Review: Good primer for anyone who wants to enter the blogging space
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
The analogy of starting a blog to that of a journey is a good one and in this book,  author Donald Brown continues on this theme as the basis around which he builds his information on how to start and make money blogging.Useful information on how to select your topic/genre, choose a name for your blog, registration, blog platforms and hosting services are explained in detail.  How to start?  With your own blog or submit content to existing blogs which cover similar topics of your expertise?  And finally, some of the ways that you can make money on your blog.This is a book written for the beginner.  Brown tackles the fundamentals in a straight forward and easy to read format.  I like that he gives a bit of a background on how blogging came about – it is after all, all centered around the internet – although I must admit that as I continued to read through the first chapter I wondered whether I had downloaded a book on the history of the internet.  Relief at last when “blogging” was finally mentioned.  If there was one suggestion I could make to Mr. Brown, it would be that the chapter begin with what a blog is and then support that with the interesting internet related info that led to it.Blogging was one of the earliest forms of providing information/opinions/reviews online.  It wasn’t long before social media began to take over.  The internet is a volatile and robust arena.  Not surprisingly, blogging has once again taken on a very strong and pivotal position on the internet.  Donald Brown’s Make Money Blogging is a very good primer for anyone interesting in entering this space.