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June 26th, 2009 | Author: admin
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This is by no means an extensive guide on blogging. It just gives you guidelines on how to start and to generate traffic with your blog to build your business.
As in all ventures you need to do extensive reading and research to become a true master. And that is the path that you want to go, because this business is in your hands. It will be as successful as your effort to make it on the net.
How to Blog:
A blog is an easy way of publishing your thoughts to the web
A Blog consists of a:- 
subject or header
subject or body
they usually have comments – a way for readers to respond to what’s been said.
usually they have a time and date
Why Should You Write A Blog?
You might use blogging as you might a photo album, to record your memories. Or as way of connecting to other people who share the same interests or business goals as you.
Recognition – it is a chance to develop a following and stand out as a subject area expert.
Employment opportunities – if you love writing it is also a way to build a resume of your writing skills that may lead to other opportunities.
Revenue – there is a very real chance to make money from your online writing. Either directly through advertising or indirectly through spin-off publications.
For business owners this is absolutely essential. Search engines favour websites that are updated regularly. Blogging is a great way to make sure that your content is always fresh. This gives you a much better shot of appearing high in the results of Google search.
Wordpress is very popular due to the fact that it has an enormous amount of Open Source. It comes with free support from its active community, and a huge array of free themes and plugins to enhance your blog with.
“Does your blog have potential?”
Before starting, go out and learn the competition. You have chosen your niche, now go out and visit as many blogs and websites as possible to see if there’s any room left for you. You don’t want to do a blog on something that is already overstocked. You want to create something extra unique.
Make Your Blog Content Stand Out
The title is the most important part of the blog! Why’s that? Your title will either entice a reader to choose your blog above someone else’s. This is the make or break point.
You can think of the title as a label your article in the unlimited virtual library that the Internet is.
Once you have a great title the next thing worth thinking about is what happens when your reader actually arrives at your website.
Find Free or Cheap Images to Use in Your Blog
To spice up the appearance of your blog you need images that will compliment your content.
Dreamstime is one of my favorite places. Have also a look at 123RF. They have some beautiful free images.
Find More Blogging Resources…
Once you have a great looking blog up and running, you might start thinking how you can spruce up your design, start making money from your content, or making sure that you promote your content to as many people as possible. Here is some useful links.
Promoting Your Blog:
Robin Good’s RSS 55 is a constantly updates list of directories that you can submit the RSS feed of your blog to, further building your readership
Create Easy to Promote Content – Chris Garrett
Read this article on how you can use micro blogging platform Twitter to publicize your blog
“Pinging” by Marjolein Hoekstra explains the concept to “ping” blog directories every time you post to increase your visibility on the web
Monetizing Your Blog – Here is great reads to turn your blog into a commercial enterprise.
Darren Rowse’s – Earn money from your blog
Robin Good’s – How To Make Money With Your Website
Robin and Livia Iacolare’s - Collection of blog monetization options
My hope is that this piece will insire you to great hights and a wonderful online journey.
HelenaZ
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