Business: Set Up Your Own Blog Free

Set Up Your Own Blog Free

Written by Jim Edwards

I've received a lot of email lately from people asking how they can set up their own blogs for family, friends, or business purposes without spending much money or hiring an expensive programmer or web developer.

Well, ask no more because I will now show you exactly how to get your own blog without dipping too far into your own pocket (if at all) and get up and running, even if you don't have your own website, hosting account, or domain name.

You basically get two choices when it comes to setting up a blog: host it yourself, or use a service that hosts repparttar blog for you.

Each one carries advantages based on your level of skill, experience and how many options you want to add to your blog.

If you choose to host your blog on your own website, then you can pick from a number of different options, including MoveableType.org and WordPress.org.

However, if you don't want to host it yourself, you can also go to Yahoo.com, put in repparttar 141779 term "free blog" and obtain a long list of services that will host a blog for you, either free of charge or for a fee.

Probably repparttar 141780 best-known free blog service resides at Blogger.com

Recently purchased by Google, Blogger boasts thousands of blogs on topics ranging from ecommerce to pet manners.

Blogger enables you to set up a functional blog in about 5 minutes and start posting your thoughts, rants, or family facts with repparttar 141781 world.

Log on to http://Spaces.MSN.com and find another free option offered by Microsoft's online service, MSN.

This service makes it a bit easier to share photos than Blogger, which requires a separate software tool called Picasa (also available from Google for free).

MSN's blogger service also seems to appeal more to individuals sharing their thoughts than to businesses trying to scare up new customers or get their links crawled by search engine spiders (another advantage of publishing a blog).

Why more and more people are choosing to work from home

Written by Sheridan Woodcroft

Copyright 2005 Sheridan Woodcroft

More and more people are making repparttar decision to work from home. Computer technology and repparttar 141778 world wide web has enabled people to change repparttar 141779 way they work. It is much more time and cost effective to work from home, not to mention an improvement in lifestyle. Imagine, no commuting, working repparttar 141780 hours that suit you and spending more quality time with your family.

In repparttar 141781 current environment of no job security and massive retrenchments, repparttar 141782 appeal of being your own boss and repparttar 141783 ability to take control of your life and enjoy a family friendly lifestyle, not to mention repparttar 141784 ability to work your own hours is a wonderful enticement to look for other opportunities outside repparttar 141785 traditional 9 to 5 JOB (just over broke!). Anyone, from mothers, high flying executives, mechanics, secretaries etc – people from all walks of life are looking for a better way of life.

When looking to get into a new business opportunity you need to ask yourself – does it take full advantage of repparttar 141786 fastest growth trends in business today? Are repparttar 141787 products consumable i.e. are people going to be using them all repparttar 141788 time? Who are repparttar 141789 products aimed at i.e. who is your market? Will this market continue to grow? What training is provided and is there a comprehensive mentoring system available at all times? Can I start this business without risk of going bankrupt? Can I make money from day 1?

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