Everything You Need to Know About Being a Sex Blogger (But Were Afraid to Ask) Sex 2.0 April 12, 2008 Viviane www.thesexcarnival.com

My Daily Reads About 400 feeds total 25-30 daily reads Many stories bookmarked through del.icio.us, and are posted to the blog at the end of the day

About 400 feeds total

25-30 daily reads

Many stories bookmarked through del.icio.us, and are posted to the blog at the end of the day

www.thesexcarnival.com

A Bad Man in a Bad Place www.badmanbadplace.com

Lolita Wolf http://lolitawolf.blogspot.com

Boinkology www.boinkology.com

http://deepthroated.wordpress.com

Audacia Ray www.wakingvixen.com

Debauchette debauchette.wordpress.com

www.huffingtonpost.com

Joe.My.God Joemygod.blogspot.com

Midori fd-midori.livejournal.com

Regina Lynn www.reginalynn.com

The Reverse Cowgirl reversecowgirlblog.blogspot.com/

Rachel Kramer Bussel lustylady.blogspot.com

Sex in the Public Square community site www.sitps.org

Violet Blue www.tinynibble.som

What Do I Write About?

Sexoteric Blog News www.sexoteric.com/blognews.php

Youporn Sex Blogs feed youporn.com

Google Reader

My blogroll Advocacy Blogging Columnists, Education, Publications Resources Fellow Perverts Events, Fetish, Kink Saucy & Sexy Smut

Advocacy

Blogging

Columnists, Education, Publications Resources

Fellow Perverts

Events, Fetish, Kink

Saucy & Sexy

Smut

Getting Started Pick some blogs that interest you Read and comment

Pick some blogs that interest you

Read and comment

Privacy and Security

Have you ego surfed recently?

Whois Privacy: Domain record is held through 3 rd party

Cover your tracks Clean your computer: disk wipe programs. I use R Wipe & Clean (PC) ( http://www.r-wipe.com / ) Install programs on a flash drive, without leaving personal data behind: Portableapps.com.

Clean your computer: disk wipe programs. I use R Wipe & Clean (PC) ( http://www.r-wipe.com / )

Install programs on a flash drive, without leaving personal data behind: Portableapps.com.

Firefox – Master Password Firefox can protect sensitive information such as saved passwords and certificates by encrypting them using a master password. If you create a master password, each time you start Firefox, it will ask you to enter the password the first time it needs to access a certificate or stored password.

Firefox can protect sensitive information such as saved passwords and certificates by encrypting them using a master password.

If you create a master password, each time you start Firefox, it will ask you to enter the password the first time it needs to access a certificate or stored password.

Firefox Master Password Tools | Options Security | Passwords “ Use a Master Password”

Tools | Options

Security | Passwords

“ Use a Master Password”

Google Mail Google Mail – create additional mailboxes by sending yourself an invite Offers you the ability to consolidate and manage your accounts from another account

Google Mail – create additional mailboxes by sending yourself an invite

Offers you the ability to consolidate and manage your accounts from another account

Google Mail If managing multiple accounts, it’s easy to forget to select the account to send from. Address contact record may show both your blog email address *and* the originating account email address. ;-(

If managing multiple accounts, it’s easy to forget to select the account to send from.

Address contact record may show both your blog email address *and* the originating account email address. ;-(

Gmail Security Problem Gmail's custom 'From:' feature lets you send messages with another address in place of your Gmail address, making it easier to manage multiple accounts from the Gmail interface. (Accounts | Settings) 2 addresses: 'realname@gmail.com' & 'blogname@gmail.com'

Gmail's custom 'From:' feature lets you send messages with another address in place of your Gmail address, making it easier to manage multiple accounts from the Gmail interface. (Accounts | Settings)

2 addresses: 'realname@gmail.com' & 'blogname@gmail.com'

Gmail Security Problem I can have all that forwarded to realname@gmail.com, and reply from the realname address, thinking the recipients email will say, ‘from blogname @ gmail” (or whatever ‘reply-to’ address you set up).

I can have all that forwarded to realname@gmail.com, and reply from the realname address, thinking the recipients email will say, ‘from blogname @ gmail” (or whatever ‘reply-to’ address you set up).

Gmail Security Problem If the recipient *also* has Google Mail, my ‘realname’ email is automatically added to their contacts list , even though they’ve never received an email “from” my ‘realname’ account. If you expand the contact field you will see both the 'realname' and the 'blogname' for this contact.

If the recipient *also* has Google Mail, my ‘realname’ email is automatically added to their contacts list , even though they’ve never received an email “from” my ‘realname’ account.

If you expand the contact field you will see both the 'realname' and the 'blogname' for this contact.

Choosing a Publishing Platform

Questions What are your goals? What’s your budget? How much of a techie are you? What’s everyone else using? Design? Blog tools?

What are your goals?

What’s your budget?

How much of a techie are you?

What’s everyone else using?

Design?

Blog tools?

What’s the name of your blog? You name should be short, memorable and easy to type (blog name and URL). Even if you’re choosing a hosted platform, make sure you register the domain name at the same time (so someone else doesn’t)!

You name should be short, memorable and easy to type (blog name and URL).

Even if you’re choosing a hosted platform, make sure you register the domain name at the same time (so someone else doesn’t)!

Bust a Name – Domain Name Suggestion Tool

Blogger.com You can be up and publish in minutes User forum on Google Groups (http://groups.google.com/) Shows up in Google Blog Search ( http://blogsearch.google.com ) Blogger Beta: easier to customize your template using widgets Blogger search engine “ Search Your Blog” or “Search for Other blogs” Hosted, but can be installed on a server Many templates available both at Blogger and other websites (search “Blogger.com templates”) The ability to publish by sending an email to your blog Blogger Beta uses categories, which both help you organize your posts.

You can be up and publish in minutes

User forum on Google Groups (http://groups.google.com/)

Shows up in Google Blog Search ( http://blogsearch.google.com )

Blogger Beta: easier to customize your template using widgets

Blogger search engine “ Search Your Blog” or “Search for Other blogs”

Hosted, but can be installed on a server

Many templates available both at Blogger and other websites (search “Blogger.com templates”)

The ability to publish by sending an email to your blog

Blogger Beta uses categories, which both help you organize your posts.

Wordpress Single or Multiuser (for blog network) Basic content management Open Source and free Support forums Dozens of themes Dozens of plug-ins to add functionality

Single or Multiuser (for blog network)

Basic content management

Open Source and free

Support forums

Dozens of themes

Dozens of plug-ins to add functionality

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Wordpress Standalone Dashboard

Wordpress Manage

Wordpress Post Editor

Livejournal Your friends current posts are consolidated on 1 page. A great way to find other like minded people

Tumblr Short, mixed media posts, little or no commentary

Tumblr 6 different post types with own visual format: blog post, quote, single link, video, photo, chat

Twitter “ What are you doing?” – in 140 characters or less Social networking/microblogging service Real time – update from your computer, smart phone, etc. Integrates with your blog Note: Much of the presentation was updated by posing queries to my Twitter list.

“ What are you doing?” – in 140 characters or less

Social networking/microblogging service

Real time – update from your computer, smart phone, etc.

Integrates with your blog

Note: Much of the presentation was updated by posing queries to my Twitter list.

Twitter Public Timeline

Viviane212 Twitter replies

Twitter: Tools Many applications available TwitterSync: Syncs your Twitter status with Facebook TwitBin, TWhirl,Twitterific, Twitterfox : View and public Twits from your sidebar, desktop Wordpress Twitter Tools: Add Twits to your blog TreoTwit – Update from your Treo

Many applications available

TwitterSync: Syncs your Twitter status with Facebook

TwitBin, TWhirl,Twitterific, Twitterfox : View and public Twits from your sidebar, desktop

Wordpress Twitter Tools: Add Twits to your blog

TreoTwit – Update from your Treo

Additional Tools

Statcounter

Google Analytics

Google Webmaster Central Helps you determine when Google last visited and indexed your site.

RSS Feeds

RSS/XML

Feedburner feeds provide greater customization and viewer data

Feedburner

Submit your feed to Yahoo (back end way to submit your blog)

Addthis.com – Bookmarking & sharing button

Technorati A blog based search engine Blogs are indexed by post and tags, not by page Set up an account Claim all your blogs (Twitter, Tumblr, etc.) Linkage helps estabish authority ranking

A blog based search engine

Blogs are indexed by post and tags, not by page

Set up an account

Claim all your blogs (Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)

Linkage helps estabish authority ranking

Technorati blog search engine

Technorati Blogger Central

Technorati: posts tagged “sex”

Pingoat/Pingomatic

Building Readership Post often, and at regular intervals Read, comment, link to other blogs Meet other bloggers – NY has the Pleasure Salon; Perverts’ Saloon Figure out what kind of blogger you are (link collector? Story teller?) Make it easy to subscribe to your blog – turn on full RSS Claim your blog on Technorati (largest blog directory); submit to other search engines

Post often, and at regular intervals

Read, comment, link to other blogs

Meet other bloggers – NY has the Pleasure Salon; Perverts’ Saloon

Figure out what kind of blogger you are (link collector? Story teller?)

Make it easy to subscribe to your blog – turn on full RSS

Claim your blog on Technorati (largest blog directory); submit to other search engines

Affiliates Affiliate marketing: Web based practice by which a business rewards affiliates for each customer who buys something (i.e. a subscription ) from their site

Affiliate marketing: Web based practice by which a business rewards affiliates for each customer who buys something (i.e. a subscription ) from their site

Affiliate Marketing Business will pay 30-50% of a sale to you. Content varies hugely What content is offered? Hosted galleries? Picture of the day? Payment is through a online credit card processing services i.e. CCBill, GMBill, Paypal

Business will pay 30-50% of a sale to you.

Content varies hugely

What content is offered? Hosted galleries? Picture of the day?

Payment is through a online credit card processing services i.e. CCBill, GMBill, Paypal

Upcoming projects Site just moved to a virtual private server for speed and database capacity. Search engine optimization: WebCEO, website optimization, submission & promotion software Google ADWords – purchase of ads, based on targeted keywords

Site just moved to a virtual private server for speed and database capacity.

Search engine optimization: WebCEO, website optimization, submission & promotion software

Google ADWords – purchase of ads, based on targeted keywords

GapingVoid.com: “cards drawn on the back of business cards”

Questions? Viviane Email: viviane212@gmail.com