When you first create a blog with Wordpress, I highly suggest that the first thing you do after customizing your Wordpress Dashboard Options is to install these 3 Plugins.

A plugin is like a utility for your blog that does something.

There are programmers all over the world who build these plugins to do little jobs for them and then they share them. Most of them are given away free of charge, so feel free to experiment with them if you like.

When I first create a blog for myself or clients, these are the first three I install and activate.

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Thanks to the Download Squad for this great starter list of post install Wordpress To Do List.

Depending on how you’ve installed WordPress (manually or by a “one-click-install” that many hosting providers offer) - one of the very last installation steps is to choose a blog name and provide an email address. That’s where this checklist begins. Click on a heading below to get started!

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Your blog post title is probably one of the most important aspects of what you write. Your blog post title should have a lot of thought put into it before you publish.

Just as you can build a great looking blog, it’s nothing unless someone comes to read it. You need links.. you need traffic.. you need readers. You’re a blogger, it’s the stuff of blogging.. the life blood.. the readers.

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I found this post of 102 practical blog tips at Daily Blog Tips and it was good enough that I thought I should post a few of them. In fact, the first 22 to be exact. The 2nd one, about writing about what you love is probably the most important of the bunch along with using Wordpress as your blogging platform. Of my two requirements of my writers, one of them is that they “must be passionate about what it is they’re writing about”. The energy from that passion comes through in the writing and passed along to the reader. As for Wordpress, that’s a given. The whole reason for this blog is to teach you how to create a blog using wordpress. In my search for the best choices, the best options, the best marketing and ease of use, Wordpress wins, hands down.

1. if you are not, start blogging today
2. write about something that you love
3. if you are serious about blogging buy your own domain
4. make sure your domain name is equal to your blog name
5. use a short and easy to remember name
6. use Wordpress
7. use Wordpress plugins
8. blog with consistency
9. write at least 5 posts a week
10. proofread
11. proofread one more time
12. interact with other bloggers
13. leave meaningful comments
14. leave funny comments
15. leave the first comment
16. backup your blog
17. get rid of the sidebar calendar
18. choose your niche wisely, not too big and not too small
19. participate in online forums
20. put a link on your signature
21. use blog carnivals
22. content is king

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