I have only been blogging for 3 months and I do not consider myself successful or expert by any stretch of the imagination. However, I have learned many things about what it takes to be a blogger. It took me a few months to get a handle on it, so this is about providing information for other people to jump-start their own blogging efforts. This post details how to use the features of a blog site, promote yourself and provide content that people are interested in.