To have a successful blog, you need to be able to reach as many people as possible. Setting up an RSS Feed is a great way to do this. I recommend using Google's Feedburner.

To set up your Feedburner RSS Feed is Simple, I will walk you through it with these 8 easy steps.

1.- Go to Feedburner.com and log in to your Google account.

2.- Type in your Blog's URL and click next.
3.- Choose if you want Atom or RSS. Then click next. (I use RSS, but it's up to you)

4.- Pick your Feed Title and URL and click next.

5.- Copy your Feedburner URL.

6.- Go to your Blogger Dashboard.

7.- Go into your Settings, then click on Site Feed.

8.- Type in your Feedburner URL and click save settings. 

That's it, you now have an RSS feed. Now whenever you write a new post, it will automatically be posted to your RSS Feed. Make sure that you have your "Subscribe To" gadget on your blog page so visitors can subscribe to your feed.

For tomorrows "Build A Blog Workshop" I will show you how to Monetize your feed with Google AdSense. Until then, keep working smart, and good luck!

Today I want to share some tips on which settings to use for your new blog. When using Blogger for your blog host, changing your blog settings is very easy to do. First sign in and go to your Blogger Dashboard. Then click on settings.

Here is what you'll want to do next: (These are only the ones that are the most important)

Under Basic:

Title-YOU SHOULD PUT 1 OR 2 KEYWORDS INTO YOUR TITLE

Description-THIS SHOULD BE RELATED TO YOUR BLOG TOPIC

Add your blog to our listings? YES

Let search engines find your blog? YES

(The others are up to you)

Under Comments:

Comments- SHOW

Who Can Comment? ANYONE

Comments Default for Posts-NEW POSTS HAVE COMMENTS

Backlinks-SHOW

Backlinks Default for Posts-NEW POSTS HAVE BACKLINKS

Under Archiving:

Enable Post Pages? YES

Under Permissions:

Who can view this blog? ANYBODY

These are the most important settings to have, if you want to get listed in the search engines. Until you are more familiar with what each setting does, I would go by these here for the best results. The ones I have left out are up to you.

In tomorrows post, I will help you choose which gadgets to use and where to place them on your blog. Until then, keep working smart and as always, good luck!