Blogging for Dummies

Blogging for Dummies coverThe publisher of my book, “Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies” is embarked on another blogging book: Blogging for Dummies. This will be written by Brad Hill, author of “Building Your Business with Google for Dummies” (among many other books) and is due out in January. Brad says his table of contents is chock-a-block with specific explanations for several blogging platforms like Blogger, Typepad, Movable Type, Greymatter, and Radio Userland. I’m looking to reading it. Those of you with personal blogs, or with friends you think should have them—this is the book for you!

It’s actually a not-so-subtle vote of confidence for blogging that this book is being written now. There were a handful of books written on blogging written in 2002, but sales figures weren’t stellar (no blame to the authors, who were perhaps only guilty of being ahead of their time). Both Brad Hill and I, and others as well, approached Wiley about a Blogging for Dummies book, but it wasn’t until now that they felt a book like this had a broad enough audience that they could move forward with it. Go blogs!

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 09/03 at 10:25 AM • Blogs -- Blogging News
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  1. What the world does not need now: Blogging for Dummies, due out in January. There are already plenty of dummies….

    Posted by http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2005/09/blog on 09/06/05 at 08:01 PM

  2. I wanted to thank you for writing such an informative book on the web logs.  I learned allot about buzz marketing with blogs.

    Posted by Mortgagesaver on 09/08/05 at 08:04 AM

  3. its really a informative book on business blogging, also helpful in learning lot of things about blogs.

    http://www.thewebmarketingblog.com

    Posted by prabhjot on 09/09/05 at 10:50 PM

  4. If Brad’s book is going to cover Greymatter - for dummies? - then surely he would include some more non-techie-friendly platforms like Blogware and Squarespace? I write as someone who wasted not a little time trying to get Greymatter to work for me.
    Des

    Posted by Des Walsh on 09/14/05 at 08:23 PM

  5. Susannah—thanks for highlighting my upcoming book. Your book resides on my desk.

    Des Walsh—Actually, I have dropped my coverage of Greymatter from the book. Although I love the program and used it to manage the content of a fairly large site in 2002-2003, development has ceased and Greymatter is slipping from relevance. As of now, “Bogging For Dummies” will cover the following blog platforms and programs:

    Yahoo! 360
    LiveJournal
    MSN Spaces
    Blogger.com
    Typepad
    WordPress
    Movable Type
    Radio Userland

    ...as well as chapters on RSS, pre-installed WordPress and Movable Type hosts, blog revenue, podcasting, how to install a self-hosted blog program, and much more.

    End of promotion [g].

    Posted by Brad Hill on 09/23/05 at 11:15 AM

  6. Susannah Gardner is the co-founder and creative director of Hop Studios Internet Consultants, a Web design company specializing in custom Web solutions for content publishers. Her partner in life, crime and work

    Posted by http://bittorrentfordummies-com.bryght.net/sus on 09/30/05 at 12:00 AM

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  8. This is definitely a great book for those not familiar with blogs and just starting out.

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    Posted by Acting School on 09/13/06 at 04:06 PM

  9. No one seems to be interested in this question: Is blog development software different from other Web development software?

    I would like to purchase a website development software package from Avanquest Software, a company I trust. But getting the right answers is difficult, not just from them, but difficult in general.

    When you say you have chapters on preinstalled WordPress, RSS, etc., I start to get the idea. But what about the development package itself? Do you get where I’m coming from?

    Posted by F.W. Brady on 12/30/06 at 01:40 PM

  10. Just a terrific resource for first time bloggers..and i say that from personal experience

    Posted by renewing your mind on 01/07/07 at 12:15 AM
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