How Do I Start Blogging?
OK. So you’ve asked yourself the question “How do i start blogging?”
I’m going to assume that you’ve already set up a blog to publish your views to the world. If not, check out the link at the end of this article for more information.
Your blog is created and there’s almost certainly a post already created for you that says something like “Hello World”.
Hmmm, that’s a start but not much of a start.
From your Wordpress blog’s dashboard, click the link that says “Write a post”. (Other blog platforms will have something similar, I’ve chosen Wordpress because lots of people use it, it’s a free blogging platform with lots of free blog templates and it’s easy to use).
Give your new creation a title.
Make it a title that you’d want to read and that will be relevant to the rest of your post.
Titles are important. If your blog is used by other people, for instance using the RSS feed option that is likely to be found in the links on your main page, then the title could appear on other people’s sites as well as your own.
Make your blogging post’s title interesting and intriguing.
If I’m not certain, I’ll just put a question as the title. We’re naturally inquisitive so this makes people want to read further.
Then type away at your main post.
Don’t worry, Wordpress will save your words at regular intervals. So if you get distracted while you’re typing, all will still be there when you get back.
Blog entries are a bit like diary entries. They don’t have to be long and elaborate.
Usually a blog post is a couple hundred words.
Sure, you can write an essay if you want to, but a couple of short paragraphs are often more than enough.
People have short attention spans on the internet. Keep it simple and they’ll read what you say. Publish a doctorate thesis and they’ll press the back button instead.
Then press the Publish button.
That’s it, you’ve just started blogging. Well done!
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