• Start with…
  • Choose an editor application*. For example, because you can’t always just depend upon a blog’s editor, to have all the features you want/like/need, etc.
  • Choose a blog, from various blog providers**. Try out several, and choose one (or two) that appeal to you (e.g. for ease of managmenet, appearance, etc.)
  • (optional) Choose a photo provider***.
  • (optional) Choose means of earning money****
• Determine the purpose of your blog. At the very least, it can be used for your personal knowledge base, journal, etc. (why I blog).
• Starting Blogging.
• Enjoy.

References:

• Check PageRank, Backlinks, Indexed Pages, Rankings and more (xinureturns.com)
• My blogging-related tags at del.icio.us: del.icio.us/eric.k.herberholz [ blogging, entrepreneur, makemoneyonline, moneymaker ]
• *Editor applications (e.g. Flock’s Blog tool, Google Docs, VIM, SeaMonkey Composer, Outlook Mail Message)
• **Blog Providers (e.g. 360.yahoo.com, Bloglines, blogsome, Blogger, flickr, jaiku, LiveJournal, MySpace, Opera, Performancing, twitter, Vox, WebRing, Windows.Live.Spaces, WordPress)
• ***Photo providers (flickr, GooglePhotos, photobucket, webshots).

I have added a Twitter badge/status on my Facebook (with twitter app) and MySpace accounts, can also use Twitter badges on Blogger, TypePad and others.