SgZappel : Have Money Will Blog Lah !: Getting Started : Blogging and Webhosting

So you’re looking to make some nice cash on the side? Have a great product or plenty of great ideas but do not know where to start ?

You’ve come to the right place! All you need is a blog or a site and you too can tap into this unlimited source of online income.

BLOGGING

Blogging has taken the online world by storm. It started out as dynamically editable websites people used to talk about topics of interest. Now, however, blogging has become a high-powered business tool.

The easiest and fastest way to get your blog up and running is to use Google's free Blogger tool @ www.Blogger.com, which is also where my blog is hosted.

Just follow the simple instructions and you are up ! Make sure you choose a sub-domain unique to what you are going to do as you can't change that later.

Click here to create your own Blog Spot !

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

Another way to showcase your products and ideas is to set up your page on a social bookmarking site like www.Squidoo.com.

Squidoo is a very popular site for building free, single pages about your passions -- Highlight products, books, blogs, vids, online shops, or just spread the word about the stuff you love.

From an Internet marketing perspective, Squidoo is vastly different from other social bookmarking sites. You can sell blatantly without worrying about somebody shutting you down, as is the case at MySpace. The Bonus feature is, it allows you to raise money (for you or charity) at the same time.

Go create your free Squidoo lens now and join the niche groups that suits you.

MANAGED WEBHOSTING

Another solution to start your website or blog is to engage a hosting provider to manage your site/blog for you. This is an excellent choice if time is a factor or you find it difficult to install the software, make your own theme, add plug-ins and upgrade it without loosing all your posts.

A managed hosting provider addresses all of them at a fee ranging from $5 to $20 per month depending on the package you choose. For something more than that, then either it is too expensive or you are a really big business owner.

Anything between $7 to $12 per month is a good deal.

Providers will come equipped with an easy-to-use website builder, customised ready to use design templates or site integrated themes, click-drag-drop plug-ins, plenty of other unique features and your site will be up in no time. And of course, you get to have your very own domain name !

My personal recommendation is Micfo Group Webhosting Company. For $9.95/month, Micfo comes equipped with 5G disk space, 100G bandwidth, unlimited domain names/FTP/email accounts setup and an excellent 24x7 Email/Ticketing/Live Chat/Phone Technical Support and a 30-day money back guarantee if you are still not satisfied with their comprehensive and affordable service.

Site management tools include : cPanel, RVSiteBuilder, Frontpage, Dreamweaver etc. Micfo also offers Webalizer statistics software, pre-installed scripts like Wordpress Blog, and other awesome database and multimedia support (like Flash and Shockwave.

Lastly, an added bonus for readers is that you get 1 month free webhosting if you sign up for a 6 month membership, while you get 2 months free if you sign up for its 12 month package. This works out to $8.29 per month (16.67% discount) compared to singularized monthly renewal @ $9.95 per month.

To find out more, please proceed to Micfo Group Webhosting.