You know, when I first posted about beginning this IM Journey, I mentioned that Anna Williams had to explain to me why to choose Wordpress over Blogger. When she told me the things she told me, I parroted them back to her in my “simple nutshell.”
“If you can afford to purchase a domain name and internet hosting, then Wordpress.org is the way to go because it’s rich in features that Blogger doesn’t have, it’s highly customizable, and has options and features you can use to get more traffic.”
And thought all was good. I thought I understood. I was SO VERY WRONG.
You see, in a comment on my personal blog, Anna said “after a couple of years, I think we start to take for granted that everybody knows this or that. But to be honest, I still run into people who don’t know what a blog is – let alone a comment!”
You may not have known it, Anna, but you were talking about me!
Ok, so I know what blogs and comments are, but only on a very basic level. No wonder people were saying that you should start with Wordpress! In my blogger blog, I had learned kinda the basics about blogging. Post this here, use a widget there, find a new theme…etc. My wife’s blog really impressed me with the way she figured out the themes and stuff and even that’s on blogger. But there was (AND IS) so much more that I didn’t know.
I think one of the main things I learned so far about Wordpress – it’s all about the plugins! THAT’S why Wordpress is so much more highly customizable and has so many features! When I first set up this blog, I was like “ok…so where’s all this functionality? Where are all the features?” I figured I was going to eventually have to learn to do coding in order to be able to take advantage of it all. NEWBIE MISTAKE! I assumed that what I saw was what I got. That couldn’t have been further from the truth!
It’s much like learning to use the FireFox browser, you start with the basic tools that will get the job done, but when you’re ready to start doing the cool stuff, you gotta look into the plugins!
This is real-time people. With the exception of the fact that I actually learned this yesterday, you’re reading about my revelations as they come! So in the interest of sharing my journey, and in the interest of helping any future newbie internet marketers, take note! I am just now (after blogging for the last few months on blogger) learning how to blog!
Know, also, I am having fun learning!
Tags: blogging, plugins, Updates, wordpress
September 28th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Yep. There’s oodles of plugins, and more being created all the time. Very similar to Firefox addons. I’m glad you’re having fun!
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September 28th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I am having fun indeed!
But there isn’t a plugin that will keep you from dreaming about what other plugins you can find is there? I just started doing this and now I’m already dreaming about it??? I just got up from a nap and feel like I’ve been working on this the whole time!
September 29th, 2008 at 6:21 am
I haven’t seen that plugin but I’ll keep an eye out. It’s a good sign though. A lot of interest and drive is always good, and it might be a make-break point for some people. That’s my opinion.
In any case, I dreamed all night about URLs. (Honestly).
Anna´s last blog post..Persistance
September 29th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Hahahaha, man, I think everyone starts on blogger! No problem with that, and it’s good for search traffic, but when you really want to make your presence known, you’ll move to wordpress….it’s just so flexible! Have fun man, the plugins are numerous, but only use what you need…as too many will slow down your blog. Right now, your blog is super fast!
But a few plugins are a must!
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September 29th, 2008 at 11:03 am
@Anna – the first night after I created this blog and then the afternoon that I took that nap I honestly was dreaming about finding new plugins and figuring out how to feed this to my site and feed that to my site and figuring out all kinds of weird bizarre stuff! I don’t remember half of it now, but I woke up worn out! lol
@Normal Joe – thanks for the encouragement! I like hearing that my blog is “super fast”. Though I can’t help but wonder if that’ll always be the case…LOL. So far I am indeed having fun. But I’m spending so much time looking at it that I’m wearing myself out! I think I’m beginning to exhibit the “habits” if an internet marketer that Holly Mann blogged about a while back!
September 30th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Hm… I wonder why all IM related and “make money online” blogs talk about “blogging”?
I know it’s the red-hot trend, but it should be like this… lol
September 30th, 2008 at 6:19 am
huh? lol….dude….I told you man, get that sammich, it will make everything better
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September 30th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Codrut – I have to apologize, but I really have no idea what to say in response to your post! I could answer the question, but I have a feeling it was rhetorical. What did you mean by “I know it’s the red-hot trend, but it should be like this…lol”?
Joe – you crack me up! Someone needs to create a contest that the grand prize is a lifetime supply of any kind of sammich you want…I just know you’d win that contest – on reasons of principle!
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I meant to say “it should NOT be like this” — there was a typo…
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Codrut – I had a feeling you meant to say “not” but I wasn’t sure.
I guess as far as I can tell, the answer to your question is in your subsequent line “I know it’s the red-hot trend…”
I’m a newbie, so I can’t really say…lol