Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Exactly How To

Have Your Own Blog Set Up and Hosted FREE in 3 Minutes or Less

SPECIAL REPORT: The How-To Guide

You Can’t Go Wrong Using

By Chip Tarver http://www.FirstContactSecrets.com

http://www.FirstContactSecrets.com/bloghttp://www.Free-Targeted-Traffic.com

©2005 - All Rights Reserved

With a Special Note from Shel Horowitz

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Introduction Blogs are all the rage today. Why? Because having your own blog offers you unprecedented exposure to the world around you. Now, in an instant, you can have your thoughts and feelings published for the world to see. In addition, thanks to Blogger.com and similar services, you can have your own blog – including web hosting - for free. Yes, free ... Host it on your site – or Blogger’s – it doesn’t matter. Yes, there are certain advantages to your choice of hosting, but we’ll leave that for another report. Some folks feel that blogs are even ‘a threat’ to customary journalism. Others will tell you that the very best info around ... is found in blogs. Blogs are fast. Blogs are easy. Blogs are popular. And search engines love ‘em. You can potentially get ranked higher ... faster ... through your own blog than through other optimization methods you might employ for your website. Start your own blog today using this report ... and in just a very few minutes you’ll be a part of the craze of 2005 and beyond ... blogs. Chip Tarver, Author http://www.FirstContactSecrets.com http://www.FirstContactSecrets.com/bloghttp://www.Free-Targeted-Traffic.com chip@Free-Targeted-Traffic.com Note from Shel: Shel Horowitz endorses blogs as one of many creative, ethical, affordable, and effective marketing strategies. Shel, who has arranged for you to have this free report, is the Apex Award author of Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First <http://www.principledprofits.com> — the book that explains how to increase your business success with high ethics, a cooperative attitude, and higher profits. Shel is also the author of Grassroots Marketing: Getting Noticed in a Noisy World <http://www.frugalmarketing.com>. This Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist is a step-by-step guide to getting the most out of every marketing dollar. Shel's own blog, Principled Profit: The Good Business Blog, is located at <http://principledprofit.blogspot.com/>.

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Table of Contents

WELCOME TO THE ADVENTUROUS WORLD OF BLOGGING..........................4

TAKE THE BLOGGER TOUR ....................................................................5

NAME YOUR BLOG................................................................................6

CHOOSE YOUR TEMPLATE .....................................................................7

WATCH YOUR BLOG BE CREATED ...........................................................8

YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY A BLOGGER!..................................................9

YOUR FIRST POST ..............................................................................10

WRITE YOUR MASTERPIECE.................................................................11

NOTICE YOUR BLOGGER OPTIONS........................................................12

YOU’RE NOW A CERTIFIED BLOGGER!!!.................................................13

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Welcome to the adventurous world of blogging! In this Special Report, these steps are broken down in the exact order you do them. Screenshots are provided with every step, as well as instructions of exactly what you'll need to do. Follow along, and in just a few short minutes, you’ll be the proud owner of a brand new blog! Ready? Let’s go … Go to http://www.blogger.com

(This is Blogger.com’s main screen … all the screenshots in this Special Report are cropped to save space and reduce file size.)

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Take the Blogger Tour If you wish, take the Blogger Quick Tour (I recommend you do this if you have the time). Then look at this right section of that graphic, and notice the 1, 2, 3 steps and the orange arrow that shows “Create Your Blog Now” … Author’s Note: The Quick Tour is not counted in the three minutes the title of this Special Report mentions. This is optional, but recommended … Click the arrow, and here’s what you see next ... “Create an Account.”

Fill in all of the five blanks with whatever you choose to create your own Blogger account … (you must accept Blogger’s Terms & Conditions by selecting the box that asks if you accept the Terms of Service - you have to accept them to continue) … then click the orange ‘Continue’ arrow. Be sure to write down your login info where you can find it.

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Name Your Blog Here’s what you’ll see next. Now it’s time to give your blog its title and URL names. Type in the boxes whatever you want to use. Hint: it makes great sense if they’re the same name (see the example in the box below.) If you choose a name that’s already been taken, Blogger will pop up a message saying so. You can ignore the “Advanced Setup” stuff in this window.

(You guessed right ☺ … click the orange Continue arrow again.)

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Choose Your Template Now the real fun begins … choose your blog design and appearance from all the templates. To stay in the 3-minute deadline, you’ll need to decide fast!

We’ll choose ‘Minima” by Douglas Bowman from the first row left (see the radio button filled in.) You guessed right again … click that orange arrow again…

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Watch Your Blog be Created Here’s where it gets really exciting … watch the graphic spin while YOUR blog is being created on the fly right before your very eyes!

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

You are now officially a blogger! Ta-Da! You’re now 100% ready to share your wisdom, experience, or just plain ol’ funny stories with the world. Yes – click that orange arrow again (this time it displays “Start Posting.”) Is this exciting or what?

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Your First Post Check this out! You’re almost famous! There are 2 ‘windows’ in the screen below. The top one is your Title box for your blog entry you’re now posting (the title people will see) … and the other big window for your actual message. Type in whatever you desire to say. Below is the blank screen before you begin to create your masterpiece(s) … Notice all the little icons and boxes (Font, b, i, etc.) too, which you’ll recognize and know how to use if you are comfortable with current word processor programs. These buttons have ‘mouse-overs’ – so if you rest your mouse on the icon, a little message tells you what the icon is or does … What you are now doing is ‘Posting’ (see highlighted ‘Posting / Create’ tab.) You can play with the ‘Settings’, ‘Template’, and other tabs. See what they do. The ‘View Blog’ is self-explanatory. One thing to notice, though … is the ‘Create’, ‘Edit Posts’, and ‘Status’ links. ‘Create’ is to write your blog entry. ‘Edit Posts’ is a way you can bring back a post you already published, and make some changes. ‘Status’ shows the status of your blog at this moment.

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Write Your Masterpiece Now – write your masterpiece(s.) Below is a very abbreviated setup message I stuck in just to show you, so we can keep our Special Report going till you post to your new blog for the first time … Notice the word “live” is italicized. Also notice that part of a sentence is now in color, and another is bold. Simple! Play around with your blog to your heart’s content! There are no apparent (reasonable) limitations to the size, frequency, or number of entries you can have.

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

Notice Your Blogger Options Now, notice the options at the bottom of this screen before you hit the ‘Publish Post’ button. You can let people comment on your blog – or not. You can adjust the date and time to your time zone, too. You can save your post as a draft to be published ‘live’ later, or just hit the orange ‘Publish Post’ button and you’re on your way …

Chip Tarver’s 3-Minute Blogger Set Up

You’re Now a Certified Blogger!!! It’s official! You’re a certified blogger!!!

If you click the “View Blog (in a new window)” link – up pops your blog and first post! After this, each time you post, simply go back to “Create,” write your new message, and hit the “Publish” button again. Simple! (And be sure not to lose your Blogger login information for when you go back to Blogger.com and login again.) Author’s Note: The purpose of this Special Report is to show you how to get your own blog up and running in approximately 3 minutes or less (if you skip the tour, choose a blog name no one has yet taken, your computer and Internet connections are reasonably fast, and you can make a decision on the template you want to use.) Even if perhaps it took you four or five minutes instead of just three, we hope this report has served you well, and you’ll check back at our sites at www.Free-Targeted-Traffic.com & www.FirstContactSecrets.com (and see what else we’ve put together just for you.) Chip Tarver, Author February 2005 http://www.Free-Targeted-Traffic.com http://www.FirstContactSecrets.com/bloghttp://www.Smoky-Mountain-Gateway.com (brand new) chip@Free-Targeted-Traffic.com