Things You'll Need:
- A Blogger.com account - free signup
- A Google Adsense Account - free signup
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Step 1
The Main Blogger Dashboard - Click for Large ViewOnce you create your blogger account, you will be taken to the main "Dashboard" where you will create your blogs (We will set up your blog and adsense it on Blogger's web servers). Each blog shown here is a completely separate blog, this is not a list of your written posts, but of all your blog web pages. Each Blog can be monetized by adsense to make money. Click the image to the left for a large view. Click "Create a Blog" link on the top right to begin creating a blog.
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Step 2
Naming your Blogger BlogThe next screen you see is where you "Name your Blog". Choose a name that describes the blog. If you are writing a blog about baseball card collections, then you might name it "My BaseBall Card Collection Blog" or something similar. You also can choose your URL, or web address of your blog. The easier to remember the better. The Picture on the left shows my example blog web address in Step#2.
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Step 3
Choosing your blogger layout (template) is easy!Next, you can choose a basic template (blog-layout) that you like. There are other templates available on the web, but this "how to" just will use one of the blogger templates to make things simple. Click the little circle next to the name to select your template and then click "Continue".
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Step 4
That's it for setup!Your Blog setup is complete. The image on the left shows the confirmation screen that the setup is done. Click the "Start Blogging" arrow to go to the blog's control panel.
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Step 5
Publish your new blog postYou will be taken to the "Posting" screen where you will enter the title and text for your first post. Click the "Publish Post" button on the lower left to save and publish what you have just wrote for your blog.
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Step 6
Make Money using adsenseThe next part is where you make your money (Assuming you have setup your adsense account)! On the main Menu bar, Click on "Monetize". This will bring up the Adsense integration setup. You will need to enter your Google Adsense Publisher's ID, then you will be taken to the screen on shown on the left of this step. You can choose your placement of the ads. When you have finished, click the "next" button.
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Step 7
The Final LayoutDONE! This is what the final layout looks like. Click the picture on the left for a larger view.















Comments
breezyauzette said
on 8/6/2009 Very Very good article. I am going to start one today and see where it takes me.
5* and a big recommendation from me