Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of emails from other bloggers asking “how to” questions.
I was a new blogger once, too, so I always do my best to try to help people out. If I get asked a question often enough, I try to write a tutorial, so I can just say hey, here’s the link to some step-by-step instructions!
Unfortunately, I don’t always have time (or I lack motivation) to write up a whole blog post about something.
That’s where having awesome smart bloggy friends is helpful. If I don’t have a tutorial about something, odds are someone else I know does 
Thanks to these fabulous friends and a few other sources, I’ve compiled a list of easy tutorials and how-to posts to answer some of the more common blogging questions I receive.
36 Common Blogging Questions
(and their answers)
(and their answers)
Getting Started
- Blogging 101 and where to start from The Adventures of J-Man & MillerBug
- How to buy a domain and set up a hosting account from Mama NYC
- How to create a WordPress site from Sadie Lankford
- Creating a killer blog post title from The SITS Girls
- It’s not all about the free stuff from Confessions of an Overworked Mom
Sponsors/Giveaways
- How to find sponsors for your blog from Sadie Lankford
- Bloggers and brands: 7 tips for working with PR from The SITS Girls
- How to create a media kit sponsors will love from Sadie Lankford
- How to run a successful blog giveaway from The WIC Project
- How to use Rafflecopter to give your sponsors more from Acting Balanced
Driving Traffic/Sharing Posts
- The key to using keywords from The SITS Girls
- The “right” way to use StumbleUpon from Life With Levi
- Blogging 101: StumbleUpon from Mama NYC
- How to submit your blog to Google Blog Search from Life With Levi
- Three easy ways to optimize your blog for search engines from 7 On A Shoestring
- 10 free ways to generate traffic for your blog from Sadie Lankford
- How to use Pinterest for your blog from 7 On A Shoestring
- Adding social sharing tools from Tales From The Nursery
- How to add a Google+ button to your site from The Springmount 6pack
- How to burn an RSS feed from Tales From The Nursery
Social Media
- 4 Twitter newbie tips to gain followers from Life With Levi
- 8 Twitter tools to help build your business from Sadie Lankford
- 4 Twitter newbie mistakes to avoid from Life With Levi
- How to create a Google+ album from Sweet Phenomena
- How to use social networking from Sadie Lankford
Blog Tips & Tricks
- 8 ways to make your blog better by bedtime by Howard House Reviews
- How to make blog buttons without Photoshop from Freckleberry Finds
- How to make a blog button grab code from Life With Levi
- How to install blog buttons & share code on Blogger and WordPress from The WIC Project
- How to disable Captcha in Blogger from Sadie Lankford
- How to make a recipe printable in Blogger from Confessions of an Overworked Mom
- How to add a post signature in WordPress from Sadie Lankford
- How to add buttons or photos to your sidebar from Mama NYC
- How to add a gravatar or photo image in comments from Sadie Lankford
Site Stats & Info
- Compete traffic stats & accuracy from Mama NYC
- 5 free tools to monitor your site from The SITS Girls
Of course, this is by no means a comprehensive list – the world of blogging is full of infinite possibilities and questions. Hopefully these links will give you a good starting point and answer some questions you might have.
Wow this is an awesome post!! (And not just because I’m in it LOL) Thanks for featuring my posts and I’m definitely going to share this… tons of helpful info, I love it. And I love how organized it is.
I fail at organization.
Sadie recently posted..21 Tips for Successful Blogging
Thanks so much for letting me share all your awesome posts! I know other people will find them useful!
Thanks so much for sharing my post. I’m glad I have a place to refer my readers to when they have questions about blogging. It’s really handy having everything in one place. Thanks again!
Ellen Christian recently posted..Pretty on Pinterest: Hot
That's why I did it – so much easier to point folks to one place!
That’s a great list. There is a lot there I am interested in reading. Thanks for including me.
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Glad to have the chance to share your post with my readers!
Thanks for this – it’s so nice to have all of this information in one place… I know I’ve read most of these articles at one time or another but I’ve bookmarked this to share with any new bloggers who ask me these questions!
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Thanks!
Wow, thanks for compiling all this great information in one place! totally helpful.
Thank you! Being a newbie blogger this is such a great help for me.
Hanee recently posted..Fab Finds : My Girls Fashion Accessories
Happy to help out!
Thank you so much for sharing this! As a newbie blogger, I need all the help I can get. I actually bookmarked this page to refer back to later. Thanks again!
Andrea G. recently posted..Wordless Wednesday
This is awesome! Lots of helpful info! Right now I’m just a follower but I do toy with starting a blog, not sure my life is interesting enough though. I could always spice it up..stay at home mom by day…NINJA by night! Eh, we’ll see!
This is a wonderful list! I sure wish I had this when I started blogging…
I’m so lucky to pass by in your blog, Its is really great which is full of content that can bring a huge ideas to all the blogger especially to a newbies.
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Very helpful tips you have there! I really love to learn more about blogging.. And you have all the answers I need.. Thanks for sharing!
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