The Idiot’s Step-By-Step Guide To Blogging for Profit

Written by Daegan Smith


Blogging is easy, blogging is fun. And what’s more…it can help your business in a lot of ways. A blog is a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and web links inrepparttar cyberspace. You could call it an e-diary where you can register your thoughts, opinion and comments on anything and everything underrepparttar 124511 sun that interests you. Though people had been ‘at it’ long beforerepparttar 124512 term blog was coined; it has gained currency as an effective medium of communicating overrepparttar 124513 Internet only recently. The introduction of automated published software like “Blogger” at www.blogger.com has been instrumental in blogging success. A blog or a weblog’ is conceptually similar to a website and is accessible to anyone onrepparttar 124514 Internet.

There are millions of bloggers inrepparttar 124515 world today blogging away to glory. But blogging can be more than just chatter inrepparttar 124516 cyberspace. It can be a great tool for boosting your online business’s profitability once you’ve understood how it works and what are its limitations. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblog#Corporate for some more information.

How to become a Blogger?

The key to learning how to become a blogger is to start blogging! Easier said than done? Not really. There are several websites that can give you information on how to be a blogger. Blogger.com is one of them. You have three options here to choose from:

-Have a hosted service like Blogger allows you to set up an account and fire away in a matter of minutes.

-A remotely installed blog like movabletype allows you to install on a server for a small fee.

-Desktop blog programs like Radio Userland are installed on your desktop and then uploaded to a host. These are usually desktop programmes that include hosting and upgradation for a certain period of time and charge you a small fee.

- You can get more information on blogging resources from http://www.blogroots.com/resources.blog.

Also see: http://www.blogger.com/start

Once you have decided what option you want for setting up your weblog/ blog you are ready to start blogging. It is that easy. It could take a while before anyone will notice your little blog inrepparttar 124517 corner and take you seriously. But you can cut down this time with some great ideas at: http://help.blogger.com/

offers some great ideas on increasing your blog’s readership. There is a Chinese saying, “ It’s a wise man who learns from others’ mistakes”. Read others blogs to see what works and what doesn’t, what are their writing styles etc. It’s a great way to teach yourself and fun too…. you are learning on some one else’s expense.

Guidelines forrepparttar 124518 greenhorn blogger

Here are some simple guidelines for a newbie blogger. Take a chance with these to increase your chances of success.

  1. Get Blogging: Like I said earlier,repparttar 124519 best way to learn blogging is to start blogging.
  2. Recognize your motivation: Why are you blogging? What do you hope to achieve?
  3. Link to other blogs: the best way to popularise your blog is to link to other blogs. So link you must!
  4. Develop a unique style of writing: Developing a writing style is an evolutionary process. Try different approaches and formats until you find one that fits your message, audience, and personal motivations.
  5. Express your personality... let your humour, your perspective on life, and your values shine in your writing.
  6. Be regular with your posting: readers will quickly wander away from blogs that are not updated regularly. So this is very important.
More blogging resources are available at: (www.lights.com/weblogs)

Promotion Is The Key To Success

Written by David Bell


Initiallyrepparttar most important factor in attracting people to your site is its overall look and quality. We have changed our site several times since it was launched, each time updating and improving its content. The site must certainly not be static, it must be seen to be ever changing. It should be simple and clearly laid out and easy to navigate. Visitors don't want something that will take them too much time to get through as invariably they don't have that time! Promotion isrepparttar 124510 key to success and we are only just starting to learn what actually works and what doesn't. Email for instance is one that just won't reap rewards. There's no point in emailing anyone and everyone who you might think is interested. You may get one or two positive responses from 300 emails. Howeverrepparttar 124511 rest may never read or simply delete what you send. One way of emailing that we have found to be a success is to reply to people's questions, problems and thoughts within a newsgroup. There will be several, if not, many newsgroups that will match your target audience. You have to remember that newsgroups have rules and regulations, and that you can't just post blatant advertising. You may be found to be in breach of these rules and banned! E-mails must be targeted to reach your audience and not sent out randomly. People get upset if you send too much unsolicited junk mail! Another successful way of promoting your site via email is to use a signature file. This is a small and effective tool. It just involves leaving your name, URL, email address, telephone and fax numbers atrepparttar 124512 bottom of every email you send out. It is much easier for people to just click onto a URL than having to type it in, even if they have just a quick look. Flooding people with your site address is another must for companies promoting their web site. Put it anywhere and everywhere you think, on everything that is sent out. There are lots of promotional items that can be sent out with your URL on and these can be purchased relatively cheaply.

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