I heard it is the place to find help optimizing blog websites; I hear that it is a one-time thing, which is a good start, but I still don't understand how to do the market research process per each blog entry, which seems to be my biggest present sticking point. How and where to find effective aid, and how much will it cost?
BST is the catchall name for our Buy/Sell/Trade section of the forum (everything else is discussion) You'll find it here: https://forums.digitalpoint.com/#buy-sell-or-trade.32 There are lots of different sections and you can contact the people who have threads in there right away. Once you're "established" you can create your own threads.