How To Make Money With Your Blog-Book Review

I don’t get it. WordPress. Can someone please tell me what all the fuss is about with having a hosted wordpress blog? I really don’t see the point myself.

As I wrote in an earlier post, I tried to install it and had a few problems. Being somewhat pig-headed I gave it another go with another web-hosting company and, I got it up and running just fine. But what does it do that the freebie doesn’t ? You have to be able to use HTML to change anything and you don’t have aksimet (spam filter) built in. With the freebie version, it’s my old favourite, drag ‘n’ drop.

I guess they both have their plus and minus points but for me, I’m happy with what have for now.

I thought that from time to time I’d review some products and give you my honest opinion of them. So, here we go then;

I’m currently reading a book entitled ‘How to Make Money with Your Blog by Duane Forrester and Gavin Powell. The blurb on the back states “Whether you’re an experienced blogger or an absolute beginner, you can make money with your blog.” However, in my opinion, this book ain’t for beginners baby! There is no denying the content of the book is extremely useful and provides some very good advice but for a beginner it leaves an awful lot to be desired.

To me it seems to imply right from the off that the reader has a certain level of skill already in relation to the building, presentation and back-end operation of blogging. I would have liked to have seen a more clearly delineated explanation of some of the concepts contained within writtenso that the beginner could follow along more easily.

Verdict: For the beginner, nope. Intermediate to advanced? Yep! This is no doubt a very useful addition to your bookshelf. I’ll hang on to mine until I know a bit more about what’s going on.