Articles tagged with: How To Blog
10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Blogging
When I typed my first post on Blogger in November 2006, I had now idea I would still be writing today. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, mostly motivated by boredom and culture shock. And six years later, I’m still there, still enjoying blogging. Funny, isn’t it?
In honour of my 900th article, here are 10 things I wish I had known about blogging.
10 Blogging Basics I Learned
I started this blog from scratch and I think I made just about every single mistake possible because I didn’t know anything about blogging. Looking back at screenshots of my first blog, I cringe. I know better now.
To close the All About Blogging series, I’d like to share these 10 blogging basics I learned.
All About Blogging: Dealing With Blogging Annoyances
I find blogging very rewarding. Yet, some little things can irk you. These blogging annoyances are everywhere and you have to deal with them to keep your sanity. Here are four annoyances you will probably come across.
All About Blogging: Ten Tips To Be a Better Writer
How hard can writing be? You just have to type what you’re thinking, right?
Well, it doesn’t quite work like that, even if your spontaneous thoughts and observations can be a good starting point.
When you’re writing for an audience, a few basic tips apply.
All About Blogging: What to Blog About When There is Nothing to Blog About?
No matter how much you enjoying blogging, chances are you experienced or will experience writer’s block at one point or another. Fortunately, there are several ways to hack yourself out of a writer’s block.
All About Blogging: 8 Neat WordPress Plugins
One of the perks of WordPress.org is the plugins, these mostly free and easy-to-use programs that enable you to enhance or customize your website. The choice is almost too vast, so I decided to make your life easier. Here are ten neat WordPress plugins you should test!
All About Blogging: 5 Blogs Turn-Offs or Why I Stopped Reading Your Blog
From time to time, I scout the web for new interesting blogs related to travel, photography, life abroad—the kind of topics I’m into. For instance, I check Expat Blog to see what’s new. I read the blog description and open it in a new tab to take a look.
Will I subscribe to the feed? Maybe. But definitely not if your blog has one or more of these “blog turn-offs”.
All About Blogging: Blog Monetizing, What Works Best?
In 2008, I wrote a first article titled Making Money with Your Blog, in which I detailed the progress of monetizing my blog. Since then, a lot changed. For the better, mostly.
All About Blogging: Building a Community
One of the main differences between a blog and a static website is the interaction with the community. But this kind of interaction takes months or even years to build and must be constantly addressed and redefined.
All About Blogging: 5 Ways to Promote your Blog
I can’t stress enough how many blogs and websites there are on the Web, and how important promoting your blog is. “In space, no one hears you scream”, and in the cyber world, no one will find you if you don’t adopt a proactive approach.
