Need a blog?

If you need a blog for your business or group (or if you would just like your own blog) but you don’t have the time or interest to learn and deal with all the technical details — you’ve come to the right place.

I’m something of a blog evangelist. I have business clients, but for years I’ve been nagging my friends and relatives to start blogging. I’ve even bought domains and GIVEN them blogs for their birthdays. Do they appreciate this wonderful gift? Um, no. Do they BLOG? Some do – okay, one [and she does appreciate it] – but most don’t.

I finally realized I’m preaching to the wrong crowd. Most people don’t want blogs because they don’t need them. But you do. You wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t. I don’t have to convince you. You already know that the search engines, Google in particular, LOVE blogs. If you didn’t, I’m here to tell you: THEY DO.

I won’t go into a long treatise about it, but if you want the scoop, read 13 Reasons Why Google Loves Blogs. Then come back here. Or you could read the update to the 2005 Business Week story, Blogs will change your business. But don’t forget to come back, because I want to help you get that blog going.

Here’s how I can help:

1. I can set up your WordPress blog for you.

That’s it. Nothing fancy or difficult. I can set up WordPress, install a few free themes and plugins for you to choose from and — oh, yes:

2. It’s free.

How can I do that for free? Well, I’m not. Someone else will pay me in the form of a referral commission [aka affiliate fee], in return for your business. All you have to do is sign up for hosting with Hostgator using my affiliate link. You need hosting anyway [and Hostgator is one of the best hosting companies around, IMHO, not to mention dirt cheap] so it’s a win-win situation!

Just be sure to use one of the Hostgator links on this page, or click the Hostgator ad you see up there on the right, in order to sign up. If you don’t use my link, I won’t get the referral and then I won’t be able to set up your blog for free – though I’ll be happy to do it for my normal fee of $59. So don’t miss this crucial step!

Once you’ve signed up, let me know by contacting me with your login information for Hostgator. I’ll check to make sure the affiliate credit went through, and then I’ll have you set up in a jiffy. After that, come back here again and start learning how to blog!

Sign up for Hostgator here.