It's finally been published today - the cover feature to my Guardian column about building and monetising a blog. If you read the feature, you'll see why I'm so excruciatingly excited to be working on this project.
For one thing, I'll be working with the super talented Glen Allsopp of ViperChill, who was open-minded (and brave?) enough to listen to my crack pot idea of doing such a thing in the public eye.
I approached Glen after reading about him in a Guardian article about 'modern-day nomads' published at the beginning of last year, and everything that has happened since has just seemed 'meant to be'.
The best thing for me is that I'll be really, finally, getting to grips with this thing called 'blogging' and doing it with a great teacher and mentor, while at the same time, teaching others to do the same.
It feels like it's been a long time working up to the start of this project - and at times we weren't sure how it could happen - but the effort has paid off.
The column proper will start next Saturday, but if you really want to follow and build your own blog while I do so, then you should sign up (for free) to the Blogging Case Study resource website that Glen has created.
Here, Glen will provide all the information that I'm not going to be able to fit into the column, such as the techie stuff that you'll need to know, so it will be a valuable and worthy resource for anyone who wishes to learn as I do.
(Just to be clear - the BloggingCaseStudy.com resource site is NOT the new blog that I am starting up - that's to be kept quiet until I have a chance to build it properly with its own audience. Otherwise, how can we show that Glen's methods work if all eyes are on it right away?).
Check out the cover feature article again here: How to build and monetise a blog
You can follow me on Twitter at @andrea_wren
Andrea,
I will be very interested to follow your progress
Always happy if you ever want to guest write on my blog when you reach the end of your training
Rob
Posted by: Rob Artisan | 08 September 2011 at 14:47
Very much looking forward to following your blog build. I was hoping to see the blog url in today's paper but see you're keeping us waiting another 2 weeks... ;-)
Glenda Young
Editor, Coronation Street fan blog
http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Corrie_Blogger | 10 September 2011 at 13:56
Hi Andrea,
Your article in The Guardian encouraged me to take the leap and join an MA in Web Design and Content Planning at The University of Greenwich in London, even though I was a bit apprehensive about the techie side of things.
Now, I'm glad I took the plunge as it's a very exciting world to be in, especially when you're quite new to blogging, creating websites etc. like me.
I now have my very 1st website up on the web, I actually wrote the html after reading the first few chapters of 'Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML' - I know sounds like gibberish to me too, but it isn't!
Despite the title, It's a very funny and creative approach to teaching a complex subject to 'drongos' like myself.
Anyway, last Sunday, after being several weeks behind with my 'homework', I created my 1st website, wrote the html & bought a domain name, a hosting package and, with the help of an ex-student of the course, who I paid, put the thing on the internet.
It's a bit basic, at the moment, but it's a work in progress. I'm hoping to 'mirror' your progress and have been reading your articles and Glenn's.
Anyway, if you're interested here's the website: www.adriancaffery.com
Good luck!
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