Blogging has become a very popular activity, for businesses as well as individuals.
If you're interested in blogging, you'll want to know exactly what a "blog" is.
A blog is a Web site in a special chronological format.
Whenever you write a new item, it appears at the top of your blog, above the older items.
Your aim in creating a blog is readers, as many readers as possible - thousands a day.
Thousands of readers translate into dollars, because you can sell to those readers.
Here are five blogging tips which will help you to create a successful blog: 1.
Decide on a topic for your blog Choose a topic for your blog.
Your blog's topic can be anything that interests you, and about which you have some knowledge.
Perhaps you're a keen gardener - if so, create a gardening blog.
Or perhaps you get migraine headaches - create a blog to help other headache sufferers.
2.
Write your blog as if you're chatting with a friend A blog is casual communication.
Write as if you were writing email messages to a friend.
Don't use long words if you can help it.
Just "speak" on your blog - be informal, even if you're writing a business blog.
3.
Decide how often you will blog A blog that's regularly updated will get new readers.
So the more often you can post to your blog the better.
Decide on a schedule, and stick to it.
Blog once or twice a week, or even once or twice a day.
4.
Help your readers The Web is a mass of information.
However, you can win regular readers to your blog if you make your information useful.
Remember to stick to your blog's topic, it's essential.
If you're tempted to wander off-topic, don't, because if you do, you will disappoint your readers.
5.
Think of your blog as a conversation - encourage your readers to comment In a way, your blog is a conversation.
When readers are new to your blog, they won't know whether you want them to comment or not.
Encourage them to comment, by asking them questions, and asking them to respond in a blog item's comments.