Hi there,
I started blogging some months ago. Blogging gave me a way to express myself. Be it anything. Whenever something forced me to think on it, I wrote about it, be it anything and as I wanted to share it with the worlds so started writing on my blog. There is a long way to go though. In this post of mine I just thought to share my experience with blogging. I hope some points you may enjoy and some may help you if in case you are a new blogger or thinking of getting into it. Let’s begin with my small journey to the world of blogging.
When I started blogging I hardly had an idea about it. Numbers of questions were lingering on my mind like
What to write in my blog?
How to start?
How can I change look of my blog?
How a blogger get so much of content to write?
How to market my blog?
How to get more readers?
Who will read my blog?
What if some other blogger has already written what I want to write?
Will others appreciate my content? What if they don’t?
What if my content is not new and readers are already aware of it?
Will my blog appear nowhere in the crowd of other bloggers?
Who will help me?
Will I able to earn money through my blog? And how?
And the list is long.
But I just thought let’s start with it. Because I realized that to learn it I will have to get into it. And still there are number of things I need to learn. Well, I didn’t give up and started researching. I had already made a blog and I used to keep changing it as whenever I came across something new (I still do that). But content was again something I had to work on. I visited number of other blogs. On those blogs I saw various links of various websites/blogs. Now then I started visiting all those websites to know the purpose they exist and how a blogger can use it. Yes, visiting other blogs gives you tremendous ideas on how you should start a blog. Hence, spending some time on other blogs will help you a lot in making you decide what you should start with and how. And what you should do in the initial stage of making a blog. You can make blog related to one topic or may add various topics (general). But you will have to keep updating it everyday (or as per your convenience but regularly and often) so that readers want to return to your web page the next day to see what new you have to share.
Now the other thing I feel important is how the blog looks. You can make it look interesting so that visitors’ atleast will be anxious to see what is there. Being new to blogging I used one of the best templates available with blogger.com, but when I visited other blogs I realized that I could also make it look different. There I started my search for new blog templates. And I came across number of sites and blogs who have huge collection of beautiful tamplates. So I chose one of them I like the most and now I see the difference. Your template & layout definitely describe you to some extent. In one of earlier posts I have also added some of the links of various websites/blogs where you can download your favorite template for free.
Now I had to decide what to write. I was really circumspect about what I was going to write. Visiting other blogs put me in the dilemma about my content. Bu ti had to start so I went ahead with that circumspection I started posting. The content quality matters a lot and the interest of the visitors’. If the article you have posted is of readers’ interest, they will definitely leave a comment. Comments encourage you. Don’t they? Now I am so much into my blog that some or other things going on my mind and I want to write about it on my blog as soon as possible. You just have to be patient and make quality blog with soothing looks and interesting content.
When I felt that my blog was ready to be shared with the world, now I was a bit fearsome on how to ask people to read my blog and give their comments or suggestions. Joining communities like blogcatalog, mybloglog, technorati etc. helped me in getting to know other bloggers. As per my experience other bloggers will be interested in visiting your site. Therefore, getting in touch with other bloggers is pretty important in initial stage. I also made some blogger friends who visit and analyze my blog and keep suggesting necessary changes to be made. It’s a great help and I really appreciate they take out their precious time to visit my blog and writing to me. Thank you all. Bloggers are ready to exchange links. And as and when you are communicating with other blogger mates, you will get to know new things to be done.
As I said patience and efforts. You will start enjoying blogging. Trust me it is the one best way to learn, to share, to reach out to the world, to express yourself and when you start enjoying blogging you will do the best. What you will learn the best when you will get into it. And a long way to go.....
Enjoy!!!!
Happy blogging….