How to Start Blogging - Steps for
becoming a Blogger
1) Find your Niche
– Now when I saw this Tip, I didn’t even knew what’s a niche. What it
means to me is your interests. For Eg. -My Blog Realtrix is about Internet
& Web and Computing Stuff. Similarly you should find
your Interest about what you are going to Blog about. Some Ideas I
think you can be blogging about are Blogging, Computing,
Tech, Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Music, Bollywood, Parental,
Personal & Education.
2) Find which Blogging SW
you are going to Use – The are many. The most
Popular is WordPress & Blogger. Lets be straight Wordpress is
much better than Blogger. BUT is better as it not 100% free. Hence,
Blogger is the Best Option. I am using Blogger as Its highly
Customizable. Also Blogger is a part of Google Services.
3) How to Start &
what to write – Before making your own blog
see what other Bloggers are doing and writing about on the same topic
you are going to write about. Then make a list of Stuff they are not
Writing about but you think should be written about. Now you know what
to write about in your Blog.
Tip : If you are a
regular reader you might have seen that I use Images for every Post I
write. So you can start collecting Photos for your Blog
Post in advance.
4) Starting Your Blog
– Check Out the Video here to know how to Get a Free Blog at
Blogger.Com. Set Up the Blog there following the Video Tips. Read
: How
to Create a BlogSpot Blog for Free ? – Video Guide For Beginners
5) Search Engine
Optimization – This is very Important when
Starting a Blog… See Below “Tips for New Bloggers”
6) What Template to Choose
and Where to find Them – Your blog Template,
I think is one of the Factors which will keep bringing back Visitors. I
means think it this way if you see a very Nice Looking Blog … Don’t you
try to remember it and Go back to See what's new going On there ??
Best Tips for New Bloggers
Do you want to increase traffic to your blog?
Well, here are some ready tips to make a move in the world of success
blogging. Get started with the following tips that make your task easy.
Some of the Easiest Ways to Improve your Blog, SEO and its
Traffic/Visitors.
- Make a habit of posting regularly
in the blog.
- Choose a proper template
for your Blog. You don't expect people to like it if you have a cooking
theme in a Technology blog.
- Write a topic and post it in
different sections and thereby create a series. This
increases the curiosity of the web visitors who turn to the blog for
the interesting follow-ups.
- Optimize your blog to make it load
Faster so that new visitor don't get annoyed to sit idle
while your blog page loads.
- Try to blog out breaking news
first. It increases the popularity and creates an
authentic image in the web community.
- Use right keywords in the body content. The placement
of the keywords in accurate density proves to be search
engine friendly.
- It is very important to encourage
comments of web visitors in your blog. Highlight the
most relevant comments on the blog. Try to build a cordial relation
with the web visitors so that they visit your blog over and over again.
- Submit your blog in blog
directories and the RSS feed in RSS directories respectively.
- It will be fruitful if you use
the Ping-O-Matic service. Enter your blog name and its
URL and select the directories according to choice. Any updates in your
blog are automatically updated in the directories. The web visitors in
these directories will able to access your contents.
- While designing your blog it necessary to make
an email subscription button and form. This proves to be
very user friendly.
- Try to comment on other blogs.
This will introduce your blog in the blogger community.
- List your favorite blogs
in the blog rolls. You must also try to list your blog in other blogs.
- It is highly important to add
your blog’s URL to your email signature and any profiles
other social networking sites. This will also introduce your blog in
the web community.
- It is essential to use Digg,
Stumble and other social bookmarking sites for your
blog. Once you send a post in the aggregators, it will reach millions
in no time.
- Write on related topics. Post
related Articles in a row. This helps
in stirring up the interest of the web visitors.
- Show the topmost posts
in the your blog which received great popularity. This will bear
evidence of your blog’s authenticity and significance.
- It is mandatory to add “previous” and “next”
post buttons. This helps the user to quickly and easily
navigate through the Blog.
- Try to build up inbound links in your blog.
This will help the web visitors to access other important pages in your
blog and thus enhance traffic flow.
- Rework on the previous
Old posts. Try to check out every detail in your post and make it
exciting.
- Track your Visitors.
See where they Come From, Searching for What. When they leave. etc.
- Use photos in your
post.
- Make a Translation
Widget In your Blog to help foreign visitors read what
you have written.
- Utilize your Online time
when Not Blogging.Find Important Things to Do when Not Blogging.
Also Read : How
to Boost Blog Traffic - Must Read
Article Source:
http://www.articlesbase.com/blogging-articles/
how-to-start-blogging-tips-for-new-bloggers-725671.html
About the Author
Debajyoti Das is an Engineering Student who loves
Technology & Web 2.0 .He is a Blogger at
http://realtrix.blogspot.com/ . You can see details there.
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