Sunday, August 10, 2014

Want To Blog With Ease? If So, Read This

By Steinberg Justin


Running A Blog is a great way to get your message to the entire world. You can blog about your favorite subject or you might come up with the internet's next viral site that everybody will talk about. It's easier than ever to get started, here are some tips to get you on your way.

Make it easy for readers to share your blog posts using their favorite social media outlets. These days, this can be done through standardized buttons that lets readers automatically syndicate all or part of your post's content to their favorite social media services and comment on them in real time.

Post original content on your blog, and include pictures or other content. Linking out to relevant sites, quoting experts in a field or adding videos can also make a post more interesting. Make sure you don't plagiarize, though, because people will stop visiting your site. Be unique and interesting with posts!

Since running a blog is on a personal level you should avoid writing formally. You should still write in a professional manner and use proper grammar. Your readers will be able to relate to you more when you are writing to them in a casual way and will continue reading your blogs.

Avoid talking to yourself in your blog post. Don't treat it like a diary, instead only tell stories your readers will be interested in. You should also be wary of using first person writing unless you are writing about a relevant topic that will interest your viewers and keep them coming back for more.

Don't plagiarize other content from the web. Plagiarism is taken seriously, and if you do plagiarize you are ruining your reputation. Just keep in mind that in the informal world of running a blog, passion and originality are more important than flawless writing skills.

Don't go crazy with font styles, capitalizing, underlining, bolding and the like. While it is important to use formatting appropriately, too much formatting makes everything merge together on the page. Only use special font styles when you really need to draw the reader's attention to a particular word or thought.

If you can, you should make use of a custom WordPress theme. In today's time, readers have the ability to recognize themes that are very generic in nature. Using these generic themes are just fine as long as you change up your header design so that it is more unique.

The content of your blog should consist of high quality work. Before you post it, proofread your blog entry, to ensure that it is free from grammatical and typographical errors. You may also wish to have someone else read it, as a secondary proofreader and to ensure that the content is interesting to read.

One way to engage your blog readers is to add a poll to your blog. This feature is commonly available on most running a blog platforms and allows you to ask for input from your readers. You could ask what they want to see more of or less of and use the poll results to fine-tune your blog. So, add a poll and get to know your audience better.

Inspired yet? These suggestions should get you thinking about setting up your own blog. You can offer opinions, entertain the world or promote your business. Give a bit of thought to your direction, choose your tools, and don't be afraid to experiment. Have fun and learn along the way, and you'll enjoy blogging success in no time.




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