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It may seem strange for me to tell you don't promote your new blog in any way but that's exactly what I will do in this post.Don't share your new blog with your Friends on Facebook and Twitter, don't email your contacts or tell anyone online or offline about it.

Why ?

The key here is the words "New Blog".

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Why You Should Never Promote A New Blog !

By Paul Crowe → Friday, June 27, 2014

Tumblr is a simple blogging platform for those that want to share everything from media like pictures and video to short posts and full traditional blog posts.Sharing is a keyword when it comes to Tumblr as it can be used as almost a Blogging Social Network.That's probably were Tumblr differs from the Big Two of Blogging namely Blogger and Wordpress.

Starting your blog is easy and free, the post editor is friendly and uncluttered and there is a wide range of free and paid themes to get the right look for your blog.From your Tumblr dashboard you can also follow other blogs you like and other Tumblr's can follow your latest posts.And when you find some posts you really like from the Tumblr community you can use the ReBlog option to share them on your blog.

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How To Start A Blog On Tumblr In 5 Easy Steps

By Paul Crowe → Friday, May 23, 2014

So in recent posts we have covered starting a free blog on Blogger and start a free blog on WordPress.Com and now we will look at starting a self hosted blog on Wordpress.

There is a huge difference between Self Hosted WordPress blogs and free WordPress blogs.With a self hosted Wordpress you have complete control with no limits or restrictions.For this you will have to acquire Hosting and a Custom Domain name both of which have a charge attached.

A domain will set you back in the region of $10 per year, many are

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How To Start A Self Hosted Blog On WordPress

By Paul Crowe → Wednesday, May 21, 2014

OK you may have looked through our guide on starting a blog and your options when it comes to were should you start your blog ?.If your reading this post you have choose to go with the free WordPress option.

It is very important to know the difference between Free Wordpress and Self Hosted (Paid) Wordpress before you start.Free Wordpress is limited, in comparison to Self Hosted extremely limited.That said it is just fine for a personal blog but anything else you should look at your options.

Getting started on Wordpress takes just a few minutes.

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How To Start A Free Blog On WordPress.Com

By Paul Crowe → Tuesday, May 20, 2014

If you have chosen Blogger as the platform for your blog getting started is quiet straight forward.In fact you can have your blog live on the web in just a few minutes.However there are a few important steps you should take your time with.

First up Blogger is owned by Google so if you already have a Google account (This would be a Gmail, YouTube, Google+ account etc..) you can actually log in and start with that account.If you don't have a Google account you will create one as your are signing up with Blogger.

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How To Start A Free Blog On Blogger

By Paul Crowe → Monday, May 19, 2014