Blog Carnival: Advice for New Bloggers

Latest blog carnival is aimed at giving advice to those thinking about starting up a blog about teaching or learning English - details here:

http://kalinago.blogspot.com/2009/06/advice-for-n00bie-bloggers-in-...

Am looking for posting related to:

* why be a blogger
* the hardest thing about blogging is...
* the best thing about blogging is...
* the bloggers who inspire you & why

* blogging with students
* blogging as a freelancer
* blogging as an author/ teacher-trainer
* blogging in corporate ELT

* choosing a host site
* rss feeds & feed readers, email subscribers
* widgets, gadgets or things that go flash
* choosing the right template
* changing a template/ changing the host site

* getting your own domain name
* analyzing site statistics

* marketing your blog and postings
* networking with other bloggers
* back-links, in-bound linking
* blog-roll policy
* net-i-quette

* choosing a theme or specific topic for your blog
* writing great content
* guest-blogging
* creating an editorial calendar

* using creative commons materials
* learning html

* dealing with comments
* making money from blogging
* fending off the freeloaders
* dealing with copyright issues

or

* anything else that you think is important and would like to share!

Really looking forward to reading your submissions!