Hi IceKittyNM
Okay so from what your saying, your not to worried about making money right away, it sounds to me that your looking to build a solid foundation with long term goals. Let me know if I'm right? If so, make that your mission statement for your business plan. "to build a solid foundation with long term goals." You can modify it to whatever you want it to say but for now it just a broad statement. Once you've got your mission statements done let me know...we can continue. Trust me when I say that I could sit here and give you sites to use and all other types of info, but not everthing works for everyone. Their's to many variables involved.....time. Having a simple plan will put into perspective your limitations and your expections. Just some advice from someone that used to just jump into things, and I've lost lots of money in the past years to get where I am today.....still broke but I don't have a boss LOL.
Blogging is one GREAT way to get going...but it take time and it's hard for instant results. In your blog make a daily entry with your banners showing how much you've accomplished on your sites like fusion. Talk about your experience and post links to forums about your topic. The idea behind blogs is rich content. You have to sell some something that everyone is sceptical about, that alone makes it hard, and trying to convince people in writing is even harder. But you can offer incentives to persuade them into following not only your blog but to give the sites you write about a chance. Incentives is a touchy subject and that's something I wouldn't discuss in this forum. So to answer your question...yes a blog is a great idea especially if your looking at making this a long term commitment, you have the time to look at others blogs, take notes, and begin yours it's absolutely free. Imagaine I entry everynight or so for 1 year, that is a great way to get loyal referrals. Their's tricks to it so let me know what kind of help you need with your blog