Darren Rowe, blogging guru of problogger.net, discusses blogging, micro-blogging, and the future of online media. According to Darren, his main reason to blog is to have a voice or a circle of influence. Blogging definitely can create a much greater circle of influence for everyone. When beginning a blog, Darren says that it is crucial to determine the content and topic as well as the need that it is going to fulfill Read More...
Thoughts on Blogging As I think back about my online writing and my venturing into blogging, I look back and realize how far I have come in such a short while. Each step that I took was part of the learning process for me. I began my online writing on eHow in late July 2009 to share my thoughts and ideas about school, weight loss, marriage, and other areas Read More...
What is a blog? You may have wondered what is the difference between a blog and a traditional website. I often wondered this before investigating blogs. Although a blog is a type of website, typically it gives you much more information than the traditional website. Readers may leave comments on the blog post for others to view as opposed to a website Read More...
Lee LaFever shares a video for people who wonder why blogs are such a big deal. He explains what blogs are and how blogs relate to the news. Blogs are websites that are organized by news posts and it makes sharing the news easy. Blogs give your unique perspective in your posts helping you to relate to others Read More...
How will I know what features to include on my blog? I highly recommend that you visit other blogs and notice the website features that appeal to you. Make a note of the features that you would like to include on your blog. Notice the number of columns as well as how the columns are placed, the search features, the page listing or the category listing, as well as the blog roll Read More...
How much does it cost to create a blog? You can create a blog for free on many blogging platforms such as WordPress.com, Blogger.com, and many others. There are others available where you must provide the hosting or even purchase the software. Does creating a blog require any special equipment? You will need a computer with access to the internet to create your blog Read More...
So, What is Your Excuse? So, you have been wanting to blog but hesitate to get started. Too hard? That is not an acceptable excuse unless you have tried it. Too costly or too difficult? Much blogging software is available for free and is set up to include the basics without knowledge of HTML code which many of us fear Read More...
Become Knowledgeable About Blogging Before you begin blogging, it helps to have an idea about how to begin. I recommend that you read a book about blogging to help you get the basic information necessary. Some of the information may seem advanced but will come in handy later after you begin. The book that I highly recommend is "Blogging for Dummies" by Susannah Gardner and Shane Birley Read More...
On October 12th I published an article entitled, "So, Who Is Blogging?" indicating that bloggers could be anyone, of any age, of any gender, or of any walk in life. Just today I found an article on the Technorati website entitled, "Who Are the Bloggers?" This article by Dave White shares many statistics that may interest you --- a pie graph of ages of bloggers, a pie graph of gender of bloggers, a graph of the salary of U Read More...
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