After Launching a Couple Dozen Blogs, I Figured Out How To Do it Right

After Launching a Couple Dozen Blogs, I Figured Out How to Do it Right Aaron Hockley

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Simple Goals Nobody Should Ever See This

Simple Goals Trafﬁc

Our Specimen: SocialPhotoTalk.com

The “Duh” Steps

The “Duh” Steps Buy the Domain

The “Duh” Steps Buy the Domain Setup Domain on the Web Host

The “Duh” Steps Buy the Domain Setup Domain on the Web Host Install WordPress

Install Maintenance Mode photo © Editor B [Flickr]

Security Good, Spam Bad

Security Good, Spam Bad Setup a User Account

Security Good, Spam Bad Setup a User Account Delete the Admin Account

Security Good, Spam Bad Setup a User Account Delete the Admin Account Activate Akismet

Get Set to Set the Settings

Get Set to Set the Settings Permalinks

Get Set to Set the Settings Permalinks Discussion (Comments) will you use a hosted comment service?

Get Set to Set the Settings Permalinks Discussion (Comments) will you use a hosted comment service? Reading (Homepage, Post Counts)

Make It Look Purty bit.ly/GetThesis * ...or any theme of your choice * that’s an afﬁliate link

Make It Look Purty bit.ly/GetThesis * ...or any theme of your choice ... and customize it * that’s an afﬁliate link

Initial Plugins

Initial Plugins Dashboard Scheduled Posts

Initial Plugins Dashboard Scheduled Posts No Self Pings

Initial Plugins Dashboard Scheduled Posts No Self Pings Twitter Tools (and customize the “new blog post” text)

Funny Photo Time photo © tenioman [Flickr]

An Appropriate Amount of Clutter Subscription (RSS, email, Twitter) Recent Comments Categories/Tags/Archives Afﬁliates/Ads

OpenID: It’s a Good Thing

Don’t Forget Pages

Don’t Forget Pages About (and Contact)

Don’t Forget Pages About (and Contact) Custom 404

Don’t Forget Pages About (and Contact) Custom 404 Archives I like the Clean Archives Reloaded plugin

And This Stuff Too Analytics Twitter Account Favicon

Write Content

Write Content Really

Write Content Really A Bunch of It

Think Before Launching

Just Before Launch Deactivate Maintenace Mode Disable Twitter Tools Publish Queued Posts

Just After Launch Re-enable Twitter Tools Setup Feedburner (create feed, redirect) Setup email subscription

Q&A Notes at bit.ly/bloglaunch Aaron Hockley aaronhockley.com @ahockley

After Launching a Couple Dozen Blogs, I Figured Out How To Do it Right

by Aaron Hockley on Sep 27, 2009

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