Blogging makes you live around the world and provides you with lot's of opportunities and audience. Many newbies around the world ask on how to start with blogging and what are the initial requirements to start blogging. Here we are going discuss about it in a new and effective way.
If you just go through this guide, I am sure you don't have to search anymore for “How to blog” in future. It took me around 2 years to be a professional blogger. It was very difficult for me to learn all the basics which is required at the initial stage as reading online e-books and going through different sites was a not good idea for me. Many newbies suffer the same problem. Thus to ease this out, here we are going to discuss in detail on how to start blogging.
If you just go through this guide, I am sure you don't have to search anymore for “How to blog” in future. It took me around 2 years to be a professional blogger. It was very difficult for me to learn all the basics which is required at the initial stage as reading online e-books and going through different sites was a not good idea for me. Many newbies suffer the same problem. Thus to ease this out, here we are going to discuss in detail on how to start blogging.
Getting Started
Earlier, starting with blogging was really a tough task. But now there are many websites giving you a free service for creating a blog. The most used services are of Blogger.com and WordPress.com but if you search for a “free service” you will find thousands of other sites providing the same. I will prefer you to just go with Blogger.com as you can access the template code in it for free whereas in WordPress there are many complications regarding it. However, if you have money in your pocket then you can go with WordPress too. You don't require any detailed knowledge of HTML codes, just a basic knowledge will work out to start your career as a blogger.
Steps To Start Up:
- Create an account at Blogger.com.
- Select the name for the blog. It will look like yourblogname.blogspot.com
- Upload a custom template or select any default template provided by blogger.
Being A Blogger:
The next important step is to start your blog and grab some audience. There is a myth or stereo type that bloggers blog about their business, their life and about their cats and pets. It's not actually true. Today bloggers are blogging commercially for earning, so now they blog mainly on various tips and tricks, latest technology, reviewing various gadgets and products and on some other topics which can attract the readers around the web.
Your blog is a mirror of you. Write what you are passionate about and what attracts the users most. Think about the reason/purpose you want to create a blog. Do you want to record your daily life schedule and memories Or may be to update your family and friends while you are travelling Or may be you want to promote your music, videos, artwork Or you want to share your reviews on the tech gadgets and related stuff Or you want to give some online classes to the students that may be a freelancing one Or anything you are passionate about?
Few Writing Tips For Bloggers
There are few things that you should keep in mind while writing a blog. On the net you will see different ways of writing. Some are using examples to explain their articles, some are adding various quotations in their articles, some are adding video tutorials and various other techniques are used by the bloggers to make their articles more attractive. There are few qualities that makes your blog perfect, they are:
- To Be Short and Apt - Reading on-screen and off-screen is different. 2,000 words article is a very lengthy one for a online blog, dividing the whole article into various parts of 350-650 words is a better idea. Also, paragraph style provides a nice layout to your article.
- Highlighting the Important Points - Online readers often look for the crucial stuff in articles, so the writers make various keywords bold so as to make it easy for the readers.
- Bullets and Numbering - It often makes your post more managed and readable then a full paragraphed article. Numbering style is preferred when you are explaining a process and bullet style is preferred when you are explaining some key points.
- External Linking - External links in your posts is a good idea to help your audience to find out more information on that particular topic and it can also make your post more easy to understand like if you are using some difficult word then you can link that word to its meaning or from Wikipedia. Moreover, it is highly recommended to always put "nofollow" tag on any external link and while writing an article, the language used should be simplified.
- Internal Linking - It is a very essential for every site or blog to come in Google or in any other search engine's results. One of the basic thing which could be done to enhance SEO (Search Engine Optimization) of your site/blog is internal linking. If while writing an article, a word or a phrase comes which is actually an article or a label of your blog, then you can inter-link both the things. Always try to put "follow" tag on any internal link.
- Mode of Conversation - As I talked earlier about the different ways of writing, you can also use the words like “I” and “You” or even use other personal words to keep readers stick to your article.
- Keep Posting Regularly - There are millions of blogs across the web but most of them are inactive and are just making the web - a giant website store. Some blogs do not get that much attention by the readers as other blogs do due to many reasons like “writer move away from its basic purpose of blog” or “they feel like they are talking to themselves”. You should always try to post regularly so as to grab as much audience as you can and the information provided must be of some quality because in blogging quality matters not quantity.
- No Copyrighted Content - While writing an article, it is very essential to avoid posting copyrighted or modified contents and instead of that you should right your own unique content. Posting copied or modified content to your blog is just a wastage of time because with that neither you are going to get an organic traffic and nor an AdSense account for earning through your blog.
Here are some PUSH-UP methods
- Scheduled Posting - Make a plan on the frequency of posting. Suppose you have chosen to write one article for a week then do follow that plan. Writing two articles after leaving a week is not helpful for you to get in serious blogging. Start with a low posting rate but if you have some more time to write, it will be a pleasant surprise for your readers to get them one article daily instead of posting an article once a week.
- Kick 100 Posts Idea in Mind - Sit down on your couch with a pen and notebook and write the articles you are going to post in the forthcoming months. You must include atleast 100 articles and you should also prepare a layout that will be common to all your posts.
- Writing In Advance - Keep upto 5 articles in your drafts ready for posting so that when you struck with some work, your readers don't face any problem. Blogger.com or even Wordpress.com provides you post scheduling option so that your post get published automatically in future. So in this way you can update your blog regularly even without opening your account.
- Get Essential Tools - It is very important to manage and optimize your blog on daily basis. Get all the Google Tools That Every Blogger Must Have to get detailed information of your site, its drawbacks and also the ways to enhance it.
- Comment with your Website - Keep in touch with other blogs related to your niche and comment there about your reviews and put some link of your content to get audience. In this way your circle will have some new friends and also your experience would be gratifying one.
- Social Media Connection - Just making a blog and posting articles on it will not bring your attention to a wide audience. For that you need to have strong social media connection. Get yourself registered on all the Top Social Networking Websites To Boost Website Traffic.
- Write a Guest Post - Lot's of content rich blogs with mass audience publishes guest posts to help newbies to get some readers at their personal blogs. They also provide a high quality backlink which is really useful for new websites and blogs as it enhances its SEO. You should always remember that more the quality backlinks, the more is good. Check if your favorite blog has any option of “Write For Us” or “Contribute Here” - If you don't see anything like that, you can also contact the author regarding it and take the permission.
Making It Short
Just write a great content for your blog. No body will read your post if you have a poor layout or something he/she have already seen. Make it attractive, add some new keywords. Don't waste your time in your blog designing and instead of that just get one premium template. If you do blogging in the right way then it's really easy and fun, and will of course bring lots of money to you.
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