What to Do in Your First Week of Blogging

[Jessemn]

On ProBlogger, Darren Rowse is writing a series about what to do in your first week of blogging. If any of you out there are a little unsure of where to begin - Or if you're just looking for a good read, check it out.

What to Do in Your First Week of Blogging.

[Mac100x]

Thank you for the link, very helpful!

[jadeslair]

Its a good article but he assumes to much and starts out with writing content. I think that setting up navigation is key and widgets, rss, theme choices, anti-spam, comment system...etc

[QuirkyJessi]

I'm sure it'll be a very helpful series. Personally, I've never been a big fan of Darren Rowse, but don't tell that to all of the Problogger addicts, heh.

[ChickenFreak]

Originally Posted by jadeslair

Its a good article but he assumes to much and starts out with writing content. I think that setting up navigation is key and widgets, rss, theme choices, anti-spam, comment system...etc

Sure, you have to do that, but at that point you're not "blogging", you're programming. Blogging doesn't start until you publish content.

[BarryJarvis]

i'm a big fan of Darren and the Problogger site, it's top of the list when it comes to my RSS feeds.
I do agree with the above poster that maybe he should've started off with a bit on setting up the blog - even if it was a covering post to just point people in the right direction.

still, it's definately a series i'll be following

[HungryWriter]

I love Darren Rowse's photography site. I didn't even know he was a professional blogger! Thanks for the link!

[jadeslair]

Originally Posted by ChickenFreak

Sure, you have to do that, but at that point you're not "blogging", you're programming. Blogging doesn't start until you publish content.

No, it is part of blogging, your definition is to narrow.

[lwelch45]

I like this series thank you for the post.

[Bloggeries]

First week, is write a bunch of good articles so when you do get traffic, they have something to digest. My $0.02 anyways.

Oh and don't expect too much right away.