This post is so great, if you would like to show someone basic steps of blogging this is it. It is even more that i you can handle for start. Many great tips, most of them i knew before, some of them are totally new also for me. If you start with blogging try to read whole post and learn on other people experience.

Over the past couple of days, I’ve invested a substantial amount of time in my blog to turn it into a website. The majority of the investment was time, along with a couple dollars here and there to secure logos and headers. Here’s what I learned about spending your time wisely, investing money in your blog, and making money from your blog. Hopefully fellow bloggers will find these tips useful, and pass them on.

Time

1. Write high quality content
2. Develop a posting pace that you’re comfortable with
3. Customize your theme
4. Read Other people’s Blogs
5. Communicate With Other Bloggers and Your Readers
6. Read Newspapers, Newsletter, Books, and Magazines
7. Validate Your X-HTML Markup.
8. Optimize Your Images
9. Optimize Your Permalinks for SEO
10. Speed Up your loading times
11. What’s your Site Report Card?

Money

1. Translate your blog into different languages
2. Pay a designer to make structural changes within your blog
3. Pay-Per-Click Advertising
4. Think Expansion
5. Market Your Blog

Making Money from your Blog

1. Primary Income Sources
2. Secondary Income Sources

How to Invest Time and Money in Your Blog