How To Blog For Newbies Day 12

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Learning how to blog is akin to learning how to build a business. Compared to the brick and mortars, a blog is considered a low barrier to entry venture; all that is needed is a computer, broad band, annual renewal fees for your domain, and web hosting fees.

These low entry barrier means that you do not have much to lose if the business does not work well. However on the other side the low entry barrier means that a lot many other entrepreneurs will be working in the same niche as yours and it means more competitions. In low entry barrier businesses the dedication, patience and perseverance in the initial years is what will distinguish the long term players from the non serious ones.

As in business, various reasons could contribute to a blogger’s failure:

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The WoW! factor. Books talk about it. Conglomerates preach about it in strategic meetings. Marketeers look for it to create customer loyalty. And now you are going to venture on how to blog with these Wow factors, intact!

Let’s ask yourself these questions. What makes the Wow factor? What makes you attracted to a website or a blog and want to visit them everyday? Now that you are a blogger, probably you need a more detached opinion to answer these questions.

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Tips on learning how to blog are abundantly found on the information highway. You can find them from books, internets or even discussion in forums.

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It all depends on the individual. Some find it easy to decide on the blog topic while many find it difficult.

Let’s take an example. If you happen to be an Electronic Engineer, you might think that writing a blog on electronic is easy. After all, we all deal with amplifiers and solid states in our daily uses one way or another, right? Wrong.

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A Joint Venture between Suzuki and Volkswagen to compete for auto-world supremacy, Wow!

Just by reading AutoBlog.com for 15 minutes, I am already acquainted with the industry’s hot shots like Audi’s R8 Engine, Mercedes-Benz own AMG SLS and BMW’s MI Concept engine.

Ok, probably I would need to read more than this blog alone to be a qualified auto buff. What I’m trying to say is, if you are able to get first hand news and information relating to your industry, then go ahead and start a news blog like this.

Although this blog is owned by AOL, you don’t need resources like AOL to start a news blog. Passion for the subject is all that is needed.

A good domain name like AutoBlog.com is important, but it is not an end to itself. Brian Powell started this blog, AwfulAnnouncing.Blogspot.com in 2006 as a hobby.

Apart from the perils and follies of the Sports Media, the blog also focuses on critics within the sports arena. The blog not only received praises from major sports media like Sports Center, ESPN Radio and WFAN, it also won the Best Non-Corporate Sports Web Site in the annual Media Awards in 2007.

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We know it’s not easy to put contents into our blog. In addition, you have to be up to date with what you write, well at least to your audience.

You must always bear in mind that your blog’s content must always add value to your audience’s outlook and experience.

In order to assist you, I would review a series of blog as part of our learning experience. We would analyse and see what actually make these blogs tick. Their contents are great because they are all voted as the top 10 blogs of 2009 by CNBC.

Remember, the way I comprehend these blogs may be different from you. Let us begin:

1000AwesomeSomeThings.com talks about anything under the sun, from staying up late to little gritty issues like getting back into your warm bed after a hard day work. It’s a website full of inspirational posts of how one should focus one’s attention to the awesome little ‘miracles’ of lives.

Focus on your experience today. Think of the many conversations you have, the sound you heard, the road you drove through. Have you realized how much you are able to write by just paying attention to your surroundings?  Awesome!

Do you have to be an interior designer to make this site? Not necessary. All you need is  passion in the subject you want to blog about.

For example, if you are good in baking, you can touch on sub topics in baking like “Icing Design For Christmas” or ” Bread For Your Valentine”. Try to make your blog different.

Apartment Therapy offers pointers to busy city dwellers on designing an apartment into a piece of artwork. All in the name of adding value to the audience’s lifestyle.

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Before starting HowToBlog.org and SphereScreen.com, I have already written other blogs as well. All of them are done under Google’s Blogspot.

The first was written with the intention of sharing my management experience and the second blog, about foreign exchange. After a few days, I ran out of steam.

Why did I blog then? Probably just to join in the fray.

Why do you blog?

Dr Alan Cann describe his blog:

• is a place where I think, plan and reflect
• forces me to read in order to gather the input I need for my output
• is a place where I play with technology and ideas
• often surprises me
• is a place where I collaborate
• is currently the most satisfying part of my job
• is slightly dangerous
• is compulsive

Dr Walter van den Broek said this about Blogging:

“Certainly a small part of the fun is hoping for admiration and affirmation. I check my blog stats and google analytics regularly and a peak in readers certainly is another boost for writing more posts. Eventually you get to “know” your colleague bloggers, and human contact grows. The most important reason for me to blog is to keep up with developments in my field and make ideas and these developments known and published. A growing number of professionals have started weblogging to share their personal knowledge.”

There are 3 main reasons for blogging?

1. Professional Recognition – to share knowledge with readers and to portray oneself as an expert in one’s area of expertise
2. Employment Opportunity
3. Blogging as a Business – good blogs are potential revenue generators

Frankly speaking, everybody has their own reason for reaching out to internet audience. Whatever it is, your blog is a good way to your customers and to interact with your fellow hobbyist. Good luck!

Source: www.CommonCraft.com

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Now, with your WordPress set up and your theme installed, you are ready to blog. You know, I was all excited when I first started how to blog with my first website called SphereScreen.com.

Naturally, I started doing research on the generic name of Sphere Screen and guess what? The technology is still at its infancy and I have no idea when the technology will take off. So I did the next best thing. With the help of my friend, I have decided to put in the latest technology happening of displays that may one day incorporated into the futuristic Sphere Screen.

Here are a few steps you would have to take when you want to post content into your website.

1. Plan Your Theme

What I am trying to say is, decide on the theme before you even start writing. Plan ahead. Many new bloggers make a mistake of writing about anything that crosses their mind.

Without a proper theme to guide you, your blog will run a danger of turning into a dumpsite of incoherent contents. One day you may write about your hobby, the next day, you might just decide to post in something about your cat. I am not saying this is wrong if your main intention is to talk about your lifestyle. Just take a few days to think about this.

2. Research Your Content

Ok ok I know you are already an expert in what ever you want to blog about. However, that doesn’t mean that you need not further your knowledge about your topic of interest. You can find out more about the latest news regarding your interest from various sources of information. When I want to research on LCD display for example, I get my information from Digg.com, zdnet.com, technologyreview.com among others.

3. Be Original

Never duplicate word for word from other writers’ content into your blog. Apart from running the risk of infringement, you are doing a disservice to your valuable blog site. Words spread fast in the World Wide Web and if your contents are just mere duplication of other people’s work, your traffic would be limited.

4. Add Value

Your blog is an extension to the knowledge you want to share with your readers. As a result, your content should add values to their lifestyle. For example,  individuals with anxiety attack would loves a blog that tells them  how to solve their problems. AnxietyAttack.org would be good website for these group of individuals.

5. A Good Title

A good title has the power to pull or push readers way from your blog post. The keywords in your title enable search engines to crawl to your blog.

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Source : www.quesomanrulz.com in YouTube

Setting up WordPress for your website is easy, but not without challenge.

The video I’ve uploaded shows a good tutorial on how to set up WordPress after you have successfully pointed your domain to your present web hosting provider.

Take your time, relax and enjoy.

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All right, now you have finally decided on the web host provider you desired. It’s time to get technical before going further to learn how to blog. You have to point your domain from your domain name registrar to your new web host. I’ll be using my experience in pointing my domain  from GoDaddy to my web host.

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