I have been delinquent in my posting because of my need to study more and be better prepared for the online presence I want to have.
I recently made comments on a very valuable post on Darren Rowse's blog: "9 SEO Plugins Every...Should Have". In response some of the following comments were forwarded to my email and what an education I got!
I want to thank Poer and Brad Hart of DoFollowBlog for their comments because it helped me see the value of idea exchange. Each of those posts were educational in their own right and helped me understand the need to study as much as possible before starting this kind of project.
Determine what kind of blog you want to do and take time to adequately prepare before getting started. It will eliminate the 'start & stop' mode you may exhibit in the beginning. Prepare 5-10 good posts before getting started (20 would be better) and know your platform from the beginning also. These are just a few of the beginning steps you need to take.
One gentleman was starting a technical blog and because of the other kinds of tasks he needed to perform, he prepared 50 posts. Once his blog was launched, he had sufficient posts to post frequently enough to establish his posting pattern for his readers and still be informative at the same time.
Adequately prepare......ALWAYS!
Author: Winifred Freeman
http://www.WZSite.biz
http://winifredfreeman.blogspot.com/
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Blogging As An Online Business
Blogging is a popular online business tool and is highly recommended for all online business owners. The word 'blog' was created by combining the words web and log. And anyone planning to communicate with large numbers of people using the internet are advised to start a blog.
How you use this tool is up to you. Angela Booth, a 30-year veteran blogger, uses her blog in several ways: as a creative outlet; to explore new product ideas; to network and make new friends; and to get new clients and contracts.
Darren Rowse, another veteran blogger, set up his first blog within 24 hours after he read his first article on the subject. In his first blog, he dealt with issues on Pop Culture, Spirituality, and Blogging. He gained so much from that blog experience that he has since started 'many other blogs". Also, he had started blogging as a hobby and it has grown so that he does blogging on a fulltime basis.
Some blogs have a small target audience, but the more successful ones are structured so that they appeal to many types of web visitors.
Blogging is something that anyone can do. In the case of a small business owner, you will be doing a business blog. It can be started with anyone of the templates available to get you started - like Wordpress, Google, or Blogspot. Each of these websites allow you to have a blog up and running in minutes.
Don't let being a "newbie owner" stop you. There are many sites that will teach you the writing format that you need to produce your writing products - a report, blog posts, or an ebook. If you feel that you are a writer already, then these teaching sites will help you sharpen your writing skills.
Finally, there are other elements available to improve your blog and make it attractive to others, but those are additional tools that we will discuss in later posts.
Author: Winifred Freeman,
http://www.WZSite.biz
http://winifredfreeman.blogspot.com/
How you use this tool is up to you. Angela Booth, a 30-year veteran blogger, uses her blog in several ways: as a creative outlet; to explore new product ideas; to network and make new friends; and to get new clients and contracts.
Darren Rowse, another veteran blogger, set up his first blog within 24 hours after he read his first article on the subject. In his first blog, he dealt with issues on Pop Culture, Spirituality, and Blogging. He gained so much from that blog experience that he has since started 'many other blogs". Also, he had started blogging as a hobby and it has grown so that he does blogging on a fulltime basis.
Some blogs have a small target audience, but the more successful ones are structured so that they appeal to many types of web visitors.
Blogging is something that anyone can do. In the case of a small business owner, you will be doing a business blog. It can be started with anyone of the templates available to get you started - like Wordpress, Google, or Blogspot. Each of these websites allow you to have a blog up and running in minutes.
Don't let being a "newbie owner" stop you. There are many sites that will teach you the writing format that you need to produce your writing products - a report, blog posts, or an ebook. If you feel that you are a writer already, then these teaching sites will help you sharpen your writing skills.
Finally, there are other elements available to improve your blog and make it attractive to others, but those are additional tools that we will discuss in later posts.
Author: Winifred Freeman,
http://www.WZSite.biz
http://winifredfreeman.blogspot.com/
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