Things You'll Need:
- Idea of what your target audience will be.
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Step 1
The first step in learning how to come up with a good blog name, is knowing your target audience. Decide exactly what topic you want to specialize in for your blog. If you’re going to talk about bass fishing, you should narrow down ideas to being specifically related to bass fishing. The mistake most people make with blogs even websites is trying to be a one stop all type of service. Unless you’re a huge retail business it is better to cater your blog to a specific category instead of many.
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Step 2
Next make a short list of all the names that you have come up with for your blog. Try and include the most popular terms all the way down to the slang that is used to refer to your idea. You should do this because people do searches online in many different ways when their trying to find something. For the best results try and include phrases that people would use to find things, or would often say, for your blog name.
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Step 3
Now that you have your list narrowed down it is very important to check to see if the name for your blog is available. Although most people use free services online for their blog it is a good idea to invest in the actual website name for your blog. Having your blog name attached to a service like www.abcd.com/yourblog can hurt you in 3 major ways.
For Example:
1st - your blog can be canceled at anytime for any reason,
2nd - if your selling something on your blog people are less likely to buy because your blogs name is attached to someone else’s website, this takes away from your credibility,
3rd - is while your working hard building up traffic to your blog you in fact may be helping the person that bought your website name because you didn’t. Domain squatter buy other people’s website names on a daily basis and then either use them for their needs or simply auction the names off for big money.
Just because it’s a website name doesn’t mean that you have to have a website. You can easily convert any website name into a blog in minutes. A blog is simply a software program that is installed on to a website name. It is very worthwhile to own your blogs name if you plan on taking your blog to new areas of discussion, and to avoid censors that many free services have. While you may be in a hurry to get your show on the road it is very important that you consider every step that you will make before you actually do. See the resources link below for more help. -
Step 4
One final thought to consider, if while you’re doing a website name search for your blog and you find that the name is taken don’t be discouraged. Consider narrowing down your subject matter even more.
For Example:
If you want to have a blog that covers Blog Setup and that name is taken try breaking down your blogs idea even further to Blogging Tips, Blogging 101 or any other phrases that relate to the original idea.
