{"id":977,"date":"2014-06-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/?p=977"},"modified":"2023-01-13T17:12:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T22:12:24","slug":"you-should-have-started-a-blog-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/you-should-have-started-a-blog-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"022 : Why you should have started a blog yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/you-should-have-started-a-blog-yesterday\/dann-berg-theverge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Michael B. Shane&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377425211&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2013 Vox Media, Inc. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dann-berg-theverge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Dann Berg by Michael Shane\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?w=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?resize=57%2C57&amp;ssl=1 57w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?resize=72%2C72&amp;ssl=1 72w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?resize=114%2C114&amp;ssl=1 114w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novicenolonger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dann-berg-theverge.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>In this week&#8217;s podcast episode, I share how I escaped the retail world and got into tech journalism. It&#8217;s all because of a little personal website I started. I also explain how you, too, can benefit from starting your own website \u2014 even if you don&#8217;t want to get int journalism \u2014 and how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>This is a special edition of the podcast because there&#8217;s no guest, it&#8217;s just me! I ended up getting so much feedback and so many questions about <a title=\"022 : Pitching, press, and passion with TechRadar\u2019s Joe Osborne\" href=\"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/pitching-press-passion-techradar-joe-osborne\/\">last week&#8217;s podcast<\/a> that I wanted to tell my story in more depth.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t yet have your own website, you need to listen to this episode. When you&#8217;re ready to get going, I&#8217;ve embedded\u00a0the first tutorial in my <a href=\"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/launch-your-own-website\/\">video course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you found this helpful, please use my <a href=\"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/bluehost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluehost affiliate link<\/a> to get your hosting and domain!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/41ElWtTpOeo?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/launch-your-own-website\/\"><strong>Check out the rest of the videos here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what I talk\u00a0about:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How I got a job in tech journalism with only a retail work background<\/li>\n<li>How my first website began as a vinyl sticker that just said &#8220;moist&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Why I used WordPress for my first blog, and why you should too<\/li>\n<li>WordPress.com VS WordPress.org<\/li>\n<li>SEO tricks that will help you get organic traffic for your content<\/li>\n<li>How a post about my magnet implant got my a job in journalism<\/li>\n<li>The story behind my first iPhone apps<\/li>\n<li>What you do becomes your identity without you even realizing it<\/li>\n<li>The difference between hosting and a domain name<\/li>\n<li>What you should change for every single fresh WordPress install<\/li>\n<li>The easy things you can do to vastly improve your website&#8217;s SEO<\/li>\n<li>What you should write about on your blog, even if you&#8217;re not a writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links mentioned in this show include:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sponsor:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/planet1107.net\/nnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planet 1107<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemasewer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cinema Sewer<\/a> (NSFW)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stickerguy.com\/index.html?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sticker Guy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iamdann.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAmDann.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=41ElWtTpOeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6-Minute Website NNL Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daring Fireball<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marco.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iamdann.com\/2012\/03\/21\/my-magnet-implant-body-modification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Body Hacking: My Magnetic Implant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hacker News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediabistro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railstutorial.org\/book\/frontmatter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Hartl&#8217;s Rails Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How I built and promoted WorkBurst, my first OS X app\" href=\"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/how-i-built-and-promoted-workburst-my-first-os-x-app\/\">How I built and promoted\u00a0WorkBurst<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tripexpert.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TripExpert<\/a>&#8230;launching soon!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/bluehost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluehost<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0hosting and domain name<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"013 : It\u2019s not just SEO, it\u2019s building a brand with John DeFeo\" href=\"http:\/\/novicenolonger.com\/not-just-seo-building-a-brand-john-defeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">013 : It\u2019s not just SEO, it\u2019s building a brand with John DeFeo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Did you enjoy this episode? Share it on Twitter<\/h2>\n<p>If you thought this episode of the podcast was interesting, take a few seconds and let me know by sharing it with your followers:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=I%27m+totally+inspired+to+get+my+own+website+because+of+%40dannberg%27s+latest+Novice+No+Longer+podcast%21+http%3A%2F%2Fnovicenolonger.com%2Fyou-should-have-started-a-blog-yesterday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to share this post on Twitter!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(you can edit it first!)<\/p>\n<h2>Comments?<\/h2>\n<p>Have you started your own website? <strong>Share the link in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Can&#8217;t get enough?<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s a new episode every week, so subscribe to stay in the loop! 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