I'm Moving To WordPress But Blogger Is Still Cool, Too

Photo by Ross Berteig

After about six months of blogging, I finally decided that moving to WordPress was the way to go.

I'm a freelance writer and I realized that if I'm going to have a web presence (as most writers should), I really need a website/blog combination.

The main point of me having a blog is to generate business (although blogging is fun and I'd probably do it on some level regardless of business).

Blogger Vs. WordPress

Blogger is a fine platform and I've really enjoyed it--it's very easy to use, Google offers plenty of options with it, and if you put the work into it, you can design a clean, attractive site on Blogger.

My problem mainly was that I wanted to have several pages highlighting my business--portfolio, clients, services, and so forth--but it's very difficult to create static pages on Blogger. I would have ended up creating those pages as blog posts and sending them out to my feed readers--I just didn't like that idea.

Plus, WordPress does provide a more professional look and enhances the commenting experience for blog readers.

Hire These Guys

I worked with James and Harry, the Men with Pens, and they created a really good looking site that does everything I wanted it to do. If you need any web content or web/blog design services, contact them. I strongly endorse them.

They're professional enough to be bluntly honest with you if they don't think some of your ideas are that good; they're friendly enough and committed to your success enough to help you find what does work for you.

Coming Up

I'll give you the details on the new blog site--url, blog name, feed address, and so on--shortly, but for now I do want to emphasize that Blogger is a great blogging platform and if you're just starting out, it's probably the one to use.

It's how I learned to blog--and I've learned a lot over these six months--and because of Blogger's ease of use (it's all free too), it allows you to focus on actually blogging instead of getting caught up in too much technical or expensive stuff too early on.

For an example of a really good blog that's on Blogger--one that looks good (you wouldn't even know it was on Blogger unless you decided to comment)--check out my brother Phillip's blog:

Tidewater Sports Report

I help him out with from time to time, and he's been going strong with it since last November. He's the one who got me into blogging. He's also used his blog as an online resume/portfolio to generate regular, decent-paying writing jobs.

Check the Tidewater Sports Report out, leave a comment telling Phillip I sent you over there, and maybe even sign up for his feed.

Again, the details on my move to WordPress will be coming very soon so keep an eye out for that.