New Blogger Resources

This post was guest blogged by Donovan Dunning from BlogThatOutside.

Here are a few resources every new blogger should have. This list is not all-inclusive by any means, but for the 0-30 day blogger, it’s a good start.

Bookmarks for future reference:

1. 10 Blogging Mistakes To Avoid
2. A Checklist of Important Things to Avoid
3. Understanding the Wordpress Sidebar
4. Masterful Monetization Tutorial for Future Bloggers
5. Website Grader

Free accounts you must have:

1. Wordpress
2. FeedBurner ? more info
3. Google Mail ? more info
4. Google Adsense ? more info
5. Technorati ? more info
6. PayPal ? more info
7. MyBlogLog ? more info

If you host your own blog you also need these:

1. About StatCounter
2. Add your blog to Google Webmaster Tools.

This is a very useful resource list, as it provides any new blogger with information on where to go and what’s needed to start blogging.

What would you add?