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Aug

20 tips for starting a blog


So you’re thinking about starting a blog yourself, but don’t know where to start?
Here are some tips helping you out.

  • If you’re not sure if you can keep up posting, put yourself to the test. There are numerous good bloogertools available to start with.
    Blogger dot com is one for example.
    • Many bloggers stop posting after a few weeks, so test yourself first before spending money.
  • If you got what it takes to be a blogger for real, register a domain for your blog. Hosting isn’t that expensive, for about 40$/year you could find one.
  • Think about what script you’re going to use, Wordpress, Moveable Type, or write your blog yourself
    like me.
  • Read other well established blogs, to find out how they work, how they write posts. Remember that most of these blogs have more then 1 blogger to submit content. So don’t be demotivated by the high frequency of postings over there. They also started little once!!!
  • Choose your blog’s template wisely. Or create one of your own
  • Ask your friends for an opinion and tell them to be honoust.
  • What do you want to blog about? Aiming for a “Niche” or a general blog? Search for blogs that could be a competitor for you in the future and subscribe to their RSS Feed!!!!!
  • Don’t forget to put up a RSS Feed yourself on your new blog!
  • Want to track how many users subcribed to your RSS feed? Use Feedster. Little tip, don’t display that you have 5 subscribed RSS readers. Only show it if you reach 100 subscribers or so.
  • Subscribe yourself to Technorati, Digg or Reddit. You can also post your site to Blog Directories
  • Subscribe yourself to Google Analytics, this will give you a good indication how people surf your blog.
  • Create a sitemap and post it to the Google webmaster tools
  • Learn how to use SEO, Search Engine Optimization, this will help you, so people can find your site with the keywords you’re using on your blog.
  • Get active in other blogs, post comments on their blogs.
  • Let people comment on your posts and suggest them to do so. They provide you input so you can make your blog better!
  • Read the comments you get for your post, reply to them if needed.
  • Use Categories, so people have a quick overview what you’re blog is offering
  • Try to post on regular bases. It’s easy to get traffic, but it’s harder to keep them coming back
  • Don’t know what to write about? Go to your favorites, look at some other blogs, search for an interesting article there and give your opinion on your blog reffering to the other blog.
  • Really think about your post’s title. This is what attract your visitors. And if your post is as good as the tilte, congratz!



    • Find these tips usefull?
    Ready to start blogging?
    Lets get busy to create your first post then. Oh, and you’ll have something to do for the rest of your life then.  grin

    Done creating it, good for you, let me know where it is, I’m looking forward reading it!


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    1 Response to "20 tips for starting a blog"


    Posted by blog directory submission service  on  Jun 26  at  06:10 PM

    Great tips for newbie bloggers. Thanks for putting that togather


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