Blogging Tips for the Newbie Blogger; Ready to Get Started?
Blogging. It has become a popular way to express yourself. Once used for personal expressions, blogs have now transformed into a new form of social media. Writers have become bloggers as they spread shared information across the Internet. Whether the blog is about arts and crafts or a news blog about electronics, blogging is a way to share your knowledge with the world around you.
There are ways to ensure that your blog has a great foundation to grow from. Does this mean you can’t change the theme or structure or layout later? Definitely not. Your blog will always grow, change will come from that growth, and you will adapt with it.
If you have decided to add a blog to the wide expansion of the Internet, there are a few blogging tips that will help you get started with a strong base to move forward with. Take the following and apply it to your ideas and watch your blog flourish.
Since you are here because you have decided to create a blog, then I will not tell you that you need to choose a topic. At this point you should have chosen a niche, a subject, a piece of the world that you want to share. It is from this point that you want to grow. So, set some goals.
Ask yourself:
1. Where do I want to go with this blog?
2. How in depth do I want to go?
3. Is this a hobby or something more serious?
4. Is this a personal blog or do I want guest bloggers?
5. What kind of information do I want to provide about my key topic?
These questions will help you set goals to know where you are heading with your blog. If you have your goals mapped out, you will find success knowing the different steps you are going to take to get there. Plus, setting goals and reaching them is always rewarding.
With goals in mind, it’s time to find the right website to manage your blog. You can easily uses websites like WordPress or Blogger, which both offer customizable options to create a blog design to fit your niche. Choose a layout wisely and make sure your background colors and fonts are not hard to read. You don’t want your reader to get a headache from reading red font off of a tan-colored background.
Once your blog is created, now the fun part begins. It’s time to write. The ideal way to keep the content flowing is by writing and posting daily. A blog that had old content or barely updated content will not grow or expand. Readers will come to the blog and see old posts and move on to the next. The more new content the more chance you have of repeat readers, especially if your content is what they are interested in. But please, before you post, check check check for errors.
There is no need to send your posts to New York editing companies to ensure you have spelled everything and won’t cause English majors to twitch but definitely proofread. Check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation. However small this may seem, some readers will stop reading a blog if they find too many mistakes while reading. It will throw them off, and you will lose credibility as a writer.
Finally, as your blog grows so will the number of followers you have. Allow comments at the end of your blog posts. It will allow for conversation between you and your readers as well as giving visitors the ability to speak to each other. If a reader comments on something you have written, I recommend always responding. You don’t want this to be a one way street of communication. Respond, make conversation. This is a blog for sharing after all.
To get started it is not that hard but keeping up with the posts can be harder. If you are dedicated, you will be able to find the time as well as the topics to continue feeding into your blog. If you get stuck, ask family, friends, anyone you think would love to write to add an article and include guest posts to keep your content flowing.
Be open, be honest, and have fun. Blogging is for readers, but it is also for you. Love when you write. Your readers looking for your niche may find a real connection to your blog so keep at it. Blogging doesn’t hold newbies in place for long, so get ready to grow as fast as your fingers can move.