Blogging Tools
On this page, you’ll find all the tools I believe that you need to become a successful blogger. You may have seen on the ‘net that hiring someone to get you setup can be an expensive ordeal (I’ve seen bloggers spend as much as $thousands just getting a blog installed). With these tools you can be set up, by yourself, for less than $100.
The top resources, tools, and services are all compared on this page to make your purchase choices convienent and easy. If you have any specific questions, we are happy to answer them.
Domain Name
Your first step is to buy and register a Domain Name. This is what you are going to call your web site. the beauty of Domain Name’s is that they are so cheap to register. the other side of the coin is that if you dont get in first, someone may well register you doman name first.
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.net
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.info
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9.69
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9.69
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9.69
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2.98
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10.69
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9.99
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9.99
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10.69
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5.95
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We recommend Go Daddy as they will offer you up to 20% off your domain name registration.
Hosting
Once you have your domain name registered, your next step is to find a hosting package. This is where your domain name (website) is going to live.
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Bandwidth
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Data Base
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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7.95
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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14.99
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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100GB
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5.95
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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6.95
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We recommend Hostgator as they will give a good discount and their service is excellent
Website Platforms
Okay, we now have our Domain Name registered and have it hosted. The next thing we need to do is to get a choose a platform to run our site on and set it up.
| Website | User Rating | Admin Rating | Price |
| Joomla | 8/10 | 9/10 | Free |
| Php Nuke | 6/10 | 5/10 | Free |
| Mambo | 4/10 | 6/10 | Free |
| Forums | |||
| Vbulletin | 10/10 | 8/10 | $85.00 |
| Invision Power Board | 9/10 | 10/10 | $149.99 |
| Phpbb | 5/10 | 4/10 | Free |
| Blogging | |||
| Wordpress | 9/10 | 10/10 | Free |
| E-commerce | |||
| osCommerce | 7/10 | 7/10 | Free |
| ZenCart | 5/10 | 8/10 | Free |
Designing Your Website
There are many companies who will design your website for you. The challenge is how much do you want to spend.
| Website | Min Price | Max Price | Instant Download |
| Website Designs | |||
| Template Monster | $5.00 | $275.00 | Yes |
| Dream Template | $59.95 | $59.95 | Yes |
| Buy Templates | $29.00 | $449.00 | Yes |
| Forum Design | |||
| Extreme Pixels | $30.00 | $40.00 | No |
| Forum Monkeys | $25.00 | $31.00 | Yes |
| WordPress Design | |||
| CStudioPress. | $59.99 | $199.95 | Yes |
| StyleWP. | $35.00 | $399.95 | Yes |
| Logo Design | |||
| Logo Maid | $19.00 | $249.00 | Yes |
| LogoDesign Guru | $25.00 | $79.00 | No |
| Banner Design | |||
| Bannersmall | $24.95 | $38.95 | No |
| 20 Dollar Banners | $20.00 | $27.95 | No |
Monetizing Your Website
Now that you have your site up and running, now it’s time to start making some money. That’s why we are doing all this – right?
| Advertising Programs | Earnings Share | Payout Date | Minumin Payout |
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| Google Adsense | Pay Per Click | End of the Next Month | $100.00 |
| Yahoo Publish Network | Pay Per Click | Same Day | $100.00 |
| AzoogleAds | Pay Per Click | 15th Month | $50.00 |
| Affiliate Programs | |||
| Clickbank | 1% to 75% | Twice Monthly | |
clixGalore |
Varies | Monthly | $25.00 |
Amazon |
4% to 8.5% | 60 Days After Month Ends | $100.00 |
| Text Link Adverts | |||
| Kontera | Unkown | With in 30 days | $100.00 |
| Link Worth | 70% | 10th Month | $25.00 |
| Sponsored Reviews | |||
| Review Me | 50% | 1st Month | $25.00 |
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