Writing

Following on the creation of my first post, I want to share my research on the topic, which will be extremely useful to any new bloggers out there.

Another days is born, and so as thousands of domains, websites and blogs. The WWW is indeed a phenomenon like no other . In search for exact answers, I found this site that apart from many other information, shows you that over 130.000 new domains were registered today. This figure is far beyond what many of us expected.

A major portion of this domains will surely have some blogging element, so I this post is aimed to help all the first timers and community.

So, you finally create your blogging site and it is now time to write your first page. And you just thought one of the hardest parts was over…  The reality is, any beginner will be indecisive in what to blog for first time.

Should I write on the best idea I’ve ever had? On my caving experience last weekend? On a great personal development book I finished recently? The ideas are endless when you bring your mind into the job…

I decided to read on the experiences from other people and about what is advised out there. And, settling on the practical and analytical character that I want to establish on the contents of this site, my first blog is actually about my research and summary on the best top tips to write your first blog entry and general successful blogging.

With a simple Google search, you can see that there are endless articles about this subject out there, since this is a situation that thousands of first time bloggers encounter. I think a very good starting point for any blogger is to read what is blogging about. We all want to blog but it greatly helps to get in context with it.

Below I will keep things very clear and simple for you by summarizing the key findings of my research, in 3 basic items:

1.Introduce yourself and your blog

The more information your provide about yourself  and your blog, the easier it will be for me as a reader to trust you

1.1.Explain why you blog

Explain clearly why you are blogging, and what you hope to accomplish. Think about this as a mission statement, This will greatly benefit you, as you can go refer back to it constantly and keep focus on your blog.

First blog

2. Set expectations

2.1. Define what you will be blogging about

Explain to your users what to expect from your blog, including an overview of the various topics that you will be discussing on your next proposed  articles. This will generate both engagement and natural selection on your public.

There are a few questions that can easily help you elaborate on this like:

 ”Why would someone come to this blog?” “What would they be looking for?”  ”Why this blog is different?”

3. Explain readers how to use your site

Since blogging has become nowadays a collaborative writing means, it is very important that you make as easy as possible for readers to contribute.

Explain to them how to get involved, how to leave comments.

You will typically show your readers how to:

  • Subscribe to your blog (e.g. RSS, Twitter)
  • How to contact you (e.g. email)
  • How to navigate
  • How I can they leave feedback

Also be sure you establish the protocol and policy for participation.

Other tips that I found along the way that can be applied here are:

A) Use Enthusiastic tone

B) Don’t write long posts – summarize

C) Sign off messages like a person, as if an email and not like machine.

We will be exploring other successful blogging tips as I go along in the expertise process.

Good luck with your blogging.

David