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Ready, Fire, Aim Creating Your New Blog - 2008


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Ready, Fire, Aim Creating Your New Blog

Thanks for visiting JamesMcGillis.com.  Since the inception of this blog, a little over six months ago, we have posted over 50 articles on various subjects.  Last week, 750 people from around the world clicked on this website and viewed over 1500 separate pages.  If you compare our results with some of the big political blogs or scandal blogs, that may not sound like much, but we appreciate every reader who “tunes in”.
 
If you could start a “newspaper” today for under $500 and have a readership of 750 people per week in less than six months, would you do it?  If you answered, “Yes”, you are a candidate for starting your own blog.  If you have the skills to use Microsoft Word and FrontPage 2003, you can create effective “text and pictures” blog entries in almost no time.
 
“But what would I write about?” you ask.  That is part of the fun of Blog Clothesline (http://jamesmcgillis.com)creating a blog.  One day you can write about the environment, the next day it might be politics and the third it could be about your travels.  Writing a blog is like diving into a meandering stream.  You may get wet, but you are not going to drown.
 
Once you find yourself in the current of the stream, you will naturally begin to refine the "subject" of your blog.  Since initially, your readership will be limited, you can play around, get comfortable with the process and try out new ideas.  If you look at the list of our blog entries on the right side of this page, it encompasses over forty different subjects.  If you post something and later do not like it, you can "turn it off" or delete it.
 
Regarding your new blog website and its initial look – Your webmaster can easily change any accompanying explanatory text.  If you have an agreement with your webmaster, he or she may offer to do so at no additional charge.  That way, if you find your true passion, you can adjust the Home Page to reflect your current intent.
 
Internet Archive logo and link (http://jamesmcgillis.com)It took us several months to figure out all of our writing and posting shortcuts, but we could teach you via email in very little time.  Whether you use your blog for business, for personal expression or a combination of both, you can modify or restructure it at any time.  Nothing about your blog is permanent except for the internet archive services that take "snapshots" of your website from time to time.  To view our blog entry on that subject, just click on its title, which is “eCommerce – Made Easy”. 
 
James McGillis, Jim McGillis photo.  Click for larger Image - (http://jamesmcgillis.com)What should you name your blog?  Unless your name is quite common, using your own name is the best way to go.  To prove the value of your own name on the web, search Google for either “Jim McGillis” or “James McGillis”.  Our identity will come up several times in the first ten search results.  As further protection of my online identity, I also registered http://jimmcgillis.com, where I will soon begin writing the world’s first Online Novel.
 
Although starting a blog seemed a bit daunting at first, it is now an essential part of my personal creativity.  Since I do not paint, sculpt or play a musical instrument, this process is my primary outlet for creating “art”."BLOG" Keyboard Image (http://jamesmcgillis.com)
 
We are here to help you get started.  If you are ready "take the plunge", click on my signature and shoot me an email.  In less than one week and for less than $500 (U.S.) we will assist you in getting your website hosted, your URL registered and your own customized blog, live on the World Wide Web.  The best way to make your blog-dream come true is to repeat this mantra: "Ready, Fire, Aim".
 
April 1, 2021 - Editor's Note: Custom blog offer is no longer available.


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