Any advice on how to start a blog?
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August 8th, 2016
I want to start a blog and have absolutely no idea how to do so :) Where do I get this nice internet space where I can post whatever? How do I make it known, when it’s ready to greet the world? Are there any blogging rules I should know about?
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Blogger.com is (I think) the biggest platform. They make it easy.
I had a blog for a while, and based on my experience…
The hard part is blogging often. The blogs we follow update A LOT, otherwise we lose interest and nobody follows.
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Start a blog now. Right now, today. But don’t use your best idea for a blog name – this is practice blog.
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Don’t tell anybody about this blog yet. So no pressure.
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Write an entry at least every day. It doesn’t have to be good. Just write. Write and write. Get used to writing and using the blog.
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Set a deadline to go live, after a week or two weeks of practice.
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Start a new blog with your awesome blog name, and start blogging for real!
@Call_Me_Jay Thank you :) So you suggest I make a baby blog before anything serious.. Okay but what do you mean by “set a deadline to go live”? I didn’t get that part Oh and how do I actually get me a few followers after I know it’s time to?
I would set a deadline to make yourself work to get enough good material for a public blog.
Finding followers is hard. I don’t have great advice for that. After a couple of years I had a no regular readers and nobody left comments.
But obviously it’s possible to build a popular blog. We all follow some.
You need to focus on a subject and hang out online with fellow enthusiasts and let them know you have a blog.
Gosh. That reminds me…I need to check on my own blog! It’s been a while.
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I would pick a theme and see if you can come up with several outlined posts for it.
The biggest factors in whether or not a blog succeeds are:
1. Interesting content
2. Consistent content
When you’re ready to share a blog with the world and want to make it look as beautiful and professional as possible, consider going on to some place like Fiverr and paying about $5 to get someone to design a logo, a custom header, and a background for you to really personalize your blog. You can even pay someone $5 to do promotion for your blog for you.
If you’re looking for a PLACE to blog, I would suggest WordPress. Been using them for years, and they’re super easy.
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