Top Five Tips For New Bloggers

Success!!!!! I have managed to create my very first blog.Although I have been using the internet for around 2 years, blogging is something I have never done, so from an absolute blogging rookie, here are my top 5 tips for creating a blog.

• RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH!!!!

If, like me, you have never experienced blogging previously, read and read and read. Find out everything there is to know about blogging. Take a look at other blogs for ideas on inspiration and creativity, even search for blogging tutorials.

• FIND A SITE THAT SUITS YOU.

There are many blogging sites out there, the trick is to find one that suits your needs, some are more difficult to operate than others. Try each site out, practice makes perfect. Fiddle and tweak, explore the available features until you feel confident and comfortable with your chosen site.

• CREATE YOUR OWN STYLE

Set your blog up to show your own creative style, look at other blogs to gain ideas on how you can edit your own space, being creative will increase the hits you may have on your blog. Eg: use your own graphics to add to your headers, change fonts and font colours, change background colours and later down the track, you may even change the background to an image.

• DECIDE ON THE CONTENT OF YOUR BLOG

Make a decision on what you want your blog to focus on and stay on topic.The heading of your post should let people know what is in the post. If you veer off topic, create a new post with a new heading relating to that particular topic. Keep your posts interesting, you can add images relating to each post to act as a visual attraction, add concise keywords which will make it easier for people to search out your blog.

• POST REGULARLY

A blog is considered to be a virtual or online diary, so posting regularly will keep people interested in what you might be blogging about next. It is important to remember however, that anybody can gain access to your blog, unless you set it so that only people known to you can view it. Even if you set your blog as private, it is still possible for others to gain access to it, people such as family members, teachers, prospective employers etc. So just think about what it is you are writing before you actually publish a post...... would your mother be horrified if she were to stumble across your blog? Keep this in mind and you will never need to be worried about anything coming back to hurt you in the future.

These are my top 5 tips for new bloggers, hopefully, this has helped you in some way. Soooooo what are you waiting for?????? GET BLOGGING PEOPLE!!!!!! :)