inclined to give this book 4 stars but as I purchased it for the Kindle reader I have to include how well it conveyed in this format. Frankly, I cannot recommend that this book be purchased in Kindle reader format. One of the primary features of this book are the screen shots that are used as illustrations within the text of the book as illustrations of specific subject matter. The displays on the Kindle are so small as to make them illegible and non-readable. This can be compensated for by reading the book while you have access to an internet connection and full-sized screen but then that defeats the purpose of the Kindle which is to make the material mobile.
That caveat aside I did find the information within the book helpful and can recommend it on that basis. The information with regard to blogging should serve the average person without experience in this area to know how to locate appropriate free blog services and then how to economically move to a dedicated site for a higher profile blog.
Subjects covered in this book progress logically from simple to more complex matters. General advice includes simple story telling methods, how to introduce yourself to the blogosphere in your first post,and how to create an environment that draws people in and makes them feel welcome to converse with you and with one another. From there tips on how to build community and what the differences are between a personal and business blog are explored. Expansion into the realms of podcasting and video blogging is explored. How to build a portfolio to highlight your work in different areas is dealt with and then issues related to exposing your personal life publicly and finally how to actually begin to generate income from your blog.
The tone and pace of the book is light and conversational. The author obviously knows their material and has valuable insight and hints for the process. The scope of the material is fairly broad as noted, above so if you’re looking for a focused read on just the traditional blogging element then this book may be too broad. For the newbie just looking to get their feet wet and determine their options, this book material wise should serve just fine. Just get it in hard cover and save yourself the frustration of the Kindle version’s unreadable diagrams.
3 stars – 4 on content, 2 on format and then split the difference.
bart breen
Rating: 3 / 5
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
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
The philosophical question of the day is: if you don’t blog, micro-blog, or social network, do you exist? Certainly not to the multimillions, or billions, who at least read postings from blogging and social network sites like Twitter, Facebook, and FriendFeed.
Tris Hussey is one such blogger and is probably more intense about it than most. He is a longtime blogger, educator and speaker, and writer of blog related topics. His background and enthusiasm for the topic and casual, easy-going writing style serve him well in authoring “Creating Your Own Blog: Six Easy Projects to Start Blogging like a Pro.”
Even though online software tools make it easy for nearly anyone to start blogging those who want to do it well for personal or professional reasons will benefit from the guidance found in this book. Hussey is comprehensive in his approach: he describes blogging as essentially storytelling and is enthusiastic and inspiring about it; he gives a short history of storytelling online via simple to very sophisticated tools; he details how to set up, install, and configure both hosted and self-hosted sites; and he even shows how to make money while blogging.
The meat of the book is in chapters 5 through 9 where he details how to set up and maintain personal, business, podcasting, video, and portfolio blogs. In chapter 10 he explains “online life streaming” where blogs, micro-blogs, social networking sites, and mobile communications converge into a mash of running digital history in real-time–for those not concerned about their life activities being stored permanently in searchable online databases.
Managing all of this does get complicated and Hussey is adept at explaining the how and why of spending the time to do it well and right. The book contains information on intellectual property issues and Digital Rights Management, privacy, search engine optimization, controlling spam and abusive commenters, as well as examples of blogs he admires or believes are models of good blogging.
Instead of covering all topics in depth, he shortcuts by detailing better choices and practices from his own experiences. He provides express recommendations on blogging hosts (he likes WordPress best,) hardware (microphones) and software choices. His emphasis in such choices is on low-cost and ease-of-use options. There is enough material to satisfy those with advanced needs and capabilities. The mashing of blog; photo, audio and video posting sites;and social networking sites is especially worthwhile for serious online communicators.
Hussey writes from experience as one of the earliest bloggers and one of the more prolific ones. He writes with some humor and in an easy-going style that is easy to follow and absorb. The book is heavily illustrated with screenshots of blog pages, websites, and applications along with some graphic illustrations and photos of hardware. There are stylized “Tips, Notes, New Terms, Cautions, an Idea Galleries” throughout. I found many of the screenshot illustrations to be too dark or too finely printed to be useful. Younger eyes may not have a problem.
This is a very good book for those thinking about starting blogging for business or personal reasons.
FTC disclosure (16 CFR Part 255): The reviewer has accepted without solicitation a reviewer’s copy of this book which is his to keep. He intends to provide an honest, independent, and fair evaluation of the book in all circumstances.
Rating: 4 / 5