I've never done this before, so explain like I'm a two year old. I got my WordPress account, no theme yet (where can I get a good one?) and I'm looking to start a blog with my domain, www.uefafan.com It's going to be on the Champions League in general and just UEFA/Europe Games. What should I do, step by step?
21 Surefire Tips for a Successful Blog Launch Read this and then read it again. The key points; Don’t get seen naked: Never launch a blog with fewer than 5 posts. Make sure a link to your RSS feed is available above the fold. Put chicklets in your template. Leave highly valuable comments on other blogs in your niche. Include tons of outbound links in your posts Submit your blog to blog directories. Leave your blog’s URL as your signature when you participate in forums. Hope that helps
I agree. Also, if you want this to be a long term project, it's best to get your own hosting and domain.. then install wordpress in it (WP is free ). This will help you in the long run, it's best to start like this now, than move a blog after it has been linked to by other sites and indexed!
ooh other way around.. got it. I've got hosting etc yeah, I just never thought of using Fantastico/Installing WP into it.. shows how new I am, haha! Thanks for the advice fellas.
Once you get your site up perhaps we can do a link exchange? I have two soccer sites with good content
Sure thing. I've got a million soccer domains to use, going to try and get some content and sell 'em off.