Wanna Try Blogging??

So you want to try blogging. Great! Blogging can be a fun way to try to make some extra cash working at home. The first thing that you have to know is ........patience!! Unlike lots of other work at home jobs, you aren't going to be suddenly receiving paychecks from your blog, but with time you could possibly make big bucks off it. (I know at least twenty bloggers who are making a six-figure income just off their blogs ads.) The key is to keep making quality posts on your blog, no matter how discouraged you are.

Before you create a blog, you need to think of something YOU are interested in. A sucessful blog usually has at least a few new posts every week, so you should at least find something that you won't get bored writing about. For example:If you really enjoy hiking, then maybe you could make a blog about the places you are going to hike, and post interesting pictures and posts about them. You could also talk about the supplies that people need to go hiking, as well as interesting trails they could take. Never forget though, if you want people to read your blog, then it has to be interesting to them too!

Ok. Now that you've got a topic in mind, let's get started! The first thing that you will need for blogging is a platform. A platform is what you will host your blog on. The two best known platforms are Blogger and Wordpress. If you are a beginner blogger, then I recommend that you try Blogger first. It can be a lot easier to use when trying to customize your blog, as well as add posts. With wordpress, you are not allowed to use any javascript on your blog, which means no ads or cool money-making additions. The only way around this is if you host your Wordpress blog on your own server, which is not for the faint of heart. Because of this, we will mainly focus on Blogger in this post.

With Blogger, just go to their website and click the "Create Your Blog Now" arrow, and you will be on your way to having your own blog. On the blog set up page, you will see a few things the you will need to fill out. Your blog title needs to be something that clearly describes your blog, but also sounds interesting. The blog address is what people will type into their address bar to access your blog, so try to make it something that is short and memorable. Next, you will go to a page where you choose a template, which is basically a design pattern for your blog. Try to find something that is easy on the eye, and not too cluttered, or else your visitors will just go to a different blog. Don't worry if you have trouble deciding, since you will be able to change it later. Now it's time to start making some posts! You can start off by making a short post introducing your blog to visitors. Talk about walk you are planning to blog on. After typing, click the "Publish Post". Congratulations, you now have your own blog! Try to make a post at least once every other day, to keep visitors coming back. Next week, I'll talk about how you can get more visitors, and also how you can make money blogging. Until then, try to build up some content on your blog.

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