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But before you do it please let me tell you something about this blog.
First, the purpose of this blog is to provide guidelines how to be a successful blogger. The blog continuously search for latest information that it can provide for your satisfaction. We aim to do make this blog a reference for the growing population of bloggers in the whole world.
Second, the blog will also help you to write great contents for your blog post that is very beneficial in attaining success. It will also provide some information that will lead you something to a vast directory of resources and review of some of these resources as time will come.
Third, the blog will teach you how to drive traffic, by updating its information with various trends of information that will help you to find tons of readers. This may include social bookmarking, social sites (that drives traffic and relationships), advertising your blog and many more.
Fourth, the blog will also be discussing about how to monetize your blog with simple steps and comprehensive guides and tutorials.
Fifth, the blog will review another blogs and rate them accordingly till such time that the “Great Blog of the Month” will be post in the home page.
Sixth, We will also interview some of the great bloggers to share their secrets and techniques that will eventually help you I finding your path to success.
A promise, the blog will try its best to attain the expectation of its viewrs and subscribers to its greatest capabilities. So the management is requesting for your support.
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THE MANAGEMENT
Top 7 Necessary Gears for a Blog
Your blog host usually offers an easy access to put widget on your blog and it is helpful but I recommend blogger because it has almost complete way of adding many elements to its page and it is very easy to use. The definitions of some widget are listed below, please consider reading them so that you will have a blog with widgets that work as one.
1. Rss Reader or Atom
It is probably a very useful widget in making your blog to be easily located in the internet community. Visitor may subscribe to your reader if it is already burn by feed burner which I recommend because it is already with the ownership of Google.
2. Bookmark
It is probably one of the common tool that webmaster and blogger consider and this is one of the important thing because with the bookmark your blog or webpage will be listed for the search engine to crawl for it and it is really useful.
3. Search Engine
It is appealing and convenient for visitors to see that they can easily browse your page with this tool and they would rally appreciate it. I recommend the search engine offered by the google because they also pay money for any related search that your visitor will do and it also offers good search in the contents of your blog.
4. Visitors Counter
If you are proud in the traffic you’ve got then consider putting counter to your blog. Then you may, especially when it reach 500,000 above because the visitors might say that your site is popular but you can also avoid this because there might possibilities that other webmaster with many more visitor will judge you.
5. Feed burner Counter
It is a useful tool to know how many people are subscribing in your feeds. It is also like in the counter because it is also optional for you but if you feel proud then it is worth displaying of. And it is even better if you have 25,000 and above readers.
6. Subscribe to Newsletter, etc.
It is important that your visitors will sign up this thing so that you can send notice if your blog/site is been updated and it is really significant to have list. So, remember to put this. And it is proven that e-mail distributed with your link, increase your page ranking.
7. Google analytics
It is the Google analytics which is the leading web analyzer that is the best for me so far but you can still experiment with some of web analyzer. Google analytics is accurate and comprehensive especially in its data which really help me a lot in blogging.
These seven tools are the tools that is very beneficial for you. You can add more, I am hoping with some of your opinion. Thank you.
15 Questions as your first step in making your Blog
2. Do you initiate yourself to be a starter? – Even if we have innovative and high-tech way of making blog, it is still YOU who manipulate the faith of your blog and contents. So, take on the initiative and make those innovative and work their works.
3. Are you better at writing or speaking? – We are a writer in our own way, but in order to have a good blog. We must exhibit good contents. So if you like to have blog then, consider having practices in writing.
4. Do you have an interest in blogging or forum? – At first, blog are considered to be an online Journal. But as the internet world change, it also changes the perspectives of the blog. Today, we still consider that blogs are personal and it is really a person to person communication.
5. Can you give it a good attention? – Blogs require attention; it is craving for your time. If you don’t have enough time or this attention, then the change you have to gain success is very very very limited.
6. Is writing one of your hobby? – Blogging can be considered as hobby, it is a good way of wasting time and it gives us relaxation (suppose to be). Once that you have included writing as your hobby then you will easily end up in including also blogging as your hobby and you will gain success in no time.
7. Are you ready for the coincidences? – Blogging is a public way of expressing your opinion; it has the possibility to be seen by hundreds, or thousand or millions (if chances are high) of viewers with different reaction on your work? It will be just normal to see negative and positive comments on your hard made work. And beside, it is good to receive comments, whatever it contains; it is just like a consolation on your part that your work grabs attention.
8. Do you take yourself too seriously? - One of the characteristic I think bloggers should have is a sense of humor - particularly when it comes to looking at them. While there are plenty of examples of bloggers who do take themselves too seriously, most successful bloggers seem to have the ability to laugh at them also.
9. Is your topic conveys clear message? – Do you have plans in expressing your message to each of your viewers?
10. Do you have your aims? - It is a good thing to have aims in making your blog. This will help you much in giving you initiative in making your blog.
11. Do you enjoy online relationships? – Starting blog is also like starting relationships. And blogging connects many links to other people. People of the viewers, other blogs, social communities and self with your blog.
12. Do you still consider yourself as a learner? –“A real genius hears from their fellow” blogging is a continuous way of learning and application of what you have learned. And we have infinite knowledge to acquire of and please consider that “If you learn something, you must learn that you have still many to learn”.
13. Ready to face the life of a busy man? – Gaining success is gaining more jobs to do, and blogging may insert much in your schedule. Especially when you became professional then you will have many e-mails, calls and contents to be done.
14. Are you patient? – Any thing here on earth needs effort and time, making a blog takes time and a lot of effort to be made and access the triumph. It is none sense to do blog and if you don’t want to make it then you just stop accessing it. You are just wasting the space of domain names.
15. Is creativity on your side? Being creative is just a human self explanatory on your side. I think all people are creative in their own ways. So, my great piece of advice is to choose the topic where your creative ideas will come out. And, I tell you that small ideas can spark big pillars of articles.
I hope that I have enlightened your mind it this case that you are making your blog. I wish that you like the question I have put in here. I personally made them base on my experience and other blogs that I have read. I hope that you will react with this article. I am hoping for good reply from you.
10 Best steps in Starting a Blog
Today, we will take about on how to create a blog and its ten best steps to have a successful one. With this step I hope you will realize some of the basic but sure way of having blog with a success.
It is basic for you to have a blog by just signing up and make a post, but the problem is that, how can you tell that you are making a blog with out errors? You must consider many things in your moves before launching one. At least 90% of the bloggers fail to meet their expectations, can you be the 10% who will be successful and reach their success? Almost all of the bloggers now shift their diary blogs to a marketing one and post some of their expertise. Then take a look for this steps that will be helpful in your blogging career:
Step 1: Ask yourself if blogging is for you
You can’t just start blogging by just saying it so, you must observe your self with this. Have a cross section of your self to know your capabilities in handling this. Ask these things:
· Do I love to read?
· Do I love to write?
· Am I updated with the latest news and information?
· Can I handle criticism?
· Am I willing to spend atleast 2 hours a day for this?
· Can I think of unique articles everyday?
· Am I okay with posting some of my imperfect works?
· Am I patient with this one?
· Am I rational?
If you answered yes, then we can proceed to step 2.
Step 2: Establish your goals
This is one of the important things that must be considered. Establish your goals so that you will have a direction to follow and have an initiative to continue your work until such time that you will reach your peak of success. So ask this to yourself:
· What is the purpose of my blog?
· Is my blog for a diary only or for marketing purpose?
· Do I see myself to take the risks for this sake?
· Is blogging a long term work for me?
You must also take note that blogging can be considered as a race, there are many bloggers that are ahead with you. You can’t start racing the oval without knowing where the finish line is. So have this in your mind and start running till you reach it.
Step 3: choose the platform that you will use:
Are you going for free blogging platforms or to the paid one? Well eventually it is your choice; your success really depends on your two hands. You must be the one to handle the resources and you must have the creativity to make something from that box. If you are a starter then I will recommend to you to have atleast an experimental blog to learn from it, because I consider the sayings that “experience is your great teacher” and I really learned from it much. So, have one of this before deciding what platform you really need, because in blogging there is no absolute correct. It is you, the one who can answer it by yourself.
Step 4: Choose your domain name
Choosing your domain name is vital for your blog destiny and is critical to do. You must plan on what your blog address be. Remember that you will use this in your present and future, so consider these things:
· It must be simple
· It must be attention grabber
· It must convey an idea
· It must give some insight in which the viewer will know what blog you do have.
· It is easy to memorize and remember.
What do you think you will name to a blog that tells about how to be successful in blog. Will it be SuccesinBlog or AnnsBlogtips?
It is normal to people to choose SuccessinBlog than AnnsBlogTips and I think that you have the same answer and you have choose SuccessinBlog. Which seems to me Right? Because it states some sort of overview and is really simple and an attention grabber.
So think carefully for this element, and have an advantage on it.
Step 5: Setup your schedule
In your offline world, you have a real life and things to do that really take time. Give atleast two hours a day for blogging in your online. So that your first efforts will not be thrown away. A good suggestion I have for you is to atleast finish your offline chores and have a relaxation with your online (if blogging is your outlet for your relaxation). So, make a time table and manage your time for this.
Step 6: Choose your topic
Warning: Be very careful of choosing your topic!
You must consider these things before doing one:
1. Is the topic interesting for you?
2. Is this popular?
3. Is it very important to you?
4. Can you give ideas from it?
5. Can you produce tons of topic from it?
6. Do you have many resources to gather according to it?
Step 7: Choose the template of your blog
The blog must have a template which is very professional to look at (just a comment for me in what I observed when I am surfing some of the blogs). Because viewers must feel comfortable with it. The minimum time for a surfer to stay in your blog is atleast three seconds so you must have an attention grabber (again) design on your blog. Choose nice template and make sure that it is related with your blog.
Step 8: Hail our King the Content
The main purpose of blog is to contain articles that are helpful for viewers. It is the one that they are seeking of from the start of their typing keywords from the search engine so it must be really take care of. And if you will have quality contents it will do the work for you to be successful. Create contents that are revised several times and with the ingredients of your research and experience and it will be loved by your viewers. I tell you.
Step 9: Socialize with your viewers
With constant effort in the elements of your blog, you will eventually end with viewers that little by little depending in your effort that you have inserted. If you have them, take care of them and give them good impression upon you. A simple “thank you” from you will give them a sense of appreciation and will eventually be loyal and happy in participating in your blog. A simple etiquette from your side is a worth of giving and they will return it to you.
Step 10: Promote your Blog
If you think that your blog is ready for heavier traffic then it is your time to promote it. For me I spend atleast 2 months of preparation with contents, banners, logo, template, videos and plans before promoting it. Because I look forward for the impressions of my visitors and I also make sure that it will be positive (I hope).
Socializing is the best technique that I know that will lead you to large number of visitors and it is what the blog meant for. Have a free service form socializing network in StumbleUpon, del.i.ciou.s, fark, technorati and many more.
We have reached the last step so far, I hope you enjoyed it and I am hoping for more opinion you will have. So my question is, do you have something more to say in starting a blog? Or you have something to say from your previous experience?
