How to Begin A Blog
A blog is a website that publishes new entries routinely while archiving old ones. The entries are called posts, and have titles and timestamps for increased documentation. Blogs exist for both individuals, as well as groups. A blog is a great way to share your thoughts and discoveries with countless other readers. It is easy to set up your own blog and share it with others over the Internet.
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Create an account at an online blog service. WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr are three free blogging services with intuitive interfaces. Alternatively, if you are well-versed in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), you may wish to code a blog from the ground up. While this approach is more time consuming, it offers infinite flexibility.
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Create a new blog post. A blog post can be about anything you wish. Copy text from your existing documents if you wish to publish something you wrote previously, or enter entirely new text if you wish to compose spontaneously. Some blogging services allow you to configure the post time of your posts. Use this service if you wish to delay publishing of an entry.
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Link to other blogs from your own. If you have favorite blogs or if your friends have blogs, it is a kind gesture to post a link to their blogs from your own. If you do this, let them know; they will probably post a link to your blog on theirs in return. This is a great way to build relationships and increase traffic to your own blog.
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Tell people about your blog. Send a mass e-mail out when your blog launches, and tell friends and associates in person about your blog. This will increase the visibility of your blog and help you build an audience.
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