ActiveRain's own Abe Schmidt highlighted this blog to me from Jeff Bullas. Great tips on how to blog and build an audience. Jeff six simple steps are: Step One: Identify your Passion and Innate Abilities Step Two: Creating a Plan and Marketing Strategy Step Three: Building the Blog and Blogging Basics Step 4: Creating content that engages your audience Step 5: How to market to a global audience with social media Step 6: Maintaining momentum Click here to read the article. URL below. http://www.jeffbullas.com/2011/08/12/how-a-blogger-can-build-a-global-audience-from-zero-part-two-marketing-and-momentum/#.TkU3aCgUAQc.email