Getting Started in Blogging

by Sharon Hurley Hall

If you are launching a blog today, what do you need to know? When I started blogging there was no how-to manual, so there was a lot of trial and error. This free ebook aims to help you ace the trial and avoid the errors, launching your own successful blog without too much pain. It covers hosting, platform choices, free themes, customization, getting ideas, planning a blog, statistics, improving a blog, linkbuilding, blog promotion and advertising, monetization and blogging as a business. It also includes recommendations on key blogging tools.

38 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 6, 2009

About the author

Sharon Hurley Hall is an anti-racism activist, writer, and educator. Firmly committed to doing her part to eliminate racism, she is the Founder and Curator-in-Chief of Sharon’s Anti-Racism Newsletter.

In this twice-weekly online publication, Sharon writes about existing while Black in majority-white spaces, and amplifies the voices of other anti-racism activists. She has written and ghostwritten articles for companies and non-profits looking to show up authentically with their DEIB and JEDI content. She is the author of Exploring Shadeism, and the essay collection, I'm Tired of Racism.

Sharon holds MA degrees in Media and Cultural Studies, and in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.