Blogging Resources for Virtual Assistants

Blogging Courses

Blogging Starter Pack - building a blog that works for your business

FREE Blogging eCourse -- 6 Ways To Unleash the Selling Power of Your Blog

Blogging Books

Knock, Knock -- Seth Godin's Incomplete Guide To Building a Website that Works (free PDF download)

Who's There -- The sequel to Knock Knock and focuses primarily on blogs! (free PDF download)

Blog Wild: A Guide for Small Business Blogging - by: Andy Wibbels

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six Figure Income - by: Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett

Blogging Tools

WordPress - WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

Free WordPress Themes - A guide to over 900 free themes for WordPress.

Custom WordPress Themes - Weblog Design Studios is one of the best sources for a custom WordPress theme.

Blog Directories

Best Blog Directory And RSS Submission Sites

Yahoo! Directory - There are two ways to do this: paid and unpaid. A $299 yearly fee will guarantee your listing to appear within seven days and the free version offers no guarantee. Complete instructions on submitting your site is located here.

DMOZ Open Directory Project -- The open directory project has many different directories including a directory of weblogs . You can learn more about how to suggest your site here.

Technorati -- Technorati claims on their site that they are currently tracking 13.3 million sites and 1.3 billion links. Make yours one of them here.

Blogarama - A directory of blogs that is simple and easy to use. You must register to submit your listing!

eMarketingBlogs.com - Internet Marketing Blog Directory