“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!