How To Write a Blog

Introduction

For over a decade, having an online journal, more popularly known as a blog, has become a popular hobby among teens and adults. It has become a way to express our feelings and emotions. Youngsters from this generation have traded the conventional diary with a blogging platform. Right now, blogging has become more open and widespread to other people.

The term "blog" is derived from the word weblog in the late 90s by several web owners and programmers who had the aim to bring the art of sharing in the world wide web. Over the years, blogging has become a universal word with numerous meanings depending on the person using the term. A person's blog can be categorized as:

• Photoblog - A blog which features a set of pictures.
• Art blog - A blog which showcases personal or group artworks.
• Music or MP3 blog - A blog which allows music streaming.
• Video blog or vlog - A video-hosted blog, usually in video streaming sites such as YouTube and Vimeo.
• Podcast - A blog which is resembles a radio or commentary program.

If you have been recently interested in the art of blogging but don't exactly know how to blog, follow the steps stated below.

Step 1

If you're really keen on learning how to blog, there are a lot of things that you need to know. Blogging may be truly a simple hobby but if you want to maximize the perks of being a blogger, you need to be really determined. The first step in starting a blog is for you to think of how you would like to blog. For instance, you just want to have a low-maintenance blog with short and concise updates. If that's the case, you can use microblogging platforms such as Twitter, Tumblr or Plurk. Meanwhile, if you want to make long blog posts which basically has everything on it, you can use Blogger, Wordpress, Livejournal and a lot more. You can search for blogging platforms in Google and see which one works best for you. Choosing a blogging platform depends on the purpose of your blog.

Step 2

A blog layout plays an important role in building your clientele or your audience. This is exactly why you should learn how to tweak your blog according to the preference of your target audience. If you want to host a blog which is health-related, then it would be best to choose a professional and clean layout. Also, choose a readable font so that readers can easily decode your blog posts.

Step 3

Learning how to blog does not stop at building a layout. Of course, you should also start generating content. Determine your blogging needs. Do you want to be the sole author of your blog? If not, you can also hire or assign multiple authors.

Step 4

Know how to monetize your blog. You can host advertisements as long as they do not interfere with your content. Also, make sure that your ads are not generated by spam or scam, for they will make an impact to your readers.

Step 5

You should also study on how to generate traffic to your blog. If you want to be heard on the four corners of the internet, you need to build up an audience. Publish and link your blog to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. It would also help if you would ping your blog to search engines and RSS directories.

Tips

Learning how to blog is an easy task as long as you are equipped with the right resources. Remember that your blog posts should be original so that you'd stand out from other bloggers. Take note that you are competing against millions of bloggers all over the world.

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