Blogging tips : The correct way to start blogging in 2008
With so many changes in internet marketing & blogging, this topic suddenly become so darn confusing. When few years ago, you only needed something to talk about and blogspot. This blogging guide will help you get started in correct direction.
I started blogging in November 2004, It’s been more than 3 years for me using blogs as business. Having seen the changes in Marketing and Blogging world, I wonder about this new found complexity in blogging. Earlier all you need a topic and something to talk about. Then came blog and ping, tag & ping, now social bookmarking… So What exactly is correct stand in this confusion? I am going to clear this in this guide today once and for all…
Blogging for business has only 2 key ingredients
If you are blogging for part time income, then you only need to remember 2 key ingredients. They are buyer and seller. That’s it. If you are a blogger, you become a medium of communication in between these 2 people. That’s where you make your income. If you remember Sony fiasco, when they tried to influence the crowds with blogging. They created these 2 people because they understand that blogging is a medium of communication.
Think of all the pro bloggers are new wave of journalists who writes about the current, past and future on internet.
Think of all the pro bloggers are new wave of journalists who writes about the current, past and future on internet.
How to Join the ranks of pro bloggers?
Like I earlier said, You only need to find 2 key ingredients, you’ll find things to write about. You should stop worrying about the changes, Web 2.0 is more than just social bookmarking. So here are few key points you should remember.
1. Blog for Fun & Profit : Listen, this might not be for everybody. Some people are suited to become bloggers and some not. So if you don’t succeed, may be you are not suited for this, who knows… Why I am saying this? Because if you are not having fun while blogging, you’ll have hard time profiting from it. In that case you’ll need more marketing experience than blogging.
This activity needs passion of writing and speaking your mind. You’ll find some marketers updates blog almost on daily basis.And some do that when they want to sell something… WHY? Because they understand their limitations. I love it that’s why I am doing it for more than 3 years.
2. Your content matters : As others are saying, your content matters a lot. That’s why I suggested it might not be for you, if you hate writing. But here’s the secret, It doesn’t matter if the content is unique. What it matters is that your viewpoint in blogosphere. People read blogs for only this reason. They want to find out and confirm their beliefs. That’s where blogger comes in.
Here’s the harsh truth. You read & follow blogs for only 2 reasons… You either love the blogger or hate him. There are no in betweens.
If you just remember these 2 things, you’ll be able to succeed as a blogger and generate a decent part time income. Don’t forget the buyer/Seller key points. Don’t forget where blogger stands. He’s an informer a journalist.
How to tackle the social Media beast?
If you notice in this article I haven’t talked much about blogging softwares, techniques like tagging and pinging or social bookmarking… why? The reason is very simple. I don’t want you to think about complicated things right now. I am going to discuss this topic right now (in a while).
As far as softwares and other things are concerned. Here are few things you need to remember.
- Publish your own blog on your own hosting service. I do not recommend hosting at wordpress or blogspot. I use hostgator for website hosting. They have cpanel powered hosting services which can help you install softwares like in a minute.
- Use All in one SEO pack for Search engine optimization.
- Post regularly on your blogs. It takes work and effort to create a blog. Of course you can spam and create splogs but their lifetime is low.
- Interact with other bloggers.
This is the simplest way I can explain this to you. You can read more on “blogging making your presense felt
Now lets go to bookmarking and web 2.0
Social bookmarking for bloggers?
Let me sum this up in few words… “Bookmark often, bookmark a lot”. That’s the only social bookmarking tip I can give you. If you are in a niche market, then bookmark anything that interests you. Bookmark your pages, your competitors pages and everything that you think is related.
Share the love 
. Bloggers don’t differentiate. Of course you can censure your news (blog), but its more fun the other way.
The only idea is to have lots of ways for people to come in to your blog. Though I have found social bookmarking is not much of use, but I believe in creating multiple entry points to my website. Every article you publish, every link you leave and get they are all entry points to your blog. This will bring lots of traffic overtime.
Web 2.0 :What the, how the?
Believe it or not, so far in this article I have been giving you ideas on how to create a web 2.0 website. I don’t think of web 2.0 as long tail or whatever other marketers are thinking. I am thinking as a blogger and as a medium who is between the seller and the buyer.
When I told you to understand 2 points and becoming the medium, this is all about web 2.0. In web 1.0 where the only interaction between buyer/seller was in forums. These days marketers are creating many platforms where you have multiple mediums like these for example squidoo, face book, orkut etc.
Because of these mediums, news travel fast, faster than it was used to. That has become a critical point in all of these. In my earlier post on web 2.0 and “social media = useless traffic“, I eluded to this fact. I wanted you to understand.
If you have tried looking and researching the way normal folks (not marketers, they stopped being normal when they started marketing 
), you’ll understand what I am talking about. Its amazing looking at people getting influenced by the media (TV, internet, blog, forums etc).
About the Author
Varun Pratap is working in online business as a pro blogger from 2004. His blog on Imbasics (Internet marketing Basics) is all about making money online ethically without resorting to tricks, techniques and gimmicks.
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