In this series of articles on Blog Consulting we have been setting up an example blog called Alternative Energy so you can the the process in action.  In our last article we installed a theme to help with the search engine results.  All we really have left to do on our blog at this point is add some plugins to get the site as functional as we want it to be and then focus on writing articles.  If you have reached this point you may be interested in reading our articles on driving traffic to your site.  I think it is premature to start monetizing your site before you start getting a fair amount of traffic.  If you put Adsense on your site and people come to your site and don’t click on your ads, it messes us up your percentage and can result in your clicks being discounted.  Once your site is generating traffic you can start monetizing.

There are two plugins we recommend that you install at this point.  One of them is called WordPress Upgrade.  This plugin will make it easy to stay current with new WordPress releases.  The other plugin is called WP Backup.  You can setup this plugin to email a backup of your site to you every day or every week.  You never know when you will need a backup!

You should check out the WordPress plugin repository for additional plugins that you would like to have on your blog.  You need to settle in now and develop good writing habits.  You should be posting 5 times a week if you can.  The minimum would be 3 posts a week.  Write original content that people will enjoy reading.  Keep on blogging!