What is a blog and how do i use it?
March 17, 2008
Blogs have gotten very popular over the past few years especially with technology enthusiasts. A blog is basically an un-edited journal or diary that someone has written. People usually use them to talk about vacations they are having, and use it to keep in close contact with family members. There are many free blogging servers out there such as WordPress and Blogger. I prefer WordPress.
How can a blog help me? Well if you are running your own self employed on-line business you should be able to let your costumers know what is new and what is happening around your business. An example would be a newsletter. Instead of sending it to your costumers every month, you are able to send the link to your blog to your costumers, and then they can click on it. Therefore they will have easy access to your blog and to your website.
How to get people to my blog? There are many ways of attracting people to your blog. One way is to get accounts on Digg, Feedburner, or Delicious. This way there is a wider spread audience that is able to have access to your blog. It also helps to have a promotional video(s) and possibly post it to Youtube. This way people can see what you are talking about not only through text, but through video and audio as well. It also helps to have an RSS Feed with Feedburner, or other RSS applications. That way people can subscribe to your blog, and get your posts sent directly to them weather it is through Google Reader or their INBOX.
Warnings about having a blog. Of course it is just common seance not to post things that you don’t wan’t other people to know about. For example: Your Home address. It is important for people to remember that once they put something on the Internet it is very hard if not impossible to delete it. Also if you are not at the maturity level to be doing this ie: child, i strongly recommend not going through with getting your own blog until you have reached that level of maturity or you have concent from a parent or guardian.
To conclude this….. It is a great idea to start your own blog to keep in contact with family and old friends or just to let the world know your perspective on life. It is also a good way to advertise your business, and or website. It can also just be a simple hobby of yours that you maybe want to take to the next level and make money. Ie: You can do this through the website Lockergnome.
Anyway TTYL
Bradley Bradwell
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