In another way, blogging might also be serving as a benefit to website owners as a mechanism for adding content to their site thereby getting new pages indexed in the search engines more quickly.
To start a blog is easy once you have opened a free account at Blogger, owned by Google. There is no need for any technical skills to start posting your blog, all that is required is to follow the step-by-step instructions of the blogger.
Using blogger you can have unlimited numbers of blogs with templates of your choice; you can also choose to host them on your own website or for free at blogspot.com.
Come up with an interesting topic for your blog, it can be in any areas of human endeavours such as sports, politics, computers, Internet, Hobbies, Vacations, to mention a few. Try to post to your blog at least once or twice a week. It is better you write your articles for yourself making it original and unique. But instead you can always publish other people's contents and they must be acknowledged for their work by putting the author's name at the bottom of the article.
To start blogging is not the end but the first step towards making income from the net, the next thing to be done is promoting your blog. Highlighted below are some of the things you can do to promote your blog:
iii. You can promote your blob using pay per click search engines such as yahoo search & Google Adwords, if you have money.
iv. Set your blog to display RSS to feeds, then submit your blog's RSS to major RSS feed directories online.
v. Put your blog URL in your email signature or any online discussion forum in which you are active.
viii. If you plan to have anything printed up, put your blog's web address on it. You can print your blog URL on business cards, stickers, etc.
xi. Write articles or free reports for other webmasters to publish and put your blog URL in the byline.
To start a blog is easy once you have opened a free account at Blogger, owned by Google. There is no need for any technical skills to start posting your blog, all that is required is to follow the step-by-step instructions of the blogger.
Using blogger you can have unlimited numbers of blogs with templates of your choice; you can also choose to host them on your own website or for free at blogspot.com.
Come up with an interesting topic for your blog, it can be in any areas of human endeavours such as sports, politics, computers, Internet, Hobbies, Vacations, to mention a few. Try to post to your blog at least once or twice a week. It is better you write your articles for yourself making it original and unique. But instead you can always publish other people's contents and they must be acknowledged for their work by putting the author's name at the bottom of the article.
To start blogging is not the end but the first step towards making income from the net, the next thing to be done is promoting your blog. Highlighted below are some of the things you can do to promote your blog:
i. Ping weblogs.com and other search engines and directories.
ii. Submit your blog address to blog search sites and directories.
iii. You can promote your blob using pay per click search engines such as yahoo search & Google Adwords, if you have money.
iv. Set your blog to display RSS to feeds, then submit your blog's RSS to major RSS feed directories online.
v. Put your blog URL in your email signature or any online discussion forum in which you are active.
vi. Install a blogroll.
vii. Be an active commenter
viii. If you plan to have anything printed up, put your blog's web address on it. You can print your blog URL on business cards, stickers, etc.
ix. Take advantage of blog software features that help to promote your blog.
x. Exchange Links with other bloggers or blog owners.
xi. Write articles or free reports for other webmasters to publish and put your blog URL in the byline.
I hope this article will be of great value to you courtesy Olufemi a Software Developer, with one of the fastest growing Software company in Nigeria.
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