How To Start A Blog
Posted on December 24, 2008 by admin
Blogging is one of the best ways to start a online business. However, that does not mean that it is easy to make money from your blog. Don’t start a blog and expect to see money rolling in immediately. Blogging is an activity that will take time to build up to a profit level. It’s a good thing to start while you are working on other opportunities to let it build to a profitability level. With time and attention, your blog (or blogs) will grow into a business.
When you are blogging for profit, you’ll want to pay close attention to how you present yourself in your business. There are literally hundreds of thousands of blogs out there, and there may be several hundred blogs that are related to your topic. If your readers can’t understand your blog and have trouble reading it, they’ll just move on to the next one. The following tips can make your blog more user-friendly and help you gain consistent readers.
First, pay close attention to the format of your blog. Readers want to understand how your blog works right from the start. Most blogging platforms have similar formats, with links and tags on the left or right margin, and the most recent post on top. Make sure to use the links wisely. Only put links up for blogs or content that is truly related to your blog’s topic. The point is to give your readers additional information on your topic. Keep the list short and sweet. There is no reason to overwhelm them with links to other sites.
Also, take careful consideration when choosing your blog’s background and font color. Although there are a lot of color choices that blogging programs offer, its best to stick with a light background and dark text. Studies have shown that the human brain can process this type of format better than light text on a dark background. Think about this before you commit to a black background and white text. It might look striking, but readers might not want to stay there for long. Also, use a solid background color instead of trying to use a pattern or design.
Proofread your entries before you post them to your blog. There is nothing that reduces your authority in the eyes of your readers’ more than bad spelling and grammar. The online world is a world of text, so take some time to learn commonly misspelled words and grammatical errors.
Keep your blog fresh and interesting by posting at least once per day. With so much information available on the Internet, your readers may go elsewhere if you aren’t supplying daily content. If you aren’t sure what to write about, try posting a poll, a link to another blog, comment on a news story or post of list of helpful tips. Not every post has to be long and complicated, but you do need to post something everyday.
These tips will help keep your blog readable and interesting to your visitors. The more visitors you get, the more your blog will grow in profitability and importance. Just make sure to present yourself in a professional way and keep your readers coming back for more new content each day. In no time, you’ll have a profitable recipe blog business and then you can move on to create two or three.
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6 Responses to “How To Start A Blog”
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Taris Janitens
- 24th Dec, 08 03:12pm
Excellent write up!! It is definitely something that takes time to build up – I’ve been blogging consistently for about a month now, and I’ve been slowly building a reader base.
I can’t see the blog making a decent income until I reach the 1 year mark – Until then you just gotta have fun with it, as that will keep your blog base growing
faisal (author comment)
- 24th Dec, 08 05:12pm
Totally right Taris. For real returns you need to wait for more time
Malaysia Food Blog
- 30th Dec, 08 05:12am
I agree with you! When we start a blog, don’t keep think of money rolling in, before you work hard and manage your blog nicely, the money won’t roll in. In order to see the money roll in, we have to wait for few months or years and we can see the results!
Occursejusets
- 16th Feb, 09 04:02am
Your web page does not correctly work in safari browser
faisal (author comment)
- 16th Feb, 09 10:02pm
I think there is some issue with theme compatibility in Safari. I don’t use Safari so i can’t say but most use Mozilla and i guess it works fine in Firefox.
attackexdek
- 17th Feb, 09 12:02pm
Your are Great. And so is your site! Awesome content. Good job guys! Interesting article, adding it to my favourites!