Blogging is new way to express thought and build career. Every big journey starts from small step:
- Register blog.
- Choose domain name.
- Pay for self hosting. You can run blog ads & make money on it.
- Choose advanced theme (blog appearance)
- Play with colors, text, hashtags, widgets. Create best looking blog for yourself.
- Make sure theme looks great on desktop, tablet, phone.
- Make first blog post. Don’t worry if first post in average quality. You will write better soon.
- Ask friends and family members to follow blog.
- Write short articles. No one read long and boring abstract articles. Remember that readers loose attention fast. Don’t waste your time to make academic writing.
- “F” shaped reading pattern.
- Keep clean and simple blog.
- Before posting any content check grammar and spelling (online free check)
- Trim unneeded words.
- Article headline most important.
- One article = one topic.
- Use quotes.
- Use calendar widget for blog. Choose days and time when next article will be posted. Great tool to engage customers.
- Think what potential readers would like to read. Post question in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
- Ask readers to follow and leave comments with ideas for next blog posts.
- Build e-mail list.
- If you can’t write some article than pay a few dollars for ghost writer.
- Ask friends, colleagues and followers to write for you.
- Your blog has to deliver value to life of readers.
- Remember that around 80% of people gonna read only headline.
- For every post make new featured picture.
- Insert links to previous blog posts to make reader spend more time on your webpage.
- Text from blog post could be used for your other social media.
- Make events, give away regularly.
- Use correct keywords to optimize search engine.
- Monetize on blog.
A lot of work needed to grow blog but it’s totally worth of it. In own blog you can choose what & when write. You are independent and responsible for end results.
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