Blog from Anywhere Instantly With Posterous

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Do you find it too difficult to keep your blog updated?

Posterous makes it drop-dead simple to create a new blog.

Simply open your favorite email app, and create a new email to post@posterous.com.

Seconds later, you’ll receive a new email from Posterous.

Note that our blog has a autogenerated URL based partly on our email account’s name.

To do this, nudge the link at the bottom of the email you received.

Strangely, you’ll have to confirm your email address again once your signed up.

Check your email and hit the link, and your account will finally be fully setup.

There are tons of options here, so let’s look at some of the most major ones.

The most important part of the dashboard is the parameters panel.

This lets you change a lot of your blog’s feature.

Most people will want to customize their blog, and Posterous has many options for personalization.

nudge the Edit Theme button beside Look and Feel to edit your theme.

One nice features is Google Analytics integration, which lets you see how many visits your site’s getting.

Click Edit to get started with this.

Now click Add Google Analytics, and type your Google Analytics tracking code.

Another thing you may notice on the left sidebar is Autopost.

Select this to have Posterous automatically update a variety of online services whenever you post content on Posterous.

Now, you’re able to add all the services you want.