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1. If you don't already have one, get a yahoo.com account. You can do this at www.yahoo.com and just open a free email account. You don't have to use it if you don't want to.
2. You're going to create a home page at my.yahoo.com - if you're a confident sort, then just go ahead and open that up and play around 'till you figure it out. If you want a bit of hand holding, info-maniac biz coaches JP and Deb Micek at Business Owners Coaching Club have created a great video tutorial that will teach you step by step (with some extra info thrown in). The video is just 17 minutes long - you can do that, right?! Go to www.advancedbusinessblogging.com. Once you're done, you probably want to subscribe to their great blog too!
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Painless - right? Technology is great. If you don't quite get this, no worries. Just keep checking things out and finding your own interest. For most of us it's not about being the leader of the pack, but about finding the pack that works for us.

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