Basics of Blogging
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The document provides tips for starting a blog, including setting goals to determine frequency, choosing an interesting topic for your target audience, setting up your blog platform (e.g. Blogger, WordPress), writing blog posts between 250-350 words with catchy subheads and links/pictures, and including a profile, blogroll, and social links on your blog layout.
Basics of Blogging
- 1. BLOG ON! DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence
- 2. How To Blog The Basics of Blogging and Other Easy Tips to Get Started DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence
- 3. Set Your Goals Are you blogging for yourself? Are you blogging for a company? Are you blogging for a cause? Thoughts Your goals will help determine how often you want to blog. If you’re working for a company, you’ll want to blog frequently and write about something that fits your target audience. DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence
- 4. Your Topic, Your Passion or Your Cause • Choose a topic that you can write about at least once a week. • Choose a topic that will be interesting to your target audience. DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence
- 5. Blog Setup • Sign up for free on Blogger or Wordpress. • Fill out the information as requested, although you don’t have to necessarily fill out everything all at once. DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence
- 6. Blog Post Nitty Gritty 250 to 350-word long blog posts are comfortable in reading length. Break up the text with catchy subheads in bold. Keep paragraphs short—4 to 6 sentences Lots of links and Pictures DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence
- 7. Blog Layout Profile: Let people know who you are with a short bio and possibly a picture. • Blogroll: This is the list of Web sites you like to read. Social Links: Put in links to your other social accounts on Facebook, Twitter, etc. DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence
- 8. Thank You! DIGIQOM Centre of Excellence