Beginners Guide to Blogging

A blog is basically an online journal wherein you can digitally pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want people to read. Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyperlink, straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow you to put video and mp3's on your blogs.

Instead of writing texts, some bloggers choose to make their blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries. This is called audio blogging.

Basically a blog contains these features:

title- which allows you to label your post
body- this is the content of your post
trackback- other sites can be linked back to your blog
permanent link- every article that you write has a URL
comments- this allow readers to post comments on your blog.

One of the advantages of blogging, is that it is made of only a few templates. Unlike, other websites that is made up of numerous individual pages. This make it easier for blog users to create new pages, because it already has a fix setting that include: slots for title, body of the post, category, etc.

This is especially useful for first time users, since they can start blogging right away. They can chose from a number of templates that blogging websites provide.

Anyone who wants to start a blog can do so by becoming a member of a blogging website of their choice. Once they've become members, they automatically become a part of that particular blogging community. They can browse through other bloggers pages, and link them back to their own blogs. They can also make comments on other members' blogs.

Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot of blogs that follow a theme such as: sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs espouse on their specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of themes and topics.

Some bloggers even use their blogs as a means to advertise. Some authors advertise their books on their blogs. While other bloggers, use their blogs to shed light to currents issues, events, news and catastrophes.

Nowadays in education, blogs also play an important part. Professors use blogging to document the lessons that they have discussed and taught. This way, students who who have missed classes, can easily catch up with their assignments.

A lot of entrepreneurs benefit from blogging by promoting their businesses on their blogs, with millions and millions of people logging onto the net everyday, blogging has become a lucrative move. Some bloggers who run online businesses promote their merchandise online. While others profit through advertisement.

But by far, the most popular blog type is the one that takes the form of a personal journal. This is the kind that is usually used by first time bloggers. Individuals who want to document the daily struggle of their everyday lives, poems, rants, opinions, find that blogging offers them a medium in which to express themselves.

Bloggers usually communicate within themselves. This is one of the appeals of blogging. It creates a community of people sharing their ideas, thoughts, and comments with each other.

Blogs varying in topics, themes, and set-ups, can be found in blog directories. First time users who want to get an idea of what the blogging world is all about can browse through a number of blogs using these directories. This way they'd get an idea of what these blogging communities are like.

Blogging is popular all over the world. Blog is short for the term weblog. There are no rules when it comes to blogging. Bloggers have the freedom to express themselves how ever way they want, and the best thing about blogging, is that most blogging sites are free.

There are numerous blogging websites to choose from in the net. This give first time users the option of joining a blogging community that appeals to their interests.

Just search any blogging directory and you'd get a listing of a lot of blogging sites that are available on the net. It's easy to search a blogging directory, because it is organized according to category. This way you would get exactly what you are after. Blogging is really for everyone. It is fun, simple and easy.

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Hello everyone, my name is Kathryn Welch. I will be putting updates to this blog that will help someone get started with an online business. I know that you have seen a lot of blogs out there that say this but I really do want to help you since the reason you want and probably need this is because you are probably like me.

• Tired of working for someone else
• Working your butt off for very little
• Stressing out from the day to day turmoil

That is why I am giving back to people.

There are quite a few things that you need to consider to start an online business. I will try and cover what I can. If I don't know the information, I will find out and post a url for you to find the information.

I will tell you the way I started online. I have paid out quite a bit and do not have the money to keep paying out. That is the reason for this blog.

The biggest thing for an online business is TRAFFIC! No traffic, No business! That sums it up in a nutshell!
There are different ways to get traffic to your site. I will point out a few here and post new blogs with more information.

1. Classified Ads - Writing small ads about what you have to offer to a potential customer. Then placing those ads on sites where people can read them, click on them and visit your site.
   
2. Articles - Writing articles of information that you are familiar with. Having a link about you coming back to your main website. Posting those articles on sites that offer article posting. You can find those sites by doing a search on sites that offer article posting.
3. Safelists - By joining a safelist so you can send your ad out to people that have requested information on certain subjects. This way you will not be accused of spam.
4. Trafficsites - Surfing sites from other people. This gives you a chance for them to surf and view your site in return.
5. Paid To Click sites - Joining sites that pay you to look at ads from other sites. You also post your site as well. PTC is the abbreviation for this.
   
6. Leads - Buying leads from sites and sending out emails to targeted people that request information.
7. Word of mouth- Telling your friends and other associates about your site.
8. Blogging - Starting a blog with your site included in the blog.

These are just a few and I will go into detail more as we go along. If you do not have a site the best place to start is with a blog. Then you can get a site down the road.