[smellymelly]

I want to set up an online blog focusing on Rugby around the world. However, I have lots of Rugby contacts and want to have a radio segment on the blog for live broadcasts and Q&As with famous rugby players,pundits,coaches etc. I was hoping to do one on a thursday or friday before the weekends action and one on the Monday after the weekends action with other days being filled in with the occasional rant etc. How would I go about doing this?

What I want for the Radio segment is to have a section where listeners can ask questions via a chat room which can then be asked and answered. What software would be needed to do this if needed?

Finally, what would I need to set up the blog itself. I take I'd need a host,domain, wordpress? or should I use blogger.com? Any general blog setup ideas would be great thanks.

So I hope you can help me!

[Brandon MacKenzie]

akula is the man for this

[Morpheus]

I'm also interested in how to set up a professional-looking blog, so please do tell

You need wordpress found at:

www.wordpress.org

Then just customise it to your liking i.e. mods and styles... pretty easy

[jpmorgan13]

just to elaborate on the wordpress recommendation, they offer a specific plug in for your needs which will make it easy to do a podcast. to record the podcast your gonna need a mic, and a piece of software you can get by doing a simple search on the net...search for "audacity"...this will allow you to mix and add sound. to set up a chat room just use aol, or any number of chat offerings.

for doing a podcast I would recommend Adobe Audition

[youngmoneyblog]

you'll likely need a hosting service and a domain name with wordpress for your site.

[akula]

Originally Posted by smellymelly

I want to set up an online blog focusing on Rugby around the world. However, I have lots of Rugby contacts and want to have a radio segment on the blog for live broadcasts and Q&As with famous rugby players,pundits,coaches etc. I was hoping to do one on a thursday or friday before the weekends action and one on the Monday after the weekends action with other days being filled in with the occasional rant etc. How would I go about doing this?

What I want for the Radio segment is to have a section where listeners can ask questions via a chat room which can then be asked and answered. What software would be needed to do this if needed?

Finally, what would I need to set up the blog itself. I take I'd need a host,domain, wordpress? or should I use blogger.com? Any general blog setup ideas would be great thanks.

So I hope you can help me!

this is for recreational (not business) purposes?

[smellymelly]

Well both really. I would like to make some money from it but am also doing it for enjoyment. But money would be a much added plus

[akula]

yeah...so do you have capital and a startup budget, or not really?

[smellymelly]

I got plenty of startup capital. As much as is needed.

[akula]

ok, great, well - at hotbusinessblog.com we have an advanced blogging solution which is better than the other guys. please see