Three Blogging Tips
This article is not intended to provide you with a host of blogging tips, but simply to guide those of you who have either just started or have been blogging for a while but have some bad habits.
Bad blogging habits are easy to get into, and one of the worst is to leave your ‘About’ page unchanged. You know the page: it is provided by WordPress as standard and a whole host of bloggers leave it unchanged. Why they do this is known only to them, because this is the first page that a large number of first-time visitors to a blog check out, and the reason why many of them leave without looking further.
All you have to do is to say a little about yourself, who you are, and what your blog is about, why you feel qualified to write a blog about this topic and how you can be contacted. If your blog covers a particular niche, rather than being simply a log of personal comments, then your potential readers will want to know why they should believe what you say by reading your credentials on the subject.
There is nothing wrong with having a personal blog about your personal thoughts on things, but if you are presenting yourself as a form of expert on a specific topic, then you will have to persuade readers that you have a right to do so. You should use your ‘About’ page to do that.
Another tip you should take is to claim your blog with Technorati. This registers it as yours with Technorati, and you can get a whole load more visitors. Since joining Technorati most of my blogs’ traffic rocketed. It takes a while for new blogs to get going, but it’s a lot easier if you make use of sites such as Technorati. The same is true of most of the social bookmarking sites if traffic is important to you. If you are using a blog to promote a product, then this is essential.
If you have a website then don’t get lazy and be content to run your blog from a hosting site such as wordpress.com. It is better to download the software from wordpress.org, and host your own blog. You have much more control over the look and feel of it, and can use any of the thousands of plugins that are available online. You can also use any template you want, or even design your own. That way you get total customization of your blog pages, and can make it more distinctive than the majority hosted on WordPress or Blogger’s site. If you have tried and had problems downloading and installing it then send me an email. If needed I can take you through it online, or by telephone.
These are the two main tips that any blogger should take if they intend to blog seriously. However, was I to provide the third most important tip for anybody interested in blogging, then it would be to monetize your blog. Don’t blog for nothing. If your blog concerns a specific niche subject you can likely throw up one or two affiliate programs on your sidebar so that they appear with your new posts. A three column blog is useful for this, since your regular sidebar will generally be full of permanent links.
If you monetize using Adsense, a three column layout is even more essential, since you will want a vertical block down one of the columns, in addition to some at the bottom and the middle. A good Adsense layout would be a column to the left or right of the main text column containing a vertical ad unit, a horizontal link unit at the bottom of the blog, and also a horizontal ad unit at the bottom of the latest post. You could also include a search box at the top or bottom of your main sidebar that allows a search either on Google, from which you get income, or on your blog.
You could also include one of your websites as a second search option, providing three altogether. The income might not be a lot, but most blogs with a few hundred visitors a day should be able to make from $10 to $20 daily minimum, depending on the niche. All you need are a few blogs like that.
These are my three main blogging tips. Yours would likely be different, since blogging is a very personal thing, but if you take these three on board you will likely find that you will get more visitors, have more fun and also be able to put a bit put aside for the holidays or that unexpected bill that always comes at the wrong time.
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I just started blogging, any tips?Yeah so, I just started blogging,
how do I get more people to follow me and such??
any tips? thanks.
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thank you it was useful
To get traffic you can do following:
1. Article Writing
2. Forum Posting
3. Blog Posting (Check for Do follow blog)
4. Social Networking ( Use OnlyWire firefox plugin to bookmark to 29 sites at a single click. But don't do only yours. Bookmark others also. Otherwise you will get banned). Its also known as Web2.0
5. Try to get backlinks. Also known as Offpage optimization
6. If you are using wordpress blog use all-in-seo pluggin
Only commenting on others blog is not enough to get traffic.
This may sound really silly, but it works for a lot of people. Take a paper plate and cut a hole out of the middle. This is where you will attach your video camera lens. On the paper plate draw a face. Now when you talk to the camera it will feel like you are talking to a person. You could name your new plate-person-friend something silly. That way you will smile when you look at the camera. Also, you could just put a real person's photo there – it works just as well. Good luck.
Hello Fledgling Blogger. Getting a blog started can be an intimidating thing, especially if your intention is to become highly publicized. You want to be the expert, informed and knowledgeable, and interesting to read, but don't let it intimidate you.
You've already stated that you'd like to blog about art, movies, and music, so you've got your theme. Now hit some directory sites and look at their listings for each category. You'll find some pretty informative and interesting sites that people are actually keeping current. Go to your favorite search engine and type in something like "online art directory," or "online indie movie production" and it will bring up a plethora of options. Vary your wording, do a lot of reading, and then have a blast writing your blog!
I've written a brief article for beginning bloggers here if you've any interest in furthering your education: http://webguides4u.com/blogging4beginners.html
I Have Experience Blogging On WordPress Here Are A Few Quick Topics I Just Thought Of:
Economy
Enivorment
Amercian Idol
Celbrities
Tv Shows
New Websites ( Twitter )
Ace Of Cakes
Hotels
Magic Tricks
Aniamls
Cultures
War
Weather
Hurricane Katrina ( Slowly Recovering )
Brand Names
Kids
Jobs
Apple Brand ( Ipods )
Home Decor
Pool Vortex Drains
Swine Flu
Regular Flu
Killer Bees
Laptops
Cell Phones
Tv's
Jesus
Cancer
Bands
Music
Teenage Pregnacy
Kids Braces
Cloths
Fashion
Trendy Hair Styles
I Hope I Helped
Almost all bloggers will agree that 'Links' are very important for a blog to be ranked high on Google's search result. The more links you have the better your page rank is. As a result, a lot of bloggers end up doing all possible ways and means to get links from ANY blog even if the blog they're getting links from are not directly related to theirs.
Here are some of the common practices that bloggers employ to be able to create a link to their blogs.
1. Comment on blog posts of other blogs.
2. Exchange links to other blogs.
3. Submit Blog to Directories
4. Submit Articles to Article Directories
5. And the list goes on and on…
I will not deny the importance or the value of links for every blog's performance in the search engines' ranking. The value of links however diminishes once it is not properly optimized. Moreover, the trend nowadays is no longer about the quantity of links but the quality of links that are directed to your website or blog.
In today's article I will be blogging about the 7 Blogging Mistakes that Bloggers do When Building Links for their blog. I will explain each mistake and briefly point out what should be done to fully benefit from these links. Be reminded that the links mentioned in this article are external links (i.e. links to your blog from other blogs or websites). Internal link is another topic that will be discussed in details in the coming posts.
7 Bloging Mistakes that Bloggers do When Creating Links
# 1 Blogging Mistake: Bloggers leave comments to any blog or website where they have the opportunity to do so.
Well layouts nice and simple. Colors are OK. Maybe you could use some animated GIFs to spice up a few of the posts. You have a poll. Thats as far as a blog goes.
Well what can I say its a blog, theres not much one can do to make it cool. If your aiming for something like myspace I don't think your going to do it with a blog.
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