Thinking about claiming your own little corner of the blogosphere? If so, you might want to take a few moments to read Rajesh Setty's "Blogging Starter Checklist" on Squidoo. Broken down into sections like what to do on your blog, what to do off your blog and where to register your blog, Rajesh gives easy to digest tips that will go a long way toward helping you successfully launch your blog.

A sampling of what Rajesh has to offer...

1. Register a domain name and redirect it to your blog
It costs less than $10 per year but the return on investment is huge.

3. Provide a way to contact you
Other than posting comments on your blog, provide a way (email, phone or both) for your readers to connect with you. I have made quite a few new friends from all over the world.

5. Provide email subscriptions to your blog
You will be amazed how many people want to read your blog via their email. It's easy to set that up. You can get a script to do that by registering at Feedblitz.

22. Get cool widgets from MajikWidget
Do you want to add polls, voting or rating for your blog? Check out cool widgets from Majikwidget. You can get them for a song.






About the Author

Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.

Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.