HOW TO BLOG

Creating a blog is important. This post will tell you how to create your Blog in less than 5 minutes, How? Well before you start, you should decide what your blog is all about, what you want to be seen, and what type of blog you want to create.


I personaly suggest Google Blogger, as you can see this Blog is powered by Blogger, Why?
Because Google has an online community of Bloggers the well known Google+ and Google Circles where you can share your ideas and because of the Subsribe Option which is a common feature on all blogs.

• There are three main types of blogs:
  1. personal/journal
  2. collaborative- more than one author
  3. topical-based on a particular subject
• Choose the type of blog you want to create and make sure it reflects your goals while providing value to your target audience.
• Decide how often you are going to post, how often you post is based on the reader audience you have.
• Get some things together before hand,  decide on the first 5 things your are going to post. There's nothing sadder than an empty blog.
• Have a logo and an idea of your main colors.

To create your blog with Blogger:

1. Register for a Google account, just type in your user name and password in the top right fields and click Sign In. I personally love Google apps because Google is the most visited website in the planet.

2. If you don’t have a Google account, click on Create Your Blog Now and fill in the required fields. You can use ANY email to sign up for a Google blogger account.

3. Choose a title and address for your blog that describes your organization.

4. Choose a template from their library to figure out what you want your blog to look like (preferably choose a template that goes with your logo. This can be changed any time.

5. Start posting information on your blog by clicking Start Posting! Write as much text in the box as you want, insert an image from the tool bar, add YouTube clips, and even maps

6. Go to the account settings if you want to be able to email posts to the blog, change the user comment settings, update with mobile, or change the side blocks

7. Make it more professional by buying a domain and directing it your blog. Go to the 'settings' tab and click on 'publishing'. 

8. Make it attractive, by adding photos on your blog. Adding photos will make your blog lively and catchy.

And there it is... Your blog should now be up and running. If you want your blog to be on the first pages of google search you need to optimize your blog and that is where you would need to do a little bit of Search Engine Optimization or SEO. This blog however is relatively new, so it is not yet ranked by Google, however, I will tell you more about SEO on my next posts! Cheers...