Hi, I am completely new to the world of blogging.. My dad has been a fighter pilot for over 30 years and fought 3 wars.. He now wants to put down his life experiences on paper, so that the world can learn from it.. He has been judged as one of the finest fighter pilot's the Indian Airforce has ever had.. He has retired now.. So, how do you guys think he should start... Looking forward to really hearing from you guys and helping me out over here... If it could earn him some money, that would be great as well .. As you know what pention the govt pays to people who have fought the toughest battles to safeguard their country.
Its not a big deal to start a blog really. He just need a hosting with wordpress on in and start writing his experiences. Blogging was made for the purpose of writing like a diary. So first get a hosting with wordpress and start blogging away. If you want to make money with it, consider joining adsense or affiliate networks.
Hi, Thanks for your response.. he is not very computer or tech savvy .. So, which one is easier .... blogger or wordpress
To start blog is not tuff work. You can do it easily step by step. I have done my blog with step by step. do not worry and start your work good luck.
hey guys .... thanks for all the info.. Please give me all the info you can.. How can he earn some money from his blog?
hi as you said that your father is a pilot and he must have experienced a lot of tuffest situation so he can start blooging there is no big deal but as u know the people today they dont have time from the latest happenings but u should try it than see the result what happens .
Go for wordpress on a self hosted platform! Wordpress is really easy, just don't forget to experiment. We are all always here to help, and if ya need any professional help in setting it up for tutorials and stuff then simply pm me
Guys ... I completely completely appreciate all that you guys are doing for me.. Words cant describe how greatful I am to all of you for the advice and support... Please keep letting me know what to do .. As I really want to help my dad and help each and every serviceman... who has laid his life doen to fight for their country Hats off to them
For a blog, I guess to begin with blogger is a better option. For better functionality, use Wordpress. As for blogging, it's not really a tough. You just have to write out like dairy entry and that's what your father exactly wants. Free host platforms which I mentioned above don't cost any money. However, paid hosts + domain names will take some money. Which city do you live BTW?
I wrote a basic guide for new bloggers. Check it out and also you can see my blog in my recent blog to find some other great ideas. The best way to go if he is wanting to make money is to have a self-hosted blog which will cost about $25 a year for domain name and hosting. If he does not want to spend any money, he is better with blogger.com because he will still be able to add his own ads or other things and it is an easy platform to work with.
use http://choseit.com and get a good subdomain name rathar than a highly saturated one that wordpress would give (seriously they need a second main site to have subdomain blogs on dont you think)
Hey there trezuretrove I was facing a similar choice. Wordpress.com is great and easy, but I don't think you can implement ads. My choice was blogger, which is by google, which as we all know..cough cough Adsense. Anyways, I'm not too terribly experienced in this area, but blogger is great. They have a built in system to implement adsense and it was fairly easy to set up. For the layout you can easily drag and move certain boxes such as about me or posts to a way you like them. The option for custom html too is great, so I spiced it up my new blog a bit Other than that, I think there is more ability to customize on blogger, but wordpress has great easy templates too to work with.
Just to clarify, you are not limited in blogger.com to using only Adsense. You can add the code for any ad site or affiliate.
Thanks guys for everything... I seem to be a little lost with all this info pouring in... Will try and make the best of it and figure everything out ... And .... you guys please keep the ideas pouring in,, thanks again...