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Blogging Tips - Discover How to Get Readers "Hooked" Onto Your Blog!

If you own and operate one or more blogs you are probably always looking for smart ways in which to maintain the current readers that you have. Additionally, you are probably seeking out ways to increase reader appeal, to drive new readers to your blogs, and to set your blog to higher standard than others. Many blogging tips will tell you to focus on advertisements and keywords to drive more visitors to your blog and to increase your profits. However, if your blog is lacking ‘quality’ content or is overly cluttered with advertisements you will quickly be driving people away from your blog. This is because most blog readers now have high standards. For every person who is attempting to make money from blogging, there are three more people who are simply blogging for fun. These types of bloggers will put in a great deal of effort to make their blogs look sleek and pleasing to the eye. Additionally, they will fill their blogs with well written blog posts that are not focused on...

What Are The Best Blogging Sites?

Anyone wishing to establish a web presence as being THE authority in a specific business area has to consistently, and frequently, publish high quality content on the Internet. The best method toward accomplishing this is to learn how to start a blog. Find the Best tools Therefore, publishing fresh and top-quality content requires the most effective tools that can be found. This includes locating the best spots on the Internet to place a blog where it can be found, easily read and direct traffic to your business site. Any business seeking a free platform that is also easy-to-set-up and maintain where within a few short minutes the blog can be up and running, consider taking a look at either WordPress or Blogger. There are others but these two are the best of choices. Using WordPress Many people confuse WordPress.com with WordPress.org. The second reference is the site where the CMS (Content Management System) can be downloaded. It is what is referred to as “Open Source” sof...

Comparing Free Blogging Software

With the increased interest in Blogging (web Logging), many web hosting providers now provide an assortment of free usage, open source blogging software packages. Among the most popular of these blogging tools are B2evolution, WordPress and Nucleus. Each of these programs offer similar basic features, so the question arises as to which one is easiest to use and would be appropriate for the requirements of your particular website. The answer lies in the true purpose of your blog website. If your primary goal is to share your opinions and ideas with the general public, you would want to utilize a different blogging tool than a user who was creating product blogs as a commercial sales effort. A blog for search engine promotion would have entirely different requirements. All of these uses are viable reasons to create a blog, however each requires different features to be successful. WordPress Blogging Software Available for free download at: http://wordpress.org/ It is hard to beat WordPr...

The SEO Benefits of WordPress Blogging

If you are planning on building a new website, or just looking at some ways to increase traffic dramatically to your existing HTML or CMS website, adding a blog is something every business should think about. While a blog generally serves the purpose to give visitors a reason to come back to your site regularly, the main advantage of a blog is that it greatly increases your positioning on the search engines. Imagine the advantages for your business of you could appear in the top 3 or so listings in every search category for your business services? By regularly posting to your blog, it can realistically achieve this result for you, which a standard website might not. The seo benefits of a blog are enormous! The deference between a normal website and a blog is that most websites usually only have a few pages of content, so they are limited to a number of words per page, and many of these words may not directly benefit your rankings on the search engines. Also, most websites are rarely u...

How to Use Automated Blogging Tools to Get Free Website Content and Free Website Traffic

Thousands of people all around the world, are earning an income online on a daily basis by writing/posting on web blogs. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS BLOGGING ? A Blog is an online resource/tool/platform where you can publish your own thoughts, articles, videos and ideas. You can also publish articles and videos from other people, where copyright permission permits. 2 Types of web blogs: 2.1Some Free Online Blogging Services Blogger, a hosted blogging service by Google WordPress, another free hosted blogging service Squidoo and much more… 2.2 Free WordPress Blogging Software WordPress is not the only free blogging software but it is the most versatile and popular self hosted blogging platform. Self hosted means that you have to pay for you domain name and hosting and upload the software to your website in order to blog this way. 3 MOST IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM SELF HOSTED BLOGGING: 1. The Inherent Website Investment Protection Plan Thousands of users are using Blogger and other free ...

WordPress Design Allows Blogging to Be Simple and Easy

The WordPress design is a publishing system that makes starting any blog a piece of cake. All you really need is a hosting account, domain name, some type of FTP client software that permits you to upload files directly to a server, and the WordPress application will make the rest easy. For the sake of argument I will assume you have a Hostgator account. This is not the only hosting company out there but they are reliable, very customer service oriented, and inexpensive. Any hosting service that uses a cPanel Linux Control Panel is fine as well. I will also assume that you know how to go to GoDaddy, Namescheap, or any other internet domain registrar and get a domain name. Once you do that all you have to do it set your nameservers and point it to your hosting account. If you need to be walked step by step on how to do this call your hosting company and ask them. This is what I did and they are good at guiding anyone through this seemingly daunting yet really in fact very easy process. ...

WordPress - A Wise Step For Blogging

WordPress has a vital role in hosting as a CMS. More over this will also make you aware of WordPress hosting service for your blog. In this, content focuses on the Fantastico that is an important hosting tool for making blogging easier. Nowadays there are innumerable blogging platforms as well as content management systems. We get confused sometimes which one is suitable for our own blog. But WordPress has been found as the most suitable for blogging. Millions of online business owners use this hosting service as it is the most reliable one. If you want to set up then WordPress is the best option for this. WordPress was available with limited hosting packages few years ago. Fantastico was also not seen in that package. The bloggers were supposed to work without it. But now with the advancement many programs are hosted automatically helping the person to save his time and money as well. In the present scenario everyone is setting up his own WordPress blog. Many eBooks, audio and video g...

Best Web Hosting Tips for Blogging

Let’s explore becoming a blogger and the proper use of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn advertising on your blog and website. Facebook and Twitter have very specific instructions for using their logos, but it seems that on the Internet, very few people are following those guidelines. If you have any questions, you should ask your attorney. Having said that, there are common practices that webmasters and bloggers are using to promote their brand on these social media sites. It is not legal to take someone else’s brand and alter it. But the Twitter and Facebook logo are everywhere and that is what has made these social media sites so famous. Facebook and Twitter both have trademarks on their logo and their iconography. For example, Twitter’s trademark is the little blue bird. They have their name and logo trademarked, therefore, you can not alter them. Their guidelines are important so pay attention to those guidelines in relation to their name and logo allowed use. Legall...

Best Blogging Software for Easy Blog Management

If you plan on starting a new blog then you can’t really do without premium blogging softwares that automate the whole blogging process. What is blogging software? It is a program that allows online users to easily create, design and manage blogs. With a good blogging software, you can easily create and design a professional looking blog. Until a few years ago, you were required to have a deep understanding of any of the complicated programming languages before you could even think about starting a blog! Fortunately, times have changed. Don’t you just love ever-evolving technology? Now, a blogging software provides both beginners and advanced developers the essential tools they can use to publish content online, with little or no programming experience. This software offers users a great range of customizable options to ensure they build good looking websites to showcase their ideas and content. The use of this software makes it possible for users not to worry about any lin...

Book Review: How To Make Money Blogging By Bob Lotich

Bob Lotich offers some excellent information in his e-book, How to make Money Blogging . I especially like that he has tried his suggestions, and has had proven success, prior to writing this book. I’ve been blogging since 2011 and I’m still learning. One of the main things, according to Lotich (and I see why), is that a blogger must be open to learning new things. This e-book is a bit short, but contains a lot of valuable information. Lotich writes in a short and direct manner, which I happen to like, especially when reading books like this. Lotich also offers a Blogging 101 course for those who are new to running a WordPress blog. He also gives the basic first steps on how to start a blog, including finding a domain name, finding a web hosting package, and installing WordPress. Lotich offers great advice through his personal, relevant, and honest experiences and opinions. He gives actual websites to help a new (or seasoned) blogger in several areas. He explains the informa...

How To Start Blogging: 7 Steps To Starting A Blog

So, you want to create your own online space but don’t know how to start blogging? With all the scripts and technology today, it’s easier than you think! Here are 7 steps to starting a blog that will get you going: 1. Decide What You Want Your Blog To Be About The first thing you need to decide is what you will blog about. Do you want a general blog about your rants and raves? A blog about training your dog? A blog about your self-sustaining garden? Deciding on your topic is key because you will need to do some keyword research in order to find some good phrases to target as well as a good domain name. 2. To Host Or Not To Host If you don’t have any money for starting a blog, then you can use free services like Blogger, free WordPress, Tumblr, Weebly or many of the other free platform. I don’t recommend this, however because at any time these services can remove your blog and all your hard work will be for nothing. The best route to take, especially if you plan t...

Blogging - How to Start a Simple Blog From Scratch? The 6 Simple Steps to Help You

Someone have asked me before: “I want to make some money online, but I don’t have money to even start a home business. I know I can use blogs to sell stuff, but I am not good at computers, and I don’t even know how to start a simple blog. Can you help me?” I smile. “Don’t worry”, I told him, it’s not as difficult as it seems. Starting a simple blog with blogger.com can be a challenging task if you do not even know how to go about it. But not to worry, you can easily start a Free blog with Blogger.com and later monetize your blog with affiliate programs and ads … Before you start to create your first blog, decide the name of your blog and get your Google email account username and password ready. Here’s 6 simple Steps How to Start a simple Blog with a Blogger account: 1) Go to Blogger.com, and choose “Create Your Blog Now” to create your blog. 2) Create a Google Account. Do you have a Google account? If yes, just sig...

Home Based Business - How to Profit With Blogging

If you have been online or in a home based business for anytime you know the importance of having your own website. And you know that the definition of website has changed over time. Having a presence on the internet is not just about static websites anymore; there is an easier way with blogs. Blogs have become the staple for new home business owners. They are easy to setup and get operational fast , and there is no need for costly web designers. But which blogging site is best and why and how do you make money using a blog? Not all blogging sites are good for advertising, so below I have listed a short description of three available today so you can make the right decision on which is best for your business opportunity. Blogger.com -is the most well known and the one many new home based business owners start with because of its simplicity. Once you have signed up for an account they provide you with a tutorial that walks you through a step-by-step setup. They have a limited amount ...

Advanced Blogging With WordPress

Break Through Into the Blogging Industry with WordPress If you have a blog of any size or you desire to grow a large blog, this article is for you. Simple Tool to Manage your Content Flow Do you work inside of WordPress and you have multiple writers or others who manage the content for your blog? Rather than messing around with spreadsheets and Google Docs, try EditFlow plugin for WordPress. EditFlow is a plugin that allows you to do things that are, for example, only visible for editors. Only the people that are editors can see the comment. You can have a dialogue right inside the post! It provides a searchable and sortable calendar so you can see all the articles that are written in an easy way. You can post “needs images” and other comments in the sidebar to manage your content flow. Is it Too Late to Start Blogging? As a new blogger, you might think that it is too late. You might think that the other successful bloggers have too much of a head start. With blogging, any p...