How Can I Start A Business Blogging?
Have you something that you love sharing could be a hobby or you could even have strong views on a particular subject? If this is the case blogging could be the best way to get it all out in the open. Even if you are interested in just expressing yourself better creating and launching a blog is also one of the easiest ways to get yourself out there.
Your blog can be your online diary, plus it is also interactive, or you can just use you blog mainly for business purposes like product reviews, tips and trainings and getting free publicity for yourself and other peoples businesses. New blogger’s are able to reach a lot more people than ever, You can make powerful statements, and images and target them at a custom audience.
Right now setting up a blog can take very little time in fact with our Business Website Setup Package you can even have it up and running in a few hours. There is also the traditional route of setting up a blog which you can also use. In fact the design templates for many blogs are very easy to use. If you want you can even start up a blog for free After the initial setup of your blog and a few bells and whistles. It is simply a matter of creating some regular content updates. You can write a blog post or if you do not like writing it is also just as easy to record a video upload it to You Tube or Amazon S3 and post it on your blog.
Managing your online content in fact has never ever been simpler than it is now. Once you decide on your blog post topic then simply start typing it out. If you are using wordpress you can even use the ready made plugins to do all kinds of cool things Although the length is entirely up to you,I would recommend creating a post with at least 500 Words and occassionally doing a post over 3000 Words as the search engines love this.
Once this has been done you can then set about making the content look as attractive as possible by adding images and or even video. This process is extremely simple to do once you have learned it. One thing that should always be done is to ensure that the content that you are using from third parties is copyright free. There are lots of free images on different websites. However, sometimes even so called “free” images have to be used carefully.
Although some images can be what is known as “creative commons” images care should still be taken to ensure that they are completely free for anyone to use. The website that you source the graphic contents from will usually have guidelines as to how you can use the content.And If you can use it.
So now you created the blog post and the images are added and posted into your content management system what is next you may ask? WordPress will allow you to insert tags and keywords which will help others to locate any online content that they are interested in. Fill out the form on the blog management page make sure after making the post that you press save draft or publish so all your hard work does not dissapear into thin air.
NB: One other tip is if you leave your blog post for a while and forget to save it then copy and paste it and login to your blog in a new window. That way when you click save or publish on the post it will be saved or published and even if it is not then you can create a new post and paste your blog on it again.
There is nothing worse than spending hours on a blog post just to see it dissapear into thin air so try to remember this. 🙂
Once you have finished editing the post on your blog then it is time to syndicate your content. I recommend using platforms such as Digg,Stumbleupon,Twitter,Tumblr,Pinterest,Instagram and Facebook. You can also use paid advertising like Facebook Ads, Sponsored FB Posts, Google Adwords,Bing PPC,You Tube Pay Per View Videos to drive people to your new blog post.
For more tips on how to actually monetise your new blogging business I recommend you read our last post Make Money Blogging – 10 Ways To Make Extra Money From Your Blog