Starting a Blog

by Peter Barnes


The multitude of steps required to successfully start a blog can become a little complex, especially if you are determined on making it your #1 source of income. This article should be considered a brief tutorial as opposed to a whole walkthrough. If you're just starting out, taking notes on this article is a great place to get grounded in the fundamentals.
Your first step will be to discover a theme, something in which you already have knowledge of or wouldn't mind writing about, while taking search engine popularity into consideration.

The second step when beginning a blog is to pick out a blogging service. There are many good services available. Two of these are TypePad.com and Xanga.com. Most of these make it easy for you to add revenue-growing ads, such as Google Adsense.

Third, you should determine the appearance of your blog. From the colors to the number of columns, those individuals who want to pull in a decent income from their blogs have to make sure that the blog's appearance is decent.

Those interested in starting a blog should also consider investing in an offline blogging client. These allow you to type your blog entries in a word processing format, similar to MS Word. This makes it less difficult for you to publish blog entries.

Another great idea is to add 'bells and whistles' to your blog to make it more magnetic to visitors, and those who are frequent readers. Bloglet, for example, permits readers to sign up to your site and receive an email whenever you make a new post.

You should also publicize your blog through blog tracking sites such as Pingomatic. Another good idea is to submit your best posts to Blog Carnivals. High quality posts on many topics are collected at these types of sites.

Adding content on a regular basis is the only way that your blog will get acknowledged. If done right, it'll create a great source of income for you down the line.

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