<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Setting up a Blog for $500 | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/feed/</link> <description>Setting up a Blog for $500 - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging</description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:34:24 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25685</guid><title><![CDATA[Kyle Brown replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25685</link> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:47:18 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/djkyle/" title="Kyle Brown" rel="nofollow">Kyle Brown</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> As I always tell my clients "use your words"&#160; when writing a page about widgets don't just show a picture of a widget and say we&#160; build that!&#160; the search engines have no idea what "<em>That</em>" is&#160; however if you [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25678</guid><title><![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#38; MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25678</link> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:12:41 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" title="Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert" rel="nofollow">Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a> If you want no traffic, then have a college kid build your blog/website. One of the wonderful things about WordPress is that you can build the keywords into the data base of the site. Which [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25673</guid><title><![CDATA[Monique Sherrett replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25673</link> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:21:09 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/" title="Monique Sherrett" rel="nofollow">Monique Sherrett</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/djkyle/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/djkyle/' rel="nofollow">@djkyle</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/' rel="nofollow">@jasonwiser</a> Thanks for the introductions!</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25442</guid><title><![CDATA[Jason Wiser replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25442</link> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:16:35 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jasonwiser/" title="Jason Wiser" rel="nofollow">Jason Wiser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Wow I'm late to the party. Say <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a>, I'll add my name to the list also. If your just looking to get it set up and launched, there are many places to get this done for this rate. <span>We too use templates [&#8230;]</span></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25399</guid><title><![CDATA[Kyle Brown replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25399</link> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:13:54 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/djkyle/" title="Kyle Brown" rel="nofollow">Kyle Brown</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <span><a href="../../../../../members/glengorham/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow">@glengorham</a> It's not very original but I offer a service that includeds The domain name, hosting &#038; set up of a WordPress site all for just $70 a year.&#160; I don't add content but I have a quick 30min video for my [&#8230;]</span></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25261</guid><title><![CDATA[Heather Wright-Porto replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25261</link> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:19:09 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/blogsbyheather/" title="Heather Wright-Porto" rel="nofollow">Heather Wright-Porto</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a class="mention" href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/" title="Mention Monique Sherrett" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a>&#160;</span></div><div>I agree with Kristi as well that your client can get a lot for $500. Like Jim, I offer many services that are easily covered by the $500 budget, which includes the graphic design (banner, [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25210</guid><title><![CDATA[Jim Lodico replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25210</link> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:38:02 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jim-lodico/" title="Jim Lodico" rel="nofollow">Jim Lodico</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Send them my way Monique. I've been building Wordpress sites for small business for some time now right in that price range and it's been an nice addition to my business. There are a lot of small businesses out [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25182</guid><title><![CDATA[Mark Oetjens replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-25182</link> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:03:32 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/markoetjens/" title="Mark Oetjens" rel="nofollow">Mark Oetjens</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow">@glengorham</a>&#160; I was about to ask, "What? Are you crazy?" To me $500 seems absolutely outrageous to set up a blog. And 30K+ is beyond my comprehension! But then I realized how [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24889</guid><title><![CDATA[Nelson Ta replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24889</link> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:18:31 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/nelsonta/" title="Nelson Ta" rel="nofollow">Nelson Ta</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a><div></div><div>Depending on how fancy or simple you want it, blogs will vary. &#160;For my company website, we spent some time and money hiring a web developer and buying themes. &#160;However, I also run a separate blog [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24805</guid><title><![CDATA[Michaela replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24805</link> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:13:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mikid15/" title="Michaela" rel="nofollow">Michaela</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> This is just a thought. You could hire a college student who has a lot of knowledge on this type of thing, have them do the project just as well, yet they will not charge the amount professionals will. This will [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24759</guid><title><![CDATA[Monique Sherrett replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24759</link> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:25:50 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/" title="Monique Sherrett" rel="nofollow">Monique Sherrett</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Thanks <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> &#038; <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/iamconsulting/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/iamconsulting/' rel="nofollow">@iamconsulting</a> I agree that good design, even picking a good, adaptable theme is the place to start.&#160;<div></div><div><span><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/' rel="nofollow">@glengorham</a> I'm thinking of mostly passing people on to independent designers or [&#8230;]</span></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24758</guid><title><![CDATA[Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24758</link> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:19:26 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/iamconsulting/" title="Nichole Schlecht" rel="nofollow">Nichole Schlecht</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a> I agree with Kristi. &#160;The easiest and cheapest way is to find a theme that works for what they're looking to do. &#160;They can use sites like Themeforest.net, Studiopress.com and a gazillion others [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24757</guid><title><![CDATA[Glen Gorham replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24757</link> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:18:05 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/glengorham/" title="Glen Gorham" rel="nofollow">Glen Gorham</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a> depends on what you are offering them and your expectations of profit. Are you including the domain, setting it up? Setting up email addresses? Still you can offer a lot, it really doesn't take [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24739</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Setting up a Blog for $500 in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/#post-24739</link> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:58:53 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/setting-up-a-blog-for-500/" rel="nofollow">Setting up a Blog for $500</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/boxcarmarketing/' rel="nofollow">@boxcarmarketing</a> I would look for a great design. &#160;With $500, you shouldn't have any trouble finding a great premium theme to start with. &#160;I'm not sure how much customization work would run you after that point [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>