Popcorn and movie

One bag of popcorn
Parmesan cheese
Salt

Put the bag of popcorn in the microwave and wait.

Pour popcorn in bowl sparkle salt and parmesan cheese.

My how to blog notes part 3

Use twitter.com as a micro blogging subscription service that delivers text based messages via instant messaging and email.
1) Email lists
2) Facebook/MySpace
3) Respond to comments
Helps people know you made new blog posts.
Ways to help your blog show up in the top of the list on search engine.
(Google) www.google.com/addurl/
(Yahoo) http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
(MSN) Search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
Tips to get more traffic
- Number of times you use the key word
- Topic people will link to you
- Creat Blogroll links to other blogs
- Ask other blogs to guest blog for you
- Send other blogs content from your blog

Buzz.yahoo.com (allow you find posts)
Dig.com (like you)
Delicious.com (social booking)

Ad's making money
Google.com/AdSense
Amazon.com/associates
Publisher.yahoo.com

Blogging rules
1. Blog often
2. Perfect is the enemy of done
3. Write like you speak
4. Focus of specific detail
5. Own your topic
6. Know your audience
7. Write short
8. Become part of the conversation like minded blogs

Building community
- Create clear community
- Ask readers for imput
- Read and respond to your comments
- Rate and reward good comments
- Keep the conversation going
- Make yourself accessible
- Admit when you are wrong
- Nix spam
- Keep people in line

My how to blog notes part 2

First thing to do is choose your blogging service.
- www.blogger.com (good for first timers)
- www.typeped.com ($4.95-89.95)
- www.livejournal.com
- www.wordpress.org or www.wordpress.com (you can build or great with a team)
- www.movabletype.com ( $295.95 for five users or $99.95 for non-profit)
Other options is social media like
- Facebook
- MySpace
These also help bring traffic to your blogs.
More ways
- Tublerblogs (www.tumblr.com)
-Podcasts (audacity.sourceforge.net
- Vlogs
   Can also post in lots of places
        - build buzz
        - YouTube
- Photolog or sketchblog (focus on photos)
Set up your blog
- Template
- Header ( Your logo
- Titles
- Date and time (try having it say at the same time)
- Tags
- Bios (this is about me)
- Blogroll (links to favorite blogs)
- Sidebar (links to info on the side of your post)
- Photos and art
  - istock photo (small fee)
- Poll quotes
- Linking (Do on to others has they do on to them) you can hundredfold
- Comments
Sitemeter.com (Let's me know how many visits per day, week, and last hour.
Statcounter.com
Google.com/gnulytics
    - AdWords account
Google web alert let's you know when your mentioned on others on yours or websites
Best way to start blogging is to start and blog often.
Write it quickly and get it out there.