I have spent the last few days learning just what on earth this “Twitter” stuff really is and wow, is tweeting ever a powerful tool! For those of you who use Twitter for fun, have you ever wondered how you could harness the power of Twitter to drive massive amounts of traffic to your blog and get paid for your tweets?

John Merrick and Soren Jordansen have just come up with the perfect solution for us, with their new product called Tweet My Blog.

It’s a WordPress plugin that makes it super easy to combine the powers of WordPress and Twitter – driving massive amounts of traffic and auto-pilot commissions every time you post to your blog.

Yes, that means I can earn diaper$ (umm you call them dollars) every time I Buzz my blog… And the best part… It’s 100% free!

Go grab your copy and instantly put the power of Twitter at your fingertips.

I Get Paid To Tweet My Blog

== Brie ==

As most of you know, I started Bries’ Diaper Challenge a few days ago, which will detail my quest to earn 300 Diaper$ blogging. The goal is not only to earn diaper$, but to show everyone that anyone, of any age, can make money blogging.

I started the challenge after my blog had already been set up. I felt it was important that I now go back and teach the rest of you exactly how I got the whole thing started. It really is pretty simple so follow along with me so you can get started too. These are the steps I took to create my self-hosted wordpress blog.

#1. Register a domain name for your blog. This helps brand your name and/or niche better than using free hosted domains. My parents prefer to use GoDaddy. You can too.

#2. Use your new domain name to open a hosting account for your blog. One of the best hosting services available for a reasonable cost is HostGator. They give you unlimited usage for your blog and have a great customer support division if you ever need help. They also use cPanel which is perfect for setting up your word press blog quickly.

#3. Once you have received your welcome email from Hostgator, it will tell you what your nameservers are for your domain name. These nameservers are important and tell the world wide web where everyone can find your domain. So log into your Godaddy account, select Nameservers from your domain menu, select Custom Nameservers and enter in the two names Hostgator provided.

#4 Wait about an hour and you then should be abot to log into your cPanel. This is the control panel that you will use for your hosting account. Hostgator will have let you know what your login details are in the welcome email you received.

#5. Once inside your cPanel, look down the list of icons until you find Fantastico or Fantastico DeLuxe near the bottom. Click this to see the list of scripts that can be added to your website. Find ‘wordpress blog’ on the list and click. This will bring you to an installation page that will, within 2 clicks of your mouse, install wordpress on your domain name.

Follow the simple instructions provided, click install, and voila, you now have your own self hosted wordpress blog ready to start making money!

Coming Up Next… How to pick a theme and what plugins you should use.