Thank you. The best place to start is at Amazon.com or the library and do some reading. Here are two suggestions, “Blogging for Dummies” and “How to Write a Great Blog”. I read these books several years ago and there are probably others that you will find very helpful. Before you select a platform you really need to decide what the objective of your blog is? Today, there are blogging platforms that support everything from you posting articles that others can have the option of commenting on, to platforms that support the production of sophisticated on-line publications. Usual, the more capabilities that a platform provides the more functionality there is to learn and the steeper the learning curve. So, what are your short and long term objectives for your blog?

Years ago, when I wanted to know more about blogs, I opened a free account on blogspot.com and wrote a few posts, just to get some experience. Years later, I wanted to add a blog to our association’s website, i.e. ability to post articles and have readers respond. This time I used WordPress because it offered capabilities that we might be able to use in the future to publish our magazine online, rather than printing the magazine. Also, it would enable us to include content, then in our emailed newsletter, online. Today, have an online “magazine,” or “blog,” using WordPress and supporting publishing capabilities that incorporates our two original websites, magazine article content, email newsletter content, and basic blog capabilities, in in one website.

Bottom line. Try to keep it simple and economical, if the result meets your objectives.

Les