I just wanted to comment on the very useful site called MyBlogLog.  It has been a fantastic place to get to grips with blogging and to see what others are doing. 

Robyn Tippins is the community manager there and you can find her bloglog profile at http://mybloglog.com/buzz/members/Duzins/ 

She writes an interesting blog  called Practical Blogging focused on helping bloggers and webmasters increase their income via Adsense, affiliate advertising and general blogging help.