Blogging: Basics and practice

Blogging essentially is where people can share commentary with regular entries via video, written word or audio. Translation, anyone who wants to shout can be heard via the internet. There is more to this process. Blogging is also a legitimate tool for your business because you are able to share your knowledge and market your skills. So we plan to look at how you can do this successfully and provide tips on how to find inspiration.

There are many sources of information about blogging. They can say the same things, but in different ways. So lets get you started first.

To begin, you have to start with a subject that will be of interest to you. This will always give you inspiration to write about. Once you have the topic, you need to find a home for your blog. I personally can say I use Wordpress and Blogger. Set up an account with a free or paid service, its up to you. From there, we get creative. You can step through some tutorials for designing your blog and get to writing rather quickly.

Now that you are staring at your scree, you are thinking of what to write, correct? Well, before you start your blog, let us consider a few things. To be successful you want to make sure your entry will be relevant and give something to the reader. By doing this, you avoid the blog being about you and the details of your life. It will become more of a sharing of things you have learned and current events. This is where a little brain storming and research will help you have good content for your blog.

Now that you have your blog set up and have content for your first blog, here are a few things to remember:

• Grammar and punctuation—they are auto featured in most word processing programs
• Spell Check—a must to fight those typo demons.
• Blog consistently
• Market your blog by being socially active online. Leave comments and join discussions.
• Take time to read other peoples blogs.
• Be patient and they will come
• Remember everyone has an opinion, so allow a little leeway.
• Have fun.

These are just a few tips for you to remember. Happy blogging.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

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